Collective technical consultancy · Lisbon · Braga · Ericeira · Matosinhos · London · Oslo

We build systems that scale.

From RF firmware on embedded appliances to scalable backend architecture, to the brand and the landing page that sells them — we design, build, operate, growth, and advise across the whole stack. One studio, a collective, nine disciplines, engineered as a contract.

What we do See the work →
§ Disciplines
9
§ Users served by our work
8M+ users
§ Countries deployed
18
§ Total prototypes built
45+ (6+ / yr)
§ Prototypes go live
18%
§ From prototype to production
4 weeks
§ 01 · Services

What we do.

Nine disciplines · One studio · Run as a single contract
§ 01

Brand & Design

Brand, UI, and product design for technical companies. Square, measured, specific.

§ 02

Marketing & growth

Positioning, launch strategy, and growth loops. Copy engineers want to read.

§ 03

Software development

Web, mobile, and back-of-house. Typed languages, small teams, boring technology.

§ 04

Systems architecture

Design for systems that have to keep running at three in the morning on a Sunday.

§ 05

DevOps & sysadmin

Build, ship, observe. We run what we build.

§ 06

Networking & appliances

Building the boxes on the rack, and the firmware that runs on them.

§ 07

RF communications

2.4GHz and sub-GHz. Mesh, point-to-point, long-haul. Spectrum is a resource; we treat it like one.

§ 08

Smart home & automation

Domotics, security, and the wiring that disappears into the walls.

§ 09

Hardware R&D

Prototype boards, enclosures, and the early hours of a product nobody has seen yet.

§ 02 · Work & prototypes

What we're proud of.

Selected engagements & R&D · 2024–2026
Prototypes · Internal R&D · Selected experiments2024–2026
§ P-01 · RF · Mesh2025

Relay/OS — mesh firmware platform

A boring, debuggable firmware target for 443 and 868 MHz industrial mesh. 2,400 nodes; 99.997% uplink.

RFNetworkingSoftware
§ P-02 · Hardware · Resilience2025

Silex — off-grid mesh communicator

A rugged handheld device for when infrastructure fails. Peer-to-peer mesh radio, e-ink display, physical keyboard, local AI. No cell, no cloud — built for extreme conditions, emergencies, and resilient communities.

HardwareMeshAIResilience
§ P-03 · Hardware2024

Satellite ground station · API

Small satellite ground station served via REST API and MCP for AI agents. Two nodes — Ericeira and Braga — receiving and forwarding orbital data in real time.

RFHardwareMCPAI
§ P-04 · Firmware2025

Relay/OS testbed

A single-binary simulation harness for 2.4GHz mesh firmware. Runs 512 virtual nodes on one laptop; no hardware required to validate routing logic.

RFCPOSIX
§ P-05 · SDR · Multi-band2025

RF analyzer for defense

A passive multi-band signal capture device built for defense and government. Monitors ADS-B aircraft transponders, AIS naval traffic, and automotive TPMS simultaneously — no transmission, no signature. Designed for border surveillance, port monitoring, and critical infrastructure intelligence.

SDRRFDefense
§ P-06 · Hardware · AI2025

AI Home Automation Hub

A compact, fanless hub for home automation with a local AI inference layer. Controls lights, locks, cameras, and thermostat from a single device — no cloud required. Built and tested at the Ericeira lab.

HardwareAIEmbeddedDomotics
§ 03 · Approach

How we work.

Principles · Rev 2.1
§ 01

Under the sun, by design.

We work from offices in Lisbon, Braga, Ericeira, Matosinhos, London, and Oslo — and from wherever the work makes sense. Remote-first when concentration demands it, on-site when presence does. We run the same model with partners: sprints in shared spaces, offsite weeks with our partners, and hands-on sessions when the problem is physical.

"Never trust a thought that occurs to you indoors."

— Nietzsche · That's why we spend ~30% of our time outdoors — ideas included.
§ 02

One collective, not a handoff.

Design, software, and operations are the same project. We run what we build. Anything else is theater, and theater doesn't answer the phone at 3 a.m.

§ 03

Boring technology.

Established patterns exist because they survived contact with reality. We build on them deliberately — the well-documented option, the one with the long changelog and the quiet mailing list. Mature tooling means known failure modes, known recovery paths, and a community that has already solved the problem you haven't had yet. Novelty is a tax we pay only when it buys something a proven pattern cannot.

§ 04

R&D as discipline.

We run a continuous prototype programme — hardware boards, software experiments, AI integrations, RF test rigs, design probes. Most fail. A few become products. The point is the cadence: if you are not testing something new every week, you are falling behind. We do this internally, and we bring partners into the lab when the problem warrants it.

"Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?"

— Voltaire
§ 05

The channel will fail.

RF, networks, disks — we design assuming they break, and recover before anyone notices. Graceful degradation is a product feature, not a stretch goal.

§ 06

Measured in uptime. Measured in scale.

We report in numbers that matter: nines, latency, on-call volume, handoff weight. Activity is not progress; shipped reliability is.

§ 04 · Trusted by

Trusted by.

2018 — 2026
AVANT ARTE UBBU DARKMATTER AI LABS POLKASTARTER G3 · GAM3S.GG COINVISION PLUM GUIDE POOLSIDE TYLKO FURNITURE LOCKSMITH CONSULTING BETTER HALF NOSSA™ VALISPACE HANX MOTLEY LONDON MNW AGENCY SANA · HALLHR MYTAXI · FREENOW REDE MUNDIAL DEL PAPA 15+ R&D PARTNERSHIPS
§ 05 · Commissioned work

Start with a dossier, not a sales call.

Tell us what you're building and what keeps breaking. We'll respond with a written memo, no slides, within five business days.

Start a project → Read the work
§ Intake form · ABRIDGEDEST. 5 DAYS
01 · System
What are you building, and for whom?
02 · State
What works today. What doesn't.
03 · Constraints
Budget, timeline, regulatory envelope.
04 · Success
How will you know we succeeded?