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The Periodic Table of Business Functions.

118 business functions, mapped. We're building the tools to run each one: the start of an operating system for running and scaling your business.
Coming soon in 2027.

Premium partnerCloudflare
$100K*in Cloudflare credits for builders on Idealab.ai.
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Vendor fit

About the table

Running a successful business takes mastery of many functions.

118 elements

We've catalogued them into 118 elements. Each one holds tens, sometimes hundreds, of subfunctions.

Connect or build

Where another company already offers a function, we connect to it. Where it isn't offered yet, we build it.

Autonomy

We're raising the autonomy of each element over time. You make the judgments and decisions; agents help carry out the work.

Premium partnerCloudflare
“Cloudflare helps businesses build on a more secure, reliable Internet. We want more entrepreneurs to have access to that foundation from the start. Idealab.ai’s ambition to make entrepreneurship more accessible aligns with our work to help new businesses build and grow online.”
Matthew PrinceCo-founder & CEOCloudflare
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Coming in 2027

You orchestrate the business.Agents handle the details.

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