About Anchor & Rise
Anchor & Rise LLC is an independent Rhode Island software company creating human-centered products that make difficult parts of everyday life feel more manageable, connected, and hopeful.
Why the name
The name reflects how we think good products should be built. The anchor is the dependable core: the part people need to trust. The rise is everything that helps an experience feel easier, warmer, and more rewarding.
Our flagship product, Chirprise, brings that idea to mornings. It is being designed around a dependable alarm foundation, then layers in trusted social connection and playful Wake Missions.
Founder story
Founder Michael LaBreche knows personally how difficult waking up can be. Friends and family bring him the greatest joy in his life, which led to the idea behind Chirprise: what if the people who care about you could become a positive part of your wake-up routine?
That question became a broader purpose for Anchor & Rise—to build thoughtful tools that help people through moments that feel hard, confusing, or isolating.
What connects the work
From difficult mornings to unfamiliar repairs and anxious moments, every Anchor & Rise project starts by asking where software could make someone feel more capable, supported, or connected.
The measure is simple: does this genuinely help someone?
The studio direction
Chirprise is the flagship product, but the long-term vision is a studio for multiple projects with the same purpose: helping people feel more capable, supported, and connected.
A social alarm app that brings trusted friends and family into a warmer, more motivating wake-up routine.
Explore ChirpriseA DIY repair and building assistant exploring photo-based project guidance, clear steps, tool awareness, and live AR support.
A gentle anxiety-support concept using grounding rituals, thought sorting, and private signals to a trusted support person.
Product principles
Reliability, privacy, consent, and user control outrank novelty.
Thoughtful interfaces should help people act without making them study the software.
Warmth, humor, and craft can make useful technology feel human.
Our flagship product