Shouldered AI / For architects and small studios
You be the architect. We shoulder the rest.
The best part of your week is design, and it keeps getting squeezed. Shouldered gives your studio one HQ that answers inquiries, tracks permits and approvals, and invoices by phase. You design; the rest is Shouldered.
"New clients wait days for a reply."
Lydia at the Sales Desk answers inquiries, asks about the project and books a first meeting.
"Permit reviews and approvals drag on with no one chasing."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk tracks each submission you log and follows up when it stalls.
"Invoicing by phase is always behind."
Matthew at the Finance Desk prepares the invoice when a phase is done and sends it after you approve.
"Clients want updates constantly."
Tabitha at the Service Desk sends clear progress updates you approve and answers simple questions.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for architects.
Gives you a short daily picture of projects, approvals and money owed.
Answers project inquiries and books first meetings.
Tracks permits, board approvals and consultant deliverables for each project.
Invoices by phase after you approve and follows up on late fees.
Keeps clients updated and gathers their feedback on drawings.
Shares your finished projects and asks happy clients for reviews.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
Simon's note says a family wants to talk about a remodel and picked Tuesday at 10. The design review for the library project is set for next month and the submission is confirmed. Schematic design on the Park house is done, so the phase invoice is waiting for your approval. You spend the afternoon designing.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Start with the Small HQ (up to 5 seats, 80 hours a month) at $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), plus $1,000 onboarding. Inquiries, approvals tracking and phase invoicing are Shouldered first.
Grow
Move to Medium for up to 20 seats as the studio grows, so new hires are designers, not coordinators.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Will it touch our design work?
No. It handles the business around the studio. Design and professional judgment stay with you.
Where do our drawings live?
In your own systems. HQ works alongside them.
Can it follow up with consultants too?
Yes. It tracks what you are waiting on from engineers and other consultants and follows up.
When can we start?
The Hero is available now at $25 a seat a month. HQ launches in December 2026, and the founding list is open today.
What if it does not help?
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
Hold my place →Your Hero
$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
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