A community of builders

Værksted

We build AI-native apps. On principle.

Værksted is Danish for workshop. The apps we make share an infrastructure, a naming tradition rooted in Old Norse, and the principles below — written down because we mean them, not because the brand book required a values page.

Principles

Privacy by default

Your work is yours. We don't read it, sell it, or train on it. The data stays where it belongs.

You pay us, not them

We make money by selling software, not by selling you. No ads, no trackers, no data brokerage.

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Simplicity over surface area

One craft, done well. If a feature doesn't earn its place, it doesn't ship. We resist the feature factory.

Design is how it works

Looks matter. Craft matters more. The interface, the latency, the recovery from failure — every detail, or none of them.

No addictive patterns

No infinite scrolls, no manipulated streaks, no engagement metrics dressed up as care. Tools you can put down.

No lock-in

Your data is yours, in formats you can read. Leave whenever you want. We earn loyalty; we don't trap it.

The workshop's output

Maskin

The machine. An agent-native product development platform. The system that runs the workshop — and builds the rest.

In production

Skjald

The bard. Notes and knowledge capture, in the tradition of the Norse skalds who carried a people's memory in verse.

In production

Saga

The storyteller. A text editor for long-form writing — where ideas become narratives that hold together.

In production

Sindre

The smith. A product management agent, named for the legendary dwarven craftsman who forged Mjölnir, Gungnir, and Draupnir.

In production

Hugin

The raven. A shared inbox for every social channel, named for Odin's raven who flew across the worlds and returned with everything worth knowing.

In the forge