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Built for Your Ideas: A Letter From Our CEO

Ideas are the most powerful thing we have. They move culture, build companies, and change lives. I started as a jewelry designer in Detroit and kept hitting the same walls: cost, complexity, slow timelines, too many handoffs, and too many visions left unrealized. 

Gildform was my answer: remove the friction so creators and brands can put their energy where it belongs…on ideas…and scale.

Our team—software engineers, production artisans, and our customer, product & ops crews—pushes every day to make that real. We build and refine so you can create faster, save money, and grow with confidence.

Gildform 2.0 is that promise, leveled up. The new Creator Dashboard brings projects, orders, and insights into one clear view so you always know what’s next. AI-powered creation helps you explore directions, validate manufacturability, and streamline decisions—answering “what should I make?” and “how do I scale?” while cutting time and cost. 

Credits give you flexible access to our strongest tools exactly when you need them, so you move with intent instead of waiting on budgets or bottlenecks. And when you’re ready to produce, our on-demand network—rooted in Detroit and scaled globally—delivers craft, consistency, and speed, whether you need one prototype or thousands, without unnecessary inventory.

We’re widening the canvas, too. Gildform began with jewelry; now we’re opening the door to end-to-end development of fashion hardware, home décor, and collectibles—so your brand can live wherever your ideas want to go. Collaborate with designers in our integrated 3D viewer, choose materials with confidence, and move to production in a flow that feels like a great studio: thoughtful, transparent, and on your side.

This release is personal. It’s shaped by your feedback and by our belief that great tech should feel like good design—intuitive, empowering, almost invisible. Like the products we manufacture, this platform is refined, polished, and made just for you.

If you have a vision, you belong here. Bring your idea; we’ll help you turn it into something people can hold.

— Karissma Yve
Founder & CEO, Gildform