Saga Labs is an independent AI studio founded in 2023. The team designs and ships its own iOS applications around generative AI, on-device machine learning, and privacy-first design. Alongside the studio's own products, Saga Labs takes on a small number of external project engagements each quarter for clients building AI-driven software.

Current apps include Dora (multi-model AI video and image generator), Pinku Private AI (on-device assistant running Llama, Qwen and DeepSeek with no cloud calls), 3 Tasks, Brainy, Crypton, Keeper and Fast AI. Each app is documented on its own landing page on this site.

Yes, on a selective basis. The studio accepts a small number of external engagements each quarter, prioritising work that overlaps with the team's core stack so the client benefits from problems already solved in production. Briefs are reviewed individually and a reply with fit or referral usually goes out within a few business days.

Typical engagements involve designing and shipping AI agents, integrating MCP servers with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or other LLM clients, wiring generative APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, Kie.ai, ElevenLabs) into iOS or web apps, and hardening AI-driven features for production, including cost control, rate-limiting and abuse defence. Work ranges from a focused two-week build to multi-month implementation.

Day-to-day the team uses Swift and SwiftUI on iOS, Node.js and TypeScript on the backend, Firebase Cloud Functions and Firestore, Stripe and RevenueCat for monetisation, and the Anthropic, OpenAI and Kie.ai APIs for generative tasks. The studio has shipped a production MCP (Model Context Protocol) server, on-device LLM inference via llama.cpp, and OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and Dynamic Client Registration.

Yes. Dora MCP is a hosted Model Context Protocol server built and maintained by Saga Labs, exposing fourteen image and video models behind one OAuth-secured endpoint at doravideo.com/mcp. It is listed in the official MCP Registry, in Smithery and in the Cursor Directory, and works with Claude, ChatGPT Pro and Enterprise, Cursor and any other client that speaks the MCP standard.

Send a short brief by email to sagalabs@proton.me. Include a one-paragraph description of the problem, the surface where the work needs to ship (iOS, web, backend, MCP), the rough timeline you have in mind and a budget range. Saga Labs replies with fit, scope notes and next steps, or a referral if the project is a better match elsewhere.

A useful first email contains: who you are and what your company does, the specific problem you want to solve, any existing stack or product context, your timeline, and a budget range. Concrete is better than abstract. For example, "we need an MCP server fronting our internal models, Q3 launch, EUR 25 to 40k" is faster to triage than "we want to do something with AI".