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Founder-led AI lab · Dublin · Bigger on the inside

We Build the AI advantage your business is missing.

You bring the ambition, awkward process, or half-formed idea. We shape it into a custom AI system, workflow, app, agent, campaign or automation — with commercial sense built in.

Building since 2012 100s of platforms shipped Pharmacy & retail roots Founder-led
Press / or ⌘K for the command console
Repeat admin detected
Follow-up drag
Workflow friction
Business Anomaly Scanner

Hi, I’m Ray.Tell me what’s quietly eating your weekI’ll shine a light on it.

Try a quick scan
First Read Diagnosis
Your humans are doing robot work.

High-friction, low-cognition tasks are stealing capacity from the work that actually moves the needle.

Friction Meter
LowSevere
Likely Machine AI workflow assistant
Human Effort Lost 18–24 hrs / week
Business Impact High
Optimisation Insight

Standardise intake, auto-route, and generate first drafts. Reclaim 2–3 days a month and quietly kill the rework.

Your input stays private.
From scan to build

From a vague problem to a priced build path.

Three steps. That’s the whole journey. Tell us what’s going on, we review it — human and AI — and a clear quote comes back. No forms-maze, no sales call.

1
Tell us about your business & needs
a few minutes, no forms-maze
2
We review it — human and AI
AI drafts, a human signs off
3
You get a quick quote back
clear scope, clear price
Receipts, not adjectives

Proof you can poke.

No stock testimonials. No invented logos. We build and run our own platforms in production — so you can judge the cooking, not the menu.

2012Building since
0sApps & platforms shipped
0+Years in regulated industries
0Platforms in the gallery
Outcomes

What changes when the machine works

Less drag. More speed. Better margins. Happier customers. A business that feels easier to run.

Remove repeat work from the week.

  • Less chasing
  • Less manual admin
  • More focus on valuable work

Cut waste without cutting capability.

  • Fewer manual hours
  • Less process drag
  • Better use of team time

Move leads, quotes and follow-ups faster.

  • Quicker response
  • Less delay
  • More momentum

The boring work stops coming back.

  • Repetitive tasks handled
  • Better consistency
  • Humans stay in control

Faster answers. Less friction.

  • Smoother interactions
  • Better service
  • Stronger retention

Operate like a more advanced business.

  • Better systems
  • Faster execution
  • Harder to outpace
The Full-Stack House

One Agency, the Whole Stack

Strategy, design, apps, AI, voice, data, payments, hosting and launch — built in one place, by one amplified operator, at a speed a team can’t match. Most agencies outsource half of this. We don’t.

AI Strategy & Consulting capability
AI Strategy & Consulting
+

Human-reviewed recommendations, opportunity mapping and practical AI direction.

Direction & opportunity
ClaudeOpenAIGeminiPerplexityNotebookLMDeepSeek
Design & Creative Systems capability
Design & Creative Systems
+

UX, UI, image, video, brand experiences and interfaces people actually want to use.

Design people love
FigmaFramerSplineRiveMidjourneyNano BananaFlux
Apps, Portals & Middleware capability
Apps, Portals & Middleware
+

Full-stack web apps, dashboards, portals, PWAs, APIs and operational tools.

The engineering stack
ReactTypeScriptNext.jsVercelSupabaseDockerv0
AI Personality Orchestration capability
AI Personality Orchestration
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Prompt systems, behaviour design and AI tuning so agents perform with the right voice and judgement.

Behaviour & judgement
ClaudeOpenAIMistralCursorClaude CodeLangChain
Voice, Vision & Avatars capability
Voice, Vision & Avatars
+

Conversational AI, voice flows, visual recognition and branded AI avatar experiences.

Speak, see & appear
ElevenLabsDeepgramWhisperHumeHeyGenSimliTavus
AI Evolution Planning capability
AI Evolution Planning
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Roadmaps from first use-case to automation, agents, orchestration and a full AI Harness.

