FORGEPOINT
Clone the Brains.
Chain the Context.
Ship the Software.
The enterprise AI Software Factory that turns your team's collective intelligence into production applications.
forgepoint.build
Seed Round
Sid Dixit
Sid Dixit
Founder & CEO
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THE PROBLEM
Software Is Built by a Chain of Specialists
◆ PM
△ Architect
○ UX
▮ Eng Lead
☐ PM
⌨ Dev
☑ QA
▸ Security
⚙ DevOps
↗ Growth
⚠ The Break
Context degrades at every handoff. By the time code ships, the original intent is unrecognizable.
☢ The Loss
Your best developer left. Now AI agents step on every landmine they knew to avoid.
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THE NUMBERS
What Broken Context Costs
2 yrs
Average IT backlog
$200K
Cost per internal tool
65%
Requests never fulfilled
73%
AI code needing rework
"Coding agents made each person 30% faster at their individual step. Nobody made the pipeline faster."
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THE TRANSFORMATION
From Months of Pain to Hours of Flow
Before
18-month backlog for every new tool
$200K per internal application
Context lost at every handoff
73% of AI code needs rework
Compliance blocks AI adoption
→
After
48-hour delivery, idea to production
$50–200 in compute per application
Zero context loss across all phases
Validated at every phase automatically
Compliance artifacts built-in
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WHO NEEDS THIS
Not Developers. Everyone Waiting for Developers.
◆
VP Operations
Needs a system built yesterday. IT says 18 months. Business stalls while the backlog grows.
◇
PE Portfolio Company
25-year-old ColdFusion system. Can not hire developers who know it. Modernization quotes: $5M+.
☍
Regulated Enterprise
Needs compliance artifacts with every deploy. Current AI tools produce code with zero audit trail.
▦
Engineering Team
Drowning in maintenance. No time for new features. AI tools help individuals, not the pipeline.
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THE SOLUTION
Three Steps to a Software Factory
01
Clone the Brains
AI agents for each specialist role — PM, Architect, Designer, Developer, QA, Security, DevOps — trained on YOUR standards.
02
Clone the Context
Context Engine ingests enterprise knowledge: KB articles, PRDs, Jira, Salesforce, GitHub, design systems, security policies.
03
Chain into a Factory
Orchestrate cloned brains with zero handoff loss. Full context flows through every phase. Minutes, not months.
Input: business idea. Output: production software with compliance artifacts.
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HOW IT WORKS
12 Phases. 15 Agents.
DEFINE PHASE
Idea
Capture intent
Spec
PRD generation
Validate
Spec review
Design
UX + arch
BUILD PHASE
Plan
Sprint breakdown
Validate
Plan review
Build
Code gen
Review
Auto CR
SHIP PHASE
Test
QA + regression
Guard
Security scan
Ship
CI/CD deploy
Sell
GTM artifacts
● Supervised
◑ Semi-Auto
★ Autonomous
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MEET THE FORGE
Your AI Software Builder.
An Entire Team in One Engine.
FORGE
◆
PM
△
DEV
○
DESIGN
★
DEPLOY
☉
QA
⚠
SECURITY
♢
MARKET
▦
ARCHITECT
Product Manager. Designer. Architect. Developer. QA. Security. DevOps. Marketer.
Eight specialists. One engine. Your company's context.
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CONTEXT ENGINE
Your Knowledge Becomes the Factory's Intelligence
  • Knowledge base articles & wikis
  • Product requirements & Jira history
  • Design systems & component libraries
  • Security policies & compliance rules
  • CI/CD pipelines & infra configs
YOUR PM AGENT
Learns how your company writes requirements, what stakeholders care about, and past decisions.
YOUR ARCHITECT AGENT
Learns your stack, database patterns, API conventions, and scaling decisions.
YOUR SECURITY AGENT
Learns your compliance requirements, pen test findings, and regulatory frameworks.
YOUR DEVOPS AGENT
Learns your deployment pipelines, infrastructure topology, and incident playbooks.
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MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY
Legacy Modernization: $29B → $66B by 2031
250B
Lines of COBOL still running
58.3
Avg COBOL developer age
70%
Fortune 500 run 20yr+ systems
80%
US gov IT = legacy maintenance
RPG / AS400
$3–5B market
ZERO COMPETITORS
VB6 / ASP
$2–4B market
Oracle Forms
$2–4B market
ColdFusion
Supply chain critical
COBOL
Crowded but massive
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PRODUCT
Two Surfaces. One Engine.
▦
VS Code Extension
Engineers stay in their workflow. Full pipeline access from the editor.
Forgepoint — VS Code
Pipeline
SpecBuildShip
Editor
☯
Web Portal — forgepoint.build
No setup. A PM opens a browser and builds production software.
forgepoint.build/workspace
Chat
Build a dashboard for...
