Absolutely
No Warranty
to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The name comes from the Debian MOTD:
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
We saw this line in a terminal once and thought it would make a great company name. We were not using Debian at the time. We found the quote on a blog post titled "10 Unix Quotes Every Founder Should Know." We thought it captured our engineering philosophy, which is that things should work but we are not making any promises.
Who We Are
Absolutely No Warranty is a venture-backed studio with hacker DNA. We are builders. We ship product. We believe in open source, flat hierarchies, and deploying on Fridays. Our stack is minimal. Our ambition is maximal. Our office is wherever the WiFi is.
We were founded in 2026 by engineers, for engineers. We don't do meetings — our investors asked us to do meetings. We do meetings now. But we don't like them.
Our Thesis
We believe the next wave of innovation will come from the intersection of compliance and absurdity. The legal-humor space is underserved, overlooked, and ripe for disruption. We are positioning ourselves at the forefront of this movement. Our first-mover advantage is significant. Our moat is that nobody else wants to do this.
Portfolio
A curated selection of products from our venture pipeline.
Team
We are a lean, high-velocity team of 1. Our founder wears many hats: CEO, CTO, Head of Product, Head of Design, Head of Engineering, DevOps, QA, and community manager. This is not because we're scrappy — it's because we believe in radical ownership. Our investors call it "concerning." We call it agile.
Backed By
We closed a pre-seed round led by people who did not fully understand what we do. We are grateful for their trust and their money, which we have spent on infrastructure and talent acquisition. Our next round is planned for when we figure out what revenue looks like.
Culture
We foster a culture of radical transparency, deep work, and async communication. Our standups are silent. Our retros are introspective. We don't have a Slack — we have a terminal. Our investors gave us a Notion workspace. We opened it once.
The original vision for our product was a CLI tool. Our investors suggested "maybe a web app." The web app has a pricing page with four tiers, a comparison table, and a FAQ section. We don't talk about the CLI anymore.
Press
ANW has not been featured in TechCrunch, Hacker News, or any publication. Our investors have introduced us to several PR firms. Our press kit is this website. They stopped returning our calls. We consider this a win.
Careers
We are always looking for exceptional talent. At this time we have no open roles, no hiring pipeline, and no recruiter. Our investors have asked us to "scale the team." We have interpreted this as a suggestion. If you are a 10x engineer who is passionate about disclaimers, we encourage you to check back. Culture fit is important to us. Our culture is 1 person.
Contact
For partnership inquiries, investment opportunities, and acquisition offers:
hello@absolutelynowarranty.com
Serious inquiries only. We define "serious" loosely.