What we're about
Bright City Labs builds technology worth trusting. Some of it becomes our own products. The rest goes to founders, nonprofits, and teams who need something built well and built fast, by someone who actually knows how it works under the hood.
The name is a nod to a city on a hill and a light no one hides. Good technology can be exactly that: useful, honest, and aimed at something that matters. That is the "for good" in what we do.
Products
Things we've built.
A growing set of our own products. Here are a couple you can use today.
Meetify
Meeting scheduling for the real world. Plan in-person meetups at a coffee shop or restaurant, with a virtual option when you need it.
ShirtDroid
Personalized gag gifts and keepsake shirts unlike anything else out there. Hundreds of templates for birthdays, weddings, pets, and inside jokes. Add a name and a photo, and the droid does the rest.
Services
AI, built by someone technical.
We take on a small number of projects at a time, so each one gets real attention.
AI web applications
Custom web apps with AI at the core, from first prototype to something in production. We also do AI analysis, cleanup, and code review, the kind that comes from actually reading the code, not guessing at it.
AI training & advising
Practical workshops and guidance that help your team use AI well across writing, audio, and video, without the hype and without the pitfalls.
AI-driven video production
Commercials and social content that blend AI audio and AI video with live footage, delivering broadcast-quality work at a fraction of the usual cost and turnaround.
AI automation
Workflows and tools that take repetitive work off your plate, from reporting and daily summaries to the small tasks that quietly eat your week.
Selected work
A few things we've shipped.
A sample of recent projects. Some clients we keep quiet by request, so a few of these are shown without names.
Bright City Labs is led by Dan Rutledge, a builder and producer working where technology, media, and mission meet.
Get in touch
Let's build something good.
Tell us what you're working on and we'll get back to you. Startups, nonprofits, and mission-driven teams especially welcome.