The Sando Studio

Sando is a studio, not a company.

It is a set of standalone ventures: a software business, a live-work building, a research lab, and a public commons. Each has its own purpose, its own money, and its own fate. Any of them can succeed or fail on its own without taking the others down. What connects them is a way of working, not a shared bank account.

Each venture has its own purpose, obligations, governance, and evidence.

The productions

Each is a real, separate thing, with its own legal shape, its own money, and its own front door.

Sitelayer and Consulting · a business. A construction-operations software product and independent AI-agent consulting, run through 17752709 Canada Inc. Money means payment for a service, or equity if it ever raises. Run by me. Consulting practice.

The Building · real estate. A small live-work building: homes, plus shared work and lab space. Money means rent, and for investors a real-estate return through the building's own partnership. A separate entity, not mine alone. Planned.

The Lab · research. Applied AI-agent research, built to partner with the University of Manitoba. Money means grants and research contracts. A partnership, not an investment. Planned.

The Commons · public. Sandolab, the essays, the proof pages, the open vocabularies. Money means patronage. The return is understanding and trust, never a financial claim. The build log.

What connects them

Not a holding company. Not one pot of money. Not one liability. What the productions share is a studio: me, a recognizable way of working, and one discipline that runs through all of it.

Label the money. Name the obligation. Publish the proof.

Different money means different things, so it never gets blended. A service is not an investment, a grant is not a dividend, a patron is not a shareholder. The full version of that discipline is the Obligation Layer.

Crossovers happen when they earn it, not because a plan forced them. The building can house the lab. But each piece stands on its own first.