About the studio · Phoenix, AZ
Built to ship. Not to pitch.
Kingbird Solutions is a custom software development studio based in Phoenix. Chris King runs every engagement from kickoff through handoff. Everything ships to your repo, your cloud, your IP.
What we do
One service. Done right.
We build custom software for founders who aren't engineers. That means inheriting the code when a dev leaves, running the roadmap when an agency drops you, and scoping fixed-price builds when the path is clear. The work ends with your team operating the product without us in the room.
Delivery runs through a senior operator who owns scoping, architecture, and review. Engineering capacity sits behind them, matched to your stack and budget. Everything lands in your repo, on your cloud, with the runbook written before handoff.
Proof we ship
Products we built and run
We don't only sell delivery — we ship and operate our own products on the same bench we sell. That's where the delivery muscle gets exercised.
BuddySOS
Group-safety app, live on iOS and Android. Designed, built, and operated in-house.
Shipped · iOS & Android ↗RDY VIP
Podcast and audience platform the studio builds, runs, and publishes on.
Shipped · Live ↗FullPlate
Commission-free restaurant ordering we built and operate for real venues.
Shipped · In market →’Lita's Kitchen
Home-cook food marketplace we built and run in Phoenix, onboarding kitchens now.
Shipped · Onboarding →
The team
Who's in the room
Chris King
Founder & senior operator
Fifteen years shipping software and running delivery for small teams. Chris owns every engagement from kickoff through handoff — scoping, architecture review, and the standards every build is held to before it reaches your repo. AI-native by default: Claude and GPT integrations, retrieval-augmented workflows, and agentic automations, plus the infrastructure to run them in production. The named operator accountable for your engagement.
AJ Smith
Sales & scoping partner
AJ handles scoping, commercial terms, and pricing for all Kingbird engagements.
Two ways to start
Not sure yet, or already scoped?
Not sure what you need yet? A 30-minute fit call with Chris ends with a straight answer on whether we can help and what it costs. Already know exactly what you need built? AJ runs scoping and pricing — the fastest path from idea to a fixed-price proposal.