Product engineering & AI studio
Budapest
Product engineering, without the agency overhead.
A few words
Tabula Labs is a boutique studio that helps companies decide what to build, then builds it properly. For more than a decade we’ve shipped products for retailers, banks, life-science companies and startups. Today, more and more of that work means putting AI into real products and workflows.
Taking on new projects
What we do
Four ways to work with us.
We help you decide what to build, then build it properly. Most engagements start small.
01
Product engineering
We take products from idea to production and beyond. That means working out with you what to build, not just building what’s on the ticket: discovery, scoping and prototypes first, then architecture and delivery. Twenty years of building for the web, from high-traffic retail to digital banking and life sciences.
Includes
Product discovery and scoping
Prototypes that test ideas fast
Architecture design
Rescuing and modernising existing products
02
AI deployment
We sit with your team, map how the work actually gets done, and find the steps where AI saves real time. Then we build AI into those workflows, connect it to the tools and data you already use, and add the evaluation and monitoring that keep it dependable. No demos that end their life in a slide deck.
Includes
Workflow mapping with the people who do the work
AI agents and assistants built into those workflows
Integrations with your CRM, documents and internal systems
Evaluation, cost control and monitoring
03
Fractional CTO / CPTO
Senior product and technology leadership without a full-time hire. We set the product and technical direction, make the architecture and build-versus-buy calls, hire your first engineers, and support you through due diligence and fundraising.
Includes
Product and technology strategy
Roadmap and prioritisation
Hiring and team setup
Investor and due-diligence support
04
AI strategy sprint
Not sure where to start with AI? A fixed-price, two-to-three-week engagement to find out where it would actually pay off. We look at your processes, data and tools, then hand over a costed plan and a working prototype of the most promising idea. No commitment beyond that.
Includes
Process, data and tools review
A shortlist of use cases worth building
A costed plan
A working prototype
About
The hard part is rarely the technology.
Tabula Labs is a product studio based in Budapest, working with companies across the UK and Europe. Since 2012 we’ve worked inside product teams at retailers, banks, life-science companies and startups. That’s long enough to know the hard part is rarely the technology. It’s deciding what to build, and then building it properly.