2nd place · DeFi & Payments71Labs is the senior product team behind Talise and Maren. We research, design, and ship applied-AI and onchain systems, from the first hard question to production, in days and weeks.
Direct access · Live in weeks
Sui Overflow 2026 · $15,000
2nd place, DeFi & Payments.
Talise metrics as of 18 Sep 2026: 1,416 on-chain transactions · ~$9.5k ledger volume · ~49 transacting users (2,258 registered).
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Our products
Two products of our own.
We build and ship the whole thing, from research to the app in your hands. Talise and Maren are ours, and the clearest proof of what we build for the teams we work with.
Payments on Sui
Money that moves like a message.
Talise lets anyone hold real dollars on Sui and send them to a name, as easily as texting. No wallet addresses, no gas, no seed phrases.
2nd place · DeFi & Payments- Send to a handle like eromonsele@talise.sui, never a 0x address.
- Balances are USDsui, 1:1 with the US dollar, earning up to 8%.
- Cheque links, private send, and cash-out to a local bank.
Bitcoin-backed dollars · Mezo
Spend Bitcoin. Never sell it.
Maren lets you borrow MUSD against your Bitcoin and pay anyone by @handle. Gasless, non-custodial, and honest about every on-chain receipt, in one clean app.
- Borrow MUSD against your Bitcoin, and spend without ever selling it.
- Pay anyone by @handle; it resolves to an address before you sign.
- Gasless on Mezo, non-custodial, with honest on-chain receipts.
The kind of work we take on.
One team: AI workflows, custom products, and the live pages businesses actually need. Clocks and prices live on the cards.
AI workflows and products. Live in weeks.
AI workflows
One operational workflow in production, tied to a number you already watch. WhatsApp Ops Lite if the job is a single enquiry path.
- Enquiry intake
- Tagged lists & sheets
- Auto-reply
- Monthly support
Custom products
A custom web or mobile slice users can complete. Validation first if you need a go / no-go. Web3 only if you ask. Same team that shipped Talise and Maren.
- Web & mobile MVPs
- Interface & brand enough to ship
- Web3 when you ask
- Payments & rails
Sites, shops, and booking
Websites and landing pages that replace Linktree. Catalogues with Paystack or WhatsApp checkout. Booking for beauty, cleaning, events, and clinics.
- Business sites
- Shops & catalogues
- Booking & deposits
- WhatsApp CTAs
The studio
Research to production, under one roof.
71Labs is a small, senior team. We take an idea from a first prototype to a product in people's hands, our own or one we build with you, owning research, design, and engineering end to end.
Research
We start from first principles, prototyping hard problems in AI, systems, and distributed software before they're obviously tractable.
Design
We treat interface and ergonomics as core engineering. A tool people reach for beats a demo people applaud.
Build
Small teams, short cycles, real users. We ship in days and weeks, then iterate against the way the product is actually used.
Ship
The best experiments graduate into real products in people's hands, like Talise and Maren, live today.
Direct collaboration
Small by design. Accountable from beginning to end.
The builders stay in the room.
You work directly with the people researching, designing, and engineering the product. No account-manager relay.
A published clock.
Each ticket has one clock and one number, on the card. We write the scope, then we start.
A product your team can keep.
Reviewable work, practical documentation, and a production handoff designed to outlast the engagement.
Ways to start
A workflow in 21 days. A product in 30.
The featured work is an AI workflow or a full MVP. A live site this week is still on the menu if that is the job. The number is on the card.
Live this week
Instagram and WhatsApp businesses that need a page up now. Same team, smaller ticket.
- Business Site SprintA mobile-first site that replaces Linktree and the DM-only loop.7 days$1,200
- Shop / Catalogue LaunchProducts online, IG-ready, with Paystack or WhatsApp checkout.14 days$2,000
- Booking SiteCalendar, deposits, and a WhatsApp confirm. Beauty, cleaning, events, clinics.14 days$1,800
- WhatsApp Ops LiteOne flow: enquiry to a tagged list, a sheet, or an auto-reply.10 days$2,000
Featured work is 50/50. Sites and shops are 50/50. WhatsApp Ops Lite is 60/40.
Work with us
Bring us the hard problem.
Tell us the outcome you need. We come back with a next step, a question, or an honest no.