Kardumo
Bring projects, decisions and follow-through into a structured environment, with evidence, approvals and controlled execution at its core.
Explore KardumoINDEPENDENT THINKING. PURPOSEFUL TECHNOLOGY.
Intelligence,
put to work.
We develop technology for how people work, connect and make decisions. Thoughtful products. Useful intelligence. Room to grow.
Explore our technologyBuilt in Cape Town. With a wider horizon.
MEET THE PORTFOLIO01 / OUR TECHNOLOGY
Four technologies.
One forward direction.
From getting work done to bringing people together, our portfolio explores where technology can make a meaningful difference.
Threadkeepers
Agents with context, judgment, personality and continuity. Designed to work across platforms, with Kardumo as their first application.
Explore ThreadkeepersWhat if We
Cooperative puzzle adventures where parents and children each contribute information and tools to solve the same challenge, together.
Explore What if WeDeal Copilot Working name
A new deal manager for cars and motorcycles, being built to bring vehicle opportunities into a clearer decision process.
Explore Deal Copilot02 / THE AGENT LAYER
Continuity.
Beyond one
platform.
A Threadkeeper is designed to be more than a feature inside a single application. It is an independent agent capability that can bring context and continuity to different digital environments.
Kardumo is the first application. The architecture is being developed for use across platforms.
Meet the Threadkeepers DESIGNED FOR USE ACROSS PLATFORMS
01 INTERFACES
ApplicationsMessagingWorkspaces
02 REUSABLE AGENT CORE
Threadkeepers
ContextJudgmentPersonalityContinuity
03 GOVERNED CAPABILITIES
Tools & orchestrationApprovalsEvidence
Architecture direction. Platform-specific integrations are developed and validated separately.
03 / OUR APPROACH
Technology with
a reason to exist.
Four distinct products. A shared engineering philosophy. Each starts with a human problem and a clear view of what progress should look like.
Start with the outcome.
Useful technology makes a difference to what people can do. We begin with the work, the connection or the decision that needs to improve.
Build for reuse, with purpose.
Threadkeepers is being developed as reusable agent architecture. Our products remain distinct, with shared capabilities used where they make sense.
Keep people in control.
Intelligence needs judgment and boundaries. Our approach to agent-driven work puts context, approvals and a clear record of action at the centre.
Validate. Learn. Then grow.
Each product advances through its own development stages. We aim to prove useful behaviour, learn from real use and expand deliberately.
04 / ABOUT ROOT ONE
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICAGrounded in the real world.
Looking forward.
Root One is an independent South African technology company founded by Laurence Botha. His background in digital commerce and operations shapes a practical ambition: build software that makes complex work clearer and gives people a useful next step.
We are developing a portfolio of software products and agent technology across work, family connection and everyday decisions.
Laurence BothaFounder · Root One (Pty) Ltd
INVESTORS & STRATEGIC PARTNERS
Build what
comes next.
If you see possibility in what we’re building, let’s start a conversation.
Team enquiries will open soon.
01 / GOVERNED WORK
Kardumo
In development
A clearer path from intention to outcome.
Kardumo is being developed for structured project and outcome management. It brings the project, its context, decisions and follow-through into one environment, with governed execution as a central design principle.
High-level technology stack
- Experience
- A web application for projects, plans and conversations.
- Agent capability
- Threadkeepers, applied to the context and responsibilities of project work.
- Execution & record
- Structured project data, evidence, approvals, controlled actions and an audit trail.
Development focus
Connecting an intelligent conversation to a structured plan and dependable follow-through, with people able to understand and approve the actions that matter.
Visit Kardumo02 / INDEPENDENT AGENTS
Threadkeepers
In development
An agent capability, designed to travel.
Threadkeepers are being developed as independent agents with conversation, judgment, personality, context and continuity. Kardumo is their first application; their intended scope extends across multiple platforms and digital environments.
High-level technology stack
- Platform interfaces
- Adaptable entry points for applications, messaging and workspaces. Specific integrations require their own implementation.
- Reusable agent core
- Conversation, context, judgment, personality and continuity across the work an agent is responsible for.
- Governed capabilities
- Capability orchestration with controlled tool access, approvals and a record of actions.
How it fits the portfolio
The long-term direction is a reusable agent capability that can connect to different product environments. Kardumo provides its first application.
Discuss the technology03 / COOPERATIVE PLAY
What if We
Pilot
Helping families grow together.
What if We creates cooperative puzzle adventures for parents and children. Each participant contributes information and tools to the same challenge, so progress comes from working together.
High-level technology stack
- Play experience
- A lightweight web experience built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Adventure content
- Authored stories and cooperative puzzles that give family members complementary roles.
- Mobile pilot
- An Android pilot delivered through Capacitor.
Four adventures in the current collection
- Lantern Bridge
- Midnight Picnic
- Wonky Workshop
- Night Post
04 / VEHICLE DEAL MANAGEMENT
Deal Copilot
Early developmentWorking name
Bring vehicle opportunities into a clearer decision process.
Deal Copilot is a new car and motorcycle deal manager in early development. Its purpose is to help bring more structure and clarity to the process of considering vehicle opportunities.
High-level product direction
- Domain
- Cars and motorcycles.
- Purpose
- Vehicle deal management and a clearer decision process.
- Development stage
- Early development, with Deal Copilot used as the working name.