Built for the people who do the work — with an agent that builds the software alongside them.
Panaptic is a self-authoring, agent-native business operating system. We built it so the people who understand the work can describe it and have the system built around them — integrations, code libraries, and apps wired into tasks they run from fully user-operated to fully autonomous.
Modern businesses run on dozens of disconnected systems. Real operational work means jumping between tools, copying data, making judgement calls, and repeating the process hundreds of times a day. The people doing that work — ops leaders, business analysts, consultants, founders — know exactly what would make it better. They just have never had a way to build it without a queue of engineering tickets standing between the idea and the software.
The existing tools each solve one slice and leave you to glue the rest. Workflow builders move data but can't hold your logic. Internal-tool builders ship a UI but not the operations behind it. AI agent frameworks reason but ignore your systems. RPA breaks the moment an interface shifts. Stitch them together and you get a stack — Notion, Airtable, Retool, Zapier, an agent framework, a DIY admin console — plus the engineers it takes to keep the seams from tearing. None of it was designed for an agent to build, or for a practitioner to own.
So we built the platform we wanted: a self-authoring, agent-native business operating system. You describe how your business works in plain language, and the agent builds the pieces to run it — the integrations to your systems, the typed code libraries that hold your logic, the apps your team clicks through, the data tables underneath. Then it wires those pieces into tasks. The same agent that builds your system is the agent that runs it; build-time and run-time are one environment, so there's no separate codebase, no deploy step, no second tool.
Every task runs at the autonomy you choose. Drive each step yourself with the agent assisting on request. Let it propose and approve at confirmation gates. Or let it execute end to end and audit afterwards. Same task definition — only the dial moves. And because everything is one typed primitive, every action is signed by the actor that took it, user or agent or system, so trust is built into the structure rather than bolted on as a feature.
We build for the practitioners who already understand their work. The platform is the floor; the operating system you author on it is the work. The agent is a co-builder and a force multiplier, not a replacement — paired with a real audit trail, per-org infrastructure, and human judgement kept firmly in the loop. That's the product, and it's why we started Panaptic.
What we believe
Human-centred AI
The agent builds and runs your software, but you keep the judgement. The autonomy dial moves on your terms — manual, with approval gates, or fully autonomous — and every action is signed by its actor in an audit log that is the kernel, not a plugin.
Technical honesty
We don't hide the architecture. Teams evaluating an agent-native business OS deserve to see exactly how the self-authoring works, what it costs, and what the audit trail looks like. The Platform page is the spec sheet, not a sales deck.
Practitioner-first
We build for ops leaders, business analysts, consultants, and founders who know their work cold but aren't full-time engineers. Describe what you need and the agent authors it. If a feature doesn't help in the actual flow of work, it doesn't ship.
Leadership
Ricky Audsley
CEO & Co-Founder
Engineering and product background. Previously at OpenTable, Menulog, and Catch.
David Doust
Chairman
Serial entrepreneur with fintech background. Founded DirectMoney (ASX-listed).
Based in Melbourne, Australia.
See it build itself.
Spin up a workspace, describe how your business works, and watch the agent author your first integrations, libraries, and apps — or talk to us about a guided rollout for your team.