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Where human creativity meets AI intelligence.

An independent AI product studio. We research, design, build and run our own software and SaaS products.

How it works

Four disciplines, one product.

Research, data, strategy and marketing in the same room, working as one product team. No handovers between disciplines, no distance between thinking and making.

01
Research
Get close to the real problem before sketching a single screen.
02
Design & Build
Turn direction into a product people can use, shipped by the same hands that designed it.
03
Platform & Data
The databases, cloud and data foundation the products stand on.
04
Market & Operate
Bring the product to market and run it ourselves, so we keep learning where it matters.
Portfolio

Products with a clear Northstar

7 ventures: the products we run, and the systems we built them with.

01 / 07
Validation
Consumer · AI gifting
Attentico
An AI gifting autopilot that remembers every date, picks a personal gift, and sends a handwritten card, always early.
Live beta
Consumer · Mobility tech
Plens
Route-aware rain advice that compares nearby departure times and tells cyclists, runners and walkers when a small shift makes the trip drier.
Live beta
B2B · Product engineering
Forenta
Turns an idea, plan or existing codebase into a reviewed product route, with the assumptions and risks made explicit before anyone builds.
Live
B2B · Learning platform
Studio Northstar Academy
A closed learning environment for teams working with AI: fourteen modules an organisation switches on per licence, with progress per participant.
Live
Consumer · Travel tech
FamAway
One trip, on everyone's phone, working offline: planning, bookings, real travel times per leg and a map that keeps working without signal.
Live
Capability · Agent infrastructure
ARCS ecosystem
Seventeen specialist councils that review, build and re-check work — the system every other Studio Northstar product is built with.
Live
Capability · Private inference
Northstar One
Our own machines running our own models, so work with sensitive data or a 24/7 schedule never has to leave the building.
Operating system

From research to running, in one team.

One workspace, every discipline. Research, data, brand, build, launch and growth, in the same room, on the same product, visible and accountable.

A single source of truth across every product.
Clear next milestones, no perpetual roadmaps.
Every decision tied back to the long-term direction.
Studio OS · Q3 view
WeekQuarterYear
Venture pipeline
12 active
Brand readiness
3 of 3 on track
Market validation
62% confidence
Launch assets
14 / 18
Growth experiments
7 running
Aligned with north star
↑ 4.8% wow
Why Studio Northstar

The results speak for themselves

A focused operating model, not a sprawling agency. Every number ties back to a clear long-term direction.

Disciplines
4
Research, strategy, build and operate, in one team.
Makers
3
Three founders. One product team.
Direction
1
Long-term north star guiding every move.
Ownership
100%
Hands-on, from research to running.
About us

Built by hand. Sharpened by AI.

Three makers, fascinated by what AI now makes possible, building products that solve real problems for businesses and people. Every product has been through our hands, from the first research call to the first user.

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