The founder
I build Calso solo in Melbourne. The phone agent, the supplier ordering, the admin automation, and the website you're reading right now — all of it. No outsourced dev team, no enterprise org chart — just me and one stack.
Based in
Melbourne, AU
Team
Just me
Funding
Self-funded
Who's behind Calso
Founder
Builds Calso end-to-end — product, architecture, code, copy, ops. Grew up around small businesses in Melbourne and got tired of watching owners drown in admin after close. Calso is the thing he wished existed.
Why Calso
The cafes, restaurants and bakeries I know run on ten open tabs, a phone that won't stop ringing during service, and an owner who does the supplier calls, the ordering, the reviews and the admin at 11pm after close. The “AI” most of them see pitched is a US SaaS tool with eight tiers, dashboards nobody opens, and a New York accent on the phone.
Calso is the opposite. One line, Australian voice, speaks like a local. It picks up the phone, takes the booking, rings the supplier, sends the recap, chases the review. No seats, no tiers, no per-minute charges. Built for venues, not for enterprise procurement.
I ship Calso end-to-end myself — product, architecture, code, copy, ops. Modern solo-builder toolkit, AI pair-programming included. But the decisions, the direction and the accountability are mine. If a venue needs Calso to behave differently or something breaks at 10pm, you're not logging a ticket with a helpdesk in another timezone — you're talking to the person who built the thing.
Get in touch
If you're a venue owner, a journalist, or another builder and want to talk to the human behind Calso, email comes straight to me.
Calso Pty Ltd · ABN 68 843 826 983 · Melbourne, Australia