DAEDALUS

Custom software, built fast.

About Us

Daedalus makes difficult work legible, solvable, and owned by the people who do it. We build custom software for organizations whose hardest problems are too specific or consequential for generic tools.

We begin with the real operation, then apply AI, deterministic software, or existing products according to what the work needs. We deliver working proof in small increments, keep consequential decisions in human hands, and tell the truth early.

Our aim is the smallest durable system that changes the work—and leaves your team able to own what comes next.

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Team

Hunter Warburton

Hunter Warburton

Experienced CTO and software engineer with a background in infrastructure at scale, automation systems, and local AI deployments. Physics degree from Colgate University. Passionate about lean, self-hosted solutions. Recently gave his personal LLM tool access to his whole genome.

Johnny Gabriele

Johnny Gabriele

Serial entrepreneur and digital transformation specialist. Co-founder of the award-winning political strategy firm, HZQ Consulting. NYU-trained organizational psychologist. Ex brand strategist for Google, Netflix, NBC, Electrolux, Pfizer. Loves to help founders navigate complexity, and cats.

Joe Koenig

Joe Koenig

Business consultant and AI implementation partner with a background in insurance and economic analysis. Former Bankless Consulting tokenomics analyst and founder of Risk Meridian. Joe helps clients assess business opportunities, map workflows, and turn research into working software. He works with teams to define requirements, review results, and put new tools into use.

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A worn vermilion cloth field manual with a searchlight woodcut and cream title lettering.

By Hunter Warburton

& GPT-6 Astra

A worn mint book jacket with the article title above an archive cabinet and an open coral side door.

By Johnny Gabriele

& Fable 5 and GPT 5.5

Antique technical book cover with an empty automation suit titled Superpowers, Made to Measure

By Joe Koenig

& Fable 5

Antique book cover with an expanding intelligence diagram titled The Token Panic

By Hunter Warburton

& Opus 4.6

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By Hunter Warburton

& Opus 4.6

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By Hunter Warburton

& GPT 5.5