Altan
Category: AI Agents
An agentic AI platform that builds and manages software from natural language prompts. Altan was founded in 2024. The company is led by Albert Salgueda. Based in Barcelona, Spain. Team size: 2-10. Total funding raised: $2.5 million. Latest round: Pre-Seed. Key investors include VentureFriends, JME Ventures, 4Founders Ventures, Baobab Ventures.
- Founded
- 2024
- Headquarters
- Barcelona, Spain
- Team size
- 2-10
- Total funding
- $2.5 million
Value proposition
Transforms ideas into fully-functional digital products autonomously, reducing development time and costs.
Products and solutions
Websites, Web applications, End-to-end software solutions
Unique value
The platform assembles teams of AI agents that collaborate to design, build, and run software autonomously, a concept they call 'Collective AGI'.
Target customer
Businesses and individuals seeking to build software applications without coding expertise.
Industries served
General (not industry-specific)
Technology advantage
The primary advantage is the ability to automate the entire software development lifecycle, from idea to deployment and maintenance, using a team of AI agents. This significantly reduces the time and technical expertise required to build and run software.
How they differentiate
Altan focuses on creating AI agents that can autonomously operate and build software, including handling complex backend tasks like database creation and automations. This is distinct from competitors who may focus more on front-end web automation or more general AI assistance.
Main competitors
Adept AI, MultiOn, Imbue
Key partnerships
No public information available
Notable customers
Julius Kopp (non-technical founder; publicly cited as reaching ~$10k MRR within 60 days on Altan)
Major milestones
Raised $2.5M pre-seed (Sep 2025) co-led by VentureFriends and JME Ventures, Reached ~25,000 users by Sep 2025 per company/press claims
Growth metrics
Claimed ~25,000 users as of September 2025 pre-seed announcement (Business Insider, Tech Funding News).
Market positioning
Altan is positioning itself as a platform that empowers both technical and non-technical users to build, launch, and monetize complete software applications using AI agents, moving beyond simple mockups to fully functional products.
Geographic focus
HQ listed as San Francisco, California (LinkedIn), with Spanish founding roots in Barcelona; target market is global software/AI builders.
Patents and IP
No public information available
About Albert Salgueda
Previously a Professor of Computer Science at Fundació Eduard Soler, and roles at Adsmurai and eRipoll.
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Official website: https://www.altan.ai