About Leanboat - An AI-native growth agency that operates alongside your team.
Most brands don't need a bigger agency. They need a leaner, sharper team — with AI doing the production work underneath, and founders owning the strategy on top. That's Leanboat.
We work as an extension of your team, not as a vendor parked next to it. Your KPIs, your approval gates, your kill switch — codified into one intelligence layer that compounds with use.
Why we rebuilt this way - Why we rebuilt this way
We ran an agency before. It worked, it grew, and then the ground shifted under it. AI changed the economics of content production. Distribution fragmented across platforms no one had heard of three years ago. Buyers started asking AI for recommendations instead of searching. The tools got better and the playbooks got worse.
Leanboat is the version of the agency that assumes all of that is permanent. AI-native, not AI-bolted-on. Smaller team. Clearer offers. Work we're proud to put our name on, delivered at a pace that would have been impossible five years ago.
The founders
Two founders, fifteen years of building together. We have operated consumer and software brands, scaled growth functions, and shipped the systems underneath them. Leanboat is what we are doing with what we have learned.
- Luis Gomes. Founder & Growth Lead. 23+ years building and operating digital businesses. Investor and Growth Lead with $6M+ in paid media at positive ROAS across BusBuster, TheNextGuide, RioSkin Lab, Folivora Spirits, and others. Works at the intersection of growth, software, content, and performance marketing. Read more · LinkedIn
- Ygor Fonseca. Founder & Systems Lead. 15+ years of software development across BusBuster (co-founder), TheNextGuide, and the Leanboat brand portfolio. For Leanboat, builds and operates the AI-native systems underneath the work — per-client knowledge bases, agent workflows, approval gates, kill switches. Read more · LinkedIn
We operate what we preach.
Alongside client work, we also build, operate, and back brands directly. It keeps the thinking honest because the same systems have to hold up in our own operations, not just in a strategy deck.
- TheNextGuide. in-house investment, 100% operated. Set up an AI-native growth install to identify content gaps, expand coverage, and grow the brand. Visit site
- NextBreakout. in-house concept, AI-operated. Built as a concept brand to test AI-first workflows, automated content systems, and scalable execution. Visit site
- BusBuster. in-house, long-term operated brand. Built and operated a bus and train search platform focused on the U.S. market, with 10+ years of experience in search, content, and acquisition. Visit site
- Folivora Spirits. investor and growth advisor. Visit site
- RioSkin Lab. launch partner and investor. Visit site
- GreenPeople. ecommerce and CRM setup and operation (2020-2022). Led ecommerce and CRM setup and day-to-day operation, connecting store, lifecycle, and growth execution. Visit site