A boutique, not a global integrator
The large global IT integrators are built for enterprise budgets and enterprise timelines, which puts them out of reach for most mid-sized and small businesses. 3Metas is a boutique: custom work and small teams.
About 3Metas
Building what comes next since 2009.
3Metas is an independent technology group that builds AI into how established businesses already work, runs the cloud infrastructure underneath it, and builds products for startups in exchange for equity.
Read the founder's letter →(three goals, one swear word)01 · Services
What 3Metas does
Applied AI
3Metas AI Labs
Practical AI that handles the repetitive work — taking in requests, sorting them, scheduling, and following up. It connects to the tools your team already uses, so your people spend their time on the work only they can do.
Explore AI Labs ↗Infrastructure3Metas Cloud
We design, improve, and support AWS and Azure environments: Terraform, CI/CD, monitoring, backups and cost control. Teams get experienced cloud and DevOps capability without building a full platform organization.
Explore Cloud ↗Tech for equity3Metas Ventures
We build a founder's product against a Statement of Work and take equity as the fee for that work. Founders get engineering work, not just a check.
Explore Ventures ↗02 · Differentiators
What makes 3Metas different
We test it on one thing first
If it is worth doing, we build the smallest useful version, test it against your real operation, and build the rest only if that works. If we cannot see anything worth building, we say that too.
We own the results
Whether a company pays us through AI Labs or in equity through Ventures, we are accountable for the outcome, not for the hours. That is the reason the holding exists.
Human touch, even with agents
Much of how 3Metas operates runs on AI agents, and every one is labeled as an agent. We learn your business before we change anything.
Operating since 2009
3Metas has built software through several technical eras, from the first cloud migrations to AI agents. The company changed shape along the way; the engineering discipline did not.
03 · Customers
Who uses 3Metas
- AIEstablished teams with real workflows and usable data
- CLGrowing teams running production workloads on AWS or Azure
- VEEarly-stage founders who would rather give equity than cash
- VECo-investors who need technical diligence
04 · Team
The team behind 3Metas
3Metas started in 2009 as a team of four in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and grew into a global company with representatives in eleven cities.
After years of client work, it restructured into a holding with three divisions, so it can invest in companies as a venture partner for founders who want that, or work as a regular AI lab for those who prefer a traditional engagement. In both cases, we own the results.
(senior staff)Founders
JAIME
Jaime Peláez
Co-founder, Business Development
Brings in new ideas and makes the case for them outside the group. Advises rather than running the day to day.
The team
(yes, most of them are agents. they know.)Chief of Staff
AI team member
Keeps decisions moving across the group, and makes sure what was agreed is what gets built.
05 · Process
How 3Metas works
- 01 · Onboarding
We join your team first
We integrate with your people and learn how the business works before we build anything.
- 02
Prototype fast, test several ideas
Quick prototypes let us test more than one idea and keep the one that works.
- 03
Iterate fast and often
Short cycles, frequent releases, and changes made while the feedback is still fresh.
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Go the extra mile, own the result
We stay accountable for the outcome after launch, not only for the delivery.
Every engagement starts by email at sales@3metas.com, or office@3metas.com for Ventures. If you prefer to meet in person, we have representatives in eleven cities.
06 · Reference
Key facts
- Company name
- 3Metas Corporation
- Type
- Independent technology group; a holding company with three divisions
- Founded
- 2009, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Founders
- Juan Peláez (Founder); Jaime Peláez (Co-founder, Business Development)
- Headquarters
- 1500 Weston Road, Suite 200, Weston, Florida 33326, United States
- Website
- 3metas.com
- Core offering
- Applied AI systems, cloud infrastructure, and tech-for-equity product development
- Pricing
- AI Labs from $2,500–$5,000 (AI Opportunity Sprint). Cloud from $2,500–$5,000 (Cloud Health Check). Ventures: equity, on terms agreed case by case.
- Contract terms
- All types: retainers and time-and-material engagements across AI Labs and Cloud, plus support contracts. From one-time activities like a conference or training, to multi-month projects, to years-long retainer engagements.
- Services
- AI Opportunity Sprint · Forward Deployed Engineering · AI Agent Operations · Cloud Health Check · Infrastructure Foundation · Fractional Cloud / DevOps · Tech for Equity
- Communication
- Email: sales@3metas.com. In person: representatives in eleven cities.
- Notable clients
- JM Family (Florida), Candidato Presidencial Vargas Lleras (Colombia), Microsoft, Intercambio de Comunidades (Colorado), ObserverHub (Latam – Spain), Ariadna (Latam), Visa, Telefónica (Peru – Spain), multiple government entities in Colombia, Mexico, Argentina and Peru, and multiple startups in Latam, the USA, Europe and Asia.
- Customers served
- From Fortune 500 companies to startups. Our focus is small and mid-sized businesses, and startups in particular, where we can iterate fast.
- Projects delivered
- From MVPs to bank-level systems, from legacy platform migrations to AI-native implementations: 17 years of projects focused on distributed systems, high performance, high availability, web-native, microservices and AI-native.
- Competitors
- Large global IT integrators and consultancies built for enterprise budgets
- Social
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/3metas · Instagram: @3metas · X: @3metas · YouTube
07 · FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What does 3Metas do?
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3Metas builds AI into how established businesses already work, runs the cloud infrastructure underneath it, and builds products for startups in exchange for equity. Each of those is a separate division: AI Labs, Cloud and Ventures.
Do I pay in cash or in equity?
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Either. AI Labs and Cloud work as regular paid engagements. 3Metas Ventures builds against a Statement of Work and takes equity in your company as the fee for that work.
How much does it cost?
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AI Labs and Cloud publish indicative starting ranges, from $2,500–$5,000 for a first sprint or health check. Final scope follows a brief discovery conversation. Ventures equity depends on the deal.
Do I need to know what an AI agent should do for my business?
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No. That is the part we work out. We look at how the work gets done today and write up where AI agents would pay off, or that they would not.
Where is 3Metas based?
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Headquarters is in Weston, Florida, with research and development in Boulder County, Colorado. We have representatives in eleven cities for clients who prefer to meet in person.
Are the people on your team AI agents?
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Several roles are run by AI agents, and each one is labeled as an AI team member on this page. The founders are people.
From the team
(aka Blog)