Audos

Audos is a New York-based venture that uses AI agents and a codified startup-building methodology to help non-technical, "everyday" entrepreneurs launch and run small software-enabled businesses. Prospective founders enter through a conversational AI agent that helps identify the customer problem they want to address and the audience they want to serve, after which Audos handles technical build-out, product operations, brand development and customer acquisition so the founder can focus on customers and relationships. The platform provides AI tools for creating agents that operate across multiple channels, automated customer service, data-driven decision-making and self-updating applications.

Rather than pursuing venture-scale outcomes, the company targets one- and two-person businesses that co-founder Henrik Werdelin calls "donkeycorns" — companies unlikely ever to be sold or to raise venture capital but capable of producing meaningful income for their owners. Werdelin has described the long-term goal as enabling a million companies each generating a million dollars in annual revenue. Audos was founded in 2024 by Prehype partners Henrik Werdelin and Nicholas Thorne, is headquartered in New York with a distributed global team, and employed five people as of June 2025.

In March 2026 Audos acquired No Cap, an AI investor and accelerator platform for solopreneurs, and announced its first cohort of five funded Entrepreneurs in Residence building AI-native businesses in areas including golf coaching, housing search, grief coaching, custom boat artwork, pediatric care coordination and addiction support for family members.

Founding story

Henrik Werdelin spent roughly 15 years at the startup studio Prehype helping build companies such as BarkBox, Ro and Managed by Q. He and Prehype partner Nicholas Thorne launched Audos in 2024 to take Prehype's company-building methodology and apply AI so it could scale from tens of startups a year to hundreds of thousands of aspiring business owners, aimed at people without technical skills or access to startup capital.

Business model

Audos does not take equity in the businesses it helps create. Instead it provides funding — initially up to $25,000, later described as up to $100,000 for its Entrepreneur-in-Residence cohort — together with AI tools, mentorship and distribution, in exchange for a 15% share of the business's revenue. The revenue share continues indefinitely, which TechCrunch compared to a platform fee such as the Apple App Store's, and funding is structured to grow with the business's success without requiring upfront personal financial risk from the founder.

Revenue share of 15% of the sales of the businesses launched through the platform, paid in perpetuity in lieu of equity.

Traction

Audos launched a low hundreds of businesses during its beta as of June 2025. By March 2026 more than 10,000 people had used the platform to start projects, with about 1,000 actively working on them. The acquired No Cap community adds 9,000 solopreneurs and AI-native lean teams. Cohort examples cited include SwingCaddy.ai reaching a $100,000-plus revenue run rate in under two months, Realer Estate serving over 100,000 New Yorkers, and BoatIllustrator generating $1,000 in sales within a week.

Latest developments

On 26 March 2026 Audos announced the acquisition of No Cap, an AI investor and accelerator platform founded by Y Combinator alum Alexander Nevedovsky, alongside its first Entrepreneur-in-Residence cohort of five founders receiving up to $100,000 each in funding, mentorship and operational support under the 15% revenue-share structure.