Keenan Benning
Founder of cYpher.camp · CTO of DeFi All Odds · Forward-deployed AI systems engineer
Turn your bottleneck into software you control.
When customer requests wait in inboxes and spreadsheets for a decision, hiring another person can add another handoff. I find where the work stalls, build inside the tools your team uses, and measure what changes. AI only goes where it earns its place.
Engineering experience
Everbridge
I built and maintained JARVISS, the U.S. Army's enterprise system connecting threats, assets, personnel, and events in real time.
Crypto Tutors
As technical lead, I led engineering for more than $1.5M in NSF-backed R&D and built DeFi All Odds from the ground up, including assessment, data, and career-intelligence systems spanning 400+ job titles.
Bitwave
I built blockchain infrastructure for enterprise accounting and digital-asset operations, where accuracy, auditability, and reliability matter.
cYpher.camp
I built and operate cYpher.camp solo.
Custom Builds
For owner-led and growing companies ready to invest in a consequential operational improvement. Bring an accountable sponsor, access to the people doing the work, and one outcome worth measuring. Larger organizations can bring a defined workflow too.
I take one bottleneck from discovery through a tested change in the tools your team uses. If a process should be removed, we remove it. If plain code handles it, we use code. An agent is for work that needs judgment over messy information; a human keeps consequential decisions.
A first engagement might look like this
Customer-request handoffs, illustrative, not a client result.
Requests arrive by email, get copied into a spreadsheet, and wait for someone to decide who owns the next step.
- First, I map the work. Worker interviews and available records produce a process map and a baseline of wait time, handoffs and rework. That is the first useful output, even if the right answer is less software.
- Then we decide what to change. We agree on a step to remove or connect and test the proposed change against representative records before it writes back. Uncertain or consequential updates stop for approval.
- You get an agreed change you can inspect and own. If software is warranted, the build is tested against failure cases and handed over with documentation and access controls. If removing a step is enough, that decision is the outcome. We compare the same process before and after; no improvement is claimed in advance.
Your part: name the process owner, share suitable examples, and authorize access and decisions. My part: trace the work, build the agreed change in your environment, test it and document the handoff. We set acceptance criteria, price and timeline in a written scope before any production change.
For connected workflows, I use scoped permissions, review points, retries, duplicate-action prevention and action records. I test against real examples, validate outputs before updates, and choose models based on the work and its cost rather than defaulting to the most expensive option.
Agree the scope
Before work starts, we confirm the complete commercial and delivery terms in writing: system, timeline, access, data handling, acceptance criteria, deliverables, and model, hosting, API and other paid third-party costs. These terms apply only to Custom Builds.
Build and hand off
Every build includes:
- A calibration interview and workflow definition covering your decisions, examples, voice, approvals and failure cases.
- The agreed custom agent, workflow or full-stack system, built in the agreed environment and tested against real examples and approved outcomes.
- A dedicated cYpher.claw agent calibrated to your approved workflows, tools, documentation and operating instructions, configured and deployed for you.
- Deployment, documentation and handoff. The agreed system, handoff artifacts, documentation and access controls remain with your business.
- The first month of cYpher.claw service. Continued service is optional, scoped separately and confirmed in the written scope. Any other continued work is optional.
Keep control
Where practical, infrastructure, credentials, data and deployment live in accounts your business controls. I request only the accounts and permissions required for the build. Credential ownership and access removal are part of handoff.
Workflows involving money, customers or sensitive decisions include human approval, suppression rules and auditability.
Plan for change
Versioned configuration, agreed evaluations, monitoring and fallbacks account for model and provider changes.
A first build has its own deliverables and handoff. I can stay on as a fractional engineering partner when ongoing leadership is scoped separately.
Selected work
Mind Indulgence
Colette Belfor and I rebuilt Mind Indulgence in cYpher.camp AI Studio.
A Software Building AI hire used her old site and redesign goal to write the build prompt. App Builder produced the first redesign; the AI hire refined it and used Image Playground to generate product images in a batch from her inventory file.
The site shipped with an agent supporting her Whop store and site updates. Colette keeps approval over what goes live.
Other client builds: Lisa · Fancyfied, a live site delivered from idea to deployment; Fred · American Cleaning, a production web presence for an operating business.
Bring one bottleneck
In 30 minutes, we'll identify the business bottleneck, the first outcome worth measuring, and whether a defined Custom Build is the right fit. Bring the workflow and the person who owns it.
Other ways to start
These are separate paths, not Custom Build engagements.
Vibe Code App Audit
$300 one time. No subscription.
Send one AI-assisted or vibe-coded application or repository. I review security, architecture, UX, reliability and production readiness before our 60-minute findings call. You receive a prioritized remediation plan and a launch-readiness verdict.
Review only. No penetration test, compliance certification, guarantee or implementation. No agent or ongoing service included.
Checkout opens on Whop. Nothing recurs.
cYpher.camp
Build and operate with AI yourself: hosted agents, SMS and voice workflows, an app builder, courses and a multi-model studio. This is a self-service product, not a custom engagement. You run it, not me.