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FORES3 · FOUNDED BY ROBIN VISSER

An AI-native software studio
for founders and teams who want more than code.

A note from the studio

Clarity before code.

Fores3 helps founders and companies rethink ideas, reposition businesses, and build meaningful software — clearly, patiently, and with care.

How we think

A short set of beliefs we return to.

  1. 01

    Understand before you build.

    Most software fails long before the first line of code. We spend time on the question first, what problem, for whom, and why now.

  2. 02

    AI as material, not spectacle.

    We treat AI the way a good architect treats concrete: quietly, structurally, in service of something people actually use.

  3. 03

    Small teams, close to the work.

    No layers, no handoffs, no theatre. The people who talk to you are the people who ship.

  4. 04

    Ship something worth keeping.

    We would rather build one thoughtful thing than five forgettable ones. Craft compounds.

What we do

Four ways to work
with the studio.

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  1. I.

    Build together

    Product and platform work with founders, from a first question to something shipped.

  2. II.

    Private advisory

    Quiet, one-to-one work with founders and leaders on strategy, product and AI.

  3. III.

    Studio workshops

    Small workshops that help teams think about AI without the noise around it.

  4. IV.

    Vibe code rescue

    For teams stuck between an idea and a working codebase. We help you move again.

Foresight session

An hour of thinking,
before any building.

A single, unhurried conversation about what you are building and what it needs to become. No slides. No pitch. Often the most useful hour of the month.

Request a sessionNo cost · By introduction
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Our labs

Things we are quietly
building, in the open.

A studio should build its own things, not only its clients'. These are ours, some live, some still finding their shape.

  • Spec · 01In use

    Influde AI

    AI-assisted publishing and link building.

  • Spec · 02In use

    Fotospots

    A quiet atlas of the world's photograph-worthy places.

  • Spec · 03In beta

    Contentscore

    AI readers that review and improve written work.

  • Spec · 04Being built

    SearchBalloon

    Search intelligence for people who read, not scroll.

  • Spec · 05Studio only

    Fores3 OS

    The operating system of a small studio.

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Robin, Speulderbos

Behind the studio

"I started Fores3 because I wanted to build software the way I walk in a forest, slowly, with attention, and only after looking around for a while."

Robin Visser · Founder

The longer story →

If any of this feels close to how you already think, we would like to hear from you.