Barcelona-based startup Altan, a pioneer in autonomous software creation through artificial intelligence agents, has raised $2.5 million in a pre-seed round. The round was co-led by VentureFriends and JME Ventures, with participation from 4Founders Capital, Carles Reina (ElevenLabs), and business angels including Pau Suris, Pau Sabria (Remotely), Albert Armengol (Doctoralia), David Baratech (Yaba), and Lluis Faus (vLex).
Founded in 2024 in Barcelona by Albert Salgueda (CEO) and Tristán Pou (CTO), Altan’s mission is to democratize software development and take the first step toward fully autonomous companies. Its “agent-native” platform assembles teams of specialized AI agents —full-stack engineers, UX designers, product managers— to design, build, and operate production-ready applications without human intervention.
“At Altan, we're pioneering a completely new category of software: fully autonomous software designed to operate without human intervention. Our goal is to let you be the ‘idea’ person, and let the agents do everything else,” said Albert Salgueda, co-founder and CEO.
The platform allows users to describe an idea by text or voice and turn it into functional software within hours, including payment integrations, customer databases, reservation systems, or conversational interfaces (voice, text, or video). “Less than 1% of the world knows how to code. But 100% of the world has ideas,” added Salgueda, explaining that Altan enables anyone “to bring any idea to reality. Not in the form of a mockup, but with the full power of software and AI.”
Since launch, more than 25,000 users —from non-technical founders to companies— have already used Altan. One notable success story is that of Julius Kopp, who built a software company generating $10,000 in monthly recurring revenue within just 60 days.
Investors highlight Altan’s ability to go beyond the no-code movement. “Altan is delivering something the no-code movement previously achieved — production-ready applications that scale,” noted Lily Joo from VentureFriends. Samuel Gil from JME Ventures added: “Altan is not a prototype tool; it’s a platform which can create production-ready, ‘turnkey’ software.”
With the new funding, the company plans to expand its seven-member team —comprising serial entrepreneurs, Cambridge and MIT graduates, and former Meta engineers—, strengthen its technical capabilities, and scale globally.
Salgueda concluded: “We believe that software will change forever with AI. Static software made by humans for humans was pre-AI. Custom software made by agents for agents is the future, and Altan is the first platform built for it.”
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