Engineered software for ambitious businesses.

Production-grade web platforms, AI workflows, and internal tooling, built in Nairobi, shipped across Africa and beyond.

// SERVICES

Six pillars. One studio.

We're a full-stack consultancy, from the database schema to the deployment pipeline to the AI workflow that runs on top of it. Every pillar is in-house.

Software Engineering

Production-grade web platforms, mobile apps, and internal systems, engineered to last.

  • Full-stack web (React, Next.js, Vue, Laravel, Django)
  • Mobile apps (React Native, Flutter)
  • Custom internal tools & admin systems
  • Payment integrations (M-Pesa Daraja, Stripe, Flutterwave)
Next.jsReact NativeLaravelDjango
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AI & Machine Learning

From custom models trained on your data to LLM-powered workflows that compound expertise.

  • Custom model development & fine-tuning
  • LLM integration & RAG systems
  • Computer vision & document AI
  • Production deployment & monitoring
PyTorchTensorFlowOpenAILangChain
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Cloud Infrastructure

Deploy, scale, and operate workloads across AWS, GCP, and Azure, without breaking the bill.

  • Multi-cloud deployment (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Kubernetes & Docker orchestration
  • CI/CD pipelines, observability, IaC (Terraform)
  • Managed databases (Postgres, Mongo, Redis)
AWSKubernetesTerraformPostgres
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Automation Systems

Replace repetitive work with workflows that run themselves, and learn as your business grows.

  • n8n & custom workflow engines
  • AI chatbots & customer-facing agents
  • Bulk SMS, email, and notification pipelines
  • End-to-end business process automation
n8nOpenAITwilioAfrica's Talking
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Data Engineering

Pipelines, warehouses, and analytics that turn scattered data into decisions you can defend.

  • ETL & streaming pipelines
  • Data annotation & labelling for ML
  • BI dashboards (Metabase, Looker, Superset)
  • Warehousing & lakehouse architecture
AirflowdbtBigQueryMetabase
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Cybersecurity

Threat modeling, hardening, and pentesting, production-grade software has to be secure.

  • Threat modeling & security audits
  • Penetration testing & red-team exercises
  • Firewall, WAF, and zero-trust setup
  • SIEM & incident response playbooks
Burp SuiteWiresharkNessusOWASP
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// PORTFOLIO

Selected work.

A handful of the systems we've put into production. Each one was designed around a specific business problem and shipped with the team that runs it.

GlycoSafe preview01
012024
01AI · Health

GlycoSafe

AI-assisted diabetes care platform.

A patient-facing health platform that turns continuous glucose data into actionable guidance. Custom ML models flag risk windows, generate personalised meal and activity suggestions, and surface trends in plain language so patients and clinicians act on the same page.

  • Custom ML model for glucose trend prediction
  • Patient + clinician dashboards in one platform
  • Personalised meal and activity recommendations
  • Audit-ready clinical event log
FlutterNext.jsPythonPyTorchPostgresAWS

Shipped · 01 · 2024

02
022026
02Internal Tools · Automation

Acquisition OS

Lead-to-Booking Operating System.

An internal operating system that ingests inquiries from every channel, qualifies them with AI, schedules first response in under 60 seconds, and runs the full pipeline through to booking. Built as deployable architecture, not a form builder. Dashboards, APIs, and n8n automations stay in lockstep with one normalised lead model.

  • Universal multi-channel ingest with dedupe
  • AI-assisted qualification using GPT-4o-mini
  • n8n automation backbone with secure server-to-server auth
  • Cal.com / WhatsApp / SendGrid / Slack integrations
Next.js 15NodeTypeScriptPrismaPostgresn8nOpenAI

Shipped · 02 · 2026

Ashgate preview03
032025
03Real Estate · Marketplace

Ashgate

End-to-end property ecosystem for East Africa.

A full-stack real estate platform covering listings, communities, news, and property management. Advanced listings carry 3D virtual tours and floor plans. A vetted expert network keeps users on platform from due diligence to landscaping. The roadmap layers in M-Pesa rent collection and property development advisory.

  • 3D virtual tours + floor plan integration
  • Vetted expert community (legal, utilities, staging)
  • News & Insights educative hub
  • M-Pesa rent collection on the roadmap
Next.jsLaravelGCPPostgresM-Pesa Daraja

Shipped · 03 · 2025

SmartPOS preview04
042023
04Retail · Point of Sale

SmartPOS

Multi-store POS with supermarket-style loyalty.

A retail point-of-sale and back-office platform built for Kenyan shops and growing chains. The architecture is multi-tenant: an owner with two, three, or more stores runs every location from one dashboard—inventory, sales, staff, and reporting without switching systems. Checkout is M-Pesa-first with offline-capable terminals. A smart loyalty engine lets customers earn bonus reward points on every purchase and redeem them at the till, the way supermarkets do.

