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9minds

WE ARE A DESIGN-DRIVEN STUDIO

SolvingReal-lifeProblems with AI

Design-driven engineering and ventures for early-stage disruptive ideas — software that ships, products that move.

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01 / WHAT WE DO

What we do.

We partner with founders to design and build the first version of products that change how people work, move, or learn. Strategy, design, and engineering in one room, on one team, against one clock.

02 / PHILOSOPHY

Three things we believe.

Boring tech, picked deliberately.

01

Design-driven development

Design isn't decoration applied at the end. It's how we figure out what to build, who it's for, and why anyone should care. Engineering choices follow design intent — not the other way around.

02

Business strategy

Products that ship without a thesis don't survive contact with reality. We work with founders on positioning, pricing, and the smallest valuable first version — then we build that, not the deck.

03

Engineering

Boring tech, picked deliberately. Type-safe languages, edge runtimes, deterministic builds, observable infra. Software you can hand off without a runbook and a prayer.

03 / SERVICES

Four things we do well.

Discovery interviews, problem framing, low-fidelity prototypes in code that real users can click. Information architecture, interaction design, and visual systems built to scale. Domain-driven full-stack engineering on TypeScript and edge runtimes. Positioning and narrative that investors and customers actually understand.

01

Research & prototyping

02

Product design

03

DDD engineering

04

Marketing & content

05 / CAREERS

We're hiring.

If you build great software with great taste, we want to hear from you. Four open roles right now — across engineering, AI/ML, and optimization science.

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06 / CONTACT

Got an idea?

Tell us about it. We read every message, and you’ll hear back within a few days. Or skip the form and email [email protected] directly.