Idea → AI Harness
n8nMakeLangGraphCrewAICustom orchestration
Data & System Integration capability
Data & System Integration
+

Secure databases, APIs, business data, backup, resilience and connected workflows.

Connected & resilient
PostgresSupabaseREST & GraphQLWebhooksCloudflareRedis
Commerce & Payments capability
Commerce & Payments
+

Quotes, payment flows, ecommerce, invoicing, checkout and revenue-generating systems.

Money in motion
StripePayPalRevolutGoCardlessShopifyApple PayGoogle Pay
Hosting & Deployment capability
Hosting & Deployment
+

On-premise, private cloud, data centre, VPS, testing and production support.

On-prem to cloud
DockerNginxCloudflareVPSPM2Private cloud
Marketing Launch Support capability
Marketing Launch Support
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Campaign assets, videos, QR flows, landing pages, ads and rollout materials.

Launch & rollout
VeoKlingRunwayFramerQR flowsMeta AdsGoogle Ads
Claude Code Cline Codex Gemini ElevenLabs Custom orchestration stacks Self-hosted models Server / VPS management

“We don’t pick one AI and stick. We run the whole toolchain — and pick the right blade per job.”

The other half of the lab

An agency, not an IT shop.

Strategy and engineering get you a machine. Design, story and launch get it adopted, loved and sold. The same lab that engineers the machine designs the poster, cuts the film and plans the rollout.

Design and brand systems
Design & BrandIdentities and design people actually want to use.
Interfaces — apps, websites and AI full-stack
InterfacesApps, websites and AI full-stack builds.
Video and motion
Video & MotionProduct films, campaign assets and AI-generated video.
Voice and avatars
Voice & AvatarsConversational AI and branded avatars that feel alive.
Launch and campaigns
Launch & CampaignsQR flows, landing pages, ads — the machine deserves an audience.
Built For Your World

Built for your world. Even if it doesn’t exist yet.

AI systems that adapt to your industry, your workflows, and your customers.

Health & Pharmacy

Automate patient support, compliance, and operations.

Professional Services

Enhance delivery, reporting, and client experiences.

Trades & Construction

Streamline quoting, scheduling, and site comms.

E-commerce & Retail

Personalize shopping, automate support, and drive growth.

Property & Real Estate

Qualify leads, automate follow-ups, and close faster.

Education & Coaching

Deliver smarter learning and save time on admin.

Finance & Insurance

Automate analysis, compliance, and client communications.

Nonprofits & Associations

Do more good with less—automate work, not your mission.

Agentic Mastery

Many Agents Make Light Work.

Custom agentic army, per project.

Selected Work

Out of the lab, into the wild.

Click any card to open the full page, then jump to the live site.

AI Platforms Web Apps Mobile Voice & Avatars Trading
homewoosh.com
HomeWoosh — AI home-buying and renting platform
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HomeWoosh

AI Home-Buying & Renting Platform

PropTechAI AgentsWeb App
hivexp.ai
HiveXP — AI Training Platform homepage
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HiveXP

AI Training Platform

TrainingAIWeb App
scenecrewai.com
SceneCrew — AI Video Director Platform homepage
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SceneCrew

AI Video Director Platform

Video AIPipelineWeb App
ulysses32.com
Ulysses32 — AI Agent Platform homepage
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Ulysses32

AI Agent Platform

AI AgentsSelf-hostedPlatform
cos
COS — AI Citizen Platform homepage
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Citizen OS

AI Citizen Platform

CommunityAIPlatform
healthychoice
HealthyChoice — AI Shopping Planner Platform homepage
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HealthyChoice

AI Shopping Planner Platform

Health AIMobileCommerce
cryptobro
CryptoBro — AI trading engine
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CryptoBro

AI Trading Engine

TradingAIDashboard
child rescue ireland
Child Rescue Ireland — community safety platform
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Child Rescue Ireland

Community Safety Platform

Public SafetyMobile AppAlerts
ai avatars
Aurica — AI avatar concept
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AI Avatars

Concept · projects underway

AvatarsRealtime AIConcept
healthwoosh.com
HealthWoosh — omnichannel pharmacy patient platform
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HealthWoosh

