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Columbia Software Solutions: free software for nonprofits and small businesses. We scope, build, and ship in 1–2 months. Built and run by Columbia students. Started in NYC, Spring 2026.

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Match
Build
Review
Ship
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Our projects.

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Advisory Board

Advisors.

Senior operators from BCV, OpenAI, and YC Startups.

  • Kevin Zhang headshot

    Kevin Zhang

    Partner at Bain Capital Ventures

    Co-founder of Columbia in Tech.

  • Gary Lin headshot

    Gary Lin

    SWE at OpenAI

    Previously founder of Explo.

  • Hadley Callaway headshot

    Hadley Callaway

    Chief of Staff at Sazabi (YC P26)

    Previously Software Engineer at Doppel, Brex, and Microsoft.

  • Morgan Kang headshot

    Morgan Kang

    PM at BlackRock

    Founder of LionBase.

What we do

What we do. Real clients. Real code. Free. A small team. One semester. Guided by industry advisors.

For Columbia students

For students.

Work in a small team, ship a deployed product in a semester, and get guidance from industry advisors.

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For NYC nonprofits & small businesses

For clients.

Scope a project with us. We'll ship you code for free.

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Team

Founders.

  • Ethan Zhang headshot

    Ethan Zhang

    CEO

    Columbia CS '28.

  • Kushaan Vardhan headshot

    Kushaan Vardhan

    COO

    Columbia CS '28.

  • Siddharth Rout headshot

    Siddharth Rout

    CTO

    Columbia CS '29.

  • Toffy Prakittiphoom headshot

    Toffy Prakittiphoom

    Director of Marketing

    Columbia Econ '28.

Build with us

Build with us.

Fall 2026 cohort opens this summer.

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