# Lab49

> Lab49 is a global strategy, design and technology consultancy specializing in bespoke software for financial markets. It combines product strategy, UX, engineering, data analytics and delivery management for banks, asset managers, exchanges, financial utilities and fintech companies.

- **Founded:** 2002
- **Headquarters:** New York, United States
- **Founders:** Vivake Gupta (Co-founder), Luke Flemmer (Co-founder), Daniel Chait (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Strategy and product development, Data and analytics, Technology, Systems integration, Delivery management
- **Notable:** Reports more than 1,200 successful projects since founding in 2002., Delivered the Yield Book redesign described in its public case study., Supported an anonymized debt utility coordinating millions of collateral items and millions of daily messages.

## Products & services

- **Strategy and product development** — Product strategy, user research, experience design, architecture, backlogs and business-process design.
- **Data and analytics** — Data consolidation and lifecycle management, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning.
- **Technology** — Custom full-stack software, workflow automation, cloud architecture, DevOps and UI/UX.
- **Systems integration** — Front-to-back integration, testing, entitlements, go-live orchestration and support.
- **Delivery management** — Program governance, agile delivery, test strategy and testing automation.
- **DeFi, dApps and wallets** — Blockchain and token ecosystems, proof-of-concept and MVP development with user-centered design.
- **React Order Book** — MIT-licensed open-source component for configurable order-book interfaces.
- **React Value Flash** — MIT-licensed component that highlights changing numerical values in financial interfaces.

## Achievements

- Reports more than 1,200 successful projects since founding in 2002.
- Delivered the Yield Book redesign described in its public case study.
- Supported an anonymized debt utility coordinating millions of collateral items and millions of daily messages.
- Reports helping a European investment bank meet its MiFID II deadline while centralizing and automating workflows.
- Publishes MIT-licensed financial UI components and engineering TechTalk materials.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published Kruttik Aggarwal’s argument for refactoring banking systems so AI agents can discover, understand, operate and audit them.
- **2025-11** — Published Kenan Maciel’s article arguing for parallel front-end and back-end modernization.

## Links

- Website: https://www.lab49.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lab49
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/lab49
- GitHub: https://github.com/lab49
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuDfvv_sqCTLoGrDuJrp5Tg
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Lab49-5937133116/

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Last updated: 2026-10-02