Omnichannel Pharmacy Platform

PharmacyMobile AppHealthcare
healthwoosh.com/appointments
Pharmacy Appointments — booking and scheduling software
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Pharmacy Appointments

Booking & Scheduling Software

PharmacySchedulingHealthcare
strangematerials.com
Strange Materials — AI lead-capture platform
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AI Lead-Capture Platform

This very site, productised — lead capture, quoting, invoicing & CRM

AI PlatformWhite-labelSaaS
AI maturity path

From AI curiosity to AI Harness.

Most businesses start by trying tools. The advantage comes when AI becomes part of how the business actually runs — connected, useful, owned, and working around your world.

Business value Automation + ownership
Level 1 · Start here

AI curious

You know AI matters, but the business still has no clear route from curiosity to useful work.

Looks like
ChatGPT tabs, experiments, scattered prompts, no owned system.
Next move
Run Ray’s free scan and find the first business friction worth attacking.
Build path
Business Scan
Tools are where you start.  Owned intelligence  is where the advantage compounds.
Our Core Advantage

Build an AI Harness for your business.

Your AI. Your data. Your rules. Connected. Orchestrated. Unstoppable.

Private & secure Bespoke by design Orchestrated intelligence Measurable impact

Your AI, Data, Rules.
Connected.
Orchestrated.
Unstoppable.

We design and build your private AI operating layer — a bespoke harness of agents, knowledge, tools and automations that run your business, your way.

Private & Secure

Your data never leaves your environment.

Bespoke by Design

Purpose-built agents, workflows and integrations for how you actually work.

Orchestrated Intelligence

Multi-agent systems that collaborate, escalate, and get real work done.

Measurable Impact

Automate more. Reduce friction. Increase output. See the difference where it counts.

Not a tool. Not a chatbot. A living operating system for your business.

Deploy Your Harness

We Build it, Delivered on Premise

We deliver a complete, turnkey AI harness — ready to deploy in your environment or with your chosen hosting partner.

On Premises

Run it on your infrastructure. Total control. Total privacy.

Private Cloud

Deploy on your preferred cloud or regional partner.

Hybrid Setup

Keep sensitive data local. Scale in the cloud.

Full Ownership

You own your system, your data, your future.

Built for you. Owned by you. Powered by Strange Materials.

The Think Tank

The think tank behind the machine.

AI, creativity, media, innovation and commercial judgement — working together in one house.

We deliver outcomes,
not AI theatre.

Better angles.Bigger impact.
Nimble minds.Fast to move.
Human judgement.AI advantage.
Built to perform.Designed to last.
A row of strange machine artefacts on a lab workbench
Build Paths

Start small. Start strange. Start properly.

Pick the right first move. Every path starts with a clear scope and a clear price.

The operator at the lab desk — system design on screen, notebook open, a glowing brain core beside the Strange Materials mug
AI Think Tank · Founder-Led · Human Judgment

The operator behind the machine.

Founder-led consulting and build partner. We work directly with ambitious teams to untangle messy problems, think past the brief, and design useful AI systems that create measurable business value.

MikeFounder & Operator

Building commercial software since 2012 — a decade deep in pharmacy & retail, now aimed at the AI frontier. The person you talk to is the person who builds it.

Meet the operator — the full story →
Founder-led from day one

You work directly with the person who scopes it, designs it, and stands behind it.

Real human judgment

We bring domain expertise, critical thinking, and oversight to every decision.

We take it further

You get the build you asked for — plus the optimisations you didn’t originally consider.

Nimble is the point

Small, fast, and accountable. No layers between you and the work. We say what we can do — and don’t over-promise.

The AI think-tank

We live in this daily, so you get ideas and angles a generalist agency simply won’t reach.

When the problem is strange,
don’t call a normal agency.

Got a workflow
everyone avoids?

Tell us what’s broken, messy, or impossible to automate. We’ll show you what a custom machine could do.

Strange Materials command console