Building a listed tool
Jerel Velarde
Staff Applied AI Engineer, CopilotKit; author of 70 of OpenDuet's 73 commits, named behind the OpenDuet listing on Anchor Terminal.
What Jerel builds
OpenDuet D · Personal assistants
OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval.
Staff Applied AI Engineer, CopilotKit; author of 70 of OpenDuet's 73 commits, researched 30 October 2026 · the people behind it
Works with
- Atai Barkai Founder and CEO, CopilotKit
- Uli Barkai Co-founder, CopilotKit; leads growth, partnerships and ecosystem
Backed by
Glilot Capital Partners NFX SignalFire Discovery Ventures Vermilion Cliffs Ventures DVC Abstraction Capital 97212 Ventures Deep Acre J-Ventures Gurtin Ventures Fresh Fund
Questions
Who is Jerel Velarde?
Jerel Velarde is staff Applied AI Engineer at CopilotKit; author of 70 of OpenDuet's 73 commits.
What does CopilotKit make?
Anchor Terminal lists OpenDuet from CopilotKit. OpenDuet is CopilotKit's open-source, self-hosted proactive assistant built on OpenBot. It sends