Business-first custom software studio
Custom software for companies that can't wait quarters for results. Built by experienced U.S.-based engineers, tested as it's built, and delivered as working software early, not a status report about it.
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What we do
Where traditional shops spend weeks scoping and months building, we get to the core of what you actually need fast, and deliver working software early. We close the gap between what your current software can do and what your business actually needs, so you start creating value sooner. A faster path to working software, scaled to your project.
Services
For companies that have hit the limits of off-the-shelf software, when another SaaS subscription isn't the answer and you need something built specifically for you.
Replace spreadsheets, manual steps, and workarounds with software built around how your business actually runs.
Connect the systems you already use so data flows and work happens automatically, instead of by hand.
When off-the-shelf can't do it, we build the product your business needs from the ground up.
Put AI to work inside your operations, built and tested with the same rigor as everything else we ship.
Why Collision Theory
The edge is the intersection we work at: business operations and software engineering. We understand how your business actually runs and where software can create the most value, then build it around that, amplified by Catalyst.
You'll see it, not just hear about it. We move fast from day one, with none of the drawn-out discovery that runs up the clock. Progress you can see early, scaled to the build.
A lean core backed by a trusted network of proven engineers when projects demand more scale. We don't hand your code to an offshore team you'll never meet.
Catalyst, our proprietary AI pipeline, multiplies our engineers across planning, building, and testing. AI amplifies the work; our experienced engineers own every line that ships.
You get thoroughly tested code, not code that merely "should work." Testing is built into how we develop, unit, integration, and end-to-end, so problems surface before they ship.
How we work
It starts with a conversation, not a drawn-out discovery process. We get to the core of what to build, fast.
We move from decisions to development quickly, and you see working software early and often, not just a status report.
Testing is built into how we develop, so what you get is dependable and ready, not something that "should work."
How we build: every project is powered by Catalyst, our proprietary AI pipeline for development and testing, a disciplined, self-checking system that plans, builds, and adversarially reviews the work, supervised by experienced engineers. It's the reason a lean, experienced team ships with the rigor of a much larger one. Honest about scope: a large build is still real work and real time, just far less than it used to take.
Who's behind it
An entrepreneur and operator who spent two decades building and scaling a global product business, from ownership down to the warehouse floor, and built the software to support every level. He knows what actually helps a company operate, not just what demos well.
Former Dell.com chief architect, where he built a $28B-a-year platform, and a repeat startup CTO whose fintech systems decisioned $2.5B in loan applications and originated $760M, with a patented ML risk model and SOC 2 / PCI-DSS rigor behind them. Eight-time Microsoft MVP.
Friends for nearly thirty years. Business and architecture, finally pointed at the same target.
The caliber behind the studio
The founders' track record. Your project's results live here next.
We're a new studio with an experienced team behind it. Your project's story could be one of the first we tell here.
Be one of the firstFAQ
You'll see working software early, not a status report about it. We skip the drawn-out discovery traditional firms run up the clock on, so you see the product taking shape sooner. A large build is still real work and real time, just far less than it used to take; your specific timeline lives in the proposal after we scope, where it's real.
Every build is powered by Catalyst, our proprietary AI pipeline for development and testing. It amplifies our experienced engineers across planning, building, and layered testing, and it never replaces them. AI multiplies the work; our engineers own every line of code that ships.
No. Your project is built by an experienced, U.S.-based team, a lean core backed by a trusted network of proven engineers when projects demand more scale. We don't hand your code to an offshore team you'll never meet.
Companies that have hit the limits of off-the-shelf software, with real operational complexity another SaaS subscription can't solve. If buying more tools isn't the answer and you need something built specifically for you, that's us.
It starts with a conversation, not a drawn-out discovery process. We get to the core of what to build, put a real timeline and price in a proposal, and get to building.
Let's talk
Tell us what you're trying to build or the problem you're stuck on. You'll hear back from a founder, not a sales rep.