04 / Clients

Partner With Us

ACM @ Northeastern partners with rising technology-focused startups to provide dedicated development teams that deliver real, functional software within a semester.

Current semester

Our Clients

LE
Leasestack
Real Estate / PropTech

Leasestack

AI-powered marketing intelligence for real estate operators

Leasestack is a managed marketing platform for real estate operators that centralizes AppFolio, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and GA4 into a single AI-briefed dashboard — helping leasing managers at small to mid-size firms understand what's actually driving lease signings.

What we're building

ACM is building Leasestack's end-to-end product from the ground up — full-stack deployment on Vercel and Neon, API integrations with AppFolio, Google Ads, Meta Ads, and GA4, and an AI-briefed dashboard interface that surfaces actionable insights for leasing managers.

Engineer Skills
  • End-to-end product dev with Claude Code, Vercel, and Neon
  • Full-stack deployment
  • API integration
Designer Skills
  • Strong UI/UX
  • Intuitive mobile interfaces
  • Product architecture
  • Collaboration with engineers

Point of Contact

Leasestack CEO

CU
Cursive
B2B SaaS / Data Infrastructure

Cursive

B2B SaaS data infrastructure for website visitor intelligence

Cursive is a B2B SaaS data infrastructure company that analyzes clients' websites and enriches visitors with intent scores, business emails, page view history, and behavioral data — solving the core problem of B2B companies lacking visibility into who is actually visiting their site.

What we're building

ACM is building core product infrastructure for Cursive — full-stack deployment on Vercel and Neon, API integrations for visitor enrichment pipelines, and dashboard interfaces that surface intent data and behavioral signals to B2B sales and marketing teams.

Engineer Skills
  • End-to-end product dev with Claude Code, Vercel, and Neon
  • Full-stack deployment
  • API integration
Designer Skills
  • Strong UI/UX
  • Intuitive mobile interfaces
  • Product architecture
  • Collaboration with engineers

Point of Contact

Cursive CEO

TE
Team IMPACT
Nonprofit / Community Platform

Team IMPACT

Connecting 200,000+ student-athletes for networking and mentorship

Team IMPACT is building a community platform connecting their 200,000+ current and former student-athletes with each other and corporate partners for networking, mentorship, and recruiting — serving as a long-term community hub while supporting sponsor engagement.

What we're building

ACM is developing Team IMPACT's community platform — building profile pages, search and discovery interfaces, networking flows, and sponsor engagement tooling. The platform needs to scale to 200,000+ users with robust auth, access control, and potential AI/data features.

Engineer Skills
  • React / React Native
  • Node.js
  • Python / Django
  • PostgreSQL
  • REST APIs
  • AWS / GCP / Azure
  • Auth, access control, or AI/data tooling a plus
Designer Skills
  • Figma
  • Mobile-first design
  • Component systems
  • Dashboards, profile pages, or search interfaces a plus

Point of Contact

Krissie Kelleher, CEO

SK
Skipit
Consumer Mobile / Accessibility

Skipit

Real-time trigger warnings for any screen, no browser extension needed

Skipit is a mobile companion app that listens to media audio, identifies the content being played, and instantly displays trigger categories, severity levels, and brief non-spoiler summaries — enabling users to access trigger data on TVs, tablets, and shared setups without a browser extension.

What we're building

ACM is building Skipit's mobile app — audio identification and content matching, a real-time trigger display interface with severity levels and summaries, and a component-based design system that meets WCAG accessibility standards across devices.

Engineer Skills
  • React Native or Flutter
  • TypeScript
  • Firebase / Firestore
  • REST API integration
  • Mobile development
Designer Skills
  • Figma
  • Mobile UI/UX
  • Component-based design systems
  • WCAG accessibility standards

Point of Contact

Skipit CEO

What you get

Client Benefits

Dedicated Team

A cross-functional team focused solely on your project — not split across multiple clients.

Structured Milestones

Development cycles with defined deliverables so you always know where your project stands.

Direct Collaboration

Weekly touchpoints with technical and design leads — not just a monthly status report.

Fresh Perspectives

Student engineers bring curiosity and modern approaches to technical problems.

No Internal Overhead

Projects decoupled from your engineering workflows — no PRs to review, no standups to attend.

ACM Community Access

Opportunities to engage at hackathons, showcases, and networking events as a featured partner.

The right partnership

What Makes a Good Fit

We prioritize partnerships that are well-defined, high-impact, and grounded in meaningful work. We collaborate with organizations genuinely invested in their problem space and seeking an external perspective.

By combining autonomy with structured collaboration, we aim to create partnerships that are efficient and mutually valuable — resulting in high-quality deliverables and meaningful long-term impact.

A startup building a specific, scoped technical product or feature
A project that can realistically ship in one semester
A team invested in weekly check-ins and collaboration
Work that doesn't require deep internal codebase access
Vague R&D exploration without clear deliverables
Projects requiring daily integration with your engineers
Startups that need immediate output without structured onboarding
Next steps

Ready to Get Started?

Reach out with a brief overview of your organization and potential project ideas. We'll explore whether there's a strong mutual fit for collaboration.

nubostonacm@gmail.com