AI might be eating the world, but it still needs someone to teach everyday folks how to cook with it. Enter Audos, the NYC startup serving up tools, capital, and human expertise for everyday entrepreneurs building AI-powered businesses. Because the future of entrepreneurship isn’t just for engineers with Y Combinator tattoos, it’s for anyone with knowledge worth scaling.
across its Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, led by True Ventures, with strong support from Offline Ventures, Bungalow Capital, and a sharp lineup of individual investors including Bjarke Ingels, Leila Zegna, Niklas Zennstrom, and Mario Schlosser. But this wasn’t some over-polished pitch chasing unicorn status. This was substance-first, fundamentals-forward, and built for longevity, not virality.
Founded in 2024 by Henrik Werdelin (the mind behind Prehype, BarkBox, Ro, Managed by Q) and Nicholas Thorne, Audos is a platform for turning deep expertise into real businesses. And they’re not pushing AI for the sake of AI. They’re using it to automate operations so that experts can do what they do best, teach, guide, serve. Whether you’re a Michelin-starred sommelier or a postpartum fitness coach, this platform is about taking your skillset and making it scalable.
Their model? Clean. Up to $25,000 in funding, AI tools, and business support through a 15% revenue-sharing structure. No equity. No fake traction. Just smart infrastructure for sustainable entrepreneurship. Think accelerator meets AI toolbelt, where success isn’t defined by valuations, but by happy customers and recurring revenue.
This isn’t theory. It’s working. In just a year, Audos has helped launch hundreds of AI-powered businesses, meal planning apps, Bible study tools, virtual wine tastings, niche fitness brands. Real use cases. Real traction. And now, with fresh capital, they’re aiming to take it from hundreds of creators to hundreds of thousands.
60% of Americans want to start a business. But tech, funding, and time keep most on the sidelines. Audos is clearing that path, one creator at a time. They’re not chasing billion-dollar dreams. They’re empowering people to build profitable, personal, purpose-driven ventures.
