Paint is an independent studio designing calm, private tools for everyday thinking. We build the Shannon family of products — a set of small, well-made apps that respect your attention.
We believe the best tools disappear into the hand. Paint is a small company making a small number of things, each cared for.
Founded in 2026, Paint operates on four beliefs — that freedom matters, that the product comes first, that privacy is a default not a feature, and that less is almost always more.
We are not here to capture attention. We are here to return it.
Shannon is our line of thinking tools. Each one does a single thing with great care — a notebook, a reader, a companion. They share a grammar and a guarantee: nothing you write leaves the device unless you say so.
Shannon Notes is shipping now, in private beta. Shannon Read and Shannon Talk are in design.
2026
A plain-text notebook that remembers. Local storage, end-to-end, with a gentle assistant that never reads unless invited.
A reading companion for long-form writing. Quietly annotates, summarises on request, and leaves a paper trail you can follow.
Voice-first. Private by construction. A conversation partner for thinking out loud, with no transcript saved unless you keep it.
We hire rarely. When we do, we look for people who finish things, care about type, and can hold a long opinion lightly. Remote-first, quiet Slack, generous time.
