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Software Studio · Dallas–Fort Worth · Est. 2027

We build software
that actually works.

QAlytics is a boutique software studio. Founded by a senior quality engineer with 15+ years across Fortune 500, federal healthcare, and eCommerce platforms — everything we ship is tested, intentional, and built to last.

🏢 Fortune 500 QA Lead
🛒 Big Retail eCommerce Engineering
🏛️ Federal Gov Contractor
🏥 National Healthcare Platforms
🎓 Doctor of IT
📚 Adjunct Professor · USA
GateMate — Live Events
ScopeCreep — Jira Plugin
Verdiq — Launch Intelligence
Building: GateMate v1.0 — DFW beta
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15+
Years QA engineering
3
Products in development
4
Universities as faculty
$40M+
TPV on systems QA'd
47+
Waitlist signups
How We Build

Quality isn't a phase.
It's the foundation.

Most studios bolt on testing at the end. We start there. Every product is designed with failure modes in mind — because we've seen what happens at scale when they're not.

01
Engineering-Led Design
Products designed by someone who knows how they break. UX and architecture decisions are grounded in technical reality — built to survive real users, not just demos.
02
Test Before You Ship
Automated quality gates, real-device testing, and edge-case coverage aren't optional extras. They're in the process from day one — not a final step before release.
03
Small Team, Real Decisions
No layers of hand-offs. No scope drift. No diluted vision. One founder making real calls — fast. The same way enterprise QA should work but rarely does.
04
Built on Lived Pain
Every product started as a problem lived firsthand — on production systems at Meta, inside federal healthcare platforms, in the classroom. We don't build for market maps.
Products

Three bets.
One standard.

Consumer social, developer tooling, and AI quality intelligence — different markets, same rule: if it ships under this name, it works.

GateMate GateMate™
B2B2C · Live Events · Consumer
Step In. Link Up.

A live events social platform for solo attendees. GateLinks are real-time event rooms where strangers become connections at concerts, lounges, and venues across DFW.

  • Public + private event rails with GateLink codes
  • Real-time attendee matching + icebreaker prompts
  • Venue dashboard for B2B partner management
  • iOS + Android via FlutterFlow
DFW beta · Est. 2027
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ScopeCreep
B2B · Jira Plugin · Dev Tools
Catch it before it ships.

A Jira plugin that detects and flags scope creep in real time — alerting teams when tickets drift, estimates bloat, or sprints expand beyond original intent.

  • Real-time ticket drift detection inside Jira
  • Sprint boundary alerts when scope expands
  • AI summary of what changed and why it matters
  • Estimate bloat scoring per engineer + sprint
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Verdiq
B2B · AI Quality Intelligence
Know before you ship.

AI-powered launch readiness scoring. Connects to Jira and Xray, runs your quality formula, and delivers a plain-English Go/No-Go verdict on every feature.

  • Weighted bug scoring: blockers × 21, high × 11, med × 5
  • T-shirt size feature multipliers (S/M/L/XL)
  • AI-generated Go/No-Go verdict in plain English
  • Live Jira + Xray integration, no manual input
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GateMate in Action

See it before
you sign up.

Watch the GateMate intro — how GateLinks work, what the experience looks like, and why we built it.

GATEMATE INTRO
Early Access

Get in early.
Shape what we build.

Waitlist members get first access, influence the roadmap, and locked-in founder pricing when we launch.

GateMate™
Beta launching in 2027 in DFW. Join to get your exclusive GateLink access code before launch.
✓ You're on the list — we'll reach out before launch.
ScopeCreep
Early access to the Jira scope detection plugin. Help us define what "scope creep" looks like for your team.
✓ Noted — you'll hear from us when beta opens.
Verdiq
AI-powered launch readiness scoring. Join early and get founder pricing locked in at launch.
✓ You're in — founder pricing locked when we launch.
The Founder
Dr. Dominique L. Hilliard
Dr. Dominique L. Hilliard
DIT · Founder & CEO, QAlytics LLC

Senior quality engineering leader with 15+ years building test infrastructure at scale. Led QA across large cross-functional teams at a top social media platform. Engineered checkout systems for a major national retail ecommerce platform. Built quality systems for national healthcare platforms serving millions of Americans. Also serves as an adjunct professor at community and university colleges across the USA — teaching the next generation of computer science and cybersecurity professionals. Now channeling that experience into software products that solve real engineering pain.

QA Engineering Fortune 500 eCommerce Engineering Federal Healthcare Gov Contracting AI-Augmented Testing Adjunct Professor CS & Cybersecurity Xray · Jira DFW
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15+
Years in software quality engineering
3
Products in active development
4
Colleges & universities where I teach CS & cybersecurity
∞
Bugs caught before production
🟡 Pre-Seed Round Open
For Investors

Three products.
One studio to back.

GateMate is raising $25,000 pre-seed to complete MVP development, fund the 2027 DFW beta launch, and validate user traction before a seed round in Q4 2027.

Founded by a Doctor of IT with enterprise QA leadership across Fortune 500 and federal government platforms. The spec is complete, the entity is established, and the build is in progress.

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$10B+
Live events & networking TAM
993K+
Target users in DFW beta market alone
6
Revenue streams post-traction (Sponsored GateLinks, venues, brand activations & more)
$25K
Pre-seed ask · Seed round Q4 2026

Let's build something.

Partnerships, press, investment, or early access — we'd love to hear from you.

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