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Keyhole Software delivers AI-accelerated development services where senior U.S.-based engineers leverage AI tools to drive 30%+ faster throughput across legacy modernization, code generation, and rapid prototyping—without compromising quality, security, or maintainability.
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What is AI-Accelerated Software Development?
AI-accelerated development refers to the strategic use of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing (NLP) to assist developers in building and modernizing applications. At Keyhole, we break this down into four core capabilities:
AI-Accelerated Development Services
Keyhole senior engineers embed AI into your enterprise SDLC for legacy modernization, custom AI development, and application acceleration—reducing cycle times 20-30% while ensuring compliance, security, and maintainability. 100% U.S.-based teams, repeatable for Fortune 1000 scale.
AI-Assisted Engineering & Delivery Acceleration
Boost throughput with AI-assisted coding, architectural guidance, and rapid prototyping. Our senior engineers use AI to reduce cycle time, improve quality, and deliver production-ready software faster without sacrificing standards.
Automation of Testing, Documentation & DevOps
Automate repetitive SDLC tasks including unit test generation, technical documentation, scaffolding, and CI/CD configuration. Free your team from manual overhead and focus engineering time on high-value work.
Legacy System Modernization & Code Translation
Accelerate modernization of legacy platforms using AI-powered analysis and transformation. We extract business logic, translate outdated languages (including COBOL), and generate modern services and APIs to speed cloud migration and replatforming.
Knowledge Extraction & System Intelligence
Transform complex codebases into actionable insights. Our tools, including EnterpriseGPT, surface dependencies, workflows, and architectural patterns to support onboarding, planning, and long-term maintainability.
Rapid Prototyping & Proof of Concept Delivery
Validate ideas quickly with AI-accelerated proofs of concept. Test architectures, explore integrations, and de-risk technical decisions before committing to full-scale development.
Enterprise AI Enablement & Workflow Integration
Adopt AI safely and effectively across your SDLC. We help teams select tools, establish governance, and integrate AI-assisted development practices that align with security, compliance, and enterprise standards.
How Keyhole Uses AI to Deliver Value
From agentic AI that quietly accelerates your build pipeline, to chat‑style copilots and RAG‑powered insights, Keyhole uses AI at every level to deliver high‑quality software faster.
Where AI Enhances Our Process
- Legacy System Modernization – Analyzing COBOL, VB6, or other outdated languages and converting into scalable cloud-native architectures.
- Codebase Documentation – Automatically generating accurate documentation for previously undocumented systems.
- POC Development & Prototyping – Quickly producing functional proof-of-concepts to test ideas before investing in full development.
- Code Refactoring – Identifying bottlenecks and opportunities for performance optimization.
- QA & Testing – Generating unit and integration test scaffolds based on business rules.
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Tools & Approaches We Leverage
AI Approach
Agentic AI
Agentic AI represents the next evolution of artificial intelligence in software development.
Unlike chat-based copilots, agentic AI systems operate independently to proactively assist developers—identifying bugs, generating scaffolding code, optimizing logic, and enhancing architecture in real time.
These behind-the-scenes agents help reduce cognitive load and increase velocity, enabling our developers to stay focused and in flow.
Code Intelligence
Agentic AI enhances individual and team productivity by offering real-time, invisible support directly in the development environment.
Architecture Optimization
Agentic AI also works on a macro level, analyzing structural decisions to future-proof and streamline systems.Enterprise Case Studies: AI-Accelerated Delivery in Practice
See how enterprise teams use AI-accelerated software development and build-first practices to modernize legacy systems, shorten delivery timelines, and ship production-ready solutions faster.
A Kansas City-based insurance provider returned to Keyhole to replace a constrained low-code platform with a fully owned, modern architecture using an architect-led, AI-accelerated approach. By combining senior engineering leadership with structured AI workflows, we delivered a transparent, extensible system in roughly five months—compressing an estimated 18–24 month modernization effort without a significantly larger team.
The program is on track to replace the insurer’s entire platform—UI, services, database, and admin tooling—in about five months, an estimated 3–4x faster than a traditional approach. Effective delivery capacity matched that of a much larger team, with higher throughput, zero reported security incidents, and dramatically faster, always-current documentation that gives leadership confidence in both launch timing and long-term maintainability.
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Recent Client Voices
Our experience with the Keyhole development team has been excellent. They integrated seamlessly with our existing team and immediately began to contribute to our projects.- Michael Stark, Engineering Manager @ Brightway Insurance
- Sr. IT Manager @ Global Financial Firm Based In Kansas City"Keyhole helps bridge the knowledge gap between [our] staff, whose job is to have a skill set to run the business, and the leading-edge technology Keyhole has exposure to."
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AI Engineering Insights & Best Practices
Explore practical guidance, frameworks, and real-world lessons for adopting AI-assisted development and accelerating enterprise software delivery.
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Podcast Series: GenAI in the Enterprise
Explore Keyhole Software’s podcast series, Generative AI in the Enterprise, where Chief Architect Zach Gardner engages with industry leaders, founders, and GenAI experts to uncover real-world applications of generative AI.
Go beyond the basics and learn how these innovators are driving revenue growth, cutting operational costs, and integrating GenAI deeply into their business strategies to gain a competitive edge.
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