FOUNDER-LED TECHNOLOGY HOLDING · WYOMING, USA

A portfolio of honest, bilingual software for people the mainstream missed.

A founder-led holding building digital products for international professionals, cross-border workers, and markets that traditional software consistently overlooks — bilingual-native, privacy-first, built in the open.

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SJL TECHNOLOGIES / OPERATING STANDARD SJL / 01

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01 / Bilingual-native

EN + FR, equal weight

Every consumer product ships English and French as parallel first-class languages. Native editorial review, not translation.

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02 / Privacy-first

EU hosting by default

GDPR compliance treated as positioning, not a chore. Supabase Frankfurt/Ireland. Explicit consent on sensitive data.

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03 / Ship narrow

Small, honest, open

MVPs stay small on purpose. Scope expands only when beta data earns it. Public landings, honest status pages, clear terms.

The company

One holding. Separate brands.

Most software is built for users who already fit the dominant market: English-first, location-stable, and well-served by existing tools. SJL Technologies focuses on the opposite.

Company overview →

Current portfolio

A focused set of independent ventures.

Independent ventures built under one standard: useful, bilingual where it matters, and designed for real users across borders. Each brand is honest about its stage.

Live · Flagship B2C / B2B · REMOTE RECRUITMENT

JobConnect AI

AI-powered platform helping international professionals find remote jobs that will actually consider them. Two-sided SaaS with AI-assisted screening, cross-border matching, and résumé optimisation for non-English-first markets.

Strategic fit — largest TAM in the portfolio, fastest route to recurring revenue, and the testbed for the holding's bilingual + privacy-first standard applied to a two-sided market.

Visit jobconnect-ai.com ↗ sprigful.app ↗

JOBCONNECT · MATCH

98%

Senior Backend Engineer · Remote

Fintech · EU / 48 applicants screened

91%

Growth Lead · Remote

SaaS · APAC / 22 applicants screened

87%

Technical Writer · Remote

Devtools · Americas / 14 applicants

SP Live · Beta Q1 2027

CONSUMER WELLNESS · EN/FR

Sprigful

Bilingual natural wellness app with allergy-aware recipes, an evidence-tiered herbal library, and an AI guide that refuses medical questions. Built deliberately against the wellness-grift playbook. Beta planned Q1 2027.

Strategic fit — flagship of SJL's refusal-list positioning; proves bilingual EN/FR consumer product viability.

CV Private

B2B MARKET INTELLIGENCE

CORVUS

Market risk intelligence platform for decision-makers who need a clear read on exposure across regions and sectors. Currently deployed; public launch calendar pending.

Strategic fit — highest ARPU B2B product; leverages the founder's international trade and freight-forwarding expertise across APAC, Europe and the Americas.

YA Incubating · Beta Q3 2027

CONSUMER LANGUAGE LEARNING

Yarendo

AI-powered language learning built for practical, real-world communication — not academic progress alone. Pairs a conversational tutor with adaptive SRS and phoneme-level pronunciation coaching. Private beta Q3 2027.

Strategic fit — second consumer bet; reusable AI tutor infrastructure across products.

HG Live

MEDIA · FR

Horizon Géopolitique

French-language geopolitical publication distributed across Facebook, Instagram and Substack. An author-first editorial brand with Ko-fi monetisation — independent by design.

Strategic fit — direct expression of the founder's International Relations master's and geopolitics expertise; builds editorial authority for the holding.

CA Partner project

B2B LOGISTICS EDUCATION

Cargolyze

Logistics education and simulation platform built with a partner. Currently at documentation and curriculum stage, drawing directly on real freight-forwarding workflows.

Strategic fit — partner-led; grounded in the founder's freight-forwarding domain expertise.

"We don't build a super-app. We build a portfolio of honest small ones."

SJL Technologies LLC — Operating thesis

Operating principles

How we build.
What we refuse.

A single founder's biggest risk is scope creep. These are the rules the holding uses to resist it — and stay worth trusting.

01 / START WITH THE REAL PROBLEM

Not trends

02 / BUILD WITH INTENTION

Disciplined, not reactive

03 / GROW RESPONSIBLY

Clear ownership, honest stages

04 / RESPECT THE USER

Especially across borders

Principles & what we refuse →

Partner with the holding

Building something that fits our thesis?

We selectively partner on bilingual, privacy-first software for cross-border and international users — distribution deals, co-development, licensing. A smaller number of focused products done properly beats a large portfolio of shallow experiments.

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For portfolio inquiries, corporate matters, licensing, and strategic partnerships, contact SJL Technologies LLC. We respond within 48 hours.