Experienced Leadership Scalable Products

WestMode.io is driven by senior product and engineering expertise with more than 25 years of
experience building and scaling hardware, medical, and AIenabled systems. We partner closely
with founders and executive teams to navigate complexity, resolve critical technical decisions,
and move products from concept through manufacturing and commercialization.
Our Problems

Awards That Inspire Our Work

What We Do

Patents Specialized in developing and securing high-value intellectual property, with a focus on defensible, commercially strategic patent portfolios.

Hardware Teams

World-class cross-functional teams delivering full-stack solutions spanning hardware, firmware, cloud infrastructure, and mobile applications.

Full Spectrum Expertise

What makes us unique is our diversity of experience—ranging from regulated medical devices and consumer electronics to ruggedized, military-grade, and outdoor products.

The Solution

One AI Core Two Markets

Inventor Platform

Automates prior art search, claim drafting, novelty insights.
Shared AI Infrastructure = Capital Efficiency.

Product Studio

AI accelerates CAD generation, FEA validation, compliance checks, BOM optimization.

Engineering products that are built to scale.

Senior product and engineering leadership for confident execution of complex systems.
 

Competitive Landscape

Inventor Platform

Current tools = manual legaltech (IP.com, PatSnap).

Product Studio

Incumbents Autodesk, PTC, Ansys moving slowly on AI.

Advantage

Shared AI core, real-world founder experience, multiple exits

Why Now

AI legaltech and
CAD automation are hot but
fragmented.
Patent/
IP filings continue to
grow rapidly.
Hardware startups, medtech,
defense, EV sectors all need
speed and cost savings.
CAD incumbents racing to bolt AI onto legacy tools.

Market Opportunity

IP Automation (fast path): Global patent services = $45B market.

Even 1% penetration = $450M TAM.

AI Product Development (strategic path): CAD/FEA software market = $12B+.

Thousands of hardware startups + SMEs are ideal customers.

Product

Inventor Platform

AI prior art search +
draft claims, novelty maps.

Product Studio

Sketch AI CAD +
stress test + cost estimate.

Compliance

Compliance dashboard with red
flags for UL/FDA/FAA/ASTM.

Business Model

01.

Inventor Platform SaaS

$99/mo solo, $499/mo
startups, $2K+/mo law firms.

04.

Product Studio Consulting

$25K–$75K per engagement.

02.

Product Studio SaaS

$299–$999/mo per seat.

03.

Recurring SaaS + high-margin consulting revenue.

Traction Plan

Phase 1 (0–6 mo)

MVP launch, beta with inventors + hardware startups

Phase 2 (6–18 mo)

$500K–$1M ARR Inventor Platform, Product Studio in pilot.

Phase 3 (18–30 mo)

$1M+ ARR, acquisition-ready with strategic buyers.

Traction Plan

Phase 1 (0–6 mo)

MVP launch, beta with inventors + hardware startups

Phase 2 (6–18 mo)

$500K–$1M ARR Inventor Platform, Product Studio in pilot.

Phase 3 (18–30 mo)

$1M+ ARR, acquisition-ready with strategic buyers.

Competitive Landscape

Inventor Platform

Current tools = manual legaltech (IP.com, PatSnap).

Product Studio

Incumbents Autodesk, PTC, Ansys moving slowly on AI.

Advantage

Shared AI core, real-world founder experience, multiple exits,

Team

John Stump (Founder/CEO)

25 yrs product dev, 50+ patents,
exits in hardware ventures.

Advisors

IP attorney + CAD/FEA specialist.

Lean dev team

AI engineers + CAD integration.

Financials & Ask

01.

$1M seed round.

02.

Use of Funds

40% product/AI dev, 30% GTM, 20% compliance/ data/IP, 10% buffer.

03.

Revenue Projections

Year 1 = $250K ARR, Year 2 = $1M ARR.

04.

Exit Target

$5–8M within 2–3 years

Exit Strategy

Fast Path

Inventor Platform → acquirers like Clarivate, LexisNexis, IP.com.

Strategic Path

Product Studio → Autodesk, PTC, Dassault, Ansys.

Two exits in one raise

Fast $5M return with $10M+ optionality.

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