Artificial intelligence-supported Agile coach: oNabu

Artificial intelligence Agile coach oNabuAgile applied correctly allows teams and individuals to create higher value in less time. Attempt, ACMAgileSponsored by ACMAgile in March 2023 as a spin off product of Ahmet Akdag, Özgür Tellal ve Umut Arısoy was founded by The initiative soon started to attract developers who are experts in their fields. Egehan Karaköse ve Alper BerberIt was strengthened with the participation of .

Field of activity of the enterprise

oNabu automates Agile Coaching with artificial intelligence, thanks to ACMAgile’s more than 35 coaches transferring their professional knowledge to its users. oNabu, which started as a project in March 2023, completed its first PoC (Proof of Concept) in June 2023. The startup opened the application to its first users by pre-launching in October 2023, and launched the product at the Agile Turkey Summit in November 2023. In January 2024, oNabu was opened to B2B users.

The product, which has web and mobile versions, offers personalized learning journeys with its artificial intelligence-centered infrastructure. Thus, it supports companies that want to adapt the Agile way of working to the business world at an affordable cost.

In addition, thanks to its gamified interface, it offers certificates that show competence to its users. With its reporting features, oNabu allows institutions and individuals on the Agile journey to quickly see their strengths and areas of development. In this sense, users can get the maximum benefit from the transformation with the right strategies.

oNabu offers specific learning and coaching journeys for different Agile roles. Users can benefit from suggestions created by professional coaches. In the coaching experience, the product offers tools and methods that teams can use. In addition, if the service provided by the artificial intelligence Agile Coach is not deemed sufficient by the users, ACMAgile Coaches can offer one-on-one support.

The initiative notes that as the benefits of Agile have become evident over the past decade, demand for this approach has increased significantly. So that; Current Agile Coaches have become unable to meet this demand. According to the initiative; In order to meet this demand, while there were approximately 5 thousand Agile Coaches around the world 3 years ago, today this number has reached 10 thousand.

Highlights of the initiative

from 8 different companies total 400 users oNabu found, in 9 different countries is operating. Even though the number of people in the team in Turkey is 11; The sum of the oNabu team together with the franchise established in America for 14 people reaching. In addition, all ACMAgile coaches also support oNabu in preparing content. Team members are respectively; Ahmet Akdağ, Alper Berber, Aysimay Işık Kumantaş, Egehan Karaköse, Emin Uzer, Emrah Urban, Kubilay Özışık, Oğuz Öztosun, Özgür Tellal and Umut Arısoy

According to the information shared by the team; oNabu differentiates itself with its artificial intelligence support and creates a cost-effective alternative to all organizations that offer Agile coaching services, including ACMAgile.

Syncora Partners investment

oNabu expanded into the USA and Canada in collaboration with US-based firm Syncora Partners, with a valuation of $5 million. Thanks to this agreement, oNabu received annual support of 250 thousand dollars for product development. In addition, the startup secured funds worth $1 million 750 thousand for its American operation. With this support, oNabu organized an event in Los Angeles attended by more than 4 thousand people. PMI Global SummitIt became one of the platinum sponsors of , including IBM and Microsoft.

Revenue model of the startup

oNabu generates revenue by providing corporate-level licensed user profiles to companies. In this sense, a 6-month usage license agreement is made with the institutions.

Goals of the initiative

oNabu, which aims to minimize dependence on coaches by further developing artificial intelligence, plans to become a product that is known, used and beneficial abroad. In the short term, the initiative aims to serve the entire portfolio of the parent company, ACMAgile, both domestically and internationally.

The initiative, which plans to operate actively in Europe and the Middle East, especially America, in the medium term, states that it will make a B2C expansion. Thus, it will enable all sectors and individuals beyond institutions to benefit from oNabu with reasonable payments.

The initiative aims to become an Agile transformation platform in the long term. We should also point out that oNabu aims to integrate with platforms such as Jira, Teams and Zoom. Thanks to these integrations, the startup plans to offer smarter and more effective solutions to its customers.