01 / STUDIO
AI tools that serve people, not the other way around.
Seen Place is a small studio building privacy-first, AI-enhanced software for attention, reflection, care, and discovery. Our tools are made for the parts of life that deserve more than extraction, automation, or noise. We believe AI is most useful when a skilled human stays close to the output, steering in real time. Founded in 2025 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Bootstrapped. Building deliberately.
02 / WORK
Work
Apps in active use and in development. SEEN:app, PastorKit, EchoCast, SEEN:send.
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How We Build
Our principles for AI that serves people instead of harvesting them. Privacy by default. Supervised, not delegated. Local-first when it matters. Built by humans who use what they ship.
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Founded in 2025 by Ben Kraker and Mahlon White. Ben is a technologist and Handshake AI Fellow with 15+ years across IT and managed services. Mahlon is a product leader and the project lead on EchoCast. We work with a small group of advisors, contributors, and student researchers — Meet the team.