Breath Global, Inc. · Wilmington, NC
We build, own and operate software companies.
We find an industry's friction, turn the work into one system, prove it with people, then scale it. Every company the same way, built to sell anywhere.
3 companies in Prove, still in development · 2 more in development · room for a sixth →3 companies in Prove, still in development · 2 more in development →Behind the words, the real Earth in today's daylight. A gold dot breathes at Breath's headquarters in Wilmington, North Carolina, and signals leave it for every continent.
Home · Wilmington, NC
One foundation. Every company.
A new Breath company doesn't start from zero. It starts from everything the last one proved.
- L1Customer worldsEvery customer gets its own private, branded copy.
- L2Industry packsA new industry is a pack, not a new product.
- L3The autonomy dialSteps move from people to AI one level at a time, with a stop button.
- L4Never locked inThe best AI model for each job. The data stays the customer's.
- L5Flawless, or it doesn't shipPeople who didn't build a release test it at every seat first.
The view dives to Wilmington. Five rings, one for each layer of the foundation, draw around headquarters.
The gap
Every industry loses time between “yes” and “done.”
Something is agreed. Then the work scatters into emails, spreadsheets and waiting. Each Breath company closes that gap in one industry, built around how the best people there already work.
Skip to the portfolio →Across the Americas, Europe and Africa, a dozen signals rise and stop halfway: work that never reaches done.
BR-01 · Revenue software for any sales force
The first company: North of Noise.
The gap it closes: a campaign is signed, then waits to go live.
The revenue ecosystem for any company with a sales force, starting with media sales: the seller, the manager, every leader and the client on one living record, from the first conversation to the proof.
Where it standsIn development
Stage: Prove, third of four.You are here: Prove. Claude is built into every step, and the autopilot takes on more of the work one level at a time, with a stop button. Every decision is logged with what happened next.
- CloseSigned in the first meeting.
- CreateThe manager approves the creative.
- LaunchThe campaign goes live.
- ReportThe owner opens the first report.
Over the United States, North of Noise's orbit shows the four stages, with its mark at Prove.
The portfolio
Five companies. Five gaps. Room for a sixth.
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BR-01
North of NoiseRevenue software for any sales force, media sales first
Stage: Prove, third of four.
In development
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BR-02
TernInsurance agency software, independent agencies first.
The gap: a quote is accepted, then chased by email.
Stage: Prove, third of four.
In development
- BR-03
Kite & KinThe family and school app, kindergarten to 4th grade first.
The gap: a school day ends, and the family hears about it at dinner.
Stage: Build, second of four.
In development
- BR-04
KettleCommunity software gyms license for every location.
The gap: a new member trains alone, then quietly stops coming.
Stage: Research, first of four.
In development
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BR-05
FloorpassGym lead software, now in testing.
The gap: gym leads wait hours for a call.
Stage: Prove, third of four.
In development
Tern, Kite & Kin, Kettle and Floorpass are working names, pending trademark review.
Five orbits around the Earth, one per company, and an empty sixth. Each company's mark sits at its stage.
The method
Prove it with people first.
Ride-hailing was proven with human drivers years before the first paid driverless ride. Every Breath company moves through four stages, each proven before the next.
- Research. Find the friction and measure what it costs.
- Build. Turn every step into an action a person, and later an agent, can take.
- Prove. Real teams run it, and every decision is logged with what happened next.
- Scale. A step goes to AI only when AI matches the people on the company's own data. No Breath company is at Scale yet.
Five orbits around the Earth, one per company. Each orbit's quarters are the four stages; none has reached Scale.
Global from day one
Built to sell anywhere on Earth.
Currencies and number formats are built into North of Noise, and every Breath company is designed from day one for any market, time zone and language.
One sample launch and amount in U.S. dollars, written the way each market writes them.
| Market | Launch | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmington | Thu, Oct 15, 9:00 AM | $1,250,000.00 |
| Munich | Do., 15. Okt., 15:00 | 1.250.000,00 $ |
| Mumbai | Thu, 15 Oct, 6:30 pm | $12,50,000.00 |
| São Paulo | qui., 15 de out., 10:00 | US$ 1.250.000,00 |
| Tokyo | 10月15日(木) 22:00 | $1,250,000.00 |
Written live by your browser. City names are examples of formats, not offices, and nothing about you leaves this page.
Signals leave Wilmington for each market and land with the launch time written the local way.
The founder
Founded by an operator.
William Bulow Founder & Chief Executive Officer
William Bulow has spent more than ten years in media sales and digital marketing leadership. Years of watching friction between a media sale and its execution, and how much of that friction turns into churn, led him to found Breath, starting with the industry he knows best.
William on LinkedIn ↗
Wilmington, close, with the real line between day and night.
Work with Breath
Every industry has a gap between “yes” and “done.” We're building the companies that close it.
Lean companies, built to scale. One foundation. Built in Wilmington, for everywhere.
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