Why We Founded Vanka

Have you ever had a sudden insight, or a long held idea and desire to bring it to life, but felt discouraged by the expected steep climb of turning that vision into a real company? That's a feeling we know well, and it's precisely why we founded Vanka.

For over three decades, we have had the privilege of witnessing technology employed in ways that truly make the world better, born out of the minds of people who started with an idea and a truthful curiosity to see it unfold. We’ve multiple times experienced going from this stage, to forming a business, from zero to one, and all the way to launch, refinement and pivots, growth phase, mid to corporate stage and also several eventual fruitful exits including M&A and IPO. Over the years, many innovative minds have also reached out as they grapple with the challenges of the founder-journey, from structuring and validating a concept and developing the strategy, to conveying the idea faithfully to stakeholders and securing funding, while navigating the practical aspect of building and launching.

This observation, coupled with the exponential advancements in artificial intelligence, sparked an idea: What if we could combine our wisdom gained from 30 years of hands-on experience in the entrepreneurial ecosystem with the emerging capabilities of AI? This is the core principle behind Vanka AI.

Vanka is designed to be a dedicated business operating system, empowering founders to autonomously plan, build, and eventually operate their businesses. It helps founders structure and refine core insights and ideas into viable businesses, seamlessly integrating AI with decades of real-world experience in launching and growing businesses.

The era of the single founder zero employee company is dawning upon us. Our service aims to invite you to the entrepreneurial journey, breaking it down into manageable steps, providing rapid prototyping, analyzing the viability and offering guidance to improve the chances of success. Vanka.ai helps define the strategy, including real-world practical steps to ensure you can proceed with your idea at the speed of thought. Once launched, we will set you up to operate it using a team of AI agents with full contextual knowledge about your business and strategy.

AI technology now allows everyone who has been harboring a compelling vision in their mind, to bring it to life. Our personal mission, deeply embedded in the fabric of Vanka.ai, is to help founders bring their unique idea and see it unfold into a well structured plan ready for real-world execution. While AI is already revolutionizing coding, we believe the founder-journey starts well before the first lines of code hit the repo. 

Join us at Vanka.ai to ideate, plan and create what you truly believe in, and see what unfolds. 

John Lagerling David Lee