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Rocketable

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Rocketable is building a large portfolio of wildly profitable software businesses by acquiring existing products and replacing human teams with AI agents. Today’s foundation models already possess enough intelligence to automate most of the tasks required to run a profitable software business. In the functions where agents aren’t yet intelligent

Founded 2023Origin source ↗Checked 2026-09-15

Overview

Rocketable is building a large portfolio of wildly profitable software businesses by acquiring existing products and replacing human teams with AI agents.

Today’s foundation models already possess enough intelligence to automate most of the tasks required to run a profitable software business. In the functions where agents aren’t yet intelligent enough to replace humans, they will be soon.

When every human function required to operate a software product has an AI agent equivalent, the next step will be within reach: operating an entire company with a team of AI agents instead of humans.

But superintelligent agents within each function won’t be enough. To operate a software company with 0 human employees, the agents will need to be directed towards common goals, integrated to collaborate across functions, tuned with feedback loops connected to product metrics, and trained to make resource allocation decisions.

We are creating the tools needed to replace the entire org chart of a software company with a team of AI agents. We are developing these tools by owning the products that we automate, because we know from 10+ years of experience building automated systems with AI/ML that integration is the key to unlocking superhuman performance.

Company description As recorded 2026-11-08

Founders & team

Previously Ponti Capital

Company history As recorded 2026-11-08

Alan Wells

Founder/CEO

Founder & CEO of Rocketable. Previously: 10+ years building products and leading teams that automated complex tasks with AI/ML: robotaxis at Cruise, self-driving trucks and ADAS systems at Uber, and an irrigation co-pilot product for farmers at Tule (YC S14). I write code, have a degree in design, and build hardware. Co-author on 5 patents related to systems & methods for automating complex tasks with AI.

Founder profile As recorded 2026-09-15
2team members reported
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Founded 2023 · Source

Origins

I started Rocketable after acquiring a small B2C SaaS business and spending a year running it as a solo entrepreneur. I couldn’t afford to hire a team of humans to help operate the business, so I did every function in the business myself. It is not an exaggeration to say that I spent more time interacting with LLMs in that first year than I did with other humans.

Founder account As recorded 2026-09-15

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Last website check2026-11-11
Location · source statedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
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