We started Havok Labs to break the retainer racket.
We are senior engineers who were done watching “custom” work get billed like theater. We use AI to automate the noise, write the code that matters, and charge for impact — not status meetings.
We are partners to clients — and a problem for competitors
Legacy agencies sell mystery retainers. We sell receipts. Every sprint is trackable, every automation is justified, and every deliverable is production-ready. If your current vendor pads hours with slide decks, we’re coming for that budget.
- We collaborate hard
- We communicate plainly
- We price fairly
- We ship fast
If you’re our client, we play very well with you. If you’re selling overpriced, underpowered software — we’re coming for lunch.
Midwest roots, Silicon Valley tempo
We build with humility and urgency. Our team blends enterprise experience with startup speed, guided by the belief that great software should be direct, fast, and affordable.
AI isn’t our headline — it’s our baseline
We use AI across the stack to remove manual steps, reduce costs, and compress timelines. The result: work that shows up faster and performs better.
Why we built Havok Labs
We watched budgets evaporate into retainers, slide decks, and “maintenance” fees. So we built pods that combine senior engineering with AI automations to deliver more for less — on web, mobile, and social.
- Transparent pricing, logged to the hour
- Automations that erase repetitive work
- Design + engineering in the same pod
- Launch-ready deliverables — no phase two ransom
If you’re ready to stop funding bloated retainers, we’re ready to ship.
About Glitch
Glitch is our mascot and mindset — the signal inside the noise. He shows up where rigid process slows real progress. Glitch reminds us to break patterns, automate the boring, and ship what matters.
- Origin: the neon ghost in our build pipeline
- Likes: short cycles, long bets, measurable wins
- Rules: fewer slides, more commits
You’ll spot Glitch quietly flickering at the bottom of the page — a nod to the work happening behind the scenes.
Let’s build something that scares your competition
Bring the site, SaaS, or social play your agency keeps postponing. We’ll ship it faster, cheaper, and with the automation they forgot to mention.
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