// about · the operator

One operator.
Senior by default.

Bina Labs is a consulting and development studio led by Michael Fleicher - engineer, data scientist, founder, two-time CTO. The person you meet is the person who builds.

Michael Fleicher, principal and founder of Bina Labs - portrait
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Founder & Principal · Bina Labs
Tel Aviv → Berlin → remote-first
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Where we've been.

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.

2× ex-CTO
MedTech · Insurance · AI SaaS
[leadership]
Engineer
Semiconductors · production systems
[craft]
Data scientist
Entertainment · applied ML
[craft]
Founder
Bina Labs · Storywise
[ventures]
linkedin.com/in/michaelfleicher →
// how we work

The engagement.

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.
[01]
Discovery
Direct work with the principal. Frame the problem, scope a sprint, set evals before we write code.
[02]
Build
A small senior team. Code, models, infra. Weekly demo, no status theater.
[03]
Scale
When the build needs more horsepower, we extend with our internal bench - product, design, engineering.
[04]
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.

01
Senior AI Engineer
Remote · contract
agents, RAG, evals
02
Product Designer (UI/UX)
Remote · contract
AI-native interfaces
03
Applied Researcher
Remote · part-time
long-context, retrieval
04
Full-Stack Engineer
Remote · contract
TS, Python, infra
// how we operate

Operating principles.

[01]
Deadline is holy
We commit to a date and we hit it. Scope flexes, quality has a floor, the date does not move.
[04]
Prototype before contract
Every engagement starts with a 4-week paid pilot - working code in your environment before a 40-page SOW.
[05]
Refund the rest
When a project should die, we say so and refund the unused portion. We've done it four times.
[06]
Built to leave
Hand-off plan from day one. Documented, deployable, owned by your team. We are not the integration tax forever.
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More about Michael, 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.