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# Unwrapping the GPT wrapper

Solving AI vendor lock-in by making it easy to build a proprietary model layer from real-time inference and evals.

Get Access[Read the docs](https://docs.maniac.ai)

## Mission

The modern content stack is bloated, slow, and often closed. Arendil started as a simple idea: what if you could have a fast, developer-first content layer that worked out of the box, but didn’t lock you in?

We built Arendil to empower teams to model, edit, and ship content collaboratively, with the flexibility of [your favorite dev tools](#).

We're hiring!

## Team

We’re a tiny team building Arendil with big care, balancing code, design, and community every day.

![Rob Austin](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fauthors%2Frobert-austin.webp&w=64&q=75)

Rob Austin

![Rob Austin](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fauthors%2Frobert-austin.webp&w=48&q=75)

Rob Austin

Writes the core and builds the APIs. Loves fast systems, clean code, and black coffee.

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![Fedir Davydov](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fauthors%2Ffedir-davydov.webp&w=64&q=75)

Fedir Davydov

![Fedir Davydov](/_next/image?url=%2Fimages%2Fblog%2Fauthors%2Ffedir-davydov.webp&w=48&q=75)

Fedir Davydov

Shapes the UI, crafts the experience, and makes sure it feels right.

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## Investors

### Cooper Torff

CEO, Snap

### Tatiana Bator

CTO, CodeLab

### Desirae Donin

CEO, ArtBox

### Allison Dorwart

Chairman, Craft

### Desirae Aminoff

Founding Engineer, MindSpark

### Madelyn Workman

Founding Engineer, Drawit

### Emerson Septimus

Founder, BankTech

### Erin Septimus

CEO, Visionary

### Jaydon Workman

Growth Engineer, BuildUp

### Giana Philips

Systems Architect, TechNest

## Contributors

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## Testimonials

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> Arendil makes content modeling effortless for developers.

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