I started building what would become Owner at 17, to help my mom.

We’ve now helped thousands of local business owners like her. This year alone, more than $1 billion dollars will be made by local restaurant owners using Owner.

We wouldn’t be here without our investors, team, and earliest supporters.

Thank you to:
@jaltma @alexbard @jasonlk @zoink @fidjissimo @naval @JonnyNemo @chughesjohnson @dharmesh @cory @ac_steele @jbrowder1 @jaentwistle @atkurland @kimbal @seanrad @scottbelsky @MikeVichich @SteveSarracino @maxaltman @braveben @bunick_ @alexisohanian @kippbodnar @Harris_Pollack @blader @julian @jwmares @ankurnagpal @parkerconrad @HenryLSchuck @justinmateen @marcuslemonis @samdblond @Austen @ShaanVP @thesamparr @tanay_tandon @joshuareeves @immad @glangley @rauchg

@deanbloembergen, the team, and I are deeply grateful for everyone who has supported us, including those not tagged here.

Owner is the ultimate compound startup, building the AI-native platform for agents to solve all of the problems local business owners have.

If you want to read more about our product and our business and how we scaled to over $100M ARR, read here: → owner.com/d ←

I also want to share two products I’m proud of.

First: Grader.

Type in your restaurant’s name and Grader deploys agents to analyze & improve your digital presence.

This helps restaurant owners succeed online without having to spend hundreds of hours learning SEO and CRO.

Second: Phone Agent.

In one click, Owner answers calls and takes orders 24/7.

This helps keep staff focused on guests during the dinner rush, instead of being pulled away by phone orders.

Restaurant owners represent the American dream.
80% start as cooks or servers, then become first-time business owners.

But they’re forced to compete with massive corporations, which spend billions on tech & marketing and hire entire teams of experts.

We don’t want local businesses to get crushed.

Owner is closing the gap between small businesses and huge corporations. Owner gives AI superpowers to small businesses, doing work they could never afford before, so they can do more than compete...

They can win.

But as proud as I am today, I also feel worried that people will see Owner’s latest valuation and think we’ve “made it.”

We HAVE NOT made it.

And if we start to believe we have, we never will.

In other words, job’s not finished :)

And if you’re reading this, and you have what it takes to arm owners to take on their Goliaths, Owner is hiring across 50+ roles:

See every open role here: owner.com/careers