AI-Powered Applications. Built End to End.

Starmode Studios designs and develops modern web applications with AI at their core. From early-stage prototypes to fully deployed systems, we can build the entire stack—fast.Every industry is being reshaped by AI. We’ll help you lead, not lag.

Full-Stack Product Thinking

We don’t just build what’s specced—we help define it. From early concept to launch, we think holistically about product, tech, and user experience.

Experts in AI-Native Apps

We specialize in building with AI from the ground up—LLM copilots, intelligent automations, and smart tools that actually work in production. The AI field is evolving fast, and we will keep your application on the frontier.

Lean Team and Fast Execution

We’re a small, veteran team with an optimized stack and years of collaboration. No middle layers. No drag. Just high-trust, high-velocity execution.

Spencer Smith

AI Engineer & Product Strategist

Spencer is a full-stack AI engineer, data scientist, and product-minded builder. Before co-founding the studio, he spent a decade at Zillow as a Principal Data Scientist, where he led the development of intelligent systems and AI agents. He holds a master’s in machine learning, has worked as a research scientist, and previously founded an AI startup focused on automating customer service in healthcare. Spencer brings a rare mix of deep ML expertise, product intuition, and startup execution speed to every engagement.

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Mikael Lirbank

Technical Architect & Lead Engineer

Mikael is a veteran software engineer and technical architect with over 20 years in the startup ecosystem. Most recently, he served as Lead Engineer at BootstrapLabs, a VC firm focused on AI, where he turned early-stage ideas into polished, production-ready products. Mikael has a deep command of modern web technologies and a builder’s instinct for clean architecture and long-term maintainability. In an age of “vibe coding,” Mikael brings structure, clarity, and craftsmanship.

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Portfolio

We built an end-to-end AI-powered bookkeeping solution for freelancers and small businesses. It connects directly to bank accounts via Plaid, uses LLMs to categorize transactions, and generates financial statements autonomously. The system supports human-in-the-loop feedback and was deployed in under 6 weeks.

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Expert System processes large volumes of unstructured information—like earnings transcripts, scientific research, and technical documentation—and distills them into concise, structured takeaway cards. These takeaways serve as an intermediate layer of understanding, enabling our AI to reason over them and surface deeper insights, connections, and hypotheses. The result is a system that augments human reasoning over a vast amount of data, with clarity and context. Useful for investors and people who think for a living.

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Technologies we are excited about

Ably

Drizzle

ESLint

Inngest

LLMs

PGlite

Playwright

PostgreSQL

Prettier

Solid.js

Tailwind CSS

TanStack

TypeScript

Vitest

WebRTC

WebSockets