Sub-brand · Harvest Labs
AI systems your team owns.
Harvest is Clover's automation lab. Fixed-price productized builds — deployed in your cloud, held in your GitHub, run on your API keys. No retainer, no vendor lock-in on the workflows that carry your growth.
The thesis
Systems, not seats.
The default AI vendor model is a subscription to someone else's code. You never own the workflow. You never see the source. The day you want to change providers, the day the vendor's roadmap diverges from yours, the day their pricing shifts — you have nothing to walk away with.
Harvest builds it, ships it, and hands over the keys. When you fire us, the system keeps running. When you scale it, you don't renegotiate. When the underlying models change, your engineers can adapt the code — because it's yours.
The ladder
One direction. Five entry points.
Enter wherever the fit is. Most clients start with the Audit and move through as far as the roadmap requires. The Workshop runs as a parallel track for teams upskilling internally.
Rung 1
$1,000
AI Opportunity Audit
7 days · 100% credits forward
Find the 2–3 workflows worth automating, in a week. Not a sales pitch dressed as an audit.
Rung 2
From $5,000
Blueprint
2–4 weeks · 50% credits forward
A written build spec your team or ours can execute — with ROI estimates and system-level architecture.
Rung 3
From $2,500 setup
Productized System
4–8 weeks · Deployed in your cloud
Working software, deployed to your infrastructure, owned by your team. Code in your GitHub, keys in your account.
Rung 4
$600/month
Monitoring + Updates
Optional · Opt out anytime
Agent-run monitoring, recommended fixes, and version updates for a system already in production. Cancel and it keeps running.
Parallel
$2,500
Company Workshop
90 minutes · Parallel track
Make your team fluent in productized AI before committing to a build. For firms upskilling internally.
Why productized
Productized vs. the AI retainer most vendors are selling.
| Harvest system | Traditional AI retainer | |
|---|---|---|
| Code ownership | You own the repo | Vendor owns the repo |
| Infrastructure | Runs in your cloud | Runs in theirs |
| API keys and billing | Yours | Theirs |
| Pricing | Fixed setup + optional monitoring | Open-ended hours |
| Cancellation | Cancel — keep the system | Cancel — lose access |
| Lock-in | None | Structural |
If you ever want to fire us, the system keeps running. That's not marketing — it's how Harvest architects.
How Harvest fits under Clover
Where the operational layer gets built.
Above Harvest
Consulting sets the plan.
Clover consulting decides what to build, in what order, and why — and gives Harvest a defined scope to execute against.
About ConsultingAlongside Harvest
Leaf ships monthly SEO + AEO.
While Harvest automates the operational layer, Leaf runs the fixed-scope monthly execution — often for the same partnership.
About LeafHarvest
Productized AI builds.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price systems — deployed to your infrastructure, owned by your team, held to the standards the consulting layer sets.
Visit HarvestFAQ
Questions before the Audit.
What kind of systems does Harvest actually build?
Operational automation that carries growth work. Common builds: technical SEO monitoring and fix pipelines, content ops and briefing systems, AEO citation trackers, reporting automation, and internal AI tools for your delivery team. If your Clover consulting roadmap calls for automation, Harvest is where it gets built.
What does 'you own the code' mean in practice?
The repo lives in your GitHub organization. The system runs in your AWS, GCP, or Vercel account. The API keys are on your bills. If Harvest disappears tomorrow, your systems keep running — because they were never dependent on us to function.
Is Harvest a separate company from Clover?
Harvest runs its own product, its own domain, and its own engagement model. But it's a sub-brand of Clover Growth — the productized automation arm of the same partnership. Engage with Harvest directly, or route through a Clover consulting engagement.
Can we use Harvest without Clover consulting?
Yes. Most Harvest clients start with the $1,000 Audit and progress through the ladder without a consulting layer. Consulting is the layer above; Harvest is a valid entry point on its own.
How is this different from hiring a dev shop or agency?
Dev shops sell hours. Harvest sells fixed-scope productized builds. The scope, price, and timeline are defined before you commit. The output is your code, not their vendor lock-in. There is no monthly retainer for the system itself — only optional monitoring you can cancel any time.
What happens after we cancel monitoring?
The system keeps running. Monitoring adds proactive fixes, version updates, and dependency management — but it's opt-in. Every system Harvest builds is architected to survive without ongoing vendor involvement.
Harvest lives at harvestlabs.co.
Book the Audit, browse the ladder, or read the full engagement docs — Harvest keeps its own site as the source of truth.