23Peaks
The 23Peaks team at work in our open office
Who we are

An AI and technology partner
for the mid-market.

We help growing companies put applied AI, custom software, and workforce automation to work — and stay accountable for the results.

About 23Peaks
Our mission

Most technology projects fail for avoidable reasons: tools bought before the foundation is ready, AI layered over messy data, software that fights the way people work.

We start with where you really are, build the data and infrastructure everything else depends on, and ship AI and custom software that delivers measurable results.

Our approach

A short diagnostic of your data, systems, and workflows before anything gets built.

A sequenced plan tied to business results — what to build, what to buy, and what to skip.

A small senior team ships working software to production in weeks, not quarters.

We measure against the results we scoped, then leave your team equipped to run it without us.

What we believe

We'll delay an AI rollout rather than build it on data we don't trust — even when the pilot would sell easier.

No leverage pyramid: the people who scope your engagement are the people who build it. That caps how many clients we take, and we accept that.

We build systems your team can run without us. Dependence is a fine revenue model — it just isn't ours.

When a process change or an off-the-shelf tool is the better answer, we'll recommend it and walk away from the build.

Our Team
Leadership
Gabe Fabian, Founder & Managing Partner of 23Peaks
Founder & Managing Partner

Gabe is a software engineer turned founder with more than a decade of experience building technology for businesses where it has to earn its keep. He started 23Peaks on a simple conviction: mid-market companies deserve the same caliber of engineering and applied AI as the enterprises they compete with, from a partner who starts with how the business actually works and stays accountable for measurable results.

Board of advisors
Will Sumser, CFP®, advisor to 23Peaks
Owner, Hope Financial Group
CFP®

Wealth management leader. Former advisor at Morgan Stanley. Finance & International Business, University of Cincinnati.

Celeste Royal, advisor to 23Peaks
Owner, First Tracks

Serial entrepreneur. Principal in two companies through highly successful acquisitions. Advises nonprofits and women-owned small businesses on financial and operational strategy.

Blake Thomson, Senior Staff Engineer at Arc XP, advisor to 23Peaks
Senior Staff Engineer, Arc XP

Senior Staff Engineer at Arc XP, a cloud-native publishing platform serving major media brands worldwide. AWS Certified Developer.

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