# Bad Influence story: Mastra launches Forward, an annual AI engineering service with embedded engineers

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-11 00:00. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/f54c8179-388f-4106-9660-78fb028beb96

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Latest update (11-11 00:00): Mastra launches Forward, an AI engineering service with forward-deployed engineers

Overview: Mastra launches Forward, an annual AI engineering service that provides a named forward-deployed engineer and access to Mastra core engineering, according to a Mastra blog post. Customers also get an Enterprise license on hosted, self-hosted, or BYOC deployment, a Trace Intelligence pool, Mastra Factory running in the customer's repo, and a quarterly architecture review.

Forward is an annual engagement. Mastra says it is invoiced quarterly or prepaid upfront at a discount. The post does not give a price.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 00:00 · Mastra Blog (from the company) · [Mastra launches Forward, an AI engineering service with forward-deployed engineers](https://badinfluence.news/items/vcbcup2a4dkgydddobz43ccso)
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