Bina Labs is two senior operators - Michael Fleicher and Ronen Chen. You work with one of them, directly, end to end. Different problem, different operator - never a committee, never a junior. The person you meet is the person who builds.
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Where we've been.
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Principal · Bina Labs Tel Aviv → Berlin → remote-first
Vast experience as a founder and as a two-time CTO, leading tech teams across AI SaaS Companies. Background is varied from MedTech, to Insurance, Entertainment and Semi-conductors industry. Hands-on, building product, agentic systems, and automations since 2017.
AI and deep-learning expert, innovation strategist, and funding advisor. 20+ years bridging advanced technology and commercial success, helping startups and research organizations secure competitive funding and turn breakthrough ideas into funded ventures.
20+ yrs
AI · Deep Learning · innovation management
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EU funding
Horizon Europe · EIC · Eurostars · BIRD · IIA
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Advisor
Deep Tech · Cyber · Digital Health · Climate · FinTech
For larger scopes we extend with a vetted internal bench - product, UI/UX, and engineering, both local and offshore. You always work directly with the principal; the bench scales the build, not the relationship.
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Discovery
Direct work with the principal. Frame the problem, scope a sprint, set evals before we write code.
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Build
A small senior team. Code, models, infra. Weekly demo, no status theater.
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Scale
When the build needs more horsepower, we extend with our internal bench - product, design, engineering.
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Handoff
You own the system. Documented, evaluated, deployable. We are not the integration tax forever.
// bench · 4 open roles
We're hiring.
Building a small senior bench around the studio. Apply when it hurts to do otherwise.
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Senior AI Engineer
Remote · contract
agents, RAG, evals
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Product Designer (UI/UX)
Remote · contract
AI-native interfaces
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03
Applied Researcher
Remote · part-time
long-context, retrieval
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Full-Stack Engineer
Remote · contract
TS, Python, infra
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// how we operate
Operating principles.
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Deadline is holy
We commit to a date and we hit it. Scope flexes, quality has a floor, the date does not move.
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Prototype before contract
Every engagement starts with a 4-week paid pilot - working code in your environment before a 40-page SOW.
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Refund the rest
When a project should die, we say so and refund the unused portion. We've done it four times.
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Built to leave
Hand-off plan from day one. Documented, deployable, owned by your team. We are not the integration tax forever.
// faq · about
More about the principals, more about us.
Engineer, data scientist, founder, and two-time CTO. Background spans MedTech, insurance, semiconductors, and entertainment. Building agentic systems and automations since 2017. Founder and principal of Bina Labs; previously founded Storywise.
