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The recurring parts of every SaaS, packaged so the next one is assembly.
From the Startup card at api.sb/saas.dev · Building · App.
What it is
| Tier | premium | Inferred · high · docs/plans/2026-10-24-builder-brands-sketch.md R5 (founder statement, verbatim in substance; seeded as Inferred, awaiting ratification) Services.Dev, SaaS.Dev and their peers are standalone premium brands. | |
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| Status | on-stage | Inferred · high · lens A stage top100 | |
| Product kind | Software | Inferred · low · seed rule: name grammar api(s).*/.dev/.studio/.management/.app; product kinds per studio CONTEXT.md (Cloud · Data · Software · Service · Commerce · Marketplace) | |
| Core noun | Application | Inferred · low · seed rule: the unit noun of lens B abstraction B-saas (portfolio-lens-b.md §1) | |
| Buyer and position | Developers generating SaaS apps with API and UI (UI is the differentiator) | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (icp_or_position) | |
| Closed set or journey | S5 Kind doors · Software code door | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-a.tsv (set_or_journey) | |
| Abstraction | B-saas | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (abstraction) | |
| Role (lens B) | projection | Inferred · high · portfolio-lens-b.tsv (role) | |
| Registrar | porkbun | Inferred · high · holdings ledger (domains repo, read-only) |
Its stack
Services.Studio ────────────── Services.Dev SalesBuilder.Dev ServiceBuilder.Dev brands
Variances.Finance Fluxanalysis.co brands
╲ ╱
SaaS.Dev centre
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Headless.ly the abstractions
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SaaS.Studio the abstractions
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API.SB brands
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StartupBuilder.Dev brands
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Startups.Management ──────────── Startups.Studio the factory
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Neighbours
Same abstraction (B-saas)
Applications.DevSaaS.ManagementSaaS.StudioProductled.StudioSoftwareBuilder.DevApps.org.aiCommerce.doOpensaas.orgPlatform.doProducts.doSaaSKit.AIStudio.doAppli.DevApps.asFeatures.StudioSaaS.acSaaS.CfdSaaS.Llc
Listed by
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In logo rows
- Headless.ly's row specified
- SaaS.Studio's row specified
- API.SB's row runs today
- StartupBuilder.Dev's row specified
Its logo row
- Kestrel.Markets buildable
- Matters.Lawyer buildable
- Startups.Studio buildable
- Shingle.Legal buildable
- Variances.Finance buildable
- Fluxanalysis.co buildable
- Lendingstack.co buildable
- Worklists.App buildable
- Headless.ly buildable
- Controllers.Finance buildable
- Marketplaces.Dev buildable
Slices
Relationships (20)
| from | verb | to | provenance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kestrel.Markets | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/api/b2b/agentic/data/regulated | |
| Matters.Lawyer | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/b2b/regulated | |
| Startups.Studio | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits root/ui | |
| Shingle.Legal | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/b2b/regulated | |
| Variances.Finance | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits svc/ui/b2b | |
| SaaS.Dev | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | Headless.ly | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified [row] sb def saas.dev: built on functions/business-systems [medium]; headless.ly is its preferred provider [medium] | |
| SaaS.Dev | meets-at meeting point of two lines | Headless.ly | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/stack-drafts.md "The SaaS view, redrawn" Drawn in The SaaS view. Draft note: Headless SaaS: where SaaS.Dev meets APIs.Dev. | |
| Fluxanalysis.co | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/b2b | |
| SaaS.Dev | made-by a drawn line ("runs on" or "made by") | Startups.Studio | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/stack-drafts.md "The SaaS view, redrawn" Drawn in The SaaS view. The seed reads lines from the abstractions to the factory as made-by. | |
| Lendingstack.co | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/b2b/regulated | |
| Worklists.App | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/scan/hitl | |
| Headless.ly | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) · a drawn line ("runs on" or "made by") · founder statement | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsv; docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/stack-drafts.md "The SaaS view, redrawn"; docs/plans/2026-10-24-builder-brands-sketch.md R4buildable [row] buildable: built on fits api/ui/b2b | |
| API.QA | verifies | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/startups-as-seed-report.md §5.6 sketch ledger: api.qa "can QA saas.dev, services.dev"; the seed skipped it for want of a verifies verb | |
| SaaS.Dev | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Studio | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified [row] sb def saas.dev: built on saas.studio [medium] — Stated by three routes; the census's "same product as saas.studio". | |
| Controllers.Finance | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] buildable: built on fits ui/b2b | |
| SaaS.Dev | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | API.SB | Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvruns today [row] api.sb/saas.dev answers (status Building, fetched 2026-10-24) | |
| SaaS.Dev | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | StartupBuilder.Dev | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvspecified [row] sb/poc/startup-as-noun/defs/saas.dev/startup.data.mdx | |
| SaaS.Studio | door-of door hanging off the side · founder statement | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · high · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/stack-drafts.md "The SaaS view, redrawn"; docs/plans/2026-10-24-builder-brands-sketch.md R2 Drawn in The SaaS view. | |
| SaaS.Dev | projection-of founder statement | Platform.do | Inferred · medium · docs/plans/2026-10-24-builder-brands-sketch.md R6 A brand projection of the abstract platform (founder, R6) | |
| Marketplaces.Dev | runs-on logo row: "Powering" / "Built on" (customer runs on supplier) | SaaS.Dev | Inferred · low · docs/plans/research/2026-10-24-builder-brands/logo-graph.tsvbuildable [row] sb def marketplaces.dev: built on saas.dev [low] — Stated by r4-domains ("saas.dev"); the marketplace kit is a SaaS on the SaaS.Dev substrate. No production call. |
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