Studio roots 2009
New Haven, CT
Independent Software Lab

We build with
what's new
to ship
what's next.

Platform Thirteen is a lab building products with tools most teams haven't tried yet.

Lab

We began as a design studio. Sixteen years later we are a lab — building our own products and the tooling that shapes how they get made.

Practice

Methods

Sketch to prototype in days, idea to product in weeks. Small scope, fast feedback, and the tools that make both possible.

Compressed cycles

Products

Small, focused products and tools — usually starting as something we wanted ourselves. Some grow into businesses. Some stay experiments.

Built to use

Discipline

Brand, interface, infrastructure — handled by the same hands. Fewer handoffs, faster iteration.

End-to-end

Mode

No funding rounds, no client roadmaps, no committee design. The lab works on what the lab decides to work on.

Self-directed

Contact

Always open. Always reading.

hello@platformthirteen.com