Building products that make everyday moments better
Everyday Pickups is the studio behind The Story House and Maelo — two brands using AI to turn ordinary tasks into delightful, effortless experiences.
For families at home · for founders at work
The Story House
Personalized children's books, powered by AI
Maelo
The AI command center for your portfolio of businesses
One studio, one standard of craft — shared across every brand.
Two brands
One product studio behind both
AI-first
Built on what AI makes newly possible
Home & work
For families and for operators
Made with care
A craft standard across everything
Two products with a shared mission
Every Everyday Pickups brand removes friction from a part of everyday life — for families at home and founders at work.
The Story House
Personalized children's books, powered by AI
The Story House turns your child into the hero of their own beautifully illustrated storybook. Upload a few photos, pick a theme, and AI brings a fully personalized adventure to life — then we print it and ship it to your door.
- AI character generation from real photos
- Six illustrated adventure themes
- Edit every page — story and art
- Print-quality books shipped to your door
Maelo
The AI command center for your portfolio of businesses
Maelo is an AI-powered command center that gives founders and operators a single, intelligent view across every business they run — surfacing what needs attention, automating the busywork, and turning scattered data into clear decisions.
- Unified view across every business
- AI that surfaces what needs attention
- Automated workflows and reporting
- Clear decisions from scattered data
A shared playbook across every brand
Different audiences, one way of working. These principles hold whether we are making a keepsake for a child or a command center for a founder.
AI at the core
We start from what modern AI makes newly possible, then design the simplest experience around it — so the technology disappears and the magic remains.
Built for real people
Every product is judged by the everyday moment it touches — a bedtime story, a Monday inbox — not by the tech behind it.
Quality you can trust
From print-quality books to dependable dashboards, every brand ships with a standard of craft we would want for ourselves.
Ship with momentum
A small studio with fast loops. We get real products into real hands and keep improving them in the open.
Focused brands, compounding foundations
Everyday Pickups keeps each brand sharp and independent while the hard parts — design, AI, engineering, and craft — are shared underneath.
- A shared design system and engineering standard across brands
- AI infrastructure and learnings that compound across products
- Each brand keeps its own identity, audience, and voice
- One team accountable end to end — from idea to shipped
Everyday Pickups is the product studio behind The Story House and Maelo — two AI-first brands turning ordinary tasks into effortless, delightful experiences.
Find the Everyday Pickups product for you
Create a personalized storybook for a child you love, or take command of your portfolio of businesses. Jump straight into either brand.