About

Operators first. Engineers by necessity.

CannaForge exists because running a real business on real software taught us what actually works, and how rarely off-the-shelf tools fit the way an operation truly runs.

Ankit Bhasin, Founder

Ankit operates technology for licensed cannabis businesses in New York and Vermont. The dashboards, deal automations, compliance pipelines, and back-office platforms CannaForge sells are systems he runs in production for real dispensaries and brands, including Toke Folks, Float On Cannabis Company, Cannabis Cowboy.

The practice combines four things that rarely live in one place: business operations, customer experience, product thinking, and modern software development, including the practical application of AI.

That mix shapes how we build. We know what breaks on a busy Saturday, which alerts a team actually reads, what a budtender will tolerate, and what a regulator will ask about. Software built with that knowledge looks different from software built from a requirements document.

What we believe

Judgment is the service. Software is the deliverable.

  • Fit over features

    A small system that matches your workflow beats a big one that fights it.

  • Honesty over hype

    AI is a tool, not a religion. We tell you where it helps and where it does not.

  • Production over demos

    The gap between a demo and a dependable system is where most projects die. Our work lives on the far side of that gap.

  • Ownership over lock-in

    You own the code, the data, and the accounts. Our incentive is your next project, not your captivity.

  • Small starts

    Assessments and prototypes before big builds. Each stage earns the next.

  • Respect for the craft

    Boring, reliable technology, carefully applied, documented like someone else will maintain it. Because someday, someone else will.

See if we think the way you do.

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