Built for solo founders & pre-seed teams
Ship a prototype in two weeks. Find out if your idea has legs.
Engine Labs builds prototypes, MVPs and roadmaps for founders who need to test before they quit, raise or hire. We're not a co-founder. We compress the “should we even build this” phase from months to weeks.
“I need to test the idea before I quit my job or raise a round.”
The founders stack
Three Engines. One operator's worth of work, off your plate.
This is the stack we recommend for most founders businesses. The Control Centre will tell you which one to start with and how to add the others later.
Founder Engine
MVPRecommendedA clickable prototype, an MVP and a build roadmap in days, not weeks.
Insight Engine
ReportingRecommendedA dashboard and a weekly written summary that prepares your Monday meeting for you.
Knowledge Engine
DocsRecommendedA private chat that answers your team's “how do we do X” from your own docs.
The full catalog
Everything else, in case the Control Centre recommends a stack that includes one of these.
Sales Engine
SalesCatch every inbound lead, qualify it, hand you a warm conversation.
Ops Engine
OperationsRun the recurring admin a chief-of-staff would otherwise do.
Support Engine
Customer ServiceRead every ticket, draft the reply, queue it for your one-click send.
Back-office Engine
AdminRead your invoices, receipts and supplier docs and draft the records for your bookkeeper to review.
Outreach Engine
SupportDraft personalised messages to people you already have permission to contact.
Get started
Configure this in the Control Centre.
Two to four minutes. A draft scope and a starting price band — no call required.