Not a staffing shop. Not an offshore farm. Three founders who've held a runway, made payroll, and shipped software under real pressure — and built a team around that standard.
Sinan and Serdar met in high school in Turkey. Sinan moved to the United States in 2019 when his startup Cuboh was accepted into Y Combinator. Serdar managed a distributed engineering team from Istanbul — the model that would become Horizon Labs.
After Sinan's exit from Cuboh, they formalized what they'd already been doing informally: senior-grade engineering for founders who couldn't afford full-time US engineers, but couldn't afford bad software either. Saif Akhtar joined in 2022 to run customer success and operations, bringing startup operator experience from San Jose's founding community.
Since then: 30+ products shipped across fintech, marketplaces, AI, embedded systems, and healthcare. Four YC-backed teams. A 5.0 rating on Clutch. The model works because leadership has sat at the same table you're at — and the engineering actually ships.
Senior engineers, a delivery lead, a PM, and a designer. No juniors on client work.
Co-founder of Cuboh (YC S19). Senior engineer at Tasso and Oscar Health. Moved to the US for Y Combinator in 2019.
Math Olympiad medalist. PhD Computer Engineering, UConn. Former Vice Dean of Engineering at Zirve University.
Early employee, co-founder, and investor across multiple startups. Founding team at Cresance and Intellus.ai.
9+ years full-stack, mobile, and embedded. Leads sprint delivery and technical oversight across all engagements.
Bridges client requirements with engineering. CS at Bilkent, Master's in Graphic Design at Istanbul Arel.
10+ years in photography, videography, and product illustration. Social Sciences, IBA Pakistan.
These aren't values from a brand deck. They come from shipping software under real constraints.
Launch the minimum viable version. Prove the assumption before building the feature.
Ship, measure, iterate. Data beats intuition — including ours.
Reliable, well-documented, proven at scale. Novelty is a tax on delivery.
Clean code, documentation, handoff training. You own everything after we hand it off.
Fixed-price estimates. Transparent trade-offs. No billing-hour incentives.
6-month code warranty. Long-term partnership, not a single engagement.
Book a scoping call. We'll scope, price, and start within 2 weeks of agreement — no lengthy onboarding.