iglu Software Development

Product build, AI features and ongoing development in Italy

Based in Italy, the iglu studio writes web and mobile products for product teams and founders, and a founder stays involved from the first conversation to launch. It also keeps products running after they go live. The studio argues that a deliberately narrow first release lets real users shape what comes next, instead of guesses made in advance.

Taking a product from idea to launch

The product build service runs from scoping through design and build to launch. The studio begins with a review of the client's design documents so that the expected functions are agreed before development starts. The studio can fit into a client's existing management or run the work on its own agile Scrum process. Every project begins with a paid scoping week at a fixed price.

AI features inside existing products

The studio builds AI assistants, chat tools and search that run on a customer's own data, placed inside the product the customer already has. It treats this as the part of a product that most teams have no time to work out.

Turning prototypes into production systems

Teams that have a demo built with AI tools often still need the data model, security, integrations and deployment finished before real users can rely on it. The studio takes over that work and aims to make the product hold up beyond the first hundred users.

Technical audit and documentation

The studio writes the technical documents a client's team never produced, covering the front-end, back-end and infrastructure. It also produces a technical audit report that reviews the code repository, database technology, data model, application architecture, automated tests, environments and servers. The studio says this stops technical debt growing and speeds up the onboarding of new developers.

Cross-platform frameworks and ongoing work

The studio writes cross-platform software with frameworks such as Flutter. After launch, clients usually keep the studio on a monthly retainer with a three-month minimum. The studio says that clients have stayed on for about a year and a half after the first release, on average.

Products the studio names

The studio names several products it has built or supports. PlayerPulse is a performance measure the studio built over years of research across very large volumes of records. SplitInk is an app for splitting bills between friends and getting paid back through the apps they already use. A municipalities platform provides data and services for local councils, including risk mapping and the reporting that has to go out on time.

Founders and product teams

The clients are product teams and founders with a working prototype that has to become a dependable service. The studio says it writes code with AI tools, which makes it faster, while architecture, design, review and deployment are decided by its people.