Oldgrowth is a studio of small, focused product companies that lean heavily on AI agents — so a handful of operators can do the work of a hundred, ship in weeks, and compound for years.
We started as Deep Forest AI. The deep forest is where you go when you're early — unmapped, wild, a little disorienting. That's what building with agents felt like at first.
But the deeper we got, the clearer it became that the deep forest wasn't the destination. An old-growth forest is what a young forest becomes when it's allowed to mature — canopy thick, floor rich, nothing thrown away, everything compounding. Old growth isn't fast. It's enduring.
That's the shift AI agents make possible. They don't just help us build; they help us maintain. They handle the slow, compounding work of keeping things alive — operations, support, monitoring — so what we plant today is still standing in ten years, taller and denser than when we left it.
Same forest. Older trees.
Each Oldgrowth company solves a sharp, real-world problem. The shared thread: agents do most of the operational work, so the products scale without the headcount.
We build the company assuming agents handle the routine — sales ops, content, support, monitoring, research — from day one.
We don't build AI for its own sake. Each product starts with a customer who is actively bleeding from a problem we can solve.
Small teams, short cycles, agentic infrastructure. The same playbook applies whether the product is privacy software or pricing data.
Every Oldgrowth product is named after a tree. Each one stands on its own.
Privacy tooling for teams that need to move fast without leaving customer data exposed.
yewprivacy.com →Lightweight node infrastructure for builders who want serious reliability without the platform tax.
sorbnode.com →Real-time pricing intelligence — the data layer for anyone who needs to know what things actually cost, right now.
Coming soonThe same four moves, every time. It's why we can run several products with a team you could fit in one room.
We start with a customer who is paying — in time, money, or pain — to solve something today.
One product, one wedge, one workflow. We ship in weeks, not quarters.
Onboarding, support, content, monitoring, ops — agents own as much of the routine as we can give them.
Once the loop runs without us, we plant the next tree. The grove grows.
If you're a founder, operator, or customer with a problem you think agents could solve at scale — we'd like to hear about it.