A web & AI studio — Carlsbad, California
Built to be found — AI-fast websites for North County businesses, designed by humans, priced in the open.
AI-fast websites for North County businesses — designed by senior humans in Carlsbad, live in weeks, priced in the open.
The crew has built and run
- Vervefounded, scaled, taken public
- Loyal622K-app ad exchange
- Intelbrand marketing
- Nokiacorp development
02— Why
Most of your customers never pass your storefront. They pass a screen.
We build the websites, AI agents, and signals that make a local business impossible to miss — found first, chosen more.
62% won't consider a business they can't find online — BrightLocal
03— What we build
- 01Websites & redesignsDesigned by senior humans, built AI-fast on Next.js, live in weeks. Sub-second loads, no template smell.
- 02AI chatbots & agentsSupport and sales agents wired to your real content, answering 24/7. The one on this page is the demo.
- 03Local growth & AI searchGoogle Business Profile, local SEO, reviews — and AI-search readiness, so you're found on Google and ChatGPT.
- 04AutomationThe busywork — intake, follow-ups, bookings, reminders — wired to run itself while you work.
04— Proof, live
Talk to Ada.
Not a mockup. The same kind of agent we wire into client sites, answering from real content — pricing, timelines, anything. Any hour.
Ada
Carlsbad Web AI
05— Selected work
CTV + Mobile publishing platform
Loyal
A full marketing site for a CTV and mobile publishing company
- 200+ app pages, one per product
- Built-in AI assistant
- Custom design system
Coastal boutique
The Gilded Fisherman
The live site for an Old-Florida coastal boutique on Anna Maria Island
- Live at gildedfisherman.com
- Custom Shopify theme the owner runs herself
- A tailored page for every piece in the shop
Fintech / payments platform
Triple G Payments
The live site for a payments company moving cannabis commerce forward
- Live at triplegpayments.com
- Live earnings estimator
- Three-step product story
Cash access / fintech
EllaCash ATM
The live site for a dispensary cash-access company
- Live at ellacashatm.com
- Rebuilt from a dated page-builder
- AI concierge grounded in the product
Demo builds — full working sites we make to show what yours could be
Restaurant & pub demo
Churchill's Pub & Grille
A full demo rebuild for San Marcos's best-voted pub
- Live 60-tap beer board, a page per pour
- Reservations that text the owner — no backend
- AI concierge that answers like a regular
Sports club demo
OMBAC Rugby
A demo rebuild for San Diego's Old Mission Beach Athletic Club rugby side
- Live Match Centre + full season fixtures
- Club shop with a working bag
- USA Eagles honours wall from real club history
One rebuild, before and after.
The same job — explain the product. The old page-builder answered with template feature cards and stray stock photos; the rebuild walks the 60-second transaction step by step, a record at every stage. Live today at ellacashatm.com.
Worst slide, meet best slide.
The same client testimonials, twice. On the old site they drift in white space as tiny quote bubbles; on the rebuild the same merchants lead a results section with the audited numbers up front.
06— The difference
Us, versus the usual.
Same senior craft as a traditional agency — minus the timeline, the markup, and the mystery pricing.
07— Pricing
Website
A fast, professional site that makes the right first impression.
$449
to build, then $29/mo — hosting, updates & support
- Custom design, built on Next.js
- Mobile and accessibility done right
- A CMS you can update yourself
- Hosting, updates, and support included
Website + AI
Most popular
The full package: a great site with an AI agent that sells and supports.
$849
to build, then $59/mo — hosting, updates & support
- Everything in Website
- Custom AI chatbot trained on your content
- Handles support and sales 24/7
- Priority updates and tuning
AI Chatbot
Add a custom AI agent to the site you already have.
$449
to build, then $39/mo — hosting, updates & support
- Trained on your real content
- Embeds in your existing site
- Guardrails and human handoff
- AI usage and tuning included
Build fee once — you own the code, the content, and the keys. AI plans include usage within fair limits. Prices in USD.
08— Signals
- more likely to grow revenue for businesses with a website
- 2.8x
- more likely to grow revenue for businesses with a website
- Source: Google / Deloitte
- of people will not consider a business that has no website
- 62%
- of people will not consider a business that has no website
- Source: BrightLocal
- judge a company's credibility on its website alone
- 75%
- judge a company's credibility on its website alone
- Source: BusinessDasher
- of nearby mobile searches lead to a visit within a day
- 76%
- of nearby mobile searches lead to a visit within a day
- Source: BrightLocal
09— The crew
People who've built this before.
Backgrounds from Verve, Intel, Nokia, and Loyal — now building for Main Street. When you hire the studio, these are the people on your project.
Larkin Kenney
Founder
Vic Gausepohl
Growth & Monetization
Greg Hallinan
Brand & Strategy
Ray Green
Operations
Austin Monteiro
Cofounder & Sales
Tyler Rhine
Partnerships
Alex Cuevas
Sales
Tom Kenney
Advisor
—— How it goes
Four steps, no fog.
- 01
Scope
One call to map the goal, the audience, and what done actually looks like.
- 02
Design
You see real screens in days, not slideware, and we iterate fast on them.
- 03
Build
Hand-coded on Next.js, with the AI agent trained on your real content.
- 04
Launch
We ship, measure, and tune. You get the keys, the code, and the numbers.
— Common questions
Asked before, answered straight.
Anything else, ask Ada — she answers these live, any hour.
Most projects go from first call to live in one to three weeks, depending on scope. We move in small, visible steps so you are never waiting in the dark.
A website is $449 to build, then $29 a month for hosting, updates, and support. Add a custom AI chatbot for $449 to build and $39 a month, or get the website-plus-AI bundle for $849 to build and $59 a month. That is a fraction of what agencies charge, with no long contracts.
Yes. You get the full codebase, the CMS, and the keys. No proprietary lock-in and no surprise hosting markup.
It answers from your real content with guardrails, says so when it is unsure, and hands off to a human when it should. You get a view of every question it is asked.
Not at all. We are a new studio ourselves, which means you get senior attention and sharp pricing. Early projects get extra care because your win is our portfolio.
10— Begin
Impossible to miss.
Tell us the goal. We come back with a plan, a timeline, and a number — usually within a day.