small things, made quickly;most of them never quite shipped.a few of them did.

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  1. A free, evidence-backed database of startups, investors and people, where every fact links back to where it came from.

    Zero to launch in weeks.

    Built for Workshop, the San Francisco venture firm and founder space.

    Role
    Product, design, engineering
    Surfaces
    Web, public API, MCP for agents
    Upkeep
    Automated, self-auditing
    startupdb.com
    StartupDB screenshot

  2. Learn a dance from any video. Loop one bar until it’s in your body, then move on to the next. Sections snap to the beat.

    Made for
    Learning routines off YouTube
    Works on
    Phone or laptop
    Try it
    GrooveSync screenshot

  3. Turns videos, articles and web pages into flashcards you’ll actually look at again. A bookmark manager that remembers things for you.

    Built in partnership with MrKALTech.

    Platforms
    iOS, Android, web
    unpacked.so
    Unpacked screenshot

  4. A Crazy Taxi-style rickshaw racer through procedurally generated South Asian cities. Made in seven days for a 2025 game jam. Stray dogs included.

    Auto Boss screenshot

  5. Daily puzzles generated by AI, back when that was still a strange idea. It’s no longer online, but it’s where a lot of this started.

    Status
    Retired
    Next Up screenshot

Haiku Labs was started in 2024 by Sachin Hegde and Pooja Padmakumar. Mostly experiments, occasionally products.

Small software, usually made quickly, sometimes in good company. The ones that made it are above.