Where exceptional
work begins.
A discerning marketplace for creative talent — application-only, project-based, defended against scammers from line one. Launching as a founder-led studio.
The portfolios.
The people.
A small selection of the independents shaping the work clients write home about.
12%
Seller fee · half of Fiverr's 20%
4%
Buyer fee · vs 5.5% + $2 elsewhere
100%
Trust Promise refund cover
<48h
Application review SLA
0
Public DMs · bots · spam
Phase 1
Founding Studio · launching now
Eight crafts.
Hundreds of obsessives.
From identity systems to AI agents, find specialists who've spent ten thousand hours on the thing you need.
Three rules
we don't break.
AE Studio is a small idea executed with discipline. We won't be everything to everyone — and that's exactly the point.
Curated, not crowded.
We say no to 96% of applicants. Our marketplace is small on purpose — every profile here earned it.
Outcomes over tasks.
No five-dollar gigs. No race to the bottom. Project-based engagements that respect the craft and the craftsperson.
Editorial brand.
We showcase work like a magazine, not a spreadsheet. The portfolios on AE Studio are not browsed — they are read.
From brief to ship — in days, not months.
We've stripped the friction out of hiring world-class independents. The fastest way to start great work has never been faster.
Post a brief
Share what you need in two minutes. Budget, timeline, references. Our AI extracts the signal that matters.
Curated matches
Within an hour, three hand-matched specialists with proven track records in your category. No firehose, no guesswork.
Choose with confidence
Real portfolios. Real reviews from real brands. Talk to talent directly. Pick the one whose work you can't stop scrolling.
Ship — protected
Funds in escrow, milestones tracked, IP transfer documented. Every dollar moves only when work meets standard.
The marketplace, defended.
Other platforms try to clean up scams after the fact. AE Studio was designed against them from the first line of code — six layers of defense, no public DMs, zero off-platform escapes.
If you're ever scammed on AE Studio, we refund 100% of your project value.
No deductibles. No insurance forms. No fine print. The first creative marketplace to back its trust claims with money.
Read the promise01
Identity, verified.
Every account passes government-ID + biometric face match. Reviewed by humans, not just Persona.
02
Application, not registration.
Talent applications are reviewed by curators. 96% rejected. Bots cannot fake the portfolios humans inspect.
03
Domains, DNS-verified.
Portfolio URLs are DNS-bound to the talent. Spoofed identities and copy-paste portfolios are caught at signup.
04
Messages, scanned.
Every message runs through scam detection. Outbound links auto-redacted in unmatched DMs. WhatsApp / email / phone exchanges blocked until project starts.
05
Money, escrowed.
Stripe Connect holds every dollar. Off-platform payment requests are flagged the moment they're sent. New talent: 7-day rolling release.
06
Files, sandboxed.
Uploads scanned for malware, watermarked, encrypted at rest. URLs in deliverables are checked against Google Safe Browsing in real time.
We publish a quarterly Trust Report — bad actors banned, refunds paid, scam attempts blocked. Public, audited, line-by-line.
Post your first brief in two minutes.
Tell us what you need. We'll match you with three hand-picked specialists within the hour. No subscriptions, no commitments, no spam.