Evidence. Grounded. Confidence.
Underpin designs and builds intelligent software for complex work. We combine product strategy, engineering, and human-centered design to create practical applications, tools, and new interaction models.
What we build
Interfaces and workflows built around intelligent assistance and agentic systems.
Complex, data-rich applications designed for clarity and operational efficiency.
Software that reduces friction in technical processes and improves the development experience.
New interaction models, prototypes, and technical investigations.
Selected work
Working application
A first pass over a long deposition, brief, or contract. The plan is approved before the job runs: parse, map, reduce, verify, finalize. A finding reaches the brief only when its page and line resolve, and that citation opens the source excerpt.
Approved analysis plan · Citation-gated findings · Source excerpts
Prototype
A counterfactual agent laboratory for inspecting memory, retrieved sources, and tool output. Change a verified memory, fork the run, and compare the observable result.
Context inspection · Branching · Output comparison
Local prototype
MESA — Decision Landscape is a workspace for an operational rehearsal. A versioned scenario graph feeds a facilitated session. A finding cannot be approved without inspected evidence, and a published snapshot stays when a later correction is filed. Generated text stays a proposal.
Versioned scenario graph · Evidence-checked findings · Published snapshots
Pilot
Field-data capture for assisted workflow handoff. A conversation becomes reviewed facts, then an encrypted package that can be reused beside an existing browser form.
Field capture · Reviewed intake · Assisted form fill
Approach
“The best product decisions emerge when design, engineering, and strategy inform each other continuously.”
Understand the underlying problem before designing a solution.
Build working prototypes early.
Treat complex workflows as systems.
Design AI interactions around inspectability, control, and appropriate human oversight.
Validate decisions using real evidence and observable behavior.
Favor useful software over unnecessary complexity.
Working interfaces from the Underpin design language.
Opportunities
Underpin collaborates with people who care deeply about the products they build. We're interested in connecting with designers, engineers, and independent thinkers working at the intersection of technology and human experience.
About
Underpin is an independently operated product and technology venture. The work draws on practice in UX, software engineering, enterprise systems, and intelligent applications.