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AI-native software consultancy

An AI-native software consultancy.

We build software with AI. We build AI into software. Custom Elixir and Phoenix applications for founders, teams, and the leaders driving them.

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Build

Custom software, shipped fast. Greenfield apps, architecture, and ongoing support.

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Advise

AI strategy and adoption for teams and serious operators.

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Proof

Real AI shipped, not slideware.

Winnow Labs runs on a custom AI pipeline we built. Embeddings, RAG, agents, and a research workflow used by real scientists.

Winnow Research Atlas

Winnow Research Atlas

AI in production

115,000+ scientific papers, embeddings-powered search, custom AI pipelines

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Winnow Journal

Winnow Journal

Curated commentary built on the same AI research stack

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Double Skunk

Double Skunk

A cribbage roguelite on Steam, built to test a hypothesis

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How it works

From hello to shipped, in three steps.

This is how a Build engagement runs. Advise engagements look different. We'll figure out the right rhythm together.

1

Discovery call

30 minutes. You walk us through the problem. We ask questions.

2

Scoped proposal

Fixed or capped price, deliverables, timeline. No surprises.

3

We build

Iterative weekly check-ins. You see progress every Friday.

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AI-native

Two senses, both load-bearing.

The shop is shaped by AI in how we build, and the products we ship have AI built into them.

We use AI to build

Claude Code, agents, and AI-driven workflows are part of how we work. A small team that ships like a bigger one.

We build AI into software

RAG, embeddings, agents, and LLM-backed workflows in production. Not as buzzwords. As features that have to work.

Built on

A focused, battle-tested stack we know cold.

Elixir Phoenix LiveView PostgreSQL Tailwind CSS Fly.io
app/lib/router.ex 
# Real-time dashboard, end-to-end
defmodule AppWeb.Router do
  use AppWeb, :router

  live "/dashboard", DashboardLive
  live "/orders",    OrdersLive, :index
  live "/orders/:id", OrdersLive, :show
end
From the blog

Notes from the workshop.

Essays on building bespoke software, the Elixir ecosystem, and working well with AI.

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116,000 Papers on Leftover Tokens

The Winnow Research Atlas holds 116,439 papers. Its pipeline runs by hand off my laptop. What that taught me about deterministic filters and materialized views.
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The Frontier Comes to You

You will never catch the AI frontier. You don't have to. The efficiency of these models doubles every eight months, and last year's frontier keeps landing on your desk. The weights are everything.
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What Is a Token Worth?

Tokens are the raw material of my work, but a subscription never tells me what one is actually worth. I'm instrumenting my own plan to find out, and to see whether the line is quietly moving.
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Ready to build, or want to talk through where AI fits?

A 30-minute conversation is the fastest way to find out if we're a fit. No sales pitch, no pressure.

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