Scope Labs

What Scope Labs does

Scope Labs is a Brooklyn-based professional services firm founded in 2024 that functions as a technical co-founder for non-technical startup founders and an execution partner for enterprise teams. The firm delivers cross-functional product, design, engineering, and ops work under three branded offerings: a Startup track (Zero-to-One MVP sprints and Improve-a-Product iterations, typically 2-3 month engagements), an Enterprise track (Discovery and Implementation cycles for teams with stalled internal velocity), and AI Services (AI Transformation and Agentic Engineering). Its primary technical wedge is a partnership with Cognition to deploy and operationalize the Devin autonomous coding agent inside client engineering organizations, complemented by capabilities spanning React-based frontend, 3D rendering, virtual studio environments, and AI-driven workflow automation across product, engineering, operations, and sales.

The firm monetizes exclusively through quote-based, project-style professional services engagements rather than productized SaaS pricing. Its revenue mechanics rest on three customer segments: startup founders with domain insight but limited technical capacity, enterprise teams needing execution leverage, and growth-stage organizations operationalizing AI; cited client outcomes include $8M+ raised for RecruitU, $3M+ raised and $1.4M ARR for Aigentless, $1.5M+ raised and 250+ schools served for UpNext, and $2B+ live inventory for SeatClub. The firm also operates an in-house incubator (FanFeed, Lunica, FLF) that uses its own delivery model to build portfolio companies, one of which (FLF) won the 2025 FSGAs Best Product Experience award.

The company is privately held and independent, led by founders Jack Phifer (CEO, ex-Finary, MIT CS), Jack Strachan (Chief Design Officer, MIT, 1.3M+ subscriber YouTube channel), Cory O'Shea (CTO, ex-Google and Scale AI, MIT CS), and Jason Polan (COO, ex-WWE, Coca-Cola, NASCAR, Oprah Winfrey Network, Facebook). Scope Labs claims no outside equity, no subsidiary structure, and no public revenue disclosures; its scale is characterized as 1-10 employees with a team headquarters in New York and annual team offsites held in NYC.

Name

Scope Labs

Legal name

Scope

Website

https://scopelabs.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2024

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scope Labs is a Brooklyn-based software and AI services firm founded in 2024 that acts as a technical co-founder for startup founders and an execution partner for enterprise teams, delivering MVP builds, product iteration sprints, and Devin-based agentic engineering through a cross-functional product, design, engineering, and ops team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Custom Software Development Services

NAICS

Computer Systems Design Services (541512), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Process & Case Management Low-Code Platforms (HDAEAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Developer Portals, SDKs & Documentation Platforms (BPAMADAG)

Keywords

• Custom software development
• Product design services
• Startup MVP development
• Enterprise software consulting
• AI implementation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Brooklyn

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Startup Engagement Services: Project-based professional services for startups including Zero-to-One builds and product improvement sprints. Typically 2-3 month engagements resulting in launched products with measurable traction.
2. Enterprise Discovery & Implementation: Structured enterprise engagements including Discovery (constraint mapping, roadmap planning, 90-day action plans) and Implementation (focused delivery cycles with measurable outcomes).
3. AI Transformation Services: End-to-end AI strategy and implementation engagements across teams and workflows with KPI tracking and continuous optimization.
4. Agentic Engineering Deployment: Devin implementation services including codebase preparation, workflow redesign, guardrail definition, and ongoing optimization sprints.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Scope Labs is a design and product development agency that builds custom digital products for startups and enterprises. They deliver cross-functional services spanning product strategy, design, engineering, and operations as an integrated team acting as a technical co-founder. Core service lines include Zero-to-One MVP builds for startups (2-3 month sprints), product iteration engagements, enterprise Discovery and Implementation cycles, AI Transformation consulting, and Devin agentic engineering deployment through a partnership with Cognition.

Product overview

Scope Labs is a software development and AI services company that operates as a unified platform-plus-services model. The core offerings span three main verticals: (1) Startup Services — providing Zero to One builds and product iteration sprints; (2) Enterprise Services — offering Discovery and Implementation engagements for enterprise teams; and (3) Applied AI — encompassing AI Transformation and Devin Agentic Engineering (in partnership with Cognition). The company also operates an Incubator that builds in-house portfolio companies including FanFeed, Lunica, and FLF. Services are delivered by a cross-functional team covering product, design, engineering, and ops, functioning as a technical co-founder for startups and an execution partner for enterprises.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Scope Incubator: In-house venture building program where Scope uses its own services to build and scale portfolio companies including FanFeed, Lunica, FLF, and SeatClub.
• Scope AI
• Zero to One

Products and services

• Zero to One (Startup MVP Build)

Quantifiable outcome

• 2-3 months time to revenue for startup engagements
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CognitioncoreTechnology or IntegrationScope has partnered with Cognition to roll out Devin, their autonomous AI engineering agent, inside leading companies and startups. Scope helps engineering organizations integrate always-on agentic engineering into real delivery workflows. Through their partnership, Scope deploys and operationalizes Devin with workflow design, codebase preparation, and governance implementation.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Thoughtbot: Boutique software design and development agency offering product strategy, design, and full-stack engineering for startups and enterprises. Highly comparable to Scope Labs in service model, target customer (startup founders and enterprise teams), and zero-to-one product build focus.
• RNF (Rally/NotFound Ltd.): Design and engineering studio building digital products for startups and growth-stage companies. Closely matches Scope's integrated product+design+engineering offering and Zero-to-One MVP positioning.
• Pixeled: Design-led product studio focused on MVP development and embedded product teams for founders. Direct overlap with Scope's Startup Zero-to-One service line and co-founder-style engagement model.

Broad incumbents

• IDEO: Established global design and innovation consultancy offering strategy, design, and product development across consumer and enterprise. Much larger scale, but overlapping with Scope's cross-functional 'design as strategy' positioning for enterprises.
• Frog Design (Capgemini Engineering): Global design and engineering firm (now part of Capgemini) delivering product design, brand, and software development for enterprise clients. Overlaps with Scope's enterprise Discovery and Implementation offerings but at substantially greater scale.
• Andela: Global talent marketplace and engineering services firm providing embedded engineers and AI/software teams. Comparable to Scope in selling engineering-as-a-service to enterprises, though at much larger scale with a marketplace model.
• Toptal: Talent network connecting companies with freelance designers, developers, and product managers. Competes for the same startup and enterprise client budgets seeking flexible engineering/design execution.

Others

• Cognition: Creator of Devin, the autonomous AI software engineering agent that Scope deploys for clients. Strategic partner rather than competitor, but if Cognition expands its own services arm, Scope's agentic engineering practice would face direct in-house competition.

Emerging players

• Atomic: AI-native product studio building autonomous software agents and applied AI solutions for businesses. Emerges from the same applied-AI services category Scope is targeting through its AI Transformation and Devin practices.
• Bento: AI software development studio building end-to-end products using agentic AI workflows. Direct overlap with Scope's positioning on AI-accelerated product development for startups and enterprises.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/scope-labs
• Facebookfacebook.com/ScopeLabs

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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