DesignSpine AI was founded by Elisha Niebuhr, owner of Modern Interior Company and Modern Interior Staging Company. After years of managing real projects, clients, teams, budgets, and the complexity behind them, she saw how difficult it can be to know what a project will truly require—and whether the estimate reflects the work needed to deliver it well.

The impact goes beyond profitability. When scope, hours, costs, and expectations aren't clear, designers and clients can both be surprised by the outcome.

DesignSpine AI was created to change that: use the information gathered throughout a project to make better decisions in real time, improve the client experience, and continually get better at estimating and delivering profitable work.

It isn't designed to replace the designer. It's designed to give designers the structure and intelligence to lead, create, and grow.

“Great design shouldn’t be subsidized by the designer creating it.” ~ Elisha Neibuhr