# Adaca

> Adaca is a Sydney-founded software consultancy that builds custom software, embeds senior engineers inside client teams, and helps businesses put AI to work. With over 100 full-time engineers across Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, and Manila, the firm pairs Australian and New Zealand delivery leads with engineering scale in the Philippines. It offers staff augmentation, managed teams, AI-augmented development, and a staged 'Crawl, Walk, Run' approach to AI adoption, plus Lovelace, its own AI-powered coding assistant.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Sydney, Australia
- **Founders:** Lambros Photios (Founder (founded as Station Five, 2015))
- **Team size:** 100+ full-time engineers (approx. 69 listed on Apollo/LinkedIn records)
- **Products:** Staff Augmentation, Managed Teams, AI-Augmented Software Development, Develop AI Solutions (Crawl, Walk, Run), Lovelace
- **Notable:** Grew from rebrand to 100+ full-time engineers within about 18 months, Delivered software for Qantas, ANZ, EY, Bupa and IAG, International humanitarian work with the United Nations, World Food Programme and Swiss Government

## Products & services

- **Staff Augmentation** — Senior engineers join a client's existing team on a Resource-on-Request basis; the client sets direction while Adaca handles recruitment, payroll and retention. Flat monthly rates from ~AUD $4,000 (junior) to $7,000 (senior).
- **Managed Teams** — A dedicated team of five to thirty engineers with an Australian delivery lead, run to the client's priorities and Adaca's processes.
- **AI-Augmented Software Development** — Senior engineers ship with Claude Code in the loop; Adaca claims up to 80% faster cycle times on greenfield work and 40-60% on legacy modernisation.
- **Develop AI Solutions (Crawl, Walk, Run)** — Staged AI adoption: training and enterprise licensing (Crawl), governance and scored controls (Walk), and building agents against high-return processes (Run).
- **Lovelace** — Adaca's AI-powered coding assistant: an agent that rewrites and upgrades code from a prompt, inline suggestions adapted to your codebase, and integrations with GitHub, GitLab, Jira and 50+ tools.

## Achievements

- Grew from rebrand to 100+ full-time engineers within about 18 months
- Delivered software for Qantas, ANZ, EY, Bupa and IAG
- International humanitarian work with the United Nations, World Food Programme and Swiss Government
- Built its own AI coding assistant, Lovelace
- Reported 4.5-year average engineer retention

## Latest updates

- **2024** — Launched Lovelace, an AI-powered coding assistant with agent, inline suggestions and 50+ integrations.
- **2024** — Formalised a Crawl, Walk, Run model for enterprise AI adoption and governance.
- **2023** — Rolled out AI-augmented software development with Claude Code in the loop, citing large cycle-time gains.

## Links

- Website: https://adaca.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adacahq
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/adacahq
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adacahq/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AdacaHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-08-04