Choose The Right Path
Paid work and venture partnerships are evaluated differently, documented separately, and never blurred together.
A client pays for one focused software product. The standard engagement has a fixed scope and is delivered within two months. See the Pricing page for fees and terms. This is the normal path when you want CodexDeus to build the product for your business.
CodexDeus may co-build when a founder brings more than an idea: customers, revenue, distribution, audience, valuable rights, industry access, or deep operating knowledge. Structures may combine cash with equity, revenue participation, or shared ownership.
CodexDeus identifies a recurring problem, develops the company and initial product, and may bring in operators, collaborators, customers, or capital while retaining meaningful ownership. Topjib, Factory Guardian, Sarah AI, Beast Mode, Level One, and CinemaMachina are current public projects.
CodexDeus-Owned Ventures
These ventures originate from problems CodexDeus chooses to investigate directly. Their stages, commercial readiness, and privacy boundaries are stated separately.
Newest startup · Live Austin-area boat discovery
David’s newest startup: boat discovery for the Austin area, with a focus on Lake Travis. Topjib runs on its own site.
Business voice-agent product
Trained voice conversations for defined business workflows, with company-specific knowledge and permissions.
Commercial design-partner direction
A camera-operations intelligence product turning existing commercial camera feeds into reviewable operational, safety, and security events.
Private research-and-development prototype
A private, local-first personal AI agent running from a user-controlled Mac environment and exploring authorized intelligence across iPhone, iPad, and Mac context.
Indie game production
The CodexDeus game company. Level One turns books and ideas into indie games. Books are the preference and the specialty.
AI arthouse films
Short AI films, with a book-to-film practice since 2025. The films are published on their own site.
Partnership Standard
CodexDeus partnerships are for founders and operators who already control something difficult to recreate: customer access, revenue, distribution, an audience, specialized rights, proprietary knowledge, or a trusted position inside a market.
Austin Venture Ecosystem
CodexDeus can support portfolio companies, evaluate technical risk, turn validated workflows into software, and help strong operators reach production. Public event participation and hackathon results do not imply funding or endorsement by Capital Factory, Antler, or any other organization.
Bring a real market advantage and a focused company-building opportunity. CodexDeus brings product judgment, technical execution, deployment, and operating experience.
Refer portfolio companies for paid builds, introduce qualified studio opportunities, or start a technical diligence and product-execution conversation.
FAQ
Both. CodexDeus provides paid software development and also operates as a selective venture studio. Paid builds are the standard path; studio partnerships and owned ventures are selected separately.
No. An idea by itself is not enough for a studio partnership, and CodexDeus does not provide unpaid or equity-only development. Strong partnership candidates bring validated demand, distribution, revenue, customers, rights, or unusual domain access, plus cash participation.
CodexDeus may selectively invest its own time, software, relationships, or capital when the opportunity fits. CodexDeus is not currently presenting itself as a venture fund or soliciting outside investment capital.
If you primarily need software built, contact CodexDeus about the paid software development engagement. If you already have meaningful traction or distribution and want a true company-building partner, send a separate studio proposal explaining what you bring and why CodexDeus is the right partner.
Start With The Truth
For paid development, send the users, workflow, budget, and target launch date. For a studio partnership, also include traction, distribution, founder commitment, ownership, and proposed economics.