Sri Lanka born. Globally useful.

We are the small AI-first studio founders call when the product needs to work.

MettaByte builds websites, web apps, and AI systems for founders and growing teams. We are not trying to look like a giant agency. We are trying to be the direct technical partner who can understand the business problem, design the system, and ship it cleanly.

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Products shipped
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Countries served
3 wks
Avg delivery
Fixed
Project pricing

Who we serve

Founders, operators, and growing teams who need a serious digital product without building an internal engineering department first.

What we build

Fast websites, custom web apps, AI agents, workflow automations, and the infrastructure needed to keep them running.

How we work

Plain-English discovery, fixed scope, live previews, production-grade engineering, and direct ownership from a small team.

Why we exist

Most teams do not need more tech confusion.

They need a technical partner who can listen to a business problem, choose the right system, build it cleanly, and explain the tradeoffs in plain English.

AI-first, not AI-decorated

We use AI where it creates real leverage: knowledge systems, workflow automation, document processing, agents, and product intelligence.

Product thinking before code

We define the business goal, user flow, and operating model before choosing tools. The product has to make sense before the stack does.

Fixed scope, clear delivery

Clients should not need to decode vague estimates. We scope carefully, price clearly, and communicate progress without theatrics.

Plain English partnership

You do not need to speak like an engineer to work with us. We translate technical decisions into business consequences.

Real work

Proof matters more than polish.

We are not trying to look like a massive agency. We are trying to be the small team that ships the thing you actually need.

JobProMax AI platform

The Job Helpers

Dubai, UAE

AI career platform with resume parsing, job matching, vector search, and candidate guidance.

Commercial services website

Speckless FS

Melbourne, Australia

Conversion-focused business website with CMS, local service pages, and booking flow.

AI research automation

AI Literacy Lab

Research platform

LangChain-powered workflow for literature review automation and structured research support.

How we work

The studio runs on clarity.

Good software is not just clever code. It is a chain of clear decisions: what to build, what to skip, how to measure success, and how to hand it over.

  • A small senior team stays close to the work.
  • Every build has one accountable delivery owner.
  • We prefer maintainable systems over flashy complexity.
  • Clients see live previews, not mystery progress.
  • We design for handover, ownership, and future growth.
Team

A small team with direct ownership.

You work with people who understand the product, not a relay of handoffs. Strategy, engineering, QA, and delivery stay close together.

Manula Withanage

Manula Withanage

CEO

Leads client strategy, product direction, and the promise MettaByte makes before a project starts.

Roshana Perera

Roshana Perera

CTO

Architects the technical foundation for AI, web app, and production software builds.

Chandritha Senanayake

Chandritha Senanayake

COO

Runs delivery, project coordination, and client communication so timelines stay clear.

Minul Hettiarachchi

Minul Hettiarachchi

CFO

Keeps the business disciplined so fixed-price delivery stays realistic and sustainable.

Lasindu Galpaya

Lasindu Galpaya

AI Engineer

Builds Python, FastAPI, LangChain, and AI workflows that move beyond demos into production.

Pasan Bambarendage

Pasan Bambarendage

Senior Developer

Full-stack engineer focused on backend architecture, CMS-driven platforms, and reliable delivery.

Akmal Ilhaim

Akmal Ilhaim

QA / Project Manager

Keeps quality visible, catches issues early, and helps projects move from build to launch cleanly.

Build with us

Bring us the messy version of the idea.

We will help turn it into a clear product scope, a fixed-price build, and a system your business can actually use.

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