Software & AI for local business

Custom software and AI, built for your business.

Colab Technology builds custom applications and personal AI systems for local businesses. We're a working product studio — we build and run our own software — and we bring that same craftsmanship to solving your problems.

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Custom applications Personal AI systems Built for local business

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Custom Applications

Built to fit your business

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Personal AI Systems

Your own private AI

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We build our own, too

Real, production software

What We Build

Two things, done really well

We keep it simple: software built around how your business actually works, and private AI that takes care of the busywork. Click either one to see how it works.

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Custom Application Development

Software built around how your business actually works. Web and mobile applications designed to fit your operations — not force you to change them. From the first idea to a finished product you rely on every day.

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Personal AI Systems

Your own AI, tailored to your business. We build private, practical AI tools — assistants and automations trained on the way your business runs — that save time and take care of the busywork, while keeping your data yours.

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We build our own software, too

We don't just build for clients — we build and operate our own products, from consumer apps to real-time, high-reliability systems. You get a team that ships and maintains real software for a living, and holds your project to the same standard.

Let's talk about your business.

Tell us what you're trying to solve, and we'll take it from there.

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What We Build

Two services, built for local business

Custom software that fits how you work, and private AI that handles the busywork. Choose one to see how it works.

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Custom Application Development

✓ Fits your workflow
✓ Web & mobile
✓ Idea to finished product

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Personal AI Systems

✓ Private & yours
✓ Works where you already chat
✓ Handles the busywork

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Not sure which one you need?

Tell us what you're trying to solve, and we'll take it from there.

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Custom Application Development

Software built around how you work

Web and mobile applications designed to fit your operations — not force you to change them. From the first idea to a finished product you rely on every day.

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What you get

Practical software that makes the day-to-day easier — built to last.

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Fits your workflow

We build around the way your business already runs, instead of making you bend to off-the-shelf tools.

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Web & mobile

Applications your team and customers can use from a computer or a phone, wherever they are.

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Idea to finished product

We take you from the first sketch to something real and dependable that you use every day.

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Built to last

We stick around — maintaining and improving what we build so it keeps working as you grow.

How we work with you

A clear, collaborative path from problem to product.

Understand

We learn how your business actually works and what's slowing you down.

Prototype

We build something real early, so you can see and shape it fast.

Build

We turn it into a finished product, done to a high standard.

Support

We keep it running and improving well after launch.

Have something in mind?

Tell us what you're trying to solve, and we'll take it from there.

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Personal AI Systems

Your own private AI, built around your business

A private AI assistant that lives in the chat tools you already use, connects to your business systems under your own login, and gets smarter about your business every day — with the AI running inside your own secure cloud, not on someone else's servers.

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Unlike a generic chatbot, you get your own private assistant — your own name and branding for it, your own logins, your own data. You talk to it in the apps you already use, from any device. And because it runs around the clock in the cloud, it keeps working even when you're away from your desk.

How it works

An assistant that fits into your day and gets more useful over time.

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Talk to it where you already work

Message it in Slack or Telegram like a colleague — no new app to learn. It remembers your conversations and can branch into focused threads.

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Connects to your real business data

Works with Gmail, Google Calendar and Drive, Slack, GitHub, Linear, and QuickBooks — plus your own files. It reads and drafts freely, and always asks before sending anything out.

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Gets smarter every day

It keeps its own notes on your business in a private notebook you own, so its understanding compounds over time instead of resetting.

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Set up helpers, not just an assistant

Ask for scheduled jobs in plain English — a morning digest, follow-ups on leads, drafted campaigns — and they're live in minutes. No developer needed.

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Cost-controlled by design

It shows the cost of every reply and runs efficiently — on the order of tens of dollars a month. Turn up the power for hard problems whenever you want.

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Always on, from any device

It runs 24/7 in the cloud, so it's ready whether you're at your desk, on the road, or on your phone.

Your data stays yours

Private and secure by design

This is the part most AI tools skip. Here's how yours is different.

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The AI runs in your own cloud

Your assistant lives in a dedicated cloud account (on Amazon Web Services), and the AI does its thinking right there — inside your environment. Your data is never sent to a consumer AI service, and never used to train anyone's models.

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Your logins, never ours

Every connection is set up under your own accounts, through secure one-time links you complete in your own browser. We never see or store your passwords or keys.

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HIPAA compliant, with a signed BAA

Built for regulated fields like healthcare: dedicated, single-tenant setup, HIPAA-eligible services, and a Business Associate Agreement signed as part of the engagement.

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Nothing happens without your say-so

It asks permission before taking any real-world action, and you can grant or revoke what each tool is allowed to do at any time.

Two ways to run it: host it in your own cloud account for the strongest isolation, or let us run a dedicated account for you. Either way, your logins stay yours.

What you get

Everything included, in plain terms.

✓Your own private instance — never shared with other businesses

✓Works in Slack and Telegram, from any device

✓Connects to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, GitHub, Linear, QuickBooks, Slack, and your files

✓Set up helpers for marketing, sales, and reporting — just by asking

✓Keeps its own notes on your business, so it gets smarter over time

✓Asks approval before sending anything out

✓Shows the cost of every reply — typically tens of dollars a month

✓HIPAA compliant with a signed BAA

✓Runs in your cloud or ours — your logins stay yours

✓Private AI processing — your data is never used to train models

Want your own AI?

Tell us how your business runs, and we'll build an assistant around it.

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About Colab

A partner, not a vendor

We're a small, senior team that leads with engineering. Local businesses deserve software that's built well and built to last — and we're in it for the long run.