Clearform — AI-native development studio

Studio

Clearform

Discipline

AI-native software

Index

No. 001 / 2026

Origin

Florida, USA

Software, built

with the speed of a startup

and the discipline

of a craft house.

Clearform is an AI-native development studio. One operator, a sharp set of tools, and a clear bias toward shipping. Fixed scope. Fixed price. Fixed date.

Currently

Selectively booking Q1–Q2

Engagements

From $8k. Fixed scope.

§ 01 — Approach

AI changed
the economics
of software.

We don't sell hours. We sell shipped software. The engagement is scoped before it starts, priced before it starts, and dated before it starts. Inside that constraint, we move fast.

Most studios optimize for utilization. We optimize for outcomes. A two-week sprint from Clearform is designed to close a specific gap, not open a billable relationship.

The operator behind the studio is Ethan: a technical founder who has shipped client work and his own products, using the same tools and the same discipline. There is no junior team. There is no handoff.

§ 02 — Selected Work

Folio reading, refined

A personal reading tracker built for depth. Tracks annotations, themes, and reading arcs across a full library.

Product iOS / Web

Case →

PatchList live sound, organized

Setlist and patch management for live musicians. Designed for the stage, not the studio.

Product Mobile

Case →

Codex the study, restored

A structured knowledge base that surfaces what you know when you need it. Personal search with editorial discipline.

Product Web

Case →

Sanctuary planning, self-hosted

A privacy-first planning tool. No subscriptions. No cloud dependency. Runs on your machine.

Product Self-hosted

Case →

§ 03 — Services

Sprint 01

Discovery
Sprint

From $8k — 2 weeks

A focused two-week engagement. Define the problem, prototype the solution, ship something real. Scope is locked on day one.

Fixed scope, fixed delivery

One working artifact

No retainer required

Build 02

Full
Build

From $24k — 6–8 weeks

A complete product engagement. We scope, design, build, and ship a working product. End-to-end, no handoffs, no surprises.

Design through deployment

Weekly milestones, fixed date

30-day post-ship support

Steward 03

Ongoing
Stewardship

From $4k / month

A lightweight ongoing relationship. A defined scope of maintenance, iteration, and technical direction. Not a retainer. A partnership.

Monthly scope agreements

Technical strategy included

Cancel any month

§ 04 — Position

The next generation of software will not be built by larger teams. It will be built by smaller, sharper ones: using tools that did not exist eighteen months ago.