Karni Labs · AI-Native App Studio
One founder, AI in the loop, real apps shipped.
Karni Labs builds software with AI as part of the process, not a feature bolted on afterward — design, code, testing, and shipping all run with AI alongside a single founder. Giftrace, our first release, is the proof: a full family gift-tracking app for iOS and Android, built solo.
Discipline · 01
AI-native app development
AI-native describes how this studio builds, not a chatbot bolted onto every screen. Design, engineering, testing, shipping — the whole process runs with AI in the loop, which is how one founder ships apps that used to take a team.
- AI through the entire process: design, code, test, ship
- Founder-scale studio, full-team output
- Apps get AI features only where they truly earn their place
ai in the loop at every step · repeat daily
Product · 01
Giftrace
The family gift list that remembers so you don't have to.
Giftrace is our first shipped app: a shared, private ledger for a family's gift-giving. Add a person, an occasion, and an idea — or just photograph the gift itself — and everyone in the family space sees what's already been thought of, in real time.
Never duplicate, never forget.
Log gifts against people and occasions as ideas come to you. Birthdays, holidays, the in-between days — Giftrace keeps a running record so two people don't buy the same thing, and no one gets missed in the shuffle.
One family, one list.
Join a shared family space with an invite code. Everyone sees the same gift list, kept current across the household, without a group chat full of spoilers.
Snap a photo, done.
Point your camera at a gift or a receipt and Giftrace reads the details for you — what it is, who it's for — using Claude's image understanding to do the reading. No typing required.
Private by default.
Sign in with Google. Sensitive details are kept sandboxed to the app on your device, and every family's list is walled off from every other. Giftrace runs on Firebase, not on selling your data.
Get Giftrace
In closed beta on iOS and Android.
About · 01
The founder
Rohan · Director of Engineering · 15+ years building software
I'm Rohan, a software engineering leader with over fifteen years building and running engineering teams. Karni Labs started as a way to get my hands back on the keyboard — an experiment in how far AI can go as a real collaborator in solving problems and building apps for the community, not just a talking point.
Giftrace is the first result: an app built AI-natively, for my own family first, and hopefully useful to yours too.
About · 02
Working principles
- AI in the loop at every step — design, code, test, ship.
- Ship small, ship often — a working app beats a perfect roadmap.
- AI earns its place — no feature added just because it's possible.
- One founder, full accountability — every decision traces back to one person.
- Build for real use — Giftrace exists because I needed it first.
- Constraints over headcount — small team, sharper choices.
The best introduction is usually something real — try Giftrace.
See Giftrace