Silk Creative Labs

An independent venture studio in Los Angeles, California

Separate brands, one studio behind every one of them.

12 ventures · 5 lines of business · one thread

Who we are

Silk Creative Labs is an independent creative venture studio in Los Angeles.

We come up with our own products, build them, own them and keep running them after launch.

Every brand you see here belongs to the studio. They work in very different fields, and each one has its own site and its own audience.

What we make

5 lines of business. Each one is a district on the thread.

01 Software & Digital Platforms
Self-serve web tools for businesses, from bookings and email checks to sales leads.
02 Education & Family
A free, private guide that helps families pay for college.
03 Music & Audio
A record label and the tools that finish a track.
04 Entertainment & Media
Games you can learn in one run, and a channel that checks the tape.
05 Creative Services
Done-for-you marketing for local shops.

The ventures

Software & Digital Platforms

Self-serve web tools for businesses, from bookings and email checks to sales leads.

Software & Digital Platforms

Sessurely

Appointments, clients and the money, for people who work one at a time.

Scheduling, a client book, deposits, payments and reminders in one place, with no-show fees charged in one tap.

More about Sessurely

Sessurely is a booking and client-management app for solo practitioners such as barbers, trainers, coaches and tattoo artists. A client books on the host's page, accepts the cancellation policy and leaves a deposit or card on file; a no-show or late cancellation is charged in one tap and every client dollar lands in the host's own Stripe account. It runs on the web and as a native iPhone app (App Store version 1.3.8, released October 19, 2026), with a free Starter plan and Pro at $29.99 a month or $249.99 a year.

For: Solo appointment businesses: barbers, stylists, trainers, coaches, tattoo artists and other one-at-a-time trades.

Status: Live

Also on: App Store

Software & Digital Platforms

SenderCheck

Find out why your emails end up in spam. Then fix it.

A free email health check that reads a domain's SPF, DKIM and DMARC settings and explains in plain English what to fix.

More about SenderCheck

SenderCheck tells a business why its email lands in spam and gives the exact DNS record to change, with no account needed for the free check. Paid plans watch domains daily, keep a history of every change and read DMARC reports so you can see every service sending as your domain. It is aimed at agencies and IT people who look after other people's domains, with plans from $19 to $299 a month.

For: Small businesses whose invoices land in spam; agencies and IT people who manage many client domains.

Status: Live

Software & Digital Platforms

Scanlight

Make a QR code that's proven to scan.

A free QR code generator that tests every code before you print it, plus tracked codes, scan analytics and print-file checks on paid plans.

More about Scanlight

Scanlight makes a QR code for a menu, website or Wi-Fi in under a minute, reads it back with a decoder before download, and tells you the right size to print it; no account and no watermark. Preflight opens a finished print PDF and checks every QR code inside it. Paid plans from $15 a month add tracked codes you can repoint after printing, scan analytics and batch checking.

For: Non-technical people sending things to print: menus, posters, packaging; print designers and shops.

Status: Live

Software & Digital Platforms

Provenplot

More customers from the pages you already have.

Website optimization that proves itself: Vera improves half a site's pages, leaves the other half alone, and reports the measured difference after 90 days.

More about Provenplot

Provenplot is an SEO service for small-business websites whose owners cannot tell whether SEO is working. Its agent, Vera, rewrites a set of pages while deliberately leaving a comparison set untouched, then after ninety days reports how many extra Google visitors the improved pages brought, with a range; the owner approves every change. If the improved pages do not finish ahead, the next three months are free; the free site check needs no account, and plans are $149 (founding) or $249 a month.

For: Owners of small-business websites (plumbers, dentists, photographers, lawyers) whose customers start on Google.

Status: Live

Software & Digital Platforms

FirstVendor

Call before the doors open.

Sales leads from public state filings: the restaurants, bars and cafés getting ready to open in your county, while they are still choosing suppliers.

More about FirstVendor

Before a new restaurant or bar can open, it files with the state for a liquor license, a sales tax permit or a health inspection, and those filings are public. FirstVendor reads them every weekday and hands companies that sell to new businesses (POS, merchant services, insurance, payroll, linen and more) the new places in their county weeks to months before opening. It is free to start, and a company can then own its county, sold to one company per line of business, with the price set by how busy the county is.

For: Companies that sell to new restaurants and bars: POS dealers, merchant services, insurance brokers, payroll, linen, pest control, security and signage.

Status: Live

Education & Family

A free, private guide that helps families pay for college.

Education & Family

ClaimYourCollege

A $42,000 aid package is not $42,000.

A free, private college-aid guide that decodes award letters and finds the grants, scholarships and state aid a family qualifies for, with every deadline.

More about ClaimYourCollege

ClaimYourCollege is a college funding planner for families with a high-school student: it takes an award letter apart into gift, loan and work-study, puts every FAFSA and aid deadline on one runway, and matches the student to scholarships and state aid they can actually apply for. Nothing a family enters leaves their device, there is no account and no ads, and the free guide shows the numbers before anything is offered for sale. Paid plans (Family Pro, Household, a Decision Pack and a counselor edition) and a library of 60 Shorts and 8 full explainers hosted by the animated cast Penny, Lenny and Tick sit on top of the free guide.

For: Parents and guardians of high-school students facing college costs; school counselors (counselor edition).

Status: Live

Also on: YouTube, Videos

Music & Audio

A record label and the tools that finish a track.

Music & Audio

Silk Audio Music

Grown R&B for the late hours.

An independent R&B label publishing 90s- and 2000s-style quiet storm under four acts, on YouTube and every streaming service.

