FoundryZero is a venture studio. We originate, prototype, and operate a focused slate of software products — starting from first principles and shipped with small teams. Four ventures in flight.
┌─────────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────────┐ │ ORIGIN │ ◆ │ MOSAIC │ │ first principles │────────────────│ coach · mobile │ └─────────┬───────────┘ └─────────────────────┘ │ ▲ ▼ │ ┌─────────────────────┐ ┌─────────┴───────────┐ │ FOUNDRY·ZERO │ ◆ │ BOUNDLESS │ │ venture studio │────────────────│ books · on demand │ └─────────┬───────────┘ └─────────────────────┘ │ ▼ ┌─────────────────────┐ │ NEXT │ <_> └─────────────────────┘
FoundryZero is a venture studio. We don't incubate, invest, or advise — we build. Each venture starts from a precise thesis and graduates out when it's ready to stand on its own.
We operate as a tight, senior team across product, engineering, and design. No committees. No decks. The studio takes conviction bets on problems we understand deeply, then builds the team and product together — always in public, always in orbit.
Two ventures are currently active. More in the queue. We don't scale the studio; we scale the ventures that leave it.
Every venture moves through the same loop. The cadence is deliberate — we don't skip phases, and we don't ship software we wouldn't personally use.
Start with a problem we understand deeply. Write the thesis, the anti-thesis, and the shape of a product that resolves both.
Build the smallest working version. Put it in the hands of real users fast. Iterate until the product is undeniable.
Move from prototype to product. Hire the founding team around it. Establish the venture as its own entity.
Run alongside the venture through early traction. Graduate it out when it's ready to scale independently.
A health companion that knows you. Photo-log meals, sync your wearable for recovery and sleep, and train with a coach you choose — with a built-in GLP-1 companion.
An AI-native marketplace where any brand posts a call and creators show up. Drop a brief, watch them rally to it — an AI referee verifies every post and pays on performance, views not follower count.
Custom books on any topic, written in the style you pick — narrative, textbook, or blended. Six-step pipeline, EPUB delivered to your inbox when it's ready.
Real-time fact-checking for live conversation. Scribe listens in the background and flags shaky claims the moment they're said — or answers a question you put to it directly — quoting the line, scoring its accuracy, and citing the sources.
We're not actively hiring but always open to conversations with operators, researchers, and early customers of our ventures.