Generating PRD...
Add auth + roles
Building...
Files
▼ src/
▶ components/
▶ pages/
app.tsx
▼ server/
index.ts
routes.ts
Code
STREAMING
Real-time agent output
BYOK
Bring your own keys
COMPLIANCE
Artifacts at every phase
DEPLOY
Ship to your infrastructure
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DEPLOYMENT
Runs Anywhere. Your Code Never Leaves.
One Docker Compose. Every deployment target. Your data stays on your infrastructure.
▩
Forgepoint Appliance
Dedicated hardware. Zero cloud dependency.
Delivered to you in a box. Lives inside your company, on your premises. Your code, your data, your network. Nothing leaves.
☁
Your Cloud
AWS / GCP / Azure
Same Docker image. Deploy to ECS, Cloud Run, or Container Apps. Your VPC, your rules.
★
Our Cloud
Managed SaaS
forgepoint.build — zero setup, instant start. For teams that don't need on-prem.
10+
concurrent engineering sessions per appliance
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COMPETITION
Nobody Else Delivers Production Software
Competitors optimize a single step. Forgepoint owns the entire pipeline — from idea to deployed, tested, compliant production software.
"8090 writes the blueprint. Forgepoint builds the building."
↑ END-TO-END COVERAGE
8090.ai
Blueprint only
FORGEPOINT
★ Full Production
Replit / Bolt / Lovable
Prototypes
Copilot / Cursor
Code assist
SINGLE PHASE → PRODUCTION DEPLOY
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MARKET
Every Company That Builds Software Is a Customer
$640B
Total Addressable Market
$66B
Serviceable Addressable Market
$50M
Year 3 ARR Target
TAM
$640B
SAM
$66B
SOM
$50M
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BUSINESS MODEL
Replace Engineers with Forges.
Platform + Squads.
Platform
Free
1 project, explore the factory
Free tier
Pro
Individual builders, full pipeline
Per seat
Enterprise
Custom context, SSO, SAML, on-prem
Custom
Forge Squads — AI Engineering Teams
Forge Squad
10 Forges + 1 Human Operator
Per squad
Replaces a full engineering team. Fraction of the cost.
Forge Platoon
25 Forges + 3 Operators
Per platoon
Full department replacement. Parallel builds across multiple projects.
Forge Build
Fixed-bid project delivery
Fixed bid
Legacy migration or greenfield build. We deliver, you keep the platform.
Per Forge
93%
cheaper than a human engineer
Gross Margin
70%+
platform + services blended
Land & Expand
3x
Squad customers expand within 12mo
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TRACTION
Built in 72 Hours. Shipping Now.
Day 1
Pipeline + 15 agents
Day 2
VS Code + Web Portal
Day 3
Cloud deploy + Auth
★
Live Product
Full pipeline running. VS Code and web portal both functional. Real-time streaming.
☑
Compliance Artifacts
Every phase generates audit-ready docs. PRDs, arch decisions, test reports, security scans.
∞
The Meta-Proof
The factory built itself. Forgepoint was built using the Forgepoint pipeline.
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TEAM
The Enterprise Operator Who Knows What's Missing.
Sid Dixit
Sid Dixit
Founder & CEO
◆
CTO/CIO — iTradeNetwork (Roper/Nasdaq: ROP). $200B+ transaction value.
△
CTO — Maxar. $6.4B acquisition. Led 1,000+ people.
◉
Head of AI — Amazon. Alexa, Astro, Ring. $500M+ impact.
◉
Head of Product — Planet Labs. 60-person startup to $8B IPO.
◉
Microsoft · Google-Motorola. Surface, first Android phone.
◆
$10B+ Exits
Maxar, Planet, Microsoft, Motorola
△
Enterprise Operator
CTO of Nasdaq-listed Roper subsidiary
◉
AI Platform Builder
Amazon AI, 150M deployments
★
Knows the Buyer
Board member. Sold to enterprise.
KEY HIRES
VP Enterprise Sales
Head of DevRel
Principal Engineer
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THE ASK
The Category Will Be Owned
in 18 Months.
GitHub, Atlassian, and Microsoft will eventually build this — badly, but with distribution. We get there first with a working product and the Context Engine moat.
WHERE THE MONEY GOES
35% — Enterprise Sales + DevRel + Brand
30% — Context Engine + Migration Parsers
20% — Custom Agents + SOC 2 + Multi-Model
15% — Ops + Legal + Compliance
→
WHAT WE DELIVER IN 18 MONTHS
$2M+ ARR — enterprise + agency revenue
50 enterprises — regulated industries, PE firms
3 migration wins — RPG/AS400, ColdFusion, Oracle
SOC 2 + HIPAA — enterprise compliance certified
AI-native companies will own the next decade of enterprise software.
Forgepoint is building the factory that builds the factories.
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