Strategy
Find the right next step before investing in the wrong thing.
Build studio · Northern & Southern California
Foundations, not facades.
We build websites, AI systems, marketing and community tools for nonprofits, small businesses and community organizations — and we stay to tend them.
Start a conversationTechnology should contribute, not extract.
What we tend
Clarity before complexity.
Every engagement begins with listening: to your work, the people you serve, and the systems already carrying the load.
Then we agree a written scope and build only what helps it hold — whether that is a bilingual member site, an AI assistant that answers from your own documents, or the tools a community uses to welcome and recognize its people.
Build
Websites, portals, AI systems and integrations that are clear, accessible and built for real life.
Care
Keep good work growing with a partner who stays in the garden.
The long view
A place people can rely on.
A good digital presence feels less like a performance and more like a place people can rely on.
For Market Fixtures, a family equipment dealer since 1959, that meant one inventory behind the website, dealer accounts, email campaigns and an internal assistant that answers spec-sheet questions with citations.
Selected work
Built around people, not vanity metrics.
- 01JIMA InternationalTrade association · bilingual member site & marketplace
- 02VAS UpholsterySmall business · bilingual site & fabric library
- 03Office of the 3 SistersCommunity organization · site & member directory
- 04Market FixturesFamily business · inventory, dealers & email
Questions
Frequently asked.
What does Verdant Links build?
Any sort of build an organization needs to do its work: websites and member portals, agentic AI infrastructure, self-hosted language models, digital marketing systems, community systems and incentive structures, and practical farming and gardening projects.
Who is Verdant Links for?
Nonprofits, small businesses, trade associations and community organizations that want a dependable build partner rather than a template.
Where is Verdant Links based?
Northern and Southern California.
Who runs Verdant Links?
Verdant Links was founded by Truman Chan, who has worked in tech for seven years and has run Verdant Links for over three years. His personal site is www.sctru.com.
How does an engagement start?
Send a note through the contact form or email hello@sctru.com. We start with a conversation about the work, then agree a written scope before anything is built.
What have you built?
Recent work includes a bilingual member site and marketplace for JIMA International, a bilingual site and fabric library for VAS Upholstery, a community site and member directory for the Office of the 3 Sisters, and an inventory, dealer and email system for Market Fixtures Unlimited. See the case studies.
Have something worth building?