About the company

Gladius.

We build the operating system for revenue-intelligence in vertical SaaS.

5 verticals·3 pilot rooftops·2026 founded·AWAIS IQ 145

What we do

Five products. One operating system. One mesh.

Gladius unifies CRM, BDC, Detail, Inventory, and Defense into one platform for franchise and independent dealerships — plus adjacent verticals in stone fabrication, landscape, and automotive reconditioning. The data model, the AI brain, and the AWAIS defense layer are shared across every product. What changes is the language on the rep’s screen and the integrations behind it.

We don’t sell point tools. We sell an operating system — one place a rep, a manager, or an owner opens in the morning and stays inside all day. Five products. One operating system. One mesh.

The team

Small. Honest about it. Growing only when it earns the right.

Two founders, founder-led engineering, founder-led customer success. Three live rooftops. No fabricated headcount, no fake "head of" titles. Here’s the actual roster on 2026-05-30.

Founder

Ricardo Gamon

Twenty-year automotive operator — Sales → F&I → GSM. Left the floor on May 2, 2026 to build Gladius full-time. Currently the sole engineer.

Full bio → /founder LinkedIn

Co-founder

Joshua Yorke

Operations and go-to-market partner. Non-technical by design — the split is deliberate so the build stays sole-coder and the field work stays full-time.

Engineering

Founder-led, sole-coder

Every line of production code is currently Ricardo’s. We’re open to the first senior engineering hire — TypeScript, Next.js, Prisma, real product taste. Write to engineering@gladiuscrm.com.

Customer success

Founder-led, scaling with pilots

Every pilot today is onboarded and supported by a founder. The first dedicated CS hire comes when the fifth paying rooftop signs — not before.

Where we are

Headquartered in Tampa, FL.

Gladius Technologies LLC — Tampa, FL. Registered domicile, mail, and founder.

Distribution

Remote-first. Team members across US time zones — currently small, room to grow.

Customers

Three live rooftops, all Florida. Public list at /customers.

What we believe

Ten commandments. Two of them, here.

The full list lives at /commandments. Two we’ll tease here, because they explain the product faster than a feature list.

“Every lead is a live conversation, not a database row.”
Commandment 01

“The dealer owns the data. Always.”
Commandment 02

What’s next

Four things on the calendar. Written down on purpose.

Q4 2026

Thirty signed pilots — the 30-account sprint. Twenty auto rooftops, ten across the other verticals. Real ARR, real testimonials, real proof.

2027

Multi-vertical OS layer — lift the shared engines across CRM, Turf, Stone, BDC, and Detail into one platform with one rep-passport graph.

Q4 2026

SOC 2 Type II completion. The Type I report and the Trust Center are live today; the Type II observation window closes in Q4.

Public roadmap

Every quarter, in public, at /roadmap.

For prospective hires

We’re not actively hiring at scale. We read every email.

We’re not running an open hiring pipeline. The team is small on purpose and stays that way until each new seat earns its keep against the next month of pilot revenue. That said, two roles are open in our heads — if you fit, we’ll find the time.

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