An AI-native app company — remote-first, nationwide

Why CornerBeacon

We're not an agency that hands you a demo and disappears, and we're not a software company renting you seats. CornerBeacon builds and runs apps as owners ourselves — our own products live in the real world, with real users. That's why we can build yours: an app you own, with your bookings, your customers, and your data in it, for less than you pay to rent software today.

The case for us

Three reasons businesses pick CornerBeacon

We ship real products. You own what we build. And we stay on to run it — not to bill you by the hour.

We're builders, not resellers The edge

We've designed, built, and shipped our own AI products end to end — and we run them ourselves, as owners. When we build your app, we're not configuring someone else's platform; we're doing the thing we already do for our own businesses.

You own what we build

Your app carries your brand, your customer list lives in your database, and no marketplace takes a cut of your bookings. We build it, you own it — the opposite of the subscription-and-commission model you're paying now.

Hands-on & responsive

We're a remote-first team serving businesses nationwide, and we stay on after launch — hosting, supporting, and improving your app. When you call, you reach the people who built it, wherever you are. On-site when a project calls for it.

An honest note

A new firm, led by builders and operators.

Let's be straight with you: CornerBeacon is a new firm. We don't have a wall of client logos yet — and we're not going to pretend otherwise. What we do have is the thing that actually matters for this work: we've designed, built, shipped, and run our own software products end to end, and we know what it takes to keep an app alive and useful after launch day.

That's the honest pitch. Hiring us today means a personal, hands-on relationship with the people who do the work — not a ticket lost in a queue. We think that's an advantage, and we'd rather earn your trust on the merits than dress up results we haven't delivered yet.

The people behind CornerBeacon

A small, senior team — built for hands-on work

A senior team that's done the work before — product and operations leadership, hands-on infrastructure work, and AI products shipped end to end. Here's the experience behind every CornerBeacon build.

Founder & principal

An operator, not just an advisor. Product leadership at a venture-backed software company, hands-on technology work — software, hardware, and network contracts, vendor-rate negotiation, implementations, and on-site work — for businesses including an industrial manufacturer, and a track record of shipping real software products end to end.

AI & automation builders

The team that designed, built, and shipped our own AI products — AwayGame Golf, Nightingale, and Frontrunner. They build the booking apps, AI receptionists, automations, and custom tools our clients own — the same craft we use on our own products.

Design & delivery

The people who take an app from idea to the real world: product design that fits how your business actually works, the build itself, hosting that stays up, and support after launch — so your app keeps getting better instead of gathering dust.

Want to meet us? The fastest way is a free build consult — you'll talk directly to the people who'd build your app.

Proof we can build

Projects we've designed, built, and shipped

Building apps isn't a slide deck for us. Here are AI-first products we built and launched — sports travel, parenting, finance — plus a site rebuild and a geospatial scouting tool for a marina investment firm on the work page. Real projects, live in the world — they're why we can say "we build and run apps" with a straight face.

Consumer · Sports

AwayGame Golf

A golf-travel platform that makes planning a buddies' trip effortless — AI itinerary building, course discovery, and group coordination in one place.

End-to-end
product build
AI itinerary
engine
Mobile · Health

Nightingale

A baby-tracking app that turns scattered feed, sleep, and milestone logs into clear patterns and gentle, AI-guided suggestions for new parents.

Mobile-first
shipped
Pattern AI
on real data
Fintech · Web

Frontrunner

A trading platform that makes complex markets approachable — AI-assisted signals on top of a fast, reliable, real-time data pipeline.

Real-time
data at scale
AI signals
built-in
How we work

Free consult, fixed-price build, then we run it

A simple path: understand the business first, build the app around it, stay on to keep it running.

Free build consult

A 30-minute conversation. We learn how your business takes bookings today, add up what you're paying in subscriptions and commissions, and sketch what owning your app would look like — yours to keep whether or not you hire us.

Fixed-price build

One quote, up front, for the app itself — and a flat monthly rate for hosting and support after launch. No per-booking fees, no commissions, no surprise invoices.

We launch & run it

We ship your app, migrate your customer and booking data, and stay on to host, support, and improve it — adding the AI receptionist and automations when you're ready.

Our mission

Built for Main Street, everywhere.

The studio, the course, the marina, the inn, the corner restaurant — these are the businesses that built our towns, and they've been paying rent on their own customer relationships for too long. Software you own shouldn't be a luxury only big chains can afford. Our mission is to put a real app — your bookings, your customers, your data — in the hands of the businesses that earn them every day, built by people who actually pick up the phone.

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Book a free 30-minute build consult. We'll add up what you're paying today and show you what owning your app would look like — no pressure, no jargon.

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