Hi, I'm Kandis.
Founder · Product · Research · Dubai

Building things that are missing.

I work across product, AI research, and technology, usually on problems where the information already exists but the infrastructure around it doesn't.

Right now I'm building Perks, a sourced global database of what companies actually offer employees before they take the job.

I also research AI behaviour through Agentic Diaries, co-run BASE64 in Dubai, and read for an MSc in Computer Science at Heriot-Watt.

✦ Product Systems ✦ AI Behaviour ✦ Work & Labour
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Kandis Tagliabue, founder of Perks
Dubai · Founder / Researcher / Builder
Currently
Founder, Perks
Researcher, Agentic Diaries
Co-Founder, BASE64
Head of Product · people intelligence
Education
MSc Computer Science · Heriot-Watt, in progress
BA Philosophy · University of London
Earlier
Product · Engineering · Finance
Merrill Lynch, then startup product work
Why I built Perks

I got pregnant and discovered how little I knew about the company I'd joined. There was no real HR. I got pushback for doctor's appointments. I was told to use two weeks of my own vacation to recover from giving birth, even though I was entitled to more.

The offer letter told me what I'd be paid. It didn't tell me what working there would actually be like.

Years later I built the thing I wish I'd had. Perks is sourced, dated, global, and free to read.

Me, in web form.

Perks Live
Benefits data · Live site

Perks

Everything the offer letter leaves out · a sourced, dated database of what tech companies actually offer.

perks.global
Agentic Diaries website Live
Measurement lab · Live site

Agentic Diaries

A measurement lab for AI behavior · instruments for what a model registers but never puts in its output.

agenticdiaries.com
BASE64 Live
AI-native studio · Web

BASE64

The AI-native studio behind these products · elite engineering, embedded partnerships, idea to MVP in ~6 weeks.

base64.holdings
Teleios Live
Ethics · Design + Research

Teleios

Independent LLM ethics evaluation · design and research, built around probes.

teleiosapp.com
Atlas Live
People intel · Web

Atlas

People-intelligence SaaS · agentic search across millions of profiles. Built the product from zero.

Open the prototype
Sentinel Live
Agent red-teaming · Web

Sentinel

A gamified arena for red-teaming AI agents · choose a fighter, raid the guardrails, see what breaks.

Enter the arena

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