Technology & innovation

Startups, R&D groups, and innovation teams shipping ambitious software at startup pace.

Who hires us for this

Early-stage startup founders — pre-product or with a working prototype — who need their first credible engineering hand. This is where we live.

Our take

We think of our role as the engineering co-founder you don't have yet. That framing shapes everything — including the willingness to say no when an architecture decision will haunt your team after we're gone.

What we build here

MVPs from blank repo to live users in under 12 weeks, architectures that scale 10× without costing 10× before then, and a documented handoff so your future engineering hire can pick up where we left off.

Detail

This is the sector we know best — because it's where we live. Most of our partnerships are with early-stage startups (Donkeylab is the current one) where the constraints are speed, runway, and credibility. We've shipped MVPs from blank repo to live users in under 12 weeks, and operated them while the founders go raise.

We think of our role as 'the engineering co-founder you don't have yet'. That framing shapes everything — including the willingness to say no when an architecture decision will haunt the team after we're gone.

Where projects get stuck

Building credible MVPs in weeks, not quarters
Architectures that survive a 10× user spike but don't cost like one before then
Hiring and onboarding the next engineer past the prototype phase
Telling a credible technical story to investors + partners

Shipping something in this space?

Tell us where you are stuck. We will say in one email if we are the right partner.

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