A studio of senior operators building software worth caring about
We started Setunous in 2026 because we were tired of watching great products die in the hands of the wrong teams. Seven years later, we're a small global studio doing our best work yet.
Mission
To be the software partner that changes how founders and enterprises ship through craft, product taste, and follow-through that compounds over years.
Vision
A world where every ambitious team has access to a senior software studio that treats their product like their own and ships accordingly.
Principles that shape our work
Craft over volume
We take on fewer projects so each one gets our absolute best work.
Product taste
Engineering is a design discipline. We sweat every interaction.
Owners, not order-takers
We tell you what we think — even when it isn't convenient.
Compound learning
Every engagement makes us better for the next one. Always.
A short timeline
- 2018
Founded in San Francisco
Three engineers, one obsession: build software worth caring about.
- 2020
Opened Berlin studio
Grew to 12 people, launched our first AI practice.
- 2022
Series-A partnerships
Started shipping platforms for post-IPO enterprises.
- 2024
Global team of 40+
24 countries, one bar. Shipped 100+ production products.
- 2026
Setunous AI Labs
Dedicated R&D team building the next generation of copilots.
Meet the people
Elena Marquez
Ex-Stripe. 15 years shipping software at scale.
Rahul Iyer
Distributed systems nerd. Rust, Go, and coffee.
Sofia Bergström
Previously design lead at Linear and Figma.
Kenji Watanabe
Ex-DeepMind. Ships copilots that actually work.
Amara Okafor
Scaled platforms from 10 to 400 engineers.
Luca Bianchi
Kubernetes, observability, and SRE at heart.