MVPs shipped
20+
Across student founders, Anchorage operators, and accelerator teams.
About Alyeska Dev
Anchorage’s scrappy MVP studio for founders who can’t wait months
Alyeska Dev started as a challenge: could we help Anchorage founders show up to investor meetings with more than a slide deck? The answer was to build the demo ourselves—fast, reliable, and tailored to the north.
From retrofitting sensor rigs that survive sub-zero demos to rewiring API stacks so pitch judges can see real data, we exist to shrink the distance between idea and proof.
Fastest build
8 days
Ideation to live demo for a gBETA pitch night.
Stack
Next.js + IoT
Full-stack TypeScript with hardware labs and field testing.
Why founders pick us
We stay small, move fast, and partner closely with teams that need to impress investors, customers, or competition judges. That means clear scopes, fast iteration, and artifact-driven progress.
Bias for shipping
We don’t write decks about the thing—we build it. Every engagement ends with something you can show to investors, users, or judges.
Scrappy on purpose
Rapid sprints, async check-ins, transparent scope changes. We’d rather move fast and iterate than wait three months for ‘perfect.’
Founder empathy
Alyeska Dev is run by a UAA founder. We know the pressure of accelerators, pitch nights, and budget constraints because we live it too.
Hardware bench: dev kits, soldering rigs, and field gear prepped for Anchorage winters.
Meet Caleb
Caleb runs Alyeska Dev while studying engineering at UAA. He built the studio after juggling accelerator deadlines, student projects, and hardware experiments that needed to work yesterday.
When your team needs a working prototype—web app, automation, IoT—Caleb coordinates design, code, and fabrication to make it happen.
Outside the studio
Caleb co-leads community hack nights, mentors UAA founders, and tests hardware in the field—rain, snow, or frozen tundra.
Ready to ship your prototype?
Book a call and we’ll turn your napkin sketch into something investors can click, poke, or pick up.
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