DAIS

Investor-backed SaaS company building intelligent data ingestion and analytics solutions for enterprise teams.

Engagement Overview

Company: DAIS | Industry: Data Platform / SaaS Infrastructure

Stage: Growth-stage, investor-backed portfolio company
DAIS aimed to develop a secure, multi-tenant data platform that could scale with enterprise adoption, enforce compliance-driven data segregation, and lay the foundation for future AI integration.

With an upcoming GTM rollout and no in-house technical capacity to deliver at scale, DAIS partnered with Torno to act as their embedded product and engineering team, capable of executing full-stack delivery—from architecture design to platform readiness.

The Challenge

DAIS faced:

They needed a partner who could:

Our Solution

To meet DAIS’s aggressive GTM timeline, Torno deployed a Hybrid Sprint Pod that combined offshore-first delivery velocity with onshore coordination for stakeholder and investor alignment. The team operated as DAIS’s embedded engineering partner, executing end-to-end delivery across backend, frontend, DevOps, and security.

Pod Composition

Tooling & Stack

Delivery Flow

Week 1

Discovery, backlog definition, compliance scope

Weeks 2–6

Platform skeleton, RBAC, tenant workflows

Weeks 7–12

Secure ingestion flows + admin dashboards

Weeks 13–16

AI-ready architecture layer + vector DB

Weeks 17–20

Final QA, GTM coordination, stakeholder walkthroughs

Key Deliverables & Platform Features

Secure Multi-Tenant Architecture
Delivered tenant-level data isolation with role-based access control and audit logging to meet enterprise compliance requirements.

Admin Dashboards & Analytics
Built centralized dashboards to monitor user activity, ingestion workflows, and system performance with real-time visibility.

Controlled Data Ingestion Pipelines
Developed secure ingestion flows with validation and access control, ensuring data segregation and scalability for future expansion.

AI-Ready Infrastructure
Integrated a vector database (Weaviate) and LangChain-ready layer to enable future GenAI-powered search and retrieval.

Stakeholder-Aligned Sprint Reviews
Conducted biweekly demos with investor and product teams for rapid feedback and transparent delivery progress.

outcome

Architecture ready for future AI integrations

Delivered in 20 weeks

Positive GTM readiness feedback from stakeholders

Enabled measurable cost-efficiency vs internal build

outcome

Architecture ready for future AI integrations

Delivered in 20 weeks

Positive GTM readiness feedback from stakeholders

Enabled measurable cost-efficiency vs internal build

MVP launched
in 12 weeks
Underwriting time reduced by 38% in demo testing
Investor demo was praised for UX + intelligence
Ready for seed round + pilot conversations

“Torno gave us delivery continuity with better cost control than any of our previous partners.”
—  Andrew, Investor Partner, DAIS

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