Okanagan, BC - building for the people who work outside

Field-grade
software.

A pixel is the smallest piece of a picture. One pre-trip, one receipt, one incident report is the smallest piece of an operation. I build the tools that capture those - with gloves on, in the dust, with no signal - and turn them into something you can actually run a place on.

Primary
PyxRanch, ranch operations software
Also
Aerial imaging
Also
Game development
Status
Release candidate, by invitation
  • PyxRanch: release candidate, by invitation
  • Free trials from late 2026
  • Offline-first
  • Glove-friendly targets
  • One-handed entry
  • Pre-trip done before the engine's warm
  • GPS + timestamp on every record
  • Find equipment without GPS units
  • No dead-end spreadsheets
  • Your data, exportable

The main thing

PYXRANCHRelease candidate, by invitation

PyxRanch is built, running, and taking invitations.

Ranch operations software, field-grade. Twenty-two modules that replace the whiteboards, clipboards, spreadsheets and logbooks: per-animal herd tracking, silage loads that count themselves, GPS-guided pit siting, pre-trips and incident records that stand up to an inspector, and a companion app for the pocket and the cab. Built by Pyxel AI, in the Okanagan, on a working ranch.

A forage harvester blowing silage into a truck at sunset, seen from the truck behindSilage Mode on a phone: fourteen loads so far, about 420 tonnesIn the truck · 30 t a load
The PyxRanch companion app on an iPad: Harvest, Inspections, Herd, Yard Works, Tasks and Spares, all ready

What the office sees

Harvest, live, in the web app: tonnes into the piles today, the fuel estimate, a replay of the day and every machine on the map
Where it stands

A release candidate, by invitation.

September 2026

Now

Pre-production, invitation only

A production release candidate in early-release testing with a small number of invited operations. Live on real herds, real iron and real paperwork, with the two people who built it watching every day of it.

Nearly 10,000 cattle already tracked individually

Next

Free trials, 30 to 90 days

Expected as early as late 2026 or early 2027, with limited support while the ranch count grows. Modules switch on in whatever order suits you, so a trial can start with the one thing that hurts most.

Ask for an invitation and you are on the list

Pricing

Being finalized, built to disrupt

The platforms doing this job today are priced for outfits with somebody whose whole job is the software. PyxRanch is being priced to be significantly less expensive for the same work, or more of it. Numbers when they are settled, not before.

Your data stays exportable either way

Hosting

Every outfit gets its own address.

Your crew, your cattle, your records, in a database that belongs to your operation alone. Ranches that came in early may still answer on pyxel-ai.com; customers get yourbrand.pyxranch.com, and the App Store and Google Play apps point at app.pyxranch.com. Nothing shared with the neighbours.

yourbrand.pyxranch.com

Also in the shop

The rest of what I make.

Games

In development

A platformer that does not care what you are holding

One codebase, one save, one set of controls that reads equally well on a phone screen and a desktop gamepad. Mobile and desktop as the same platform rather than two ports.

Aerial & stills

Selective - ask

Drone and professional photography

Certified aerial work and ground stills - pasture and facility surveys, sale-day cattle imagery, construction progress, the occasional wedding. Available for special circumstances rather than open bookings.

Automation

Ongoing

Process work for operations that run on paper

Scale tickets, fuel logs, dispatch, inventory counts. The pattern is always the same: the record already exists on a clipboard, it just needs to become data without adding a step to anyone's day.

How I work

Three rules I don't break.

  1. 01

    The front line is the design constraint

    If a record takes longer to enter than to write on a glove, it will not get entered. Everything else follows from that.

  2. 02

    Ship to real conditions, not demos

    Cold hands, cracked screens, sunlight, one bar. Software that only works in the office is not finished.

  3. 03

    You own the data

    Plain exports, no hostage-taking, no per-seat tax on your own history.

Chris Stoddard, the builder of PyxRanch, beside a tractor, holding a phone and smiling

A real person replies

Send an email and a person answers. On the phone, we are real people.

Two people, one working ranch

Pyxel AI and PyxRanch are a two-person operation, grown on a local ranch where production keeps being tested.

Proven elsewhere first

An aviation platform built from the same experience was recently sold and is rolling out across Canada, coast to coast.

From the builder

I'm the same as you. The dirt, grease and manure under my fingernails matches yours.

I build apps from the bottom up, not top down like most platforms these days. I am fortunate to have the experience of working as a regular farm operator, alongside herdspeople, and with upper management. That experience was poured into PyxRanch and shaped it into what it is today.

This isn't like any other system out there. It's a complete replacement for the whiteboards, clipboards, loose paper, spreadsheets, notebooks, logbooks, and every other analog or time-consuming process you are currently suffering through. PyxRanch is the documentation and compliance hub for your entire operation, not just parts of it.

Pyxel AI and PyxRanch are a two-person operation, with the participation of a local ranching operation where the production environment continues to be tested and grown. The platform was designed to be ultra-easy to use, with a support system that can answer most questions you and your staff will have. If you send us an email, a real person replies. If we speak over the phone, we are real people.

I recently sold an aviation platform built from my experience as an aircraft refueler and FBO line technician, and the buyers are rolling it out across Canada, coast to coast. I'm not just a dork who sits at a desk all day. I sweat in the summer heat operating equipment without air conditioning, and I freeze in the winter outside, same as you. I've been working in a technical and operations role for a local cattle ranching operation for the last two years, which is where PyxRanch was born. Before deciding to work outside, I spent 17 years working for the Vancouver Police Department, where I worked in civilian roles in both their Enterprise IT section and as a Senior Forensic Video Analyst in the Forensic Identification Section. I have been qualified numerous times in the Supreme Court of British Columbia as an Expert Witness. I know what compliance takes, and I know how to make technology do it. My decisions while building this app are always defensible and you can rely on me to ensure your data is safe and protected.

What I offer you are tools that make your life easier, your data capture faster, and let you identify real patterns in your business. The feeling that something isn't right, confirmed. Or the feeling that this is going great, also confirmed.

PyxRanch is easily configured for phased rollouts. All at once can be overwhelming for anyone. You can switch modules on and off as you please, or I can help.

The builder of PyxRanch - Chris StoddardPyxel AI · Okanagan, British Columbia

Contact

Got a process that still runs on a clipboard?

Ranch, farm, yard, or shop - if the record already exists on paper, it can exist as data without adding a step to anyone's day. Tell me what the paper looks like, or ask for a PyxRanch invitation.

Photography and drone work is selective - mention the date and location and I'll tell you straight.