About
Two continents. One studio.
UNIO Lab started seven years ago as a cloud-native consulting firm — Kubernetes, CI/CD, event-driven architecture. We were good at it. But consulting has a ceiling: you're always selling time, never building equity.
So we pivoted. Today UNIO Lab is a product studio. We build complete software platforms — our own and for clients who need something shipped fast and built right. Dativo (EU Data Act compliance for connected product manufacturers) and Filahti (agricultural advisory for Tunisian farmers) are the proof that this model works.
What changed? AI coding agents made it possible for a small team of senior engineers to ship at the speed of a much larger organization. We don't use AI as a gimmick — it's how we build. Every product goes through the same pipeline: human architecture, AI-augmented implementation, human review, shipped together.
How we work
Products, not projects
We don't sell hours or staff augmentation. We take ownership of a problem and ship a product that solves it. Fixed scope, fixed price, shipped fast.
AI does the throughput
Our senior engineers direct AI coding agents to handle implementation at scale. The humans make architecture decisions, review output, and own quality. AI handles volume.
Honest about scope
We'll tell you what we can build, what it will cost, and when you'll have it. If it's not something we can ship well, we'll say so upfront.
Open by default
Dativo's core is open source. We ship in the open because transparency builds trust — and because good software should be accessible.
Where we are
Mönchengladbach
Engineering leadership and product architecture. German business hours, EU compliance expertise.
Paris
Product strategy and client-facing work. French market and European partnerships.
Tunis
AI-augmented development and delivery operations. Continuous shipping across time zones.
Have a product that needs building?
We're always looking for the next platform to ship. Tell us what you need.