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Justin Bartak

Founder of Orbyt.

Justin Bartak

I build software people love.

LinkedInjustinbartak.ai

Hello. Orbyt.

Orbyt is a platform. Jobs, Intelligence, and Orbyt One are live today. Pulse is next. One ecosystem, one human, built because the future of software isn't one app, it's one place that knows you.

See what I'm building

Recognized at WWDC.

Early in my career, Apple recognized my work at WWDC. The products were Elements CRM and Gro CRM, built for macOS, iOS, and watchOS. They were demoed in Apple Stores across four countries: Chicago, the UK, China, and Japan. That moment shaped how I build. Since then I've led product, design, and engineering across AI-native platforms, including ones where the wrong decision costs lives, money, or both.

The WWDC moment that shaped my philosophy

Recognized by

Apple LeadershipApple WWDCApple StoresFinancesOnline Rising StarGreat User Experience Award

Track record.

Purecraft / Orbyt

Founder & Chief AI Officer

Building Orbyt: a four-product platform ecosystem with Jobs, Intelligence, and Orbyt One live; Pulse next. Solo plus a fleet of AI agents. 358K lines of code, 9,400+ tests, 15 languages, shipped from zero in 32 days.

Aiwyn / Taxa

VP AI Product & Design

Created an AI-native tax platform built to displace the incumbents with a fundamentally new way to do tax, built on intelligence. Built the software that raised $113M in capital. Compressed tax workflows from 30 steps to 3-4.

Norhart

CTO + CDO + CMO

Launched a $70M SEC-registered investment platform and engine in nine months. Cut capital cycles 75%, from 90 days to 21. Shifted a $200M organization to a design-driven operating model.

Gro CRM

Co-Founder & CPO + CTO + CDO

Architected and shipped a multi-tenant CRM/ERP. Won FinancesOnline Rising Star and Great User Experience awards.

Ntractive

Founder, CEO, CTO

Founded, built, and shipped disruptive CRM and ERP products for the Apple business market. Raised Series A and Series B venture capital. Reached small business, mid-market, and enterprise customers across multiple countries.

What people say.

“Justin has an astonishing wealth of knowledge and skills that are hard to find in C-level leadership.”
Anita Nava·Former Apple Designer
“Justin excelled in three C-level roles at Norhart, delivering top-tier performance.”
Mike Kaeding·CEO, Norhart
“I have never met someone who cares more about his product and people, moves incredibly fast, and has a very nuanced design eye.”
Chris Furlong·Founding CTO, Aiwyn
“Working side-by-side with Justin as we built a revolutionary experience for tax professionals was one of the highlights of my life in business.”
Levi Morehouse·Founder & CEO, Taxa
“Justin balances fast iteration with excellent design decisions. Clean, consistent, purpose-driven product work that meets real-world subject matter expert needs.”
Dee Hairgrove·Former VP Product Development, CCH Wolters Kluwer
“Justin has an amazing ability to learn and absorb information quickly.”
Jennie Belanus·COO, Ntractive

The short version.

I've spent the last decade building platforms where complexity disappears and clarity stays. $383M+ in enterprise value across fintech, tax technology, proptech, CRM, and ERP. $113M in funding secured for an AI-native tax platform I built from zero in five months. A $70M SEC-registered investment platform launched in nine months. Products featured in Apple Stores from Chicago to Tokyo.

I build. I lead. I've held CPO, CTO, CDO, and CMO titles at the same company because nobody else wanted to do all four and I couldn't stand watching them be done badly. I've led 30+ person teams and I've shipped entire products solo. Whatever the work needs, that's what I become.

I build Orbyt because every job search tool I tried was an insult to the people using them. Talented people, people who design systems and lead teams and solve impossible problems, reduced to spreadsheets and sticky notes. They deserved better. So I built it.

What I believe.

🎯

Details matter

I'll argue about 1px. I'll die on the hill of a color that's 5% too bright. Because the people using this thing deserve someone who cares that much.

🧠

AI should be invisible

The best AI doesn't announce itself. It anticipates. It surfaces what you need before you know you need it.

❤️

Software has a soul

Code is craft. Every interaction should feel intentional. If it doesn't spark something, it's not done.

⚡

Ship or shut up

Ideas are cheap. Execution is everything. I've shipped $383M in enterprise value because opinions without outcomes are just noise.

♿

Access is craft

Building for everyone isn't an afterthought, it's the work. Orbyt ships to WCAG 2.1 AA from day one. Excluding people is a bug, not a feature.

Read the CreedBuilding in public

What I've built.

