Big software is not enough for your business.
We make tech that fits you specifically, from scratch.
You pay for platforms that solve 60% of the problem and leave you to work around the rest. Now AI exists. The gap between what off-the-shelf gives you and what your business actually needs is wider than ever.
CS Labs is run by active AI startup founders. We bring design, engineering, and AI expertise across multiple shipped products serving more than 350,000 users.
Contact us →We were massively expanding in San Diego, and knew we had to break free from pre-AI platforms where our data was at the mercy of our vendors. With CarbonSilicon Labs, we're tackling the problems we couldn't trust anyone else to do right.
I was bogged down with the sheer potential of AI. I made a lot of progress myself, but the systems I built needed time, protection and oversight my team was unequipped for. Just consulting with CS Labs showed me what was possible, and I couldn't be happier.
Systems that handle real work, not demos.
Internal dashboards, client portals, proprietary platforms.
10× productive capacity without hiring.
Long-term builds where we embed with your team.
Audits, roadmaps, and technical strategy.
Full operational overhauls for businesses ready to modernize.
We map your operations and find where time and money are leaking. We go deep and understand your specific business.
Fixed scope, timeline, and price. Nothing billed by the hour.
Design, engineering, and testing in weekly sprints. You review everything before it ships.
Launch into your environment. Migrate your data. Train your team.
We monitor performance, fix what breaks, and extend the system as your business evolves.
We scope security and privacy into every build.
All AI-powered workflows and customer conversations remain private and fully protected at every step.
Retain full control over data storage and processing. Seamlessly integrate with your own infrastructure or preferred cloud environment.
We document every system. You can port it, inspect it, or replace us.
Most builds run four to eight weeks. Complex integrations can extend to twelve. Timeline confirmed before signing.
Projects start at $5,000. Maintenance from $1,250/month. We scope and quote before any commitment. No retainers. No hourly billing.
Bug fixes, security updates, uptime monitoring, and minor feature additions. Anything beyond scope gets quoted separately before work begins.
Yes, by default. We offer everything from full IP transfer to shared ownership, defined before work begins.
React, TypeScript, Next.js, Python, Supabase, Vercel, OpenAI, Anthropic. Matched to the project. No proprietary lock-in.
You review at every milestone. In-scope changes included. Out-of-scope additions quoted and approved before work starts.
Yes. We build on top of what you already use. If something needs replacing, we tell you why before we touch it.
We build, deploy, and maintain everything. If you want to bring it in-house later, we document the full system and train your people.
The founders. Directly. No account managers. No junior handoffs. The people making decisions are the people you talk to.
We're founders running our own AI companies. We build with the same tools and standards we use on our own products. No subcontractors. No junior handoffs.
Yes. Our founding team is based in Orange County but we work with clients remotely. The process is the same regardless of location.
Fill out the contact form or call the founders. First call is a scoping conversation. You walk away with a fixed quote.