Jidoka Labs

Agents that get
stuff done.

Jidoka Labs builds AI that executes, not just answers. Structured, reliable, checklist-driven agents that free up humans to lead, judge, and elevate the work.

The Problem

The first wave of AI was about answers.
The next wave is about execution.

Most of the industry is still optimizing for impressive demos while the boring, operational, production-grade version of AI remains largely unbuilt.

Our Bet

AI should execute, not just answer.

Checklists, not chat.

Complex tasks get done the way surgeons and pilots do it: verified, sequenced steps, broken into structured, executable workflows.

Telecom-grade reliability.

Our stack runs on BEAM/Elixir and OTP supervision trees, the same runtime behind WhatsApp and Discord. Agents that recover from failure, not just retry prompts.

Toyota, not TechCrunch.

We draw on Japanese production philosophy: jidoka, continuous improvement, building quality in. The teams building for reliability will win the decade.

What We're Building

Jido

Jido is our open-source agent framework built on BEAM/Elixir. It's the technical foundation for everything we do: production-grade agent orchestration with built-in failure recovery and checklist-driven task decomposition.

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Work With Us

We help CEOs, COOs, and founders find the single highest-leverage AI opportunity in their business and turn it into a real operating advantage.

01

AI Leverage Diagnostic

Find the one move worth making first.

02

Pilot Blueprint

Design the implementation with operational rigor.

03

Ongoing Advisory

Support as the work ships.

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Who's Behind This

MH

Mike Hostetler

Founder

Engineering leader. Kellogg MBA. Author of Jido. Has spent years solving the same problems AI agents face today: reliability, task decomposition, failure recovery, operational handoffs. The technology finally caught up to the methodology.

We're Looking For

Design Partners

Ready to prove the execution thesis in production.

Cofounders

With GTM, enterprise BD, or domain operations expertise.

Advisors

With operator credibility, framework-selling experience, and networks into leaders past the AI curiosity stage.

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