Sankara Labs
Now taking Q3 2026 projects

Software your business can run on.

We design, build, and operate web platforms, mobile apps, and AI systems for ambitious teams — quality-vetted engineers, production-grade from day one.

30 minutes with an engineer — leave with a written scope and a risk list, or an honest no.

6–10wks
idea to production MVP
<1%
post-launch defect rate
4.8/5
client satisfaction
100%
quality-vetted engineers

Ships on a proven stack

  • Next.js
  • React Native
  • TypeScript
  • NestJS
  • PostgreSQL
  • Kafka
  • AWS
  • Vercel
  • OpenAI
Case studies

Real systems, still in production.

Live products carrying real traffic across web, mobile, and AI. A sample of what we've shipped.

Mobile (iOS / Android)Live

Turnip

Accountability & Wellness Platform

Turnip helps people connect with accountability partners during weight-loss or wellness journeys, fostering community through safe, private matches.

React NativeExpoNodePush NotificationsSecure Chat
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Web & Mobile (iOS / Android)In production

Auggie

Parenting Community — Content, Advice & Trusted Resources

Auggie is a full-stack parenting platform connecting parents through curated content, expert advice, community discussion, and trusted resources — available on web and as a native mobile app.

1000+
Active Users
65%
Retention Rate
Node.jsNestJSNext.jsReact NativePostgreSQL
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Web / DashboardIn production

Afrikanest

Property Management SaaS Platform

Afrikanest is Kenya's leading property management software, helping landlords and property managers handle portfolios, billing, e-leases, tax compliance, and comprehensive reporting.

500+
Properties Managed
$2M+
Transactions Processed
Next.jsReactTypeScriptE-TIMSStripe
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Mobile (iOS / Android)Live

Daily

Golf Companion — Live Scoring, Betting & Group Rounds

Daily DogFights is a golf companion app that makes competitive rounds more social and organized — handling live scorecards, group game creation, betting formats like skins and wolf, and automatic payout calculations so nobody argues over who owes what.

React NativeNodeWebSocketsGPSPush Notifications
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How we work

Principles we bring to every engagement.

The operating rules behind every project we take on — written down so you can hold us to them.

01

We build systems, not decks.

A sleek pitch is not a product. We spend 10% of our time explaining and 90% shipping — deliverables live in production, not in PDFs.

02

Context is non-negotiable.

Payments behave differently in New York than in Lisbon. Latency is a human experience. We design for the network, the currency, and the user actually present.

03

Maintenance is a feature.

Legibility, tests, typed contracts, boring tooling. We write code a future engineer — including a future us — can read without flinching.

04

AI is a tool, not a religion.

We use LLMs where they reduce toil. We isolate, evaluate, and keep humans in the loop wherever the cost of being wrong is real.

05

Small teams, vetted hands.

No staffing pyramids. Your Solutions Engineer scopes, builds, and owns the outcome — one accountable person, one phone to call.

06

The work must outlast us.

We document, hand over, and train internal teams by default. A project ends when you can run it without us — not when the invoice clears.

Have something serious to build? Let's talk.

Engagements start around four weeks; longer retainers by conversation. We take on a small number of projects at a time so the work actually ships.

Under 24 hours
Response time
6–10 weeks
Typical MVP
Quality-vetted engineers
Team