Start with the problem
We understand what feels slow, repetitive or difficult and agree on the improvement worth measuring before choosing any technology.
About Garatropic
We help businesses find practical ways to use AI.
Garatropic is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and works with growing businesses worldwide. We help teams improve customer service, handle documents, find trusted company information and make everyday work easier with AI.
Tell us what needs to improve8+ yearsSoftware engineering experience
Google Developer ExpertRecognition for technical knowledge and contribution
Working productsGaratropic Relay · Snapsheet · Skein.js
Remote collaborationAvailable across markets and time zones
WHY WE EXIST
Start with the work that needs to improve.
AI is only useful when it helps with real work. The starting point is what your team knows, how customers are served, which tools are already in use and where time or information keeps getting lost.
We begin with a real business problem, agree on what AI may know and do, keep people responsible for sensitive decisions and check whether the result genuinely improves the work.
Customer habits, regulations and ways of working differ from Nairobi to Johannesburg, Amsterdam, London, Toronto and New York. We take time to understand that context and leave each client with something their team can understand and use.
HOW WE WORK
How we approach the work.
Agree the boundaries
We make it clear what information AI may use, what it may do, when a person must approve and what happens when something is unusual.
Leave you in control
Your team receives clear documentation and a proper handover. We avoid choices that create unnecessary dependence on one provider.
Prove value step by step
We begin with one focused project. It expands only after the results are useful, safe and supported by honest evidence.
Maina WycliffeFounder & Chief Builder
ACCOUNTABLE LEADERSHIP
Meet the founder.
Maina founded Garatropic after working as a founding engineer, consultant, open-source solutions engineer, tech lead and technical leader. His experience includes building products from the beginning, improving secure access, guiding major changes, mentoring engineers and supporting products used across markets.
He is a Google Developer Expert, a recognition of his technical knowledge and contribution to the developer community. His background in Information Science and Knowledge Management also brings a practical understanding of how organisations collect, organise, protect and use what they know. This experience shapes how Garatropic approaches everyday business problems with AI.
Google Developer Experts are independent professionals recognised for their technical knowledge and community contribution. They are not Google employees and do not provide services on Google’s behalf.EXPERIENCE BEHIND THE WORK
Experience across different roles and teams.
Garatropic draws on experience earned in young companies, growing product teams and leadership roles.
Unstacked Labs
Co-founder & technical leaderTurning business goals into useful technology and guiding new products from idea to delivery.
Skyhook Adventure
Engineer · consultant · tech leadBuilding dependable products, guiding delivery and mentoring a team serving customers around the world.
Flanksource
Open-source solutions engineerImproving an open product, strengthening secure access and helping teams adopt important technology changes.
Fudos
Founding software engineerBuilding the first version of a young company’s product and putting sound development practices in place.
Read the complete role history and supporting detail on Maina’s professional profile.
THINGS WE HAVE BUILT
Products and tools you can explore.
BUSINESS PRODUCT
Garatropic Relay
Relay reads business documents, prepares the important information for checking and sends approved results to the tool that needs them.
Explore Relay OPEN TOOLSkein.js
An open tool that helps technical teams run AI agents within systems they control, instead of depending entirely on an outside platform.
Explore Skein.js WORKING PRODUCTSnapsheet
A focused product that turns Kenyan KRA receipt photos into organised records ready for checking and export.
Try SnapsheetWHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOUR BUSINESS
Changes your team should notice.
We focus on everyday problems: missed enquiries, repeated admin, hard-to-find information and work that takes longer than it should. You do not need to understand the technology. We explain what will change and check whether it genuinely helps.
Follow up every opportunity
Keep track of enquiries and follow-ups so the right person knows who needs a response.
Spend less time on admin
Prepare routine replies, documents and reports so your team can focus on customers and decisions.
Find reliable answers faster
Make useful company information easier to find, even when it is spread across documents and different tools.
Start small and see what changes
Choose one everyday task, agree what better looks like and expand only after it proves useful.
WE CAN WORK WITH BUSINESSES IN
East Africa · South Africa · Europe · North America · Other markets
Based in Nairobi, Kenya. We adapt to your working hours and the way your business already operates.START WITH SOMETHING REAL
What part of your business should work better?
Tell us what feels slow, repetitive or difficult to scale. We will help you identify a useful first step—and tell you honestly when AI is not the right one.
Request an introductory call Based in Nairobi, Kenya · Working with businesses worldwide