A tight-knit team of builders making AI-powered software that works where you already work.
Our mission
Very Big Machine was founded on a simple observation: the best tools are the ones you already have open. We don't build new platforms — we build additions to the platforms you live in every day. Google Workspace. Chrome. Google Drive.
Every product we ship is designed around a single, focused action. Edit this PDF. Publish this blog post. Clip this video moment. Block this distraction. No dashboards, no onboarding flows, no learning curve. Just open it and it works.
AI isn't a feature to us — it's how we eliminate the friction that's always stopped people from getting more done. We use AI to transcribe video, detect key moments, translate documents, and do the tedious work so you don't have to.
People on the team
Products shipped
Based in Manhattan
The team
Our engineering team builds on Google Cloud, Firebase, and AI APIs. We care about speed, reliability, and getting things out the door fast.
Obsessively minimal. We design interfaces that get out of the way. If a feature needs a tutorial, we cut it until it doesn't.
We talk to users constantly. Every feature starts with a real problem someone on the team or a customer ran into. No roadmap theater.
What we believe
We deploy many times a week. Real users teach you things no amount of planning can. Small team, short feedback loops.
Your documents never touch our servers. We store the minimum needed to run the service: name, email, and payment info. That's it.
We say no to 90% of feature ideas. A tool that does one thing beautifully beats a platform that does ten things mediocrely.
Our engineers read every support ticket. When something is confusing, we fix the product — not just the reply.