Bolt.new has completed its first acquisition, buying San Francisco-based AI startup Dokai as the StackBlitz-owned software development platform expands its enterprise business and strengthens its capabilities around autonomous AI agents.
Financial terms were not disclosed. Dokai co-founder Gerry Fernando Patia and the company’s team will join Bolt.new’s AI and machine learning organization, bringing experience deploying autonomous agents directly inside enterprise systems. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
Bolt.new allows users to build, run, and deploy full-stack web applications through natural-language instructions rather than traditional software development workflows.
Dokai approached enterprise automation from a similar direction. The startup developed autonomous agents capable of performing multi-step go-to-market activities, including prospect research, account prioritization and tiering, data enrichment, and CRM operations.
The acquisition reflects a shared thesis between the companies that natural language can increasingly become the interface through which users control sophisticated software and automated workflows. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
Dokai’s technology was designed to let AI agents execute work inside the software systems businesses already use, rather than simply generate recommendations for employees.
Its orchestration layer lets agents plan and complete multi-step workflows without a person continuously participating.
Bolt.new plans to incorporate that technology directly into its platform.
The integration is expected to strengthen how Bolt.new’s agents manage more complex and longer-running application builds while also improving how newly created applications connect with existing enterprise systems, including customer relationship management platforms and internal data sources. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
Bolt.new said enterprise customers should begin seeing the first capabilities developed from Dokai’s technology in late fall 2026.
The acquisition also expands the AI and machine learning team that develops the autonomous agents underlying the Bolt.new platform.
Bolt.new’s enterprise business has been growing as companies experiment with AI-assisted software development.
According to the company, roughly half of its enterprise customers begin building applications before their contracts are signed, and the average enterprise customer deploys its first application within 34 days. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
That adoption pattern reflects Bolt.new’s effort to shorten the process between an initial software concept and a functioning enterprise application.
The company is increasingly targeting organizations that want employees to create software using conversational interfaces without requiring every user to possess traditional programming expertise.
Dokai’s enterprise agent technology adds another layer to that strategy by helping applications execute actions inside existing business systems after they have been created.
The startup was founded in San Francisco by Gerry Fernando Patia and Rio Atmadja.
Dokai initially focused on teaching AI systems to learn enterprise workflows through demonstrations.
It later evolved into an AI go-to-market engineering platform for enterprise sales organizations, where its autonomous agents could execute repetitive and multi-stage activities across business software. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
Dokai was backed by Character Capital and ERA.
For Bolt.new, the transaction adds both technical talent and technology developed around production AI agents rather than prototype demonstrations.
The company believes enterprise customers increasingly expect agents to work reliably within existing systems and data environments instead of functioning as isolated AI tools.
Bolt.new itself is built by StackBlitz and focuses on AI-powered full-stack web development.
Users can create complete applications through natural language while the platform handles development, execution, and deployment.
Bolt.new also integrates with Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365, extending its AI-native development capabilities into enterprise environments. Bolt.new Makes Its First Acquis…
The Dokai acquisition broadens that platform by connecting Bolt.new’s application-building agents with technology designed to carry out longer-running actions across enterprise systems.
KEY QUOTES:
“Enterprise buyers don’t care whether an agent demos well. They care whether it does the work every day, inside the systems they already run. The Dokai team has been doing exactly that, and it’s why we wanted them building with us.”
Eric Simons, CEO And Co-Founder Of Bolt.new
“We built Dokai on the belief that natural language could run production workflows inside enterprise systems. Joining Bolt.new gives that belief the biggest canvas there is: software itself.”
Gerry Fernando Patia, Co-Founder Of Dokai
