Nece Labs · a software laboratory
Nece Labs designs and engineers products, platforms, and AI-enabled systems for ambitious teams. We take the problems that don't fit an off-the-shelf answer and turn them into software that works on a Tuesday.
Services
Design and engineering in the same room, real data as early as we can get it, and a bias toward the version that can actually be run.
Product engineering
From first sketch to something a team relies on. We design the interface, build the system behind it, and stay for the awkward second version.
AI-enabled software
We build systems that use models where they help, measure where they don't, and keep a person in the loop wherever the cost of being wrong is real.
Technical platforms
Pipelines, internal tools, integrations, and the unglamorous reliability that makes a bold product possible in the first place.
Bench notes
// A Nece project, written down before it is built.
const experiment = lab.frame({
question: "Can support triage run without a queue?",
success: { latency: "< 2s", humans: "in the loop" },
});
const build = await experiment.build({
model: "small, fine-tuned",
fallback: "a person, every time",
});
build.ship({
to: "production",
watch: ["cost", "accuracy", "regret"],
});We write down what would count as success before we write code. If we can't state it, we're not ready to build it.
A small, fine-tuned model with a human behind it is a design decision, not a compromise. It's usually cheaper and always more honest.
Cost and accuracy are obvious. Regret — how often someone overrides the system — tells you whether it's actually trusted.
Selected work
A few recent experiments that made it to production. Described by what they do, not who they're for.
AI-enabled software · Product
An inbox that reads every ticket, drafts a reply, and knows when to hand it to a person. We built the evaluation harness before the interface, so the team could see exactly where the model was wrong before anyone had to trust it.
Technical platform · Data
Sensor, satellite, and machinery data from every field they farm, reconciled into a single model a farm manager can argue with. The interesting part wasn't the dashboard; it was agreeing on what a "field" is.
Product engineering · Simulation
A what-if tool that replays a real week of demand under new pricing rules before anyone touches production. Ops can break pricing safely, on a Friday, and see what it would have cost.
Process
Three steps, in this order, because the order is the point. You can't build what you haven't framed, and you haven't shipped until it runs without us.
We turn a vague ambition into a question that can be tested. Research, sketches, and throwaway prototypes — usually a few weeks, never a slide deck.
You get
Small team, weekly releases, real data as early as possible. Design and engineering happen at the same bench, not in sequence.
You get
Launch is a step, not the finish. We instrument, watch, and iterate until it runs without us — then hand it over properly.
You get
Contact
Tell us what you're trying to build and what's in the way. We'll tell you plainly whether we're the right lab for it.
or write to hello@nece.ro