Arc
Turns a goal into a time-boxed personal challenge with named daily actions, a contract you agree to up front, and a review that decides what happens next.
We build software companies.
Some are ours. Some are yours.
Namek is an AI-native venture studio that researches, designs, builds and launches software products for our own portfolio and selected partners.
2026
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Netherlands
Things we’re building
Namek started in 2026. These are the first records — in whatever state they’re actually in.
Tatami
A training log for BJJ that turns what you drilled in class into a spaced-repetition deck, on top of a technique catalog so you never start from a blank page.
Rimless Studio
Configure a pair of rimless glasses in 3D, try it on through the webcam, save the design. Built for retailers who want design intent, not a checkout.
saaf.me
Personal payment pages for the Netherlands. In research while the payment rail is settled — most providers won't onboard a consumer payee.
Partner projects and launched ventures are added here as they happen. Nothing is listed before it exists.
Two ways to build with Namek.
Same team. Same process. Different cap table.
We identify opportunities, test assumptions and turn the strongest ideas into independent software businesses.
We partner with founders and companies to turn ambitious ideas into real products. Product strategy, design, engineering and AI under one roof.
From opportunity to working product.
Namek works as a compact product team, not an outsourced development shop. The same people do the research, the design, the engineering and the launch — so product decisions stay connected to the code that has to implement them.
We build in short cycles, put something usable in front of real users early, and change direction on evidence rather than on opinion.
Product strategyProblem & market analysisProduct architecture
UX & interface designFull-stack engineeringAI / LLM systemsPrototyping
LaunchAutomationIteration & measurement
One team across all of it. No handoffs between strategy, design and engineering.
Find out what should be built before spending months building it.
Strategy · Scope · Prototype · Technical direction
Ideas don’t deserve companies. Evidence does.
Namek tests assumptions early and kills weak ideas before they consume significant capital. Each stage has to earn the next one.
- Research
Is there a real, expensive problem here?
- Validate
Will someone pay before it exists?
- Prototype
Can we make the solution feel obvious?
- Build
Is it production-grade?
- Launch
Can we reach the people who need it?
- Measure
Is anything compounding?
- Scale or kill
Does this deserve more capital?
Most ideas stop at 02. That’s the point.
Namek / Labs
Experiments, tools and technical research from inside the studio. Some become products. Most become leverage.
Portable spaced-repetition scheduling
An FSRS-6 scheduler extracted as a standalone package, now running unchanged inside two separate products. Review state never touches practice state.
Local-first application state
Products that keep everything on the device in plain JSON and treat sync as optional. Works offline, costs nothing to run, survives a backend outage.
Real-time 3D configuration in the browser
Parametric product geometry and webcam try-on running at frame rate on a phone, with no install and no native app.
Agentic development infrastructure
Pipelines where agents plan, implement and review changes against a real test suite, with humans kept on the decisions that actually matter.
Have the knowledge. Missing the product team?
For exceptional opportunities, Namek partners with domain experts and founders to build new software companies together. You bring the market. We bring the product.
Domain expertiseCustomer accessDistributionCommercial leadership
ProductEngineeringAI systemsDesignTechnical infrastructure
We take on a small number of these. Most conversations end as a Sprint instead, and that’s usually the right answer.
Software got cheaper to build. Good products didn’t get easier to make.
Namek exists in the gap between those two facts. AI has dramatically increased what a small team can produce — which means the constraint has moved from capacity to judgement.
We combine technical leverage, product judgement, fast experimentation and reusable infrastructure to build more companies with fewer people. What we learn building our own ventures goes into partner work, and what we learn in partner work goes back into our own.
Build before bureaucracy
Working software settles arguments that documents extend.
Evidence over opinions
Opinions decide what to test. Data decides what to keep.
Small teams, high leverage
Coordination cost is the main tax on software. We refuse to pay it.
Own what we create
Tools and infrastructure compound. Deliverables don't.
Kill weak ideas quickly
The expensive mistake is a mediocre idea that survives too long.
AI is infrastructure, not marketing
It's in how we work, not in how we describe ourselves.
Products over presentations
We'd rather show you something running.
Building something that should exist?
If you have deep knowledge of a problem, a strong product idea, or an existing business ready for its next software product, talk to Namek.