AVA Labs is the technical co-founder for first-time hardware founders. Randy embeds in the project, makes the engineering decisions, and ships the hardware you can't build alone.
A ~$3 microcontroller from Espressif — Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and dual cores all on one chip. Enough horsepower to run a connected product on its own. Cheap enough to put in anything. Ten years in and it's still the best small-volume IoT brain on the market.
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You have capital, a real product idea, and no technical co-founder. You've talked to three contract shops and every quote looks like guesswork. You can feel the project slipping before it's even started.
That's the room AVA Labs is built for. Not engineering teams. Not established companies with their own hardware org. Not enterprise procurement. Founders — the specific kind who are one good technical partner away from shipping.
If that's not you, Randy will tell you on the first call. That's part of the service.
From free resources to full technical partnership, ordered low-commitment to high. Pick the rung that matches where you are.
One engagement equals forty hours of focused engineering work. Multi-block projects are quoted in engagements. You commit one block at a time, not the whole project upfront.
Full breakdownTechnical uncertainty inside the agreed scope — libraries that break, sensors that are harder than expected, integrations that take longer.
Any new scope you add — handled cleanly via Change Orders, priced upfront, before any new work begins.
A small sample of the thirty-plus founders Randy has shipped with.
“Above and beyond what I had hoped for. Randy takes a huge amount of pride in his work and has tons of knowledge to execute. I was thankful for his patience with me as I do not have an engineering background. I appreciated his communications and partn…”
“Randy has a lot of experience in new product development and is very easy to work with. The Loom videos he makes with his thoughts are invaluable in helping communicate ideas and thoughts clearly. I would recommend working with Randy for any and all…”
“Randy provided outstanding work ethic and exceptional talent in 3D design. He created a highly effective enclosure for my product prototype, capturing exactly what I needed. We held several video meetings to discuss requirements, and the final soluti…”
“Randy is extremely capable, hard-working, and communicative. I really liked his regular video updates showing me his progress. He consistently went above and beyond to get things done well and fast. He was also very helpful in brainstorming new appro…”
“Randy Robert was an absolute game-changer in bringing my prototype to life. As someone venturing into building a prototype for my business for the first time, I was navigating uncharted territory with plenty of uncertainties. Randy not only met but f…”
“Randy was great to work with. He was prompt, talented and communicated well. He completed the project very quickly to my exact specifications. Thanks!”
“I am greatful for Randy's work. He saved our company money, and his design improved on mine substantially.”
Randy Robert has spent sixteen-plus years shipping hardware across robotics, medical devices, IoT, and embedded systems. The brief is almost always "figure this out first."
He founded AVA Labs to do that work directly for founders — no junior staff, no account managers, no layered pricing. One engineer, one phone number, one inbox.
Book a Clarity Call. If your project isn't a fit for AVA Labs, Randy will tell you that on the call — and point you somewhere that is. Either way, you walk away with a written roadmap.
