About Averian Labs
A venture studio built to compound.
Averian Labs builds and operates focused software companies on Orbit — a shared operating system that turns each product's learning into reusable capabilities for the next. Intentionally small. Focused on evidence, not headcount.
The studio
Averian was designed as a studio rather than a single product company because the compounding matters. Every venture we operate has its own audience, its own customers and its own economics, and its own reason to exist — but the capabilities that make each one work are captured in Orbit and become the starting point for whatever comes next.
The current portfolio is two active ventures: First Year Credit and Laudvi. Both are in pilot. Both are focused software businesses solving specific problems for specific customers. Neither exists to demonstrate a platform — they exist because their customers are real and their problems are real.
Orbit is the moat.
Orbit is the internal operating system every Averian company runs on. Structured workflows, reusable capabilities, and institutional memory that compound across every venture. It handles observation, decision documentation, recommendations, and pattern-matching across products so founders spend their time on the choices that only humans should make.
Orbit is not a commercial product today. We're not selling it. Its value to the studio is operational; its value to other builders is the methodology, which we share openly.
Heather and Craig.
Averian was founded by Heather and Craig — a two-founder team with backgrounds across technology, financial services, operations, marketing, and business execution. Heather leads operations, marketing, and customer understanding; Craig leads software architecture, engineering, and technical systems. Major strategic decisions are made together.
The team stays small on purpose. AI, structured systems, and direct customer feedback provide leverage that would otherwise require hiring — while keeping decision-making close to the people responsible for the outcome.
Working in the open.
We publish selected decisions, milestones, and lessons because documenting the work makes the products and Orbit better. Updates aren't entertainment — they're part of the operating system.
The Foundation section captures what we believe, the principles we hold ourselves to, and how we operate day-to-day. If you want to understand how Averian actually thinks, start there.
Where next.
Explore the active ventures, read how Orbit works, or get in touch about a pilot or partnership.