We build companies.Then we own them.
IML is a software holding company with a proven build system.
Read the thesisTHE RECEIPTS
The engine works.Now we're building more Apex Teams.
HOW WE BUILD
One system, built to repeat.
A build system that takes a company from a proven category to a working product — brand, product, software, operating infrastructure — built by one Apex Team in twelve weeks. That was the proof. The bottleneck was never the system. It was one Team's bandwidth.
Three stages.
One engine.
Thesis
Which proven category to enter, and how to out-execute it. The founder's job. Every company starts here.
Build
One Apex Team: front-end, back-end, design, and GTM. No handoffs. No outside agencies.
Own
IP stays with IML. Cross $1M ARR, it spins out. Everything else stays owned and lean.
What we own.
Spinning out
Stealth
A consumer product in a regulated care market. Twelve weeks, concept to product. Now spinning out as an independent company.
In build
Next companies
IML is building its next companies. Named when they're ready and protected.
The learning layer
The system was earned, not inherited.
IML funded multiple experiments to build the system. Not every bet continued — the ones that didn't were cut fast.
The Architect
The system has an architect.
Ian HuttonFounderSan Francisco · Austin
Ian built the system alone first, proved it worked — now he's building Apex Teams to run it at scale.