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From concept to production AI platform in 12 weeks. Seddle (no-code AI agent builder) launched using Amazon Nova on Bedrock. Dustin Ellis, ex-AWS architect, led a 3-person team to build a multi-tenant platform with: • Sub-1-second response times • Model router with intelligent failover (Nova Pro → Nova Lite → Claude) • Multi-tenant RAG with OpenSearch • 100% Terraform infrastructure How they did it: 1. Spec-driven design with Kiro (AI IDE) — replaced 4-6 months of dev with 8 weeks 2. Serverless-first: Lambda + DynamoDB single-table + S3 + Cognito 3. Amazon Bedrock Guardrails for safety (PII redaction, jailbreak prevention) 4. Model router: automatic failover when throttled, ensuring 99.9%+ availability 5. Built in public: 5 engineering blog posts, 20K+ impressions, AWS reshares Key metric: 50x cost savings vs. premium models (Nova's performance-to-cost ratio). Why it matters: Founders can now ship AI products faster by choosing managed services over building from scratch. Seddle proves serverless + multi-model strategy scales from 0 to 10K+ users without rewriting infrastructure. Brewed by Startup Beaker. #AI#Founders#AWSNova