What We Build

AI tools, dashboards, and workflows that create measurable outcomes for communities and small businesses.

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Building With Purpose

We don't build technology for its own sake. Every tool we create starts with a community need and ends with a measurable outcome.

Needs-Driven

Every project starts by listening. We identify the specific problem, map the stakeholders, and design with the people who will use the tool.

Production-Grade

We build real systems, not prototypes. Our tools are designed for security, accessibility, and scale from day one.

Outcomes-Measured

If we cannot measure the impact, we do not ship. Every tool includes built-in metrics that track real community benefit.

How a Project Works

Every engagement follows the same four-phase process, so you always know where you are and what comes next.

Discover

We listen first. Structured sessions map the real problem, the people affected, the data available, and what success looks like. Not a single line of code is written until that work is done.

Design

We design with you, not at you. Wireframes, data models, and workflows are co-created with the people who will use the tool. Equity and accessibility are built into the design, not added later.

Build

We ship production-grade systems, not prototypes. Security, privacy, bias testing, and WCAG accessibility are engineering requirements from day one, not features you have to ask for.

Measure

Every tool launches with built-in metrics that track real community benefit, not just usage. We stay engaged after delivery to ensure the tool creates the outcomes it was built to create.

Solutions in Action

Real projects creating measurable impact

SMB AI Enablement

Practical automations, dashboards, and decision tools for small businesses competing in an AI economy. Built for the businesses that get overlooked.

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AI Literacy & Workforce Programs

Plain-language workshops, cohort programs, and workforce upskilling tools that move community organizations and small business teams from observed to equipped. No prior AI experience required.

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Bias & Fairness Audits

Independent reviews of the AI systems your organization uses, or is about to buy. We test for racial bias, fairness gaps, and accountability blind spots, then translate findings into action.

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Health Equity Analytics

Health disparity dashboards and SDOH analytics for FQHCs, Medicaid managed care organizations, public health departments, and the nonprofits reporting on community health outcomes.

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Live Product

GroundTruth

An interactive environmental justice data tracker mapping data centers near majority-Black zip codes across the U.S. Communities deserve to know what is being built next door. And what it costs them in water, energy, and health.

199
Data centers indexed
50+
States covered
Free
Community access
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GroundTruth
199 Data Centers50+ States
In Development

Ayana.AI

An AI maternal health companion for Black women. Ayana helps users translate lived experience into clinical language, prepare for prenatal and postpartum visits, and advocate for the care they deserve. The persona is a nurse cousin, mid-late 40s, clinical knowledge with family-level honesty.

AI Companion
Maternal health
Pre-Launch
Active co-design
B2B
FQHCs + Medicaid MCOs
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Built on Modern, Responsible Infrastructure

Six engineering commitments that show up in every line of code we ship.

AI Layer

Powered by Anthropic Claude. Safety-aligned, tuned for nuance, refuses harm by design. We pick the model on values, not on price.

Community Co-Design

Every product starts with the Listen phase of The Heartwood Method. We build with the people who will use the tool, not for them.

Data Sovereignty

Your data is yours. Encryption at rest and in transit, no third-party reselling, no surprise data sharing. Community data stays with the community.

Bias Accountability

Every AI feature is audited for racial bias and equity gaps before it ships, not after. Equity is an engineering requirement, not a press release.

Accessibility First

WCAG 2.1 AA is the floor, not the ceiling. Every interface, every output, every user. Designed to work the first time, on every device.

Production-Grade Stack

Next.js, React, Anthropic Claude, Supabase, Vercel. Built to ship, observable, deployable. No hacked-together prototypes dressed up as products.

Ready to Build Something That Matters?

Whether you need a custom AI tool, a data dashboard, or a complete digital workflow, we build it with you, not at you.

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