Justin Kaufenberg

Ankored is a software tool for anyone managing teams of coaches, volunteers, staff and using spreadsheets, emails, personal tenacity to execute all the required screenings, trainings, certifications and general paperwork. The Ankored Platform automates the entire paperwork process and allows you to assign requirements to your team members, track their completion, and store their documents, all from a simple-to-use dashboard. Ankored is easy to use for both team administrators and their staff.

🤘 What We Do PLAN What You Get: Board‑ready AI roadmap & ROI model Why It Matters: Align execs; secure funding BUILD What You Get: Production‑ready MVP in less than 90 days Why It Matters: Working software beats pilot purgatory OWN What You Get: Training, boot‑camps, governance Why It Matters: Your team scales the win 🤘 Proof, Not Promises. Insurance: We built a real‑time underwriting AI that drove +20 % revenue lift. Enterprise: Designed, built, and deployed an enterprise wide workforce platform that delivered 30% productivity uplift for thousands of employees. Healthcare: Led their C‑suite 2030 AI roadmap that was adopted at the board level. 🤘 Why leaders pick Blank Metal instead of big consulting: Lean, senior teams (<5 % overhead). Your budget builds instead just burning. Outcomes, not hour factories. We measure success in ROI, not utilization. AI-native from day one. Everything (workflows, processes, internal software/tools, incentives, etc) is built for velocity and iteration. Partners by design. Deep expertise and partnerships in the best models, APIs, and ecosystems. Ship in weeks, not quarters. Time‑boxed MVPs land with KPIs wired in day one. 🚀 Blank Metal is fueled by a $3M seed round from Rally Ventures, Traction Capital, and Pure Play Partners. 🤘 For 15 years our core crew has shipped market‑defining digital and AI products (from napkin sketch to exit) and now helps enterprises turn AI ideas into production software quickly, safely, and at a fraction of big‑consulting overhead. 🤘 Life at Blank Metal Small, autonomous squads vs. sprawling org charts. We hire builders who want to move fast, obsess over craft, and change what’s possible for our clients (and their own careers). AI powered, impact‑obsessed. **Let’s build something that actually ships.**

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a robotics defense company purpose-built to deliver advanced robotic capabilities to fill modernization demands across the defense industry and national security communities. Weve developed proprietary advanced hardware and software robotic weapon stations, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, that enable any legacy or modern weapon system to achieve precise aiming and impact. Were headquartered in Austin, TX, with an office in Alexandria, VA. If youre passionate about our mission, we’d love to hear from you.

PayGround makes paying and tracking bills online painless. No more juggling numerous accounts with various providers, making payments by mail or paying by phone. Our web-based system lets you use one login to access multiple profiles and providers for your entire family. PayGround is here to help medical providers, small businesses and business professionals provide a better bill pay experience. On-board patients/customers, create invoices, receive payments, and see billing analytics all in one, convenient place.

Every year new technologies, vendors, and solutions emerge—yet despite this constant innovation, high-profile breaches are all over the headlines. In response, organizations have scrambled to develop a better security posture, but the dizzying array of options leaves resource-constrained IT and security leaders wondering how to proceed. Enter Arctic Wolf, the market leader in Security Operations. Using the cloud-native Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform, we help organizations end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service. Arctic Wolf solutions include Arctic Wolf® Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Managed Risk, Managed Security Awareness, and Incident Response; each delivered by our Concierge Delivery Model. Highly-trained security experts work as an extension of internal teams to provide 24×7 monitoring, detection and response, as well as ongoing risk management to proactively protect organizations while continually strengthening their security posture.

The holistic solution to manage athletic spaces. Save time and money with an easy-to-use, modern platform to manage all of your activities, rentals and members.

Vertical Insure makes protection simple and accessible - built directly into the platforms people already use. We partner with leading vertical SaaS providers to offer coverage at the point of need through our distribution platform, ViCoverage. With deep roots in both tech and insurance, we’re helping shape the next chapter of SaaS: a world where protection isn’t an afterthought, it’s built in.

Launched in 2016, RentSpree embarked on a mission to revolutionize the residential rental application process. Today, weve successfully transitioned an industry from cumbersome paper applications to a streamlined digital experience. With over 3 million renters placed in homes using our simpler and transparent platform, weve made significant strides but realize our journey is far from over. Our vision expands beyond simplifying the rental process. We strive to create lasting, meaningful connections among renters, agents, and landlords, building a community founded on trust, efficiency, and satisfaction. As we look ahead, we are excited and committed to leading the charge in elevating the residential rental industry experience. Join us on this exciting journey as we continue to reinvent the rental experience, creating a feeling of home in every transaction.

Kyros is a first of its kind digital platform for recovery services, harnessing the power of technology to build new pathways to help people heal. At Kyros were delivering immediate access to personalized recovery roadmaps, powered by technology.

Epoch is a platform for people teams to create, promote, and measure internal events and programs all in one place. With automated workflows and powerful insights, we make it easy to boost employee engagement through meaningful events and programs. Backed by Rally Ventures, MXV, Precursor, Maschmeyer Group Ventures and incredible angel investors. Were hiring! https://angel.co/company/epochapp

Harness is a rapidly growing startup that is disrupting the software delivery market. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes product modules for every aspect of software delivery, including: Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Feature Flags, Cloud Cost Management, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights, Continuous Error Tracking, Code Repository, Internal Developer Portal, Software Supply Chain Assurance, Infrastructure as Code Management and AI/ML infused throughout with AI Development Assistant (AIDA). The platform is designed to help companies accelerate their cloud initiatives as well as their adoption of containers and orchestration tools like Kubernetes and Amazon ECS and make software delivery easier, giving devs their nights and weekends back.

