About Kaaal

Smaller than you think. Closer to the work.

Kaaal is a small studio shipping digital products. We work with teams that want to lead their market — and we ship our own, like Truckthrust.

Why we exist

Building the products we would want to use.

Most software loses touch somewhere between the roadmap and the rollout. We started Kaaal to keep the distance short — the person designing the workflow is the same one shipping the feature, and the same one talking to the people using it in the real world. No layers, no broken feedback loops, just software shaped by direct experience.

We keep the scope intentionally small. Six people, two or three client engagements at a time, alongside the products we build ourselves. We turn down a lot of work, and when we do say yes, we usually tell clients what we’d build before any contract is signed. That’s how we keep conviction in the process — fewer layers, clearer decisions, better products.

By the numbers — end of 2025
7People on the team
2024Studio founded
EUHeadquartered
PilotTruckthrust stage
Built by

Six people. One studio. Hiring quietly.

Group photo — Lisbon studio, Q1 2026

KN
Ken NordqvistCo-founder · CEO
SA
Samson AventineCo-founder · CTO
LS
Lars SommerCo-founder · Chief Customer Officer
AA
Asger Neerup AndersenAccount Manager
AN
Axel NordqvistBusiness Development Manager
AM
Alexander Bastian MathiesenTech Development
MD
Mateo DuranSoftware Engineer
The short version

3 years, end to end.

  • 2024

    Studio founded in Lisbon by Samson, Ken and Lars — two engagements, three people.

  • 2024

    Shipped our first design system for a logistics platform; team grew to four.

  • 2025

    Truckthrust prototype on a single fleet of seven trucks. The premise survived contact.

  • 2026

    Expanded into AI development — building internal tools, automation systems, and practical AI products shaped by real operational workflows.

  • 2026

    Truckthrust public launch with the first cohort of European fleets; team reaches seven.

Where we work

Two offices, one remote studio week per quarter.

LisbonPortugal

Studio HQ. Strategy, design, and most of the engineering bench. Around the corner from Cais do Sodré.

CopenhagenDenmark

Customer success and EU expansion run from here. A small office in the city centre; the rest of the team is on planes or in customer depots.

Remote, EU-wide

Engineering, AI, and design hires anywhere in CET ±2. Quarterly studio weeks bring everyone together in Lisbon.

Join the studio

Four open seats. Hiring slowly, on purpose.

Engineering, AI, design, and a founding sales engineer for Truckthrust. Remote-friendly across the EU.