Since — 2023

A senior design studio for AI and technical companies. We design your brand, website, product and launch film as one system, so the market gets it at first glance.

Your product is ahead. Make it look that way.

The perception gap

Most great products look like everyone else.

2023–26©

Product design work on screen at the Elysium Designs studio

You've built something genuinely new. But on first contact, whether that's a homepage, a demo or a pitch, it reads like the hundred startups that launched this month. Buyers decide in seconds. The gap between what your product is and how it's perceived is where deals quietly die.

We close that gap.

Highflyers: C-level roles filled in 35 days on average

Product-literate

We use your product, read the docs and talk to your engineers before we design.

Weeks, brief to launch2–14
Disciplines, one team5

Legible in seconds

Every decision is tested against one question: does someone get it at first glance?

By the numbers

Since 2023, one senior team. The work behind the teams that got funded.

Projects shipped
100+
Brands built
60+
Raised by the teams we've designed for
$200M+
Y Combinator founders among our clients
Y Combinator

From the first idea to Series C, funded

  1. Idea
  2. Pre-seed
  3. Seed
  4. Series A
  5. Series B
  6. Series C
Selected work

Products we've made understood.

All work
Highflyers platform

Highflyers

Series AAustria

AI executive search with the gravity of a 50-year firm. Platform, site and identity for a team that fills C-level roles in 35 days on average.

Deliverables
    • Web design
    • UI/UX design
    • Brand identity
Industry
HR Tech / Executive Search
Rippl app icon held over green hills

Rippl

Series AIndia

A rebrand and app for India's biggest creators to launch and run merch drops. Identity, mobile app and motion for Rippl, formerly ReDesyn.

Deliverables
    • Brand identity
    • UI/UX design
    • Motion
Industry
Creator economy / Commerce

OpenCoreOS

$72M BankGlobal

A platform you can bank on. Strategy, identity and landing page for an AI-first core banking platform built for the world's tier 1 banks.

Deliverables
    • Brand strategy
    • Brand identity
    • Web design
Industry
Fintech / Banking infrastructure
The Sprinto autonomous compliance command center

Sprinto

$20M Series BSan Francisco & Bengaluru

Complete brand evolution, enterprise product UX, and GRC design system anchoring a $20M Series B round led by Accel.

Deliverables
    • Brand identity
    • Product design
    • Compliance badge system
    • Design system
Industry
Enterprise Security / GRC Automation
See all work
Services
  • 01.Brand Identity
    • # Positioning
    • # Verbal identity
    • # Visual system
    • # Motion logo

    A system people recognise before they read the name.

  • 02.Websites
    • # Messaging & copy
    • # Product animation
    • # Framer or Next.js
    • # SEO & AEO

    Your product, explained in one scroll.

  • 03.Product Design
    • # Clarity audits
    • # Onboarding & core flows
    • # Design systems
    • # Dev handoff

    Interfaces that make the hard parts feel obvious.

  • 04.Launch Films
    • # Product films
    • # UI animation
    • # Explainers
    • # Launch assets

    Ninety seconds that replace a thirty-minute demo.

How we work

Designed together. Shipped together.

  1. We use your product first

    /001

    We read the docs, sit with your engineers and talk to users before a pixel moves.

  2. One team, one system

    /002

    Brand, site, product and film are designed together, so launch day feels inevitable.

  3. Fixed scope, fixed dates

    /003

    Named seniors, two review rounds per phase, no surprise invoices.

  4. Shipped, not handed off

    /004

    We build what we design, in Framer or Next.js.

Client voices

In their words

“Our old website looked like it hadn't been touched since 2010. Elysium turned it into something that finally felt like us: premium, modern, and built to convert. Leads and conversions went up 10x. I was so happy with the result, I sent them a tip on top of the invoice, something I've never done for an agency before.”
10x
leads & conversions
Björn Buttner, Founder of BB's Backing

Björn Buttner

Founder, BB's Backing

“Elysium didn't just redesign our site, they changed how customers perceive Gently. Bounce rate dropped, time on site tripled, and for the first time our website actually feels as premium as the product.”
Samuel, Founder of Gently

Samuel

Founder, Gently

“When we started Axiv, we needed a website that made a brand-new agency look like it had already arrived. Elysium built that for us, and the results were goated: inbound work started coming in before we'd even onboarded our first client. We've stuck with Elysium ever since; their reach and ability is exactly why we keep closing bigger deals.”
3x
inbound inquiries
$100K+
in deals closed
Vikas, Founder of Axiv

Vikas

Founder, Axiv

  • BB's Backing
  • Gently
  • Allora
  • Shearlock
  • REX
  • Bremont
  • Speakeasy
  • Arc
  • Quizard
  • Quper
  • Bags
  • AO
  • Spot AI
  • Unstuck
FAQ’s

Straight Answers

23~26©

Why are you more expensive than freelancers?

Because you're not buying assets. You're buying one senior team that learns your product and ships brand, site, product and film as a single system.

Freelancers are great for a one-off task. They rarely coordinate on your brand, product and code at the same time, and the gaps between them are exactly where the market gets confused.

What if we only need a website?

Then we design and build a website. A Landing page is a single-page site. It starts at $6,000 and takes 3–4 weeks, or $9,000 if we build it too. A Flagship site, with no limit on pages, starts at $15,000.

We'll still start from your product and your positioning, so the site explains what you've built rather than decorating it.

Do you work with non-AI companies?

Yes. Our focus is technical and complex products: security, data, fintech infrastructure, developer tools. AI is most of it today, not all of it.

If your product is further ahead than it looks, we're probably a fit.

Can you work with our in-house team?

Yes. Most of our clients have engineers, and many have a designer. We plug into your tools and rituals, hand off clean files and code, and stay close during build.

For ongoing work alongside your team, the 360 Partner and 360 Embedded plans are built for exactly that.

How long does a project take, and how fast can you start?

Most projects run 2 to 12 weeks depending on scope, and every scope comes with a fixed timeline before we start.

We usually start within 1–2 weeks. If it's urgent, say so on the first call and we'll tell you straight whether it's realistic.

How does billing work?

Everything is billed in USD, by wire or card, with procurement-friendly invoices if you need them.

Projects are 50% to start and 50% on delivery. Retainers are billed monthly in advance, with a 3-month minimum and month-to-month after that.

What if it doesn't work out?

Every phase has two structured review rounds and a clear sign-off, so there are no surprises at the end.

If you're unsure, start with a Clarity Audit. It's two weeks, fixed at $4,999, and fully credited against a follow-on project within 60 days.

What happens after launch?

We don't disappear the day it ships. Every MVP includes 30 days of post-launch fixes, and every handover includes training for your team.

If you'd rather we keep going, Elysium 360 from $8,000 a month keeps the same senior team on your brand, site and product.

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