We build infrastructure that's meant to be operated.
Protocore is an engineering studio for AI, blockchain, and payments — and the custom hardware and software those systems run on. We ship production systems, instrument them, and stay close while they run.
An engineering studio, not a feature factory.
We're a small, senior team that takes problems from first prototype to operated system. No handoff to a junior bench, no demo that quietly dies in staging. The people who design your architecture are the ones who write the code and carry the pager.
- [ 01 ]Senior engineers, end to end
- [ 02 ]AI, blockchain & payments at the core
- [ 03 ]Custom hardware & IoT in-house
- [ 04 ]From prototype to OEM production
Ship the smallest valuable slice. Then harden it.
We map the problem, cut it down to the first thing worth shipping, and put it in production instrumented from day one. From there we measure, harden, and expand — or hand over a system your team can operate without us.
- [ 01 ]Discovery before code
- [ 02 ]Production increments, not big-bang
- [ 03 ]Instrumented and tested by default
- [ 04 ]Documented to be handed over
Who leads the studio.
A small leadership team, close to the work — the same people who set direction and stay accountable for what ships.
Eustațiu Iagăru
Leads product and engineering — from the architecture we commit to through the systems we operate.
Laurențiu Iagăru
Governance and long-term direction — the guardrails behind how the studio commits and grows.
Four moves, from problem to operated system.
- [ 01 ]
Discover
We map the problem, the constraints, and the compliance surface — and agree on the smallest slice that's actually worth shipping.
- [ 02 ]
Prototype
We prove the risky parts fast, in code, so the plan rests on what works rather than what sounded good in a meeting.
- [ 03 ]
Ship
The first valuable slice goes to production — instrumented, tested, and documented from day one, not after.
- [ 04 ]
Operate
We measure, harden, and expand in production — then run it with you or hand over a system your team can own.
Anyone can ship a demo. The hard part is the system that still clears transactions at 3am, three years from now — and the discipline to build for that from the first commit.
Four rules we don't break.
The standards behind every system we ship — across software and hardware alike.
We optimize for the system that runs, not the prototype that impresses. If it can't go to production, it isn't done.
Every system ships with logs, metrics, and traces. You can't operate — or trust — what you can't see.
From the PCB to the cloud dashboard, we take responsibility for the full path. No gaps, no finger-pointing.
We document, test, and hand over so your team can run it — whether we stay on or step away.
The questions we're asked first.
Both. Many engagements start as a scoped build and become an ongoing operating relationship — but we're equally happy to hand over a documented system your own team runs without us.
You do. You get the source, the infrastructure, and the documentation. Nothing we build locks you to us — the fastest sign a system was built to be operated.
Yes. We instrument everything from day one and can run it on-call, share the pager with your team, or step back entirely once they're comfortable.
Yes — PCB, firmware, and the cloud behind them, under one roof. When off-the-shelf doesn't fit, we design the device and the system it reports to as one thing.
Let's build something that lasts.
Tell us the problem. We'll come back with an architecture and a plan — not a pitch deck.
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