Level the playing field.

Your startup's first team — powered by AI.

Research, marketing, sales, engineering, finance, and operations — working by your side, learning as they go, built to grow with you.

Aerware Foundry Command Center - Dashboard showing AI workforce overview, pending approvals, and task management

The Startup Catch-22

75%

of startups are self-funded

0.05%

ever get VC backing

Investors want traction before they'll write a check — but building traction takes the money and team you don't have yet.

So you do it all yourself.

And the hours disappear into tasks that need doing but don't move the needle.

That's the trap. Not enough funding, not enough people, not enough time — and each one makes the others worse.

Foundry gives you the team before the funding.

And gives you back the time to actually build.

One platform. One interface. A real team.

Not another AI tool — a full operational team that knows your business and grows with it.

Persistence

AI employees remember everything across sessions. No more re-explaining your business every conversation.

Context

They learn your business as you build it. Your AI team gets smarter the more you work together.

Human Control

Approval workflows keep you in the loop. Nothing happens without your say-so.

Ownership

Your code, your repos, your work. Cancel anytime and keep everything you've built.

Meet Irys, Your Chief of AI

Chat with your AI workforce just like Slack. Irys coordinates your team, delivers briefings, and keeps everything running smoothly.

Irys

Chief of AI - Always Online

Online
Irys9:00 AM
Good morning! I've prepared your daily briefing. Your AI workforce completed 47 tasks overnight, with 3 items requiring your attention.

Thanks Irys. What's the status on the payment gateway integration?

Irys9:02 AM
Atlas completed the core integration at 2:34 AM. Unit tests are passing at 94% coverage. There's one pending approval for the production deploy - I've flagged it as high priority in your Watchtower queue.
Aerware Foundry Workforce - AI operators organized by department with status indicators

Your AI Workforce

Pre-built AI operators ready to tackle every aspect of your startup. Each one learns your business and works autonomously.

Engineering4 operators
Marketing3 operators
Research2 operators
Product2 operators
Operations2 operators
Finance1 operators
A

Atlas

Senior Engineer

Engineering

Active
47 tasks
C

Cipher

Backend Developer

Engineering

Onboarding
3 tasks
P

Pulse

Frontend Developer

Engineering

Training
15 tasks
V

Vector

DevOps Engineer

Engineering

Active
6 tasks
L

Ledger

Financial Analyst

Finance

Active
12 tasks
E

Echo

Content Strategist

Marketing

Training
8 tasks
P

Prism

Social Media Manager

Marketing

Active
22 tasks
S

Spark

Copywriter

Marketing

Active
18 tasks

The Economics

Traditional Hiring

Monthly cost$40K - $75K
Availability9-5, weekdays
Ramp-up timeWeeks to months
ScalabilitySlow & expensive
RECOMMENDED

Foundry

Monthly cost$100 - $500
Availability24/7/365
Ramp-up timeMinutes
ScalabilityInstant

Built by founders, for founders.

Aspen

Aspen

CEO

Aeryn

Aeryn

CTO

Two builders. 15+ years solving problems startups actually have.

Our Partners

Proud to build alongside Startup425 and Founder Institute.

Startup425
Founder Institute

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