About Steel Toe
We’re a studio,
not a landlord.
The software that runs your business should be yours. We build it — from a prototype, an idea, or a stack you're tired of renting — and hand you the keys. No lock-in, no rent, no dependency on us.
Two things are true right now. Software has never been easier to start — anyone can generate a working demo in an afternoon. And almost every company runs on software it rents — a stack of subscriptions, each a monthly bill and a switch someone else controls.
Both leave you with something that isn’t yours: a prototype that can’t survive real users, or a tool you’ll pay for forever and never own. We exist for the other path — software built to run a real business, that belongs to you. However you come to us — a prototype to finish, an idea to build, or a stack to replace — the destination is the same: production software, in your hands, with the keys.
How we work
We run delivery as a pipeline of specialized AI agents — intake, discovery, build, review, QA — with a senior engineer signing off at every gate. You get agent speed and human judgment, and you can watch the whole thing happen in your portal.
Intake & Discovery
We learn your business and what you're building — and if there's a prototype, we audit it for the scary stuff — then propose the architecture and scope, confidence-scored, with a human review where it matters.
SOW & Roadmap
A fixed-price statement of work and a milestone plan you approve before any code is written. No open-ended meters.
Build & Review
Agents build each task in isolation and open a PR; nothing merges until it passes tests and a senior engineer's review. Auth, schema, and payment changes always get human eyes.
QA, Handoff & Warranty
Automated tests, accessibility, performance, and security checks — then ownership transfers to you, with a 30-day warranty that watches production and fixes what breaks.
What we believe
You own it. Forever.
Full source, your infra, no lock-in. We're a studio, not a landlord.
Production or nothing.
A demo isn't a deliverable. If it can't survive real users, it isn't done.
Transparent pricing.
Quoted upfront. Hosting paid straight to vendors, never marked up.
Human where it counts.
Agents move fast; engineers own the calls that can sink a company.
Ready to own it?
A prototype to finish, an idea to build, or a stack to replace — start with a five-minute quote. Fixed price. Full source. Yours.