We build working AI systems and products that solve the problems others overlook. The ones buried in legacy data, manual processes, and physical infrastructure too complex for off-the-shelf AI.
A logistics company has 200 warehouses. Damage inspections are manual, slow, and inconsistent. We build vision systems that detect structural issues from routine drone footage, automatically flagged and prioritized.
A city government tracks flood risk using maps that are updated once a year. We build pipelines that combine satellite data, terrain models, and sensor feeds into a live risk picture that updates after every storm.
A growing B2B company spends 40 hours a week on manual due diligence, pulling data from public filings, news, and internal notes. We build a system that does the extraction, cross-referencing, and flagging automatically.
It might be a first prototype that needs real engineering behind it. Or a system buried in your operations that should have been automated years ago. If it's technical and it matters to you, we'd like to hear about it.
Get in touchWe're a small, senior team. The people who scope your problem are the same people who build the solution. We work embedded with your team, not in a black box, and we price on outcomes because we're confident in what we deliver.
You have traction and data but your technical lead is already doing three jobs. We take the messy problem off their plate, scope it, and build it to production.
There's a process that should be automated or a dataset nobody's made useful yet. Your people know the domain. We bring the engineering.
You own the relationship and the domain expertise. When the project needs real ML engineering, we build behind you, quietly and reliably.
You've heard the pitches. Big integrators quoting millions, startups showing demos that break. We're a small senior team that builds to spec and doesn't waste your time.
Former strategy consultant at Strategy& (PwC) and Westpac Banking Group. Scaled a SEA start-up insurer from zero to 150M in insured exposure in two years, leveraging automation and AI.
15 years building autonomous systems across Amazon (Astro), Google Wing, and Figure AI. Full-stack autonomy from sensor fusion and perception through to real-time decision making.
Former consultant at KPMG with operating experience across APAC and the US. Leads partnerships and community, working with partners and enterprises to deliver AI engineering projects.
Yodo Labs sits at the center of a network of researchers, engineers, and practitioners building applied AI across Japan and APAC.
We host Japan's most active AI engineering meetups and hackathons, and have built a community of researchers and practitioners working on applied AI in Japan.
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& moreReal projects, real constraints. Here's how we've helped partners solve the AI problems that stalled their teams.
We publish on the problems we care about, the gaps between what AI promises and what it actually delivers in production, across languages, modalities, and regulatory environments.
Have an idea or a problem? Want to bounce ideas? If you're working on an AI problem and want to talk it through, we're happy to jump on a call and see if we can help.
We're hiring with 5 open positions available. Come work on problems that matter, at the intersection of AI capability and APAC business reality.
