Great software, unreasonably fast.

We build consumer-grade software experiences with a maniacal end-user focus.

30
Years shipping
M+
Users served
<1 wk
Idea to product
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What people say

Trusted by leaders across tech.

JD is a world class engineering leader. Sees the big picture of any business or challenge and executes with teams to deliver at the highest quality.

John Pleasants
John Pleasants
Former CEO, Ticketmaster / Co-President, Disney Interactive

JD would learn new technology in an instant and become an expert. Awesome developer, great architect, excellent technical mentor, all around rockstar.

Max Skibinsky
Max Skibinsky
Ex-Partner, Andreessen Horowitz / CEO, Vault12

He built our full stack from scratch, took us through multiple products and tech stacks, and led a team that consistently punched above its weight. If you need someone to take an idea from 0 to 1, I’d bet on JD every time.

Kevin Xu
Kevin Xu
Founder & CEO, Alpha

JD’s guidance was actionable, relevant, and non-consensus — and he was right. One of those you remember for years and seek opportunities with again.

Noah Kindler
Noah Kindler
AI @ Amazon / Stanford CS, HBS

Equally at ease starting companies, leading development teams, and writing code. For someone so brilliant, he’s also kind, easy to work with, and calm under intense challenges.

Thomas Cheng
Thomas Cheng
Serial Entrepreneur, HW/SW Startups

He architected literally the whole stack, from mobile apps all the way up to infrastructure, and never broke a sweat. No challenge too big, no product feature too hard to build.

Jim Puls
Jim Puls
Software Engineer, AfterHour

Incredibly structured and disciplined, yet very pragmatic when it comes to building stuff that just works. It’s rare to find someone with such talent even in Silicon Valley.

Min Kim
Min Kim
CTO, Cipherome

Wherever he goes, success will follow. His technical expertise is both broad and deep. JD has done amazing things for Playdom.

James Gauthier
James Gauthier
Engineering Leader, Playdom / Disney

He’s able to take a high-level complex problem and break it down into digestible parts. One of the top leaders I’ve ever worked with.

Brandon Cooper
Brandon Cooper
Sr. Manager, Software Engineering, Opendoor

JD has breadth and depth. He creates solutions that scale smoothly supporting millions of users. He’s more than an architect — he’s an extremely productive developer.

Dave Holt
Dave Holt
Engineering Leader, Playdom / Disney
Track record

Beloved products at every scale.

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Alpha
AI-powered trading companion that learns your style and goals. Personalized market analysis, copy trading, and portfolio management.
AI AgentsFintechMobilePersonalization
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Disney / Playdom
Cross-platform web and mobile games and shared infrastructure reaching >1M daily active users.
Social gamingMillions of usersCross-platform
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AfterHour
200K+ retail investors with $400M+ in assets. Social networking, moderation, big scale public chat, and real-time trade alerts.
FintechMobile & webReal-time dataSocial
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Brava
Smart oven with computer vision, custom Linux OS, realtime camera feed, and companion apps.
IoTComputer visionCustom OSMobile apps
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RealCrowd
First direct-investment commercial real estate marketplace. YC S13.
MarketplaceFintechY Combinator
What we build

Three things we do best.

01Craft Real-World AI
We build AI agents that work for your real-world use case, not just demos. Context gathering, tool use, error handling, observability, and guardrails to make sure your agents are doing what is expected of them.
02Ship Software
Mobile, desktop, web, games, AI, and IoT. We use a small team, agentic engineering, great taste, and human designers to create consumer-grade product experiences for every piece of software we make. And we ship. Guaranteed.
0310x Your Product Team
Workflow automation and agentic engineering setup. We help your team transition to using AI for product development with a long term outlook — training, code, configuration, and process.
Other services:
Websites · UI/UX design · Internal company software · Line-of-business apps · Integrations · Performance tuning · Scaling systems · Code audits · Fractional CTO
Who we are

Founded by a product engineer.

JD Conley

JD Conley

30 years building 0-1 software. Started coding as a teenager in the 90s shipping straight to users on AOL and IRC. Built secure chat for the Department of Defense, social/mobile games at Disney scale, a beloved smart oven IoT product, retail fintech platforms, and consumer apps used by millions.

Conley Chaos exists because we love building products that people want. The purest form of that is via a contract. You want a thing. We build the thing. You get the thing. You pay us for the thing. Everyone wins.

You're probably wondering where the chaos comes in. It’s the secret sauce that allows a tiny team to out-ship much larger teams. You have to be a bit crazy, flexible, and risk-taking to pull off the kind of speed and quality we deliver. We aren't the most organized or process-heavy team, but we ship early, ship often, course correct, and always get it done.

Disney / PlaydomYC S13BravaAfterHour / AlphaUS Patent HolderPioneer Fund
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