Every company runs on an operating model. Almost none can see theirs.

Dotwork makes it visible and live — strategy, money, work and decisions in one model that people and AI can read, question and run on.

The operating model as four layered planes — Steer, Fund & Optimize, Govern & Deliver, and the model underneath — threaded by one decision.

Why we started Dotwork

We spent two decades connecting strategy to execution. AI just changed the rules.

We connected product strategy to execution. Now we’re connecting the entire enterprise.

At AgileCraft, we helped the world’s largest companies connect product strategy to the work that delivers it. Atlassian acquired the company, and the platform became Jira Align — ultimately used by nearly half the Fortune 500.

But we learned something along the way.

The real problem was never just connecting strategy to work. It was everything in between.

The funding decisions that shift priorities. The dependencies nobody sees. The tradeoffs made in meetings that no system remembers. The distance between what a company intends to do and what actually happens.

Enterprise software got very good at tracking pieces of the business. It never learned how the whole business works.

Now, AI changes what’s possible. Advanced ontologies, organizational memory, and forward-deployed engineering make it possible to leapfrog decades of fragmented enterprise software. But AI can only transform an enterprise if it understands how that enterprise actually runs.

That’s why we built Dotwork.

One live operating model connecting strategy, capital, execution, people, AI agents, and outcomes. A shared understanding of the business that people and AI can question, reason over, and act on. A system that remembers decisions, understands dependencies, and helps the enterprise continuously steer itself.

We’re not building another tool to manage the work. We’re building the operating system for enterprise decisions.

The last generation connected strategy to execution. The next connects every decision to the outcome it creates.

The Founders

What we believe

Four beliefs behind everything we build.

01

Strategy should be executable

A plan that can’t be traced to the budget, the work and the result is a slide, not a strategy.

02

The model should fit how you run

Every company runs differently. The operating model should bend to yours — not the other way around.

03

AI needs context. People keep the call.

AI is only as good as what it can see about how you run. It does the legwork; people own the decisions.

04

Change is the normal state

Markets move, priorities shift, budgets get cut. The system has to keep up without a rebuild.

From product leaders

Steve Elliott

Steve Elliott

Founder and CEO

Steve, founder of AgileCraft (now Jira Align) and former Head of Product at Atlassian, has spent 20+ years building new products and solving complex enterprise challenges. He founded Dotwork to distill these lessons into a modern AI platform built for what's next.

Author, the Decisive Company
Kyle Byrd

Kyle Byrd

Co-Founder, Head of Platform & Design

Kyle, former AgileCraft leader who helped lead the platform through its Atlassian acquisition, combines enterprise strategy expertise with AI and decision science. He co-founded Dotwork to solve complex operational challenges with artificial intelligence.

Founder of the Uncertainty Project

Backed by innovators

A network of visionaries

We partner with exceptional advisors, investors, and operators who share our vision for AI-driven enterprise transformation. Our backers include influential thought leaders and innovators reshaping the future of work.

Hunter Nelson

Hunter Nelson

Lead Investor

Startup Investor and Partner at Milton Street Capital, LLC

Jim Crane

Jim Crane

Lead Investor

Owner and Chairman of the Houston Astros, CEO of Crane Capital Group

Jim Kelly

former Global CIO of Bank of America

Jeff Gothelf

bestselling author of Outcomes Over Output, Lean UX and Sense & Respond

Tim Arnoult

former Global Head of Technology & Operations at Bank of America

Josh Seiden

bestselling author Outcomes Over Output, Lean UX and Sense & Respond

Barry O'Reilly

Co-Founder of Nobody Studios, author of "Lean Enterprise" and "Unlearn"

Joff Redfern

Partner at Menlo Ventures, Former CPO Atlassian.

Chris Hecht

Venture Partner at Silversmith Capital, Former Head of M&A Salesforce.

Cameron Deatsch

Partner at Bond, Former CRO Atlassian.

Greg Stock

CEO of Zenoss

Martin Eriksson

Co-Founder of Mind the Product, Creator of the Decision Stack

Doug Cogan

Board member Texas Mutual, former Senior Partner at PwC

Jonathan Smart

Partner Business Agility at Deloitte, author of "Sooner Safer Happier"

Cullen Childress

Chief Product Officer at SolarWinds

Krishna Sai

Chief Technology Officer at SolarWinds

Chris Butler

Director of Product Operations at GitHub

Patrick Thompson

Co-Founder at Clarity

Greg Myers

Partner Cota Capital, Former Head of Federal Sales at Microsoft

Lee Ditiangkin

Director of Engineering and Product at Nvidia

Chris Webb

COO at Merkle

Matt Schvimmer

SVP of Product & Service Operations at ServiceNow & Atlassian

John Cutler

Product Director at West Monroe, Author of The Beautiful Mess

Dotwork news

October 27, 2026

Dotwork acquires Arcario Group

The acquisition adds forward-deployed expertise to connect strategy, capital, AI execution, and measurable business outcomes.

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December 15, 2024

Dotwork announces $18.5M Series A investment

Dotwork, a new platform that provides flexible ways of working without sacrificing the ability to connect the dots from strategy to execution, announced a Series A investment of $18.5 million, raised in two tranches.

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September 3, 2025

Dotwork launches official partner program

Dotwork Connect is designed to help value-added resellers, consulting firms, system integrators, and technology providers expand their service portfolios and unlock new revenue streams.

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