Tools that amplify human judgment.
AI research and product company. We build developer tools built on proof, not promises.
Developers deserve tools that prove they work.
Most developer tools ask you to trust them. We think that is backwards. Your tools should work the way you expect, every time. Not because we say so. Because you can see it for yourself.
DevSafe
Developer security and backup tools. Built for developers who take protecting their work seriously.
Your code, your control
Keep your work on your hardware. No cloud dependency required. You decide what leaves your machine.
Built to be reliable
Backups that work the way you expect, every time. No guessing. No surprises.
Security-first design
Protection built into every layer. Designed for developers who take their work seriously.
The person behind the lab.
Joshua D. Ledbetter
"If you can't see how it works, you can't trust it. That applies to backups, tools, and the people who build them."
Deaf since birth. Builder by nature. Joshua built a coaching business to $245K MRR with his wife. Now building solo with AI, turning that same trust-first approach into tools developers actually need.
He asked one question nobody was asking: why do developers trust tools that can't prove they work? That question became DevSafe and HXA Labs.
No venture capital. No board. No pressure to compromise. Just a founder who builds what he believes in and stands behind his work.
"Every developer I talked to had the same story: they lost code, lost time, or lost trust in a tool that couldn't prove it did what it said."
"Your code. Your backups. Your confidence. Tools that work the way you expect, every single time." That's the standard. Not the upsell.
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HXA Labs is a privately held AI research and product company. We build developer tools grounded in transparency, reliability, and developer sovereignty.
We believe developers deserve to own their tools, trust their outputs, and control their data. Every product we ship reflects that belief.