Buying an AI MVP: Scope, Ownership and the Costs After Launch

What does an AI MVP development quote actually buy? This Arcforth buyer report reviews eight public provider pages and turns their published terms into a practical brief for commissioning software. The review distinguishes discovery from implementation, payment-ready architecture from completed billing, and included support from continuing paid engineering. It examines scope, source-code ownership, account handover, AI acceptance and post-launch operating responsibilities. The five-page report includes a provider comparison, a reusable quote-request brief, a first-90-days budgeting framework and linked primary sources. An accompanying evidence package contains the observation ledger, collection metadata, review method and a Python script that reproduces the reported disclosure counts. Sources were observed on 29 October 2026. The purposive sample comprises five pricing-led discoveries and three consultative providers; one discovered MVP URL now redirects to an agent-services catalog. Findings describe information found on individual pages, not vendor quality or verified delivery performance. This is a public-offer review, not a representative market survey or product benchmark. Publisher: Arcforth, a product development provider with a commercial interest in the topic. Arcforth is discussed separately and excluded from comparative counts. AI tools assisted with organization and writing. See the report for methods, limitations and source links.