ManageXR is an enterprise device management platform designed for VR and AR devices. Using ManageXR, admins can remotely control every aspect of their XR device fleet, including distributing apps and files, customizing the home screen user experience, tracking device health and usage, and much more.

JustiFis mission is to democratize access to competitive payment processing rates and embedded fintech products. They aim to enable and empower vertical SaaS platforms to reach their greatest potential and to create a world in which any platforms ability to participate in the economics of funds flow isn’t limited to volume of funds or an objective set of rules - which historically has limited numerous platforms from dominating their corner of the internet.

Bbot is the leading contactless order and pay solution for the hospitality industry. We help restaurants increase revenue and reduce staffing costs without compromising on hospitality.

Zingtree transforms customer support for B2C enterprises by automating complex workflows and integrating seamlessly with enterprise applications. Our AI platform analyzes your data to build workflows that trigger relevant actions while reducing resolution times. One foundational platform that works across channels for the agent and customer experience, securely deployed and managed by business users. We specialize in Customer Support Workflow Automation for B2C enterprises, particularly those with complex products, stringent regulatory compliance and diverse customer segments. Our primary industry focus includes Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance, and Consumer Products & Services. At Zingtree, our company values are Action, People, Expertise, Transparency, and Ownership. Our culture drives us to innovate and deliver exceptional solutions for our customers.

Ankored is a software tool for anyone managing teams of coaches, volunteers, staff and using spreadsheets, emails, personal tenacity to execute all the required screenings, trainings, certifications and general paperwork. The Ankored Platform automates the entire paperwork process and allows you to assign requirements to your team members, track their completion, and store their documents, all from a simple-to-use dashboard. Ankored is easy to use for both team administrators and their staff.

🤘 What We Do PLAN What You Get: Board‑ready AI roadmap & ROI model Why It Matters: Align execs; secure funding BUILD What You Get: Production‑ready MVP in less than 90 days Why It Matters: Working software beats pilot purgatory OWN What You Get: Training, boot‑camps, governance Why It Matters: Your team scales the win 🤘 Proof, Not Promises. Insurance: We built a real‑time underwriting AI that drove +20 % revenue lift. Enterprise: Designed, built, and deployed an enterprise wide workforce platform that delivered 30% productivity uplift for thousands of employees. Healthcare: Led their C‑suite 2030 AI roadmap that was adopted at the board level. 🤘 Why leaders pick Blank Metal instead of big consulting: Lean, senior teams (<5 % overhead). Your budget builds instead just burning. Outcomes, not hour factories. We measure success in ROI, not utilization. AI-native from day one. Everything (workflows, processes, internal software/tools, incentives, etc) is built for velocity and iteration. Partners by design. Deep expertise and partnerships in the best models, APIs, and ecosystems. Ship in weeks, not quarters. Time‑boxed MVPs land with KPIs wired in day one. 🚀 Blank Metal is fueled by a $3M seed round from Rally Ventures, Traction Capital, and Pure Play Partners. 🤘 For 15 years our core crew has shipped market‑defining digital and AI products (from napkin sketch to exit) and now helps enterprises turn AI ideas into production software quickly, safely, and at a fraction of big‑consulting overhead. 🤘 Life at Blank Metal Small, autonomous squads vs. sprawling org charts. We hire builders who want to move fast, obsess over craft, and change what’s possible for our clients (and their own careers). AI powered, impact‑obsessed. **Let’s build something that actually ships.**

Allen Control Systems (ACS) is a robotics defense company purpose-built to deliver advanced robotic capabilities to fill modernization demands across the defense industry and national security communities. Weve developed proprietary advanced hardware and software robotic weapon stations, powered by artificial intelligence and machine learning, that enable any legacy or modern weapon system to achieve precise aiming and impact. Were headquartered in Austin, TX, with an office in Alexandria, VA. If youre passionate about our mission, we’d love to hear from you.

PayGround makes paying and tracking bills online painless. No more juggling numerous accounts with various providers, making payments by mail or paying by phone. Our web-based system lets you use one login to access multiple profiles and providers for your entire family. PayGround is here to help medical providers, small businesses and business professionals provide a better bill pay experience. On-board patients/customers, create invoices, receive payments, and see billing analytics all in one, convenient place.

Every year new technologies, vendors, and solutions emerge—yet despite this constant innovation, high-profile breaches are all over the headlines. In response, organizations have scrambled to develop a better security posture, but the dizzying array of options leaves resource-constrained IT and security leaders wondering how to proceed. Enter Arctic Wolf, the market leader in Security Operations. Using the cloud-native Arctic Wolf Aurora Platform, we help organizations end cyber risk by providing security operations as a concierge service. Arctic Wolf solutions include Arctic Wolf® Managed Detection and Response (MDR), Managed Risk, Managed Security Awareness, and Incident Response; each delivered by our Concierge Delivery Model. Highly-trained security experts work as an extension of internal teams to provide 24×7 monitoring, detection and response, as well as ongoing risk management to proactively protect organizations while continually strengthening their security posture.