  • Multi-store management from a single owner dashboard
  • Multi-tenant architecture—one business, many locations
  • Intelligent loyalty points: earn on purchase, redeem at checkout
  • M-Pesa STK Push checkout at point of sale
  • Stock control, reordering, and cross-store reporting
DjangoDjango UnfoldAWSPostgreSQLM-Pesa Daraja

Shipped · 04 · 2023

// TECHNOLOGIES

Battle-tested tools we use to ship.

We're tool-agnostic but opinionated. These are the technologies we've put into production most often, across web, mobile, AI, cloud, and data.

React
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Python
Django
Laravel
Vue
Flutter
Tailwind
OpenAI
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LangChain
React
Next.js
TypeScript
Node.js
Python
Django
Laravel
Vue
Flutter
Tailwind
OpenAI
PyTorch
TensorFlow
LangChain
AWSAWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Vercel
Postgres
MongoDB
Redis
Supabase
Twilio
Metabase
n8nn8n
M-PM-Pesa Daraja
AWSAWS
GCP
Kubernetes
Docker
Terraform
Vercel
Postgres
MongoDB
Redis
Supabase
Twilio
Metabase
n8nn8n
M-PM-Pesa Daraja
// PROCESS

How we work.

Four phases. No vendor lock-in, no surprise scope creep, no “we'll figure it out as we go.” You see the plan before we touch your codebase.

01

Discovery

We start by understanding your business, mapping current systems, and identifying where engineering can move the needle. No assumptions, just questions, data, and a clear scope.

02

Architecture & Design

We design end-to-end: data model, tech stack, integration surface, deployment topology. You get a written architecture doc and a working prototype before we write production code.

03

Build & Iterate

Weekly demos, transparent progress, and direct access to the engineers building it. You see exactly what's shipping each week, and we course-correct fast when reality diverges from the spec.

04

Launch & Operate

We deploy, instrument, and hand over with documentation that doesn't lie. Optional operate-and-evolve retainer for businesses that want to keep shipping after launch.

// WHY KRATOS

We build systems your business actually owns.

Most agencies hand you a stack of subscriptions. We hand you a stack of code, purpose-built for how your company actually works, and yours to keep.

Bespoke, not boilerplate

Every system we build is engineered around your business logic, not bent to fit someone else's template. No "configuration" workarounds. No paying for features you'll never use.

Own your stack, stop renting it

Per-seat SaaS subscriptions compound fast. We build the system you'd otherwise rent, your data, your code, your savings accumulating instead of vanishing into annual license renewals.

One intelligent ecosystem

CRM, ERP, accounting, comms, analytics, built as a unified system around your workflow, not patched together from five separate vendors. Everything talks to everything.

Direct line to the engineers

No project manager telephone game. You meet weekly with the people writing the code, see what's shipping, and steer the build in real time.

// WHO WE SERVE

Built for businesses that take software seriously.

Whether you're a founder shipping your first product, a startup scaling fast, or an established business replacing legacy systems, the engineering bar is the same.

Founders & Solo Operators

You're shipping fast, juggling everything, and your tooling is held together by spreadsheets and good intentions.

  • Custom internal tools that replace ad-hoc spreadsheets
  • Automated workflows so you stop doing the same task twice
  • A real website + lead pipeline, deployed in weeks

Startups

You've validated the idea. Now you need engineering that scales with you, not a stack you'll rewrite at Series A.

  • Product engineering across web, mobile, and backend
  • Cloud architecture that grows from 100 to 100k users
  • Data + AI capabilities baked into the platform, not bolted on

Established Businesses

You've got revenue and a tangle of off-the-shelf software. We replace it with a unified system you actually own.

  • Custom CRM/ERP replacing per-seat SaaS subscriptions
  • Legacy modernization without ripping out what works
  • Security audits, compliance, and operational hardening
// PROOF

Built with operators who run real businesses.

Quotes are anonymised while we collect formal approvals. Numbers reflect production deployments, not estimates.

Kratos shipped what three vendors had told us was a 6-month build. The system pays for itself every month we don't pay for the SaaS it replaced.

OL
Operations Lead
Logistics company, Nairobi

We talk to the people writing the code, every week. That alone changed how fast we could course-correct.

FT
Founder
Health-tech startup

The dashboards aren't just pretty. They surface the operational decisions we actually had to make.

MD
Managing Director
Real-estate platform
10+
Production systems shipped
<60s
First-response SLA on Acquisition OS
100%
Code ownership stays with the client
// CONTACT

Let's talk about what you're building.

Send a brief on what you need. We respond within one business day, and most discovery calls happen the same week.

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// NEWSLETTER

Short notes from the studio.

Occasional dispatches on what we're shipping, what we've learned in production, and the trade-offs we'd make again.

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