Born in the Lab
Solopreneurship Program
Charleston AI Lab exists so that one person with one idea can get to market without becoming a software company first. Where startups are born. Below are the ventures that are live and taking customers right now — 4 of them founded here.
- Ideate with purpose
- Build with AI
- Launch with confidence
- Scale with impact
Recent graduates
A few of the ideas that came through the lab and became real businesses. Every one is live, on its own domain, and taking customers today. None of them is a mockup.
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Personal publishing · 2026
Blaccink
Born in the lab Your ideas, published beautifully. A phone interview surfaces your principles, then the blogsite gets built — identity, structure, and a writing intelligence that predicts your next post rather than waiting for a prompt. No money upfront. You see it finished, then decide. blaccink.com Visit ↗ -
Personal Operating Systems · 2026
Lab Lolly
Born in the lab The best system is the one you never operate. Sells, installs, maintains, and repairs Personal Operating Systems — an intelligent layer built around one person, connected to their life and work, that handles everything predictable and surfaces only what deserves attention. Installed in person, seven steps, every time. lablolly.com Visit ↗ -
Done-for-you launch · 2026
LaunchTi.me
Your local service business, fully launched in 30 days. Brand, website, four-channel AI lead capture, CRM, Google Business Profile, ads, Local Services Ads, and a bid-scouting engine that reads state, city, and federal boards every morning. One flat price, no retainer, you own everything. launchti.me Visit ↗ -
AI education · 2026
Marshvine Learning
Born in the lab AI is already in the classroom. We teach students how to think with it. AI fluency, tutoring, and project coaching for grades 6–12, families, and educators in Charleston. Four moves — ask, test, build, explain — designed to give students capability without dependency. marshvine.com Visit ↗ -
AI receptionist · 2026
PaidCall
Your ads are calling. Answer every one. A fully managed 24/7 AI receptionist for businesses that pay to make the phone ring. It answers, qualifies the caller against your rules, books or transfers the next step, and drops the transcript and outcome where your team already works. paid-call.com Visit ↗ -
Managed AI service · 2026
Prediction Machines
Born in the lab You don't pay for the AI. You pay for what arrives. Recurring business artifacts — articles, reports, designs, whole websites — produced and delivered on a fixed cadence. The machine is hosted and maintained on our side; the customer buys deliveries, not seats or tokens. prediction-machines.com Visit ↗ -
Design studio · 2015
Palm Heart Studio
Graphic design, made face to face in Charleston. Brand identity, logos, print, illustration, packaging, social graphics, and websites — the studio on Jessen Lane, established 2015. Free in-studio consultations. palmhe.art Visit ↗
Have the idea already?
Bring it to the lab. The program takes it from a concept to a business that is actually online and taking customers — the same path every venture above took.
- Contact
- Susan DrakeVP, Charleston AI
- susan@ai-chs.com
- Phone
- (843) 284-8239
- Lab
- 405 Jessen Ln, Suite E, Charleston, SC 29492
How this stays current. The list is generated from a single manifest rather than typed by hand, and a scheduled task re-reads the account each week to find ventures that are live and not yet listed. The canonical version is at startup.ai-chs.com — this page and that one are built from the same file, so they cannot disagree.