Firmitas, utilitas, velocitas.

Dietikon Labs is an independent software studio for early-stage startups. We design, build and run your first product — from prototype to paying customers.

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Firmness, utility, speed

Firmitas firmness

Solid. Foundations that hold under real use and survive the next three pivots, so you never have to rebuild the first version.

Utilitas utility

Useful. Only what the product needs to earn its next round, and nothing that exists to impress a demo.

Velocitas speed

Shipped fast. Small, senior teams releasing early and often, because at this stage a product that isn’t in front of customers isn’t a product yet.

Two thousand years ago Vitruvius asked that every building be firmitas, utilitas, venustas: firm, useful and beautiful. We keep the skeleton and give it a modern spin for the ever-changing world of software, where speed is what carries a first product to its customers.

What we do

Product engineering

From first prototype to production. Small, senior teams shipping software that holds up under real use.

Data & platforms

Data models, APIs and infrastructure designed to stay simple as they grow.

Applied AI

Practical machine intelligence, integrated where it genuinely improves the product — and nowhere it doesn’t.

Industries

Cyber security

Security products and secure-by-design engineering for teams protecting critical systems.

Aerospace

Flight software, ground segments and mission data systems built to aerospace discipline.

Logistics

Platforms that move goods — routing, tracking and optimisation at operational scale.

Biotech

Lab, data and regulated workflows — from research tooling to clinical-grade systems.

About us

At the earliest stage every technical decision compounds, so we keep teams small, ship early, and build only what the product needs to earn its next round.

Daniel M²

Principal

London

Physicist and cyber-security expert. Keeps his digital footprint to a minimum — hence the initials.

Jose Fernandez-Alcon