Small studio.Everydaypossibilities.
Software for noticing, remembering, and working together. Made with curiosity. Built with care.
01 / Selected work
Different ideas.
A common thread.
Exploring how AI can become a more useful, creative, and thoughtful part of everyday life.
melu
Food journalA little understanding, day by day.
A food and activity journal with a fox. A gentle way to record everyday meals and notice your own rhythm.
Get melu on the App Storeranu
Outing journalAn ordinary outing, worth keeping.
An outing journal that turns photos and places into hand-drawn maps and pages to keep or share.
Meet ranuTendhearth CC
Personal AISomeone to work alongside.
A personal AI that runs on your computer, helping with tasks and creative work while keeping you company through the day.
Meet CCrici
Recipe bookCollect it. Then cook it.
A recipe book with a hedgehog. Save dishes you come across, cook hands-free with steps read aloud, and keep a note of how it turned out.
Meet ricileni
Knit alongOne row at a time.
A knitting companion with a sheep. Turns a tutorial or chart into steps you can follow row by row, and stops to check when a count doesn’t add up.
Meet lenimelu, ranu, rici, leni and Tendhearth CC belong to Tendhearth, one family of apps from the studio. Other explorations include Nate & Cynthia, a long-form writing system. Read the founder’s notes .
02 / The studio
Technology should make room
for being human.
Nate Gu & Co. is an independent software studio founded by Nate Gu. We build and explore AI-native products, from useful tools to creative systems and everyday companions.
A small studio means staying close to the details: what to build, what to leave out, and how it feels to use. We value clear thinking, careful craft, and the freedom to follow a good question.
01
Useful before impressive.
Start with a real need, not a list of features.
02
Room for curiosity.
Leave space for unexpected ideas and small experiments.
03
Care in the details.
Make deliberate choices, from the first interaction to the last.
03 / Get in touch
Good things start
with a conversation.
A question about a project, an idea worth exploring, or simply a hello. We'd like to hear from you.
hello@nateguco.com