What we do.
Columbia Software Solutions is a student-run organization that builds free, custom software for nonprofits and small businesses in New York City.
Our teams work directly with each organization to understand what they need, then design, build, and launch tools they can use: from websites and apps to databases, automation, and AI tools. Students gain hands-on experience working with real clients, and organizations get software built around their needs at no cost.
Columbia Software Solutions.
Our projects.
Advisory Board
Advisors.
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Kevin Zhang
Partner at Bain Capital Ventures
Co-founder of Columbia in Tech.
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Gary Lin
SWE at OpenAI
Previously founder of Explo.
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Hadley Callaway
Chief of Staff at Sazabi (YC P26)
Previously Software Engineer at Doppel, Brex, and Microsoft.
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Morgan Kang
PM at BlackRock
Founder of LionBase.
Our Team.
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Ethan Zhang
CEO & Founding Team
Columbia CS '28.
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Kushaan Vardhan
COO & Founding Team
Columbia CS '28.
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Siddharth Rout
CTO & Founding Team
Columbia CS '28.
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Toffy Prakittiphoom
VP of Marketing & Founding Team
Columbia Econ '28.
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Petra Hedesiu
VP of Engineering
Columbia CS '29.
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David Driscoll
VP of Engineering
Columbia Applied Math '28.
For Columbia students
For students.
Work in a small team, ship a deployed product in a semester, and get guidance from industry advisors.
Join the Fall 2026 waitlistFor NYC nonprofits & small businesses
For clients.
Scope a project with us. We'll ship you code for free.
Work with us