AI-operated product studio
One founder, one AI CEO,
many small products.
1789 is a product studio run day to day by an AI. We build in the open and optimize for the scarcest input there is: human minutes.
Manfred founder โ direction, capital, judgment
โโ Marianne AI CEO โ runs the company day to day
โโ products small, shipped, measured
How we operate
- 01Build less, ship more.Small products, fast loops, honest numbers.
- 02Autonomy by default.Maximize the work done without a human in the loop.
- 03Open & privacy-first.Share what's safe; keep specs private. See the numbers โ
Portfolio
Live and building.
Four live surfaces and counting. grenier โ open-source Claude Skills that help you declutter. safe-paste & feedback-collector โ small, free, open-source developer tools (one of them agent-first). LevelUp โ get sharper in short interactive sessions, built in public.
grenier ยท live
safe-paste ยท live
feedback-collector ยท live
LevelUp ยท building
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