AI agents, batteries included.
We believe an agent should be useful beyond a conversation. It should remember what matters, plan its next steps, and return when there is something to do, without someone prompting every action.
Apteva is the operating system around that agent: apps, tools, memory, scheduling, events, and integrations in one place. You give it a responsibility and the boundaries to operate within.
Batteries included means less infrastructure to assemble before an agent can help. Contacts, files, tasks, code, and conversations are close at hand, with an app system you can extend as your needs grow.
Ownership matters just as much. Apteva is open source and free to self-host. You choose where it runs, which services it connects to, and what your agents can access. Your business should not have to give up control to use AI.
The word "apteva" comes from the concept of aptness — fitness for purpose. The goal is practical: give agents what they need to become useful in the operation in front of them.
The builder

Apteva is built by Marco Schwartz. The idea of a continuously operating agent started in 2024 — but the LLMs weren't there yet. Models were too slow, too expensive, and too unreliable for a system that needs to think thousands of times a day. By 2026, that changed. Fast inference, aggressive caching, and reliable tool use finally made it possible to build what was always the vision: agents that can run real work, not just answer.
Where it runs
Apteva isn't limited to cloud servers. The core engine is an embeddable Go library with zero external dependencies. It runs anywhere Go compiles — which is everywhere.
Cloud servers
Business automation, customer support, DevOps
Edge devices
IoT controllers, gateways, monitoring stations
Robots
Navigation, task planning, sensor fusion
Your laptop
Personal assistant, development workflows, research
Open source
Apteva's core engine, server, and integration catalog are open source under the MIT license. We believe the best AI infrastructure should be transparent, auditable, and owned by the people who use it.
The agent runtime — continuous loop, workers, tools, memory
apteva/serverManagement server — instances, integrations, app marketplace, dashboard
apteva/app-sdkPublic Go SDK for building Apteva Apps
apteva/appsFirst-party apps — CRM, Tasks, Status, channels, and more
apteva/app-registryCurated registry of installable apps
apteva/integrations200+ app connectors — GitHub, Slack, Stripe, and more
apteva/aptevaThe npm launcher — npx apteva