Orbyt

Current

AI-native job search CRM. Pipeline tracking, wellness coaching, interview prep, and real-time sync. Built because job searching shouldn't feel like a second job.

One person. 32 days. 355,000 lines.

Taxa / Aiwyn

VP Product Design

AI-driven enterprise tax platform. Defined the product vision and shipped the 0→1 prototype that secured $113M from KKR & Bessemer.

Norhart

C-Suite

$70M SEC-registered investment platform. Shifted a $200M organization to design-driven operations across CTO, CDO, and CMO roles.

Gro CRM

Co-Founder, CPO

Multi-tenant CRM platform for Apple ecosystem. Won Rising Star Award and UX Award. Featured in Apple Stores globally.

Ntractive

Founder

The company that started it all. Built Elements CRM, a hybrid desktop-web app that Apple featured at WWDC 2007. Steve Jobs reviewed the product personally. Showcased in Apple Stores from London to Tokyo.

Read the story

I build. Then I write about why.

Published research.

Open research, CC BY 4.0, peer-citable. Free to read, free to cite, free to build on.

2026 · Preprint · CC BY 4.0

Agent-Native Dataset Design: Schema, Licensing, and Distribution Patterns for LLM Retrieval

Cross-vendor retrieval evaluation across 5 LLM vendors and 10 configurations, 1,500 responses. Pre-registered hypotheses tested at α = 0.0125 (Bonferroni-corrected). Headline finding: schema completeness and CC BY 4.0 are necessary, not sufficient, for LLM retrieval discovery against established incumbents.

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19754393 · Zenodo · April 2026
2026 · Dataset · CC BY 4.0

Orbyt Intelligence Annual Compensation Report 2026: AI and Technology Sector Benchmarks Across 3,445 Roles and 81 U.S. Metros

Compensation benchmarking across 3,445 canonical technology and AI roles in 81 U.S. metros, incorporating BLS OES data and H-1B LCA filings (DOL). Includes cost-adjusted salary medians, equity benchmarks, and forward compensation projections.

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19653006 · Zenodo · April 2026

And one decision made everything else possible.

Foundation.

Next.js. TypeScript. Tailwind. Supabase. Vercel. Claude Code.

The same stack Anthropic, OpenAI, Perplexity, and Stripe ship on. I picked it because the agents that write production code today were trained on the corpus this stack dominates. The gap with everything else is wide enough to be the whole story.

Not Angular. Not Rails. Not the stack your CTO is comfortable with.

I have shipped on it across multiple AI-native companies. Orbyt is the latest. One person. One quarter. One AI.

Read the white paper (PDF)Read the source essay

White paper · 15 pages · CC BY 4.0 · April 2026

The office.

Where shit gets done.

Justin Bartak's workspace: an iMac on a dark desk facing a matte black accent wall arranged with a Dieter Rams book, framed photographs of Steve Jobs, a Power Mac G4 Cube, and two red essay posters. A white leather lounge chair and ottoman sit beside a window with daylight and outdoor greenery.

How it gets built.

Orbyt is built by one human and a fleet of AI agents. No traditional engineering team. No designers on payroll. No project managers. Just me, a clear vision, and the most capable AI tools ever created.

This is what AI-native software development actually looks like. Not AI-assisted. AI-native. The agents don't help me build. They build with me.

🧑‍💻

Justin Bartak

Human

Founder. Product vision, design decisions, architecture, every pixel. The human in the loop.

🧠

Claude Code (Opus)

AI Agent

Primary engineering agent. Writes production code, refactors, debugs, ships features end to end. 260K+ lines and counting.

💬

ChatGPT

AI Agent

Research, strategy, and content ideation. Thinks through problems differently than Claude. Two perspectives are better than one.

⚛️

Next.js + React

Stack

The frontend foundation. Server components, App Router, ISR. Fast by default.

🎨

Tailwind CSS

Stack

Utility-first styling that moves as fast as I think. No context switching.

⚡

Supabase

Stack

Postgres, auth, realtime, storage. The entire backend in one platform.

▲

Vercel

Stack

Edge deployment, instant previews, cron jobs. Ship to production in seconds.

🧪

Vitest + Playwright

Testing

4,123 unit tests and 102 E2E specs across Chromium, Firefox, and WebKit. The safety net that lets us ship fast without breaking things.

One person. Multiple AI agents. 355,000+ lines of code. 7,567 tests. 15 languages. 176 help articles. 65 blog posts. And counting.

I love to talk about what I'm building.

Catch me at the right moment and I will.

Say hello.justinbartak.ai →

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