More about Silk Audio Music

Silk Audio Music is a late-night R&B label that releases original songs, albums and lane mixes under four acts: Velvet Union, Velour, Winter Lane and SYVNT, plus the Silk FM show. The catalogue lives on YouTube, with 554 videos so far, and on the major streaming services, and there is a merch shop. New music is set for every week of the season, including the Velvet Union single Come Home on October 30, 2026 and the Christmas album Twelve Nights on November 13, 2026.

For: Listeners of 90s and 2000s quiet storm R&B, slow jams and late-night playlists; YouTube and streaming audiences.

Status: Live

Also on: YouTube, Links

Music & Audio

Burnish Audio

Fix what Suno and Udio leave. Then master it.

Audio repair and mastering for AI-generated and human-made tracks, with every move printed in decibels.

More about Burnish Audio

Burnish repairs the tells that AI music generators leave behind (the 16 kHz cutoff, hiss, 350 Hz mud, a narrow stereo image) and then masters the track to the loudness streaming services expect, printing each change in plain language and in decibels. On the web, anyone can hear a full before-and-after free with no account; the first download is free with an email and then it is $25 for five downloads with no subscription. It is also an iPhone and iPad app (App Store version 1.5, released October 1, 2026) that runs entirely on the device.

For: People who make music with Suno or Udio, plus any producer who wants a transparent master without a subscription.

Status: Live

Also on: App Store

Entertainment & Media

Games you can learn in one run, and a channel that checks the tape.

Entertainment & Media

Grilled on the Hill

No spin. Just receipts.

A fact-check video channel that takes the most heated moments from hearings, debates and town halls and checks them against the record.

More about Grilled on the Hill

Grilled on the Hill is a YouTube channel and companion site that plays the tape from heated exchanges in hearings, debates and town halls, checks each claim against the public record, and publishes a finding and a score for every episode. Each episode is cut into Shorts for discovery and a long-form breakdown with the receipts on screen, and the site shows the newest tape with its claims, sources and corrections. The channel launched in October 2026 and publishes new episodes daily.

For: News and politics viewers who want the claim checked, not the spin; debate and podcast audiences.

Status: Live

Also on: YouTube, X, Facebook

Entertainment & Media

Spellhunt

Find today's words before your friends do.

A daily word-search game for iPhone and iPad: one new puzzle every midnight, the same for everyone, with streaks, weekly leagues and friends.

More about Spellhunt

Spellhunt is a native iPhone and iPad word-search game built around one Daily puzzle that is identical for every player in the world and validated on the server, with a spoiler-free share card, streaks that forgive a missed day, and weekly leagues of real players. There are no lives, no energy and no timers you can lose to, and a Relax mode hides every clock. It was released on the App Store on October 27, 2026, free to download for iPhone and iPad.

For: Casual word-game players on iPhone and iPad who like a daily ritual and friendly competition.

Status: Live

Also on: App Store

Entertainment & Media

One More

One tap. Two walls. How high can you climb?

A one-tap arcade game for iPhone: flip the ball between two walls, climb past the blocks, and play the same Daily course as everyone else.

More about One More

One More: Wall Jump is a one-touch arcade game for iPhone where the ball climbs a shaft, a tap flips it to the other wall, and every block you slip past is a point until you touch one. A new Daily course opens at midnight UTC, identical on every phone, with three tries and your best counting. The website is live with a playable demo. The app has been submitted to Apple and is not on the App Store yet.

For: Casual arcade players on iPhone who want a 30-second run and a daily score to beat.

Status: Coming soon · submitted to Apple

Creative Services

Done-for-you marketing for local shops.

Creative Services

Cerise Agency

Your Google reviews, handled.

A two-person Los Angeles agency that runs Google reviews and Google pages for local shops across Southern California.

More about Cerise Agency

Cerise Agency gets local shops (barbershops, salons, nail studios, auto shops and the trades) more Google reviews and a better Google page: cards at the counter, one text after each visit, and every new review answered in the shop's own words. It starts with a free one-page 'first look' at how the shop is doing on Google this month, then $199 for the first 30 days with no long-term commitment, plus quoted websites and a $499 Shop Growth Session. It is run by two people in Los Angeles working in English, Vietnamese and Dutch.

For: Local appointment businesses and home-service trades in Southern California.

Status: Live

Also on: Instagram

Inside the studio

How we work, with a real example from each step.

01 · Idea to live product
We ship it ourselves
We design, build and launch every venture ourselves. Each one gets its own brand, pricing and legal pages, whether it is a website, a web app or an iPhone app.
Burnish prints every mastering move in plain language and in decibels, so nothing is a black box.
02 · Operated after launch
We run what we build
Launch day is the start. New releases, episodes and updates keep coming after the first version goes live.
Grilled on the Hill checks each claim against the public record and publishes new episodes daily.
03 · Measured, honestly
We test what we claim
We check the numbers every week. When a result can be tested against a comparison group, we test it.
Provenplot improves some pages, leaves a matching set alone, and after 90 days reports the difference it measured.

Selected stories

Web to the App Store
Sessurely
Sessurely started as a web app and became an iPhone app. It reached the App Store on August 25, 2026, and was on version 1.3.8 by October 19.
A catalogue and a calendar
Silk Audio Music
Silk Audio Music has 554 videos on YouTube and plans its releases around the season. The single Come Home arrives on October 30 and the Christmas album Twelve Nights on November 13.
Launched in October, daily since
Grilled on the Hill
Grilled on the Hill launched in October 2026 and publishes every day. By October 25 the channel had 13 videos up.

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Many worlds. One thread.