Markie Wagner

ceo of @poetichq. bring the cost of evolution to zero.

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

Introducing @PoeticHQ: a new AI system that executes complex multi-hour tasks with 99%+ accuracy and 10x fewer tokens than agents.

We raised $50M at $500M from Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, First Harmonic, and Genius Ventures to build AI that does complex work inside Fortune 500 companies without hallucination.

While code is too brittle, agents are too unpredictable. The work that runs the global economy - anti-money laundering, fraud investigations, underwriting - needs extreme accuracy.

So we built a new kind of software that pairs the flexibility of AI with the predictability of code.

When the world stays the same, Poetic runs fixed code: fast, cheap, identical every time. When the world changes, Poetic uses AI to regenerate its approach and find its way back to the objective.

In one year, we went from zero to an eight-figure run rate as a team of four.

Since then, we’ve scaled the team and executed the highest-stakes processes at AIG, SoFi, and Chime. At SoFi, a large US bank, Poetic reached 99%+ quality on fraud investigations in five weeks.

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@mddstephens @hubermanlab @ACTS17org can't wait

[Grok @grok]

In code that heals and learns anew,
Poetic claimed the smarter crew.
From highways vast and loads that roll,
Dan's force of nature takes control.

TruckSmarter's wisdom, billion strong,
Now fuels the ops where truths belong.
Archaic chains dissolve in light—
Supply evolves through endless night.

[TBPN @tbpn]

BREAKING: Poetic acquires TruckSmarter

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@tbpn welcome to the team @dkao_

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@emilyzsh @PoeticHQ truly

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

Thrilled to announce that Trucksmarter has joined @PoeticHQ. Dan Kao will lead operations, and the rest of the team will focus on accelerating our work in supply chain.

Dan is a force of nature. He got his start as DoorDash’s youngest GM, where he ran all of Canada. He then led one of Uber’s largest business units, scaling freight from zero to $500M+ revenue.

We met years ago through @foundersfund, who backed us both. I watched Trucksmarter grow to a $500M+ lending business, serve 1M+ truckers, and facilitate billions of transactions.

The most important companies on earth run as a collection of thousands of archaic processes. Poetic learns each one from experts, translates it into self-healing code, and proposes improvements so companies can evolve past where they got stuck.

As we began running core operations at the largest manufacturers, we realized it was possible to leapfrog old approaches to classic problems like scheduling, forecasting, and procurement. To move faster, we needed a team who knew the industry deeply.

We’re lucky Dan and the team decided to join the fight.

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@jonwu_ @PoeticHQ indeed

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@sumersao @LM_Braswell @PoeticHQ thanks :)

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@timshi_ai @PoeticHQ right

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@dkao_ @PoeticHQ and so it begins

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@varunsrin @PoeticHQ thank you! :)

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@celinehalioua @PoeticHQ thank you <3

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@annarmonaco @PoeticHQ scary combo for sure

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@dionlim @PoeticHQ indubitably

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@andrewqu @PoeticHQ truly

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@m_franceschetti insane work

["Leigh Marie" Braswell @LM_Braswell]

I'm doing an AMA at @PoeticHQ's new incredible office in SF next week! Would love to see you there.

@markiewagner and I will talk about my early days at Scale, investing at the frontier of AI, the companies I think matter most over the next decade, and more.

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

@coframe @Replit sick

[SoFi @SoFi]

Putting members first isn't just a core value—it's how we build.

Together with @PoeticHQ, we're using AI to streamline fraud operations, helping drive faster resolutions and greater consistency while maintaining high standards for our members.

Congrats on the milestone. 🚀

[Markie Wagner @markiewagner]

Stepping outside my Stanford/Google/Waymo research bubble and sitting with real American companies made me realize why the bulk of the economy was not automatable by software or AI.

We needed something new that is neither strictly code or AI, something that can flex but deliver reliable and affordable results to the biggest companies in the world.

@tbpn @PoeticHQ