About Dakodee
AI and Software Built Around the Way Your Business Actually Works
Dakodee helps businesses replace repetitive work, disconnected systems, and unrealized ideas with practical AI solutions and thoughtfully designed software.
We combine AI strategy, workflow automation, custom software development, and more than 15 years of digital product experience under one roof. That means you don't leave with a slide deck full of possibilities and nobody to build them. We can identify the opportunity, design the system, develop the solution, and help your team put it to work.
Technology Should Make Business Easier
The technology landscape is moving quickly. Every week brings another AI platform, automation tool, or impressive demonstration. But businesses don't need more technology simply for the sake of having it.
They need fewer bottlenecks. Faster turnaround times. Better customer experiences. More reliable information. Less repetitive work. And systems their teams can actually use.
That is where Dakodee begins.
We learn how your business currently operates, identify the places where work gets slowed down or repeated, and determine whether AI, automation, custom software—or a simpler solution—can produce meaningful value.
Because sometimes the right answer is an AI agent. Sometimes it is a carefully designed workflow. Sometimes it is custom software. And sometimes the honest answer is that you don't need AI at all.
Strategy and Development Under One Roof
Many consulting engagements end with recommendations. Many development projects begin without enough strategy.
Dakodee connects the two.
We help you understand what is worth building before a large investment is made. When the opportunity is proven, we have the software experience to turn that plan into a secure, reliable, production-ready system.
Business-First Thinking
Every project begins with the business outcome—not the technology. We define what success should look like, how it can be measured, and whether the investment makes sense.
Practical AI Implementation
We focus on real workflows, real data, and real operating conditions. The goal isn't an impressive demonstration. It is a solution that keeps working after the presentation ends.
Custom Development Experience
Our background includes websites, mobile applications, SaaS platforms, internal tools, system integrations, and custom software products. We understand what it takes to move from idea to dependable software.
Clear, Collaborative Communication
You shouldn't need a computer science degree to understand your own project. We explain options, tradeoffs, risks, and recommendations in plain language so you can make informed decisions.
Built by People Who Understand Real Businesses
Dakodee was founded by Justin Auch, a designer, software developer, product strategist, and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience creating digital products.
Justin's work has ranged from websites and internal business tools to mobile applications and custom software platforms for local businesses, community organizations, startups, and nationally recognized brands.
He is also the owner and operator of Urban Stampede, a historic coffee shop in downtown Grand Forks. That hands-on operating experience shapes how Dakodee approaches technology.
We understand that businesses have limited time, real staffing challenges, customer expectations, margins to protect, and existing processes that cannot simply be discarded. New technology has to work within those realities—not pretend they don't exist.
Based in Grand Forks. Built to Work Anywhere.
Dakodee is based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and works with businesses locally and beyond.
Our roots have taught us to value resourcefulness, straightforward communication, long-term relationships, and solutions that earn their keep. Whether we are helping a local organization automate an administrative process or supporting the development of a larger software product, the approach remains the same:
Understand the problem. Prove the opportunity. Build the right solution. Keep improving it.
What We Help Businesses Build
AI Consulting and Readiness
Identify valuable AI opportunities, evaluate your data and existing systems, understand potential risks, and create a practical implementation roadmap.
Workflow Automation
Reduce repetitive data entry, document handling, routing, approvals, reporting, scheduling, and customer follow-up.
AI Assistants and Agents
Create secure tools that can answer questions, use company knowledge, complete defined tasks, and support employees or customers.
Custom AI Software
Build AI-powered internal tools, customer portals, mobile applications, SaaS products, and digital experiences around your specific business model.
Web and Mobile Applications
Design and develop scalable web applications and intuitive mobile products with custom features, integrations, and administrative tools.
Website and UI/UX Design
Create fast, accessible, high-performance websites and interfaces that communicate clearly and make it easier for customers to take action.
What We Believe
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AI should solve a real business problem.
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Technology should fit the people using it.
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A working prototype is more valuable than a speculative presentation.
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Small, measurable wins should come before large implementations.
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Good software requires thoughtful design, reliable data, secure integrations, and human oversight.
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A trustworthy technology partner should be willing to tell you when something isn't worth building.
Let's talk
Start With the Work That
Slows You Down.
You don't need to arrive with a detailed technical plan.
Tell us where your team loses time, where information gets stuck, where customers encounter friction, or what you wish your existing software could do. We'll help you determine what is possible, what is practical, and what it would take to move forward.
Dakodee
AI Systems + Software
Grand Forks, North Dakota