Nairobi Labs
Nairobi Labs builds software and hardware that make people more capable.
We believe technological progress is essential to human prosperity, and that the products people use every day should leave them better off for having used them.
Our Purpose
We build across software and hardware, open source and closed, because the problem decides the medium, not the other way around.
Good Exchange
A product is a trade. We build the kind where the trade favors the person using it — software they pay for, hardware they own outright, work that adds something real to their day. That's the standard every product is held to.
Progress, Applied
We start from a simple belief: more capable tools, more available, make people's lives better. Everything we build is that belief turned into something someone can actually use.
The Team
We're engineers, designers, and operators, building products across software and hardware.
Software
Applications, developer tools, and open-source projects built to give people direct leverage over their own work and time.
Hardware
Physical products designed and built to be dependable, and worth owning outright.
Operations
The people, finance, and support functions that keep the products working and the company running.
What We Value and How We Act
- 01
Be Good to Users
The relationship between a product and the person using it should be a positive one. We build things people pay for, use, and are glad to have. A good product blesses the person who uses it.
- 02
Let the Problem Choose the Medium
Software or hardware, open source or closed — the choice follows from what actually solves the problem.
- 03
Do the Simple Thing That Works
The straightforward solution beats the impressive one. A well-made simple tool outlasts an elaborate one that doesn't quite work.
- 04
Ship, Then Learn
We put things in front of people and improve them based on what actually happens.
- 05
Put the Product First
The work is the product, and the person using it. Everything else is secondary to whether the thing is genuinely good.