Articles
Notes on markets, business and the systems we build. Written when we have something to say.
Business
From an idea to a profitable car inspection station in four months
A friend with years in the industry wanted his own inspection station. Four months later Tehokatsastus opened in Espoo, and by the end of its first full month it was profitable, at 70% capacity and first in Google Ads impression share in the region.
Sam Laakso · 8 September 2026
Technology & AI
An SME run on AI agents
We rebuilt an SME to run on security-bound AI agents across the whole business. Agents manage the website and marketing, sort the inbox and files, and handle invoices, receipts and offers.
Capital markets
High-frequency trading platform
A multi-venue automated trading platform built for low-latency execution across markets, handling real-time data feeds, order routing and risk controls.
Insurance
Core insurance management system
A full end-to-end platform covering policy management, claims processing, billing and customer portal, built from scratch and designed for reliability, auditability and scale.
Business · Markets
BASED & Saxo Bank Partner Up
BASED and Saxo Bank will work together to provide hedging solutions to corporations in the Nordics. Our clients get VIP status at Saxo, including fast-track onboarding and reduced trading fees.
Sam Laakso · 20 March 2025
Technology · Markets
Listing Tracker: Keeping up to date with newly listed companies
A free online tool to help investors stay up to date on newly listed companies across exchanges, the first of BASED Tools.
Sam Laakso · 24 February 2025