Heyman Forge

The Forge

A new model for building ventures

Heyman Forge is an AI-powered venture forge. We identify opportunities, build products, and launch businesses — with AI as a force multiplier at every stage of the process.

AI-Native

Every project is built with AI at the core — not as an afterthought, but as the foundation. AI shapes the product, the process, and the pace.

Full-Stack

From business model to deployed software. Strategy, design, engineering, and launch — all under one roof, all accelerated by AI.

Battle-Tested

Four decades of building software, products, and companies. Now compressed and amplified by AI into something entirely new.

The Process

The Forge Flywheel

Six stages. Infinite iterations. AI-assisted Humanity.

Forge Flywheel — six-stage cycle: Discover, Design, Build, Validate, Launch, Scale

01 — Discover

Problem + Market

Problem identification, market gaps, competitive analysis. Find the signal in the noise.

AI: Market research, trend analysis, opportunity scoring

02 — Design

Model + Architecture

Business model, system architecture, UX wireframes. Shape the solution before writing a line of code.

AI: Architecture design, model canvas generation

03 — Build

AI-Accelerated Dev Sprint

Rapid development sprints, MVP creation. Unfathomable coding leverage — AI pair programming at 10x speed.

AI: Pair programming, code generation, 10x dev velocity

04 — Validate

Test + Iterate

User testing, data analysis, market fit assessment. Let the data guide the next iteration.

AI: Analytics, automated testing, feedback synthesis

05 — Launch

Deploy + Go to Market

Deployment, go-to-market strategy, initial users. Ship it and learn from the real world.

AI: Optimized deployment, content generation, positioning

06 — Scale

Growth + Optimize

Growth optimization, feature expansion, sustainability. Build the flywheel and let it spin.

AI: Monitoring, automated scaling, pattern recognition

What takes traditional teams months, the Forge Flywheel delivers in weeks.

Portfolio

From the Forge

A curated mix of live products and ventures in development.

Live 🎧

AurisDoc

Clinical audiometry platform on FDA 510(k) path with two completed clinical trials.

HealthTech FDA iOS Clinical Trials

Live 🔄

CodeMorphic

Legacy modernization engine and REXX runtime as a service. Mainframe to cloud.

Enterprise Rust WebAssembly Legacy Systems

Live 🧠

MindNeura

AI tools that open black boxes. Spreadsheet forensics, model inspection, knowledge management.

AI Tools mn.ai

In Development 🧠

Synapse

Build neural networks from a single neuron. An interactive journey into AI fundamentals.

Education AI/ML Interactive WebGL

In Development 💉

Hack the Cure

Open tools for patients navigating clinical trials. Plain-language search, map-based discovery, free forever.

Non-Profit HealthTech Open Source

In Development 🌈

Chromatic

See inside every pixel. Ray tracing, shaders, and color science — visualized and interactive.

Graphics WebGL/WebGPU Visual

About

The Founder

Bill Heyman has spent four decades building software, products, and companies — from early desktop applications to enterprise platforms to AI-native startups. His background spans mathematics, science, and engineering, with deep experience in hardware integration, high-speed data acquisition, and analysis systems. He believes AI represents the most transformative force in the history of building, and that a small team with the right tools can outpace organizations ten times its size. Heyman Forge is the vehicle: a venture forge where AI isn't just a tool, but a co-founder in every project.

40 years building 10+ ventures in the forge Health, enterprise, and consumer AI-amplified since 2023