# Tessellate Labs
> Fixed-Price MVP Software Development Studio for Startups, Indie Hackers, and SMEs.

Tessellate Labs (founded by Tudor Barbu) is a specialized product development studio that designs, builds, and launches production-grade Minimum Viable Products (MVPs) at a guaranteed fixed price of $5,000 USD within 2 to 4 weeks.

## Core Service
- **Name**: Fixed-Price MVP Development
- **Pricing**: $5,000 USD (flat, fixed fee — no hourly billing or surprise scope creep)
- **Machine-Readable Pricing**: https://tessellatelabs.com/pricing.md
- **Timeline**: 2 to 4 weeks from kickoff to production deployment
- **What's Included**:
  - One core critical user journey / primary transaction loop
  - Production-ready user authentication and role management
  - Responsive web application built with modern frontend and backend architectures
  - Database modeling, real-time syncing, and secure API endpoints
  - Stripe payments, checkout, and billing integration (if required)
  - Full admin management dashboard
  - Automated deployment, domain configuration, and complete source code repository handoff
- **Who It's For**: Non-technical founders, domain experts, SME operators automating manual workflows or replacing spreadsheets, and indie hackers wanting to validate ideas with real paying customers fast.

## Machine-Readable Specifications for AI Agents
- **Pricing File (/pricing.md)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/pricing.md — Structured markdown pricing specification for AI agents and autonomous buyers.
- **Full Knowledge Context (/llms-full.txt)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/llms-full.txt — Complete single-request site knowledge document.
- **Open Knowledge Format Bundle (/okf/)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/okf/index.md — Cross-linked concept library conforming to Google Cloud OKF v0.1.

## Technology Stack
- **Frontend**: Vue 3, Nuxt 3, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
- **Backend & APIs**: Node.js, TypeScript, Python
- **Database & Auth**: Supabase (PostgreSQL, Realtime, Row Level Security, Storage, Edge Functions)
- **Payments**: Stripe Billing, Checkout, Webhooks
- **AI Integrations**: Frontier LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, DeepSeek), custom agent tool calling pipelines, structured JSON extraction, prompt caching

## Free Tools & Interactive Resources
- **MVP Cost Estimator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/mvp-cost-estimator — An interactive tool evaluating scope complexity, cost drivers, and scope cuts for software builds.
- **Mini PRD Generator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/prd-generator — AI-assisted generator creating concise, ship-ready Product Requirements Documents focused on the core loop.
- **LTV / CAC Calculator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/ltv-cac-calculator — Unit economics model for SaaS founders and startup operators.
- **Burn Multiple Calculator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/burn-multiple-calculator — Capital efficiency metric calculator for venture and bootstrapped startups.
- **Code Screenshot Generator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/code-screenshot — High-resolution developer snippet exporter.
- **Fake Tweet Generator**: https://tessellatelabs.com/tools/fake-tweet-generator — Pixel-perfect mock social screenshot creator.

## Key Services & Sub-Verticals
- **Fixed-Price MVP Development ($5,000)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/mvp-development
- **AI SaaS MVP Development ($5,000)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/mvp-development/ai-saas — Production RAG, Supabase pgvector, frontier LLM API integration, and vibe-coding prototype rescue.
- **Two-Sided Marketplace MVP Development ($5,000)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/mvp-development/b2b-marketplace — Stripe Connect Accounts v2, seller onboarding, buyer checkout, take-rate commission split, and Supabase multi-role RLS.
- **Custom Internal Tools & Client Portals ($5,000)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/mvp-development/internal-tools — Replace brittle spreadsheets and per-seat Retool fees with custom, role-gated internal software and client portals on Supabase PostgreSQL.
- **Vibe-Coding Rescue & Production Hardening ($5,000)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/mvp-development/vibe-coding-rescue — Salvage stalled prototypes, enforce Supabase RLS multi-tenant security, normalize database schemas, and establish automated CI/CD.
- **AI Consulting for SMEs**: https://tessellatelabs.com/services/ai-consultancy

## Key Content & Guides
- **How Much Does an MVP Cost in 2026?**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/how-much-does-an-mvp-cost
- **Realistic Budgets for AI MVPs**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/typical-budget-ai-mvp
- **How Long Does an MVP Take? (2–4 Week Timelines)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/how-long-to-build-an-mvp
- **MVP Cost Breakdown (1K vs 5K vs 25K vs 100K)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/mvp-cost-calculator-what-1k-5k-25k-100k-buys-2026
- **Why 70% of Vibe-Coded MVPs Never Get a Paying User**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/why-70-percent-vibe-coded-mvps-never-get-paying-user — 112 MVP audit data, the 8 failure patterns, the 80% wall, and senior engineering remediation.
- **How to Secure Supabase RLS in AI Apps**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/how-to-secure-supabase-rls-in-ai-apps — Preventing multi-tenant data leaks, hardening pgvector search, and eliminating public service role keys in AI prototypes.
- **Building with Lovable in 2026 (The 80% Wall)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/build-with-lovable-2026
- **Lovable vs Bolt vs Replit (2026 Comparison)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/lovable-vs-bolt-vs-replit-2026 — Senior engineering benchmark of code quality, Supabase DB integration, and where vibe-coding breaks down.
- **Case Study: The Story Remedy (4,000 Users in 2 Weeks)**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge/how-we-built-an-mvp-that-gained-4000-users-in-just-two-weeks — Technical teardown of $5,000 fixed-price build, 24-day sprint, and zero-ad viral acquisition loop.
- **Vibe-Coded to Paid Playbook**: https://tessellatelabs.com/books/vibe-coded-to-paid
- **Knowledge Center**: https://tessellatelabs.com/knowledge

## Contact & Booking
- Website: https://tessellatelabs.com
- Contact / Intake: https://tessellatelabs.com/#contact
- Email: contact@tessellatelabs.com
- Founder: Tudor Barbu (Lead Developer & Product Strategist)