CL SECTION: ABOUT BASE: PHNOM PENH YEAR: 2026
About the lab

We build and own what we make.

A Cambodia-based product studio. Seven products for the market we are from, built and verified in the open, with two bounded client pilots and one honest standard of proof. We are not open for general agency work.

Meet the team →How we operate
01 — What we are

Owned products first. Two real-world pilots. One honest standard of proof.

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Owned work comes first

Our product portfolio is the core of the lab. Every owned product gets a clear definition of done, an accountable lead, and the credit Made by CHNAI LAB.

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One shared brain

Products adopt our shared AI/ML capabilities only when the use case and safety boundary fit. Verified reusable parts reduce later build cost without forcing AI into every product.

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Two pilots, hard cap

We reserve two simple client websites as supervised delivery practice. Each needs written scope, client approval, and truthful proof. There is no third slot.

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Evidence before status

Deployed, local, simulated, degraded and planned work are named as such, on every page. A demo is not a launch, and a repository is not ownership.

02 — How we work

Scope it. Build it in the open.
Verify it. Credit it honestly.

The same five moves on every track, owned or piloted. A person owns each decision; agents accelerate bounded work; evidence decides what we can say.

01

Define the scope and the evidence boundary

What counts as done, what may be claimed, and who leads. Nothing starts without an accountable lead and a written finish line.

OUTPUT · SCOPE · LEAD · DEFINITION OF DONE
02

Build in the open, with AI bounded

Every meaningful change traces to an issue and a pull request. Agents receive scoped context, never secrets, and their work stays reviewable.

OUTPUT · REVIEWABLE PULL REQUESTS
03

Verify before status

Human review and repeatable checks, and a plain record of what is deployed, local, simulated, degraded, or planned. A demo is not a launch.

OUTPUT · EVIDENCE, LABELED
04

Ship with honest credit

Made by CHNAI LAB only for products confirmed lab-owned in writing. Powered by CHNAI LAB on a pilot only after the client approves it.

OUTPUT · ATTRIBUTION THAT HOLDS UP
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Reconcile ownership and keep the cap

The portfolio is reconciled in writing, not by repository placement. Two pilot slots, no third, so owned products keep the lane.

OUTPUT · A PORTFOLIO THAT MATCHES THE PAPER
03 — Proof

The problem is real — and here's the first win we have to show for it.

We don’t lead with a roadmap. Here’s the ground our flagship stands on — and what it has already done.

96.7%
of the farmers we interviewed can’t reach buyers directly.
Field study · n=30 · Kang Meas · Jun 2026
40%
of the price a middleman took in one deal we observed, between farmer and buyer.
One observed deal · Kang Meas · 2026
100%
of the crop price the farmer keeps with Chomkar — the buyer pays the fee.
Chomkar model
The Chnai Lab team holding the 1,000,000 KHR runner-up cheque at Turing Hackathon Cycle 10
Runner-Up · Top 2

Our first win — Turing Hackathon Cycle 10.

TRACK: MARKET ACCESS FOR FARMERSPRIZE: 1,000,000 KHRJUN 2026

Four of us walked in with a working demo and a real problem — and walked out runner-up, judged by people who’ve lived Cambodia’s agri sector for decades.

Read the story →
04 — The team

Seven builders, each leading where they're strongest.

One lead per product, matched to each person’s major. If you want to lead and own a product — not just contribute — there may be room for you here.

01FOUNDER
Vatana

Vatana

Software Eng. · Lead, Chomkar

Started Chnai Lab to build many products without throwing any good idea away.

Credited on: every project
02CO-FOUNDER
Pagna

Pagna

Cybersecurity · Lead, SAT Digital

Leads SAT Digital’s moderation guard, and the security & trust layer across our products.

Credited on: BayonHub · Chomkar
03CO-FOUNDER
Hongleng

Hongleng

Computer Science · Lead, AI / ML

Leads the shared AI capability that products can adopt when the use case and safety boundary fit.

Credited on: BayonHub · Chomkar · Vantrex · LMS for Education
04CO-FOUNDER
Geksim

Geksim

Business · Partnerships & growth

Runs the commercial side — buyers, partners, grants and getting our products to market.

Credited on: Chomkar · BayonHub
05CYBER CO-LEAD
M

Masola

Cybersecurity · Co-lead, SAT Digital

Co-leads SAT Digital alongside Pagna, sharing the security & trust workload.

Credited on: SAT Digital
06MEMBER
B

Bunleang

Infrastructure · Co-lead, SAT Digital

Keeps the infrastructure reliable — the plumbing every product depends on.

Credited on: SAT Digital · BayonHub
07MEMBER
C

Chay

Software Engineering

Building features across the portfolio, from the front end in.

Credited on: BayonHub · SAT Digital
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