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1ar labs is an AI-native R&D and engineering studio. We use AI to research, specify, prototype, and ship tasteful bespoke products faster, or embed with your team to turn its knowledge and workflows into reliable systems it can own.

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What People Say

Multiple Projects

"I value his expertise and problem-solving, as well as his strong interpersonal qualities."

Lorenz Langgartner

Global Executive Creative Director, Serviceplan Group

via LinkedIn

Multiple Projects

"Whether working solo or managing a dozen developers, he kept his focus on delivering outstanding results."

Saurabh Kakade

Creative Strategist, Meta

via LinkedIn

Masumi Network

"Knowledgeable in many disciplines, he can solve basically any problem you throw at him."

Patrick Tobler

CEO & Founder, NMKR

via LinkedIn

Multiple Projects

"His skills in architecture, research and development contributed significantly to the success of our company."

Elena Pries

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NDA project

"He's ultra-efficient ... helped us transform telemetry data into stunning visualizations, utilizing advanced AI agents."

Rohil Borole

Sr. Art Director, Serviceplan

via LinkedIn

NDA project

"I call him Pavel Marvel for a reason. His work is indeed marvellous."

Javier Granados

Senior Copywriter, Serviceplan

via LinkedIn

Sumr

"Shut up and take my money."

Heni Hazbay

Marketing Director, Argos

shared privately

Sumr

"Your app is great BTW. It works amazing!"

Heni Hazbay

Marketing Director, Argos

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Sumr

"Just installed. This is awesome!"

Tom Bielecki

CTO, Aligned Outcomes

via X

Sumr

"The experience is actually fantastic. The extension is a delight."

Sumr user

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Sumr

"Sumr is more practical for me than any Obsidian web clipper."

Sumr user

via XChat

Graft.to

"graft is so awesome!!"

Saieesh Bairam

DM on Craft's Slack

Graft.to

"CRAFT HIRE THIS PERSON"

/u/sixwingmildsauce

via Reddit

Graft.to

"This is the coolest third party Craft tool I've seen yet. Thank you!"

/u/theOdosius

via Reddit

Graft.to

"Without doubt the best Craft add-on I've used. Thank you!"

/u/burfeyboy

via Reddit

Sumr

"Love the name and the symbol!"

Saurabh Kakade

Creative Strategist, Meta

shared privately

Microtools

"Greatly appreciate the genius effort and work you put into this!"

/u/Ryan_Crestwoods

via Reddit

Sumr

"Dude that is so cool"

/u/Oxfxax

via Reddit

Microtools

"Thank you so much for this! I love it."

/u/PedestrianXing

via Reddit

Graft.to

"Good job it looks great."

/u/Kind-News3775

via Reddit

Microtools

"Hell yeah nicely done"

/u/ddstoryteller

via Reddit

Finder File Actions

"I really love your extension. It really fit with my work flow."

/u/Zestyclose_Level_582

via Reddit

What we do

AI-native R&D and product engineering

We research open questions, turn them into clear specs, and prototype or ship tasteful bespoke products. We can also refresh an existing product with an AI-native delivery loop.

Forward-deployed AI transformation

We embed without gatekeeping: map the workflow, build the system inside it, measure it, and leave your team able to run and improve it.

AI-native workshops

We rebuild real workflows with your team live, so people leave with working tools, documented methods, and the confidence to extend them.

Recent case study

Graft.to

Solo AI-native R&D sprint, Grand Prix winner

Craft docs users had been asking for a knowledge graph for years. No one built it.

1ar labs researched and shipped Graft, a 2D and 3D graph visualization for Craft documents, as a solo AI-native R&D sprint. It is privacy-first, open source, and runs entirely in the browser.

The result was the Grand Prix at the global Craft winter hackathon.

solo build AI-native R&D open source hackathon winner

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