About

Two generations.One shared view.

Most companies have data and very few can turn it into action. The gap is usually not technical — it is that the people who understand the operation and the people who can build the system are rarely the same people, or even in the same room.

Founded2023
StudioSmall, senior, independent
FitOperating businesses, roughly $10–50M
Executive leadership

Michael Musser

  • 30+ years building and operating manufacturing businesses
  • Former CFO, Musser Lumber Company and Musser Biomass & Wood Products
  • Helped lead the pivot from lumber to biomass in 2019
  • Led financial strategy through a private equity transaction in 2024
  • Deep experience across finance, operations, manufacturing and logistics

Knows what the agent has to do because he has had to run the business without one.

AI engineering & data science

Garrett Musser

  • B.A. Economics, University of Virginia
  • M.S. Data Science, University of Virginia
  • Founded Obsidian Labs in 2023
  • Works across AI agents, data science and enterprise systems
  • Builds the systems and hands over the keys

Writes the code that the client's own team will pick up next quarter.

Why it matters

Built by operators.
Handed to owners.

We have been the client on the other side of this transaction. That is the whole reason the engagements look the way they do.

W01Industry knowledgeReal operating experience in manufacturing, logistics and finance — not a discovery call standing in for it.
W02AI that works in contextAgents that understand your data, your processes and your constraints, rather than a general assistant bolted onto a database.
W03Evidence over adjectivesEvery claim ships with a running system, an artifact, or a handover. If we cannot show one, we do not make the claim.
W04No dependence by designThe architecture is conventional on purpose. Being replaceable is the product feature.

Obsidian Labs was founded in 2023. An AI automation and consulting studio for operating businesses — roughly $10–50M, with a real workflow to run. See the work

Principles

Obsidian forms when something molten cools fast — and it holds an edge finer than steel. That’s the software we make: formed under real pressure, sharpened on real work.

P-01

Production is the only demo.

We don't present mockups of what an agent might do. We put it in your inbox, doing it.

P-02

We are our own first client.

Our inbox agent, our telephony, our knowledge hub run on the stack we recommend. Nothing ships to you that we don't run ourselves.

P-03

AI-native, not AI-flavored.

Agents live inside the workflow — reading the inbox, working the lead, booking the truck — not in a widget in the corner.

P-04

Owned, not rented.

Your repo, your infrastructure, your data. If we disappeared tomorrow, everything would keep running.

Stack
  • Next.js
  • React
  • TypeScript
  • Supabase
  • Postgres
  • Claude
  • Twilio
  • Telnyx
  • Resend
  • Clerk
  • Inngest
  • Expo
  • Vercel

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Thirty minutes on a call first. We'll tell you what we'd automate, in what order, and what it depends on — in writing, whether or not you hire us.

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