Product direction
We turn a promising idea into a sharp product brief, a deliberate roadmap, and a launch plan grounded in real constraints.
Discovery · product strategy · prototypingBoutique software studio · United States
Remarkable software,
made deliberately.
Drye designs and builds native apps, modern web products, and intelligent tools for teams that care how the finished thing feels.
PRODUCTENGINEERING
DRYE
Strategy → Design → Build → Launch
Independent by designNative appsModern webApplied AI
What we believe
Great software is not assembled from a checklist. It emerges when product judgment, visual craft, and engineering discipline share the same table.
Drye is the boutique development practice of Grand Cru Ventures LLC. We take on a small number of products and give each one direct, senior attention.
Capabilities
From first question
to shipped product.
One studio across the product lifecycle means fewer handoffs, clearer decisions, and a result that holds together.
Native applications
Swift and SwiftUI products designed for the platform, hardened for review, and finished down to accessibility and store operations.
iOS · SwiftUI · App Store deliveryWeb products
Fast, resilient websites and web applications with thoughtful systems behind them—not a template wearing your logo.
React · Next.js · TypeScript · CloudApplied intelligence
AI-assisted workflows and automation where they remove friction, with human control and privacy designed in from the start.
Agents · automation · evaluationSelected work
Products with
a point of view.
Our own products are where we prove the standard: useful, private, carefully scoped, and built to ship.
Earn Your KeysSupervised driving, thoughtfully recorded.
01 · Native product
Earn Your Keys
A privacy-first iPhone and Android app that helps parents guide a teen from learner's permit to license: supervised drives on a speed-colored map, progress toward state hours, a smoothness coach, road-sign study, and records parents can sign off.
- Native iOS + Android
- Local-first privacy, iCloud family sharing
- Product, brand, engineering, release
How we work
Close collaboration.
Clear stages.
No mystery process and no disappearing into a build cave. Each stage ends with something concrete enough to test, challenge, or ship.
- 01 / Frame
Find the real product
Users, constraints, value, risks, and the smallest version worth making.
- 02 / Shape
Make it tangible
Flows, prototypes, technical choices, and a visual system with a reason.
- 03 / Build
Engineer the experience
Working software in short loops, tested against the product—not just the ticket.
- 04 / Launch
Finish the whole release
Accessibility, privacy, performance, store operations, deployment, and handoff.
Studio standard
The unglamorous details
are still the product.
Senior attention
The people making product decisions are the people shipping the work.
Small by design
A focused studio stays close to the problem and moves without layers of translation.
Privacy as architecture
Data minimization, permissions, and security are product decisions—not release-week paperwork.
Built to operate
Launch is the beginning. We plan for observability, iteration, support, and the next version.
SwiftUIKotlinReactNext.jsTypeScriptCloudflareVercelOpenAI
Start a conversation
Bring the hard part.
We'll help make it clear.
New products, important rebuilds, and focused collaborations are welcome.
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