Dane Lomax Studio — Applications OnlyStandard-first · applications only
DANE
STUDIO
LOMAX

One operator.Zero subcontractors.Ships.The three-agency job. Done by one code base.

I build the machines, platforms, automations, and AI operations that let one operator win the ground three agencies can't. No exploration budgets. No pilots that pilot forever. Systems that ship, invoices you can trace, and a standard you don't negotiate.

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Zero lock-inFull code ownershipReal numbers only
NonprofitsFamily OfficesEarly-stage VenturesProduct-led SaaS
NonprofitsFamily OfficesEarly-stage VenturesProduct-led SaaS
NonprofitsFamily OfficesEarly-stage VenturesProduct-led SaaS
Est. 2019·Applications only·One operator·Zero subcontractors
Currently inside the studio · Names withheld
REGIONAL NONPROFIT
$1.2M raised · Q4
FAMILY OFFICE
Private capital · Multi-gen
PRODUCT-LED SAAS
Seed → Series A
EARLY-STAGE VENTURE
Pre-seed · Mission-first
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The Standard

The standard.

Minimum engagement floor. Response SLA in hours, not days. Zero kill fees — if we're wrong, we walk, no invoice. That is the standard. Everything else is negotiable.

Minimum engagement
$25k
Response SLA
24 hrs
Kill fee
$0
01
I build fast.

Average deliverable: 9 days end-to-end. Median engagement: 14 days signed to shipped. Speed compounds. Slow doesn't.

02
I bill straight.

Every line item traces to a token or a deliverable. AI usage passes through at cost plus a markup you approve before you sign.

03
I keep score.

Weekly Studio Pulse in the portal. If a stat can't be sourced from the system, it doesn't appear on this site.

Don't apply if

Don't apply if.

  • TOURISTS.You want to "explore AI" without a mission attached.
  • NEGOTIATORS.You need to be sold. I don't chase, follow up 6 times, or discount.
  • SHIFTERS.You negotiate standards when the work gets uncomfortable.
  • TECH-TOURISTS.You think the machine does the winning. It doesn't. You do. The machine just makes you harder to beat.
  • SHOPPERS.Cheapest option wins your decisions. I'm never the cheapest. I'm the one who ships work you can invoice against.

No hard feelings on any of these. Most people shouldn't work with me. That's the point of the gate.

What I Build

Three ways in.
Same standard.

Names are new. Scopes and prices are exactly what they've always been. Recon proves it. The Build ships it. The Machine keeps it running.

All AI infrastructure and build usage is billed at cost plus a transparent markup. Every line traceable to a token or a deliverable.

01

Recon

$1,500-$5,000 · 1-2 weeks. I map your operation, isolate where AI actually pays off, and hand you a build spec with real numbers attached. If you don't move on it, we both walk away clean.

02

The Build

$10,000-$35,000 · 2-6 weeks. Production-grade platform, agents, and automations shipped to your stack. Full code ownership. Every line traceable to a milestone.

03

The Machine

$750-$3,000/mo. I run what I build. Hosting, monitoring, iteration, and Ops on standby. Cancel any month. Nothing locks.

04

Generative Media

Add-on. Image, voice, and video generation at production quality: Nano Banana, Sora 2, ElevenLabs. Billed on usage.

05

Payments & Billing

Add-on. Stripe subscriptions, one-time checkouts, and AI-usage passthrough billing on autopilot.

06

Voice & SMS Systems

Add-on. Twilio inbound routing, Whisper transcription, TTS agents — one number, zero missed context.

Field Notes

Case studies,
redacted.

Client names never appear here. Hover the blackout bars to reveal what actually shipped and how long it took.

Field Note 001
Full-stack build
Sector
Regional Nonprofit
Problem

Board deck production was eating 6 hours a week of executive time.

Outcome

Delivered a private AI research desk that drafts board briefs from raw source docs. Executive time on decks dropped by ~80%.

Duration9 days
Field Note 002
Portal + AI concierge
Sector
Family Office
Problem

Deal-flow intake was drifting between three tools. Nothing was ever findable in the moment.

Outcome

Consolidated intake, notes, and follow-up into one private portal with an AI agent triaging inbound. Zero deals lost since go-live.

Duration14 days
Field Note 003
Studio-in-a-box
Sector
Early-stage SaaS
Problem

Marketing site + billing + support chat were three vendors and one very tired founder.

Outcome

Shipped a single React/FastAPI stack with Stripe subscriptions, AI support, and admin CRM. One founder, one codebase.

Duration18 days
Hover any blackout bar to reveal the outcome.
Live · Anonymized · Refreshed on visit
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Intakes qualified
all-time
0
Studio automations fired
all-time
Operations · Last 7 Days · Live

THE STUDIO RUNS ITSELF.

Every scheduled invoice, signed SOW, billed milestone, and reconciled payment — logged in real time. Zero manual touch. Zero identifying data.

Foreman conversations
6
Autonomous cron runs
6
Invoices auto-drafted
0
Milestones billed
0
Payments reconciled
0
Studio is between cycles. New events appear here as they happen.
The Rhythm

How we work
together.

01

Apply

Fill the gate. Straight answers only. It disqualifies more people than it accepts — on purpose.

02

30-minute alignment

One human call to lock outcomes, timeline, and where AI belongs in the solution.

03

We build fast

Dane's studio ships production-grade software in days — Our studio ships production-grade software in days — quietly, behind the scenes.

04

Portal opens

You get a private portal for every deliverable, invoice, contract, and decision.

Foreman · On Duty

Talk plain.
Get a straight answer.

Not a chatbot. Not a concierge. The studio foreman. State the job, the budget floor, and the deadline. Two sentences per reply. If we're a fit, you leave with a ticket number. If we're not, you leave in one line.

01State the job. One line.
02State the budget floor.
03State the deadline.
Two sentences per reply · Hard rule
The gate

The work begins here.

Not on the call. Not after the invoice. Here on this page — the moment you decide the standard is worth meeting. Fill the application straight. Straight answers only.

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