§ Align · Delivery infrastructure · Since 2026 · Public beta
Client work, aligned.
The operating system for client-funded software delivery. One shared timeline from feedback to invoice — built inside Forward Rise from operator capital, run on the same backbone as every other brand in the family.
§ Positioning · in Align's voice
Ship the work, send the invoice, on the same afternoon.
Align is the operating system for client-funded software delivery. Feedback in, work tracked, estimates approved, code shipped, and invoices generated — on one shared timeline with a controlled audit trail.
Estimate, code review, threat-model, architecture review, agent handoff. Every output lands as a draft a human approves — never autonomous.
No more reconciling spreadsheets across five tools. One shared timeline, no status meeting required, the draft invoice waiting on release.
Real customer projects, scoped → approved → released → invoiced inside one record. Each one carrying its own audit trail.
§ The Loop · one record, no hand-offs Five steps. One record. No hand-offs.
Feedback
Email, a form on your site, or the client portal — every request becomes one tracked item with the whole conversation attached.
Intake · liveWork
Your team plans, assigns, and ships on boards and roadmaps. The timeline updates itself as the work moves.
Flow boardEstimate
Draft a three-point estimate in seconds, then route it for sign-off — your team, your manager, your client.
Admin → Mgr → ClientRelease
Bundle work into a release. Nothing ships until every approval and quality check is cleared.
PR merge closes itInvoice
The moment work is signed off, Align turns approved time and estimates into a Stripe draft invoice — ready for finance.
Stripe draftTo do 1
Promo code on Safari
In progress 2
Saved-card support
Throttle logins
Done 1
Session store → PG
The five capability pillars§ Capabilities · A–E
One record, three audiencesProjects & entries
Sequential IDs (ALN-247), dependencies with circular detection, Flow + Plan boards, cross-project linking, releases that cascade.
5 statuses · 5 entry typesClient portal & roles
One record, three audiences. Internal staff, clients, and finance each see only the part that's theirs — wired through every read path.
client_admin · approver · viewerCost & invoicing
Three-point AI estimates, multi-stage approval, lock-on-final, Stripe draft invoice on release — first-class entities, never free text.
Stripe · 3-point estimatesGitHub-native
Installs as a GitHub App. Bidirectional comment sync, auto-status on PR merge, CI ingestion, Check Runs, merge gates, flaky detection.
App · webhooks · checksApprovals & eSign
Immutable agreement versions, variable schemas, embedded Dropbox Sign. Estimate sign-off and SOWs in the same audit trail.
Dropbox Sign · versionedAgent speed, with a client-grade audit trail.
The Agent Handoff Prompt Builder turns any entry into a GitHub-context-aware prompt — ready to hand to Claude, Codex, Cursor, or Replit. Estimates, approvals, and invoices stay intact. The agent ships; the audit trail still proves it.
§ Sign-off · in the operator's voice
“Eight hours back per release. We replaced four spreadsheet invoices with one inside Align, and finance stopped chasing engineering on Friday afternoons.”A delivery lead at a 14-person product studio · Q2 2026
§ 02 / 07 · Held by Forward Rise
Built inside the family. Run from Austin.
Align is one of two companies in Forward Rise built rather than bought. Started in 2026 with operator capital from the holding, it ships on the same backbone every other brand runs on — so a small team can act like a big one without ever having to.
Eight people. Public beta. Future growth time horizon. Nothing about that posture changes the day after launch.