Velora is a digital product design and development studio in Austin, TX. We build exceptional digital products & services, communities and experiences. Take a look at what we've built.
The work behind the studio
Since 2009, Velora has created digital products, services, communities, and media at the intersection of design, technology, and independent entrepreneurship.
This page is a living public record of that work. It preserves projects that are no longer featured on our home page, documents what we are building today, and provides a foundation for more detailed project archives in the future.
Explore the project record2009–present
Project image Founded in 2009 by Bryan McAnulty, Velora is an Austin-based digital product design and development studio. It is the home from which this collection of software, media, communities, services, and experiences has been created.
The studio connects more than a decade of independent product design, web development, publishing, and entrepreneurship.
Project image Bright Lounge was a video podcast and television interview series filmed while traveling around the world. It documented conversations with creative entrepreneurs, artists, and innovators across 11 countries and 15 cities.
The series brought an early global perspective to Velora’s work and aired on smart TVs in Europe through 2015.
Project image Clear Goals was a web application created to help people turn goals into habits. It tracked recurring daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly goals alongside projects and completion statistics.
Designed for desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers, the product combined natural-language due dates, recurring goals, project lists, and progress analytics in one service.
Project image Heights Platform gives creators the software and guidance to build online courses, communities, and knowledge businesses.
The platform helps independent experts package what they know, teach their audiences, and earn a living online.
Project image Creator Climb is a community for more than 10,000 creators and entrepreneurs, with live workshops, practical courses, and member deals.
It extends Velora’s work beyond software by creating a place for independent creators to learn and grow together.
Project image LatchLoop is a new approach to AI code agents: professional vibe coding designed to help teams build as fast as they think.
The product continues Velora’s history of designing focused tools around emerging ways of creating on the web.
Project image Vermillion Silk offers luxury business card printing with silk and suede coatings, foil stamping, and other premium finishes.
The service carries Velora’s attention to tactile design and brand presentation from digital products into print.
Project image Keiro Consulting helps businesses design and develop outstanding AI and software products.
It makes the product strategy, interaction design, and development experience behind Velora’s own work available to other teams.
Project image Blitz Pass is a concept for receiving local deals in a mobile wallet without having to share personal information.
The project explores a more private, direct connection between local businesses and their customers.
