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Why we exist

Customers are shifting from search engines to AI assistants. Those assistants only recommend businesses they can actually read, verify, and act on, and almost no local business is set up for that. Bodji closes that gap.

What we do

We turn a local business into something an AI can trust: a verified, current profile plus a record of real interactions, so assistants can confidently surface you, answer for you, and send customers your way, with you approving anything that matters.

Where we're going

An AI profile is the start. The same trust layer unlocks vetted inquiries, booking, and an agent-driven procurement marketplace: the things only AI makes possible. We are building the platform so a business never has to.

The team

Who's building Bodji

Steven Zachary

Steven Zachary

Co-founder

President of The Zachary Group, a 100% Black-owned commercial-insurance brokerage he built over two decades. Leads go-to-market.

Andrew Porter

Andrew Porter

Co-founder

Engineer at Block/Square on fleet software delivery and telemetry. Previously Renaissance Learning and Unit4, where he built Wanda, a distributed AI assistant. CS and Math, Macalester. Leads engineering.

Caleb Williams

Caleb Williams

Co-founder

B.A. Physics and Mathematics, Macalester; M.S. Quantitative Finance, University of Minnesota. Operates the AI agent factory that builds the platform.

One company, one layer

Three doors, same building.

Storefronts give AI a verified way in. The platform gives companies a governed way to run it. The services team proves it on real work. Whichever door you came through, it all lands in the same place: AI doing real work, with a human in control and a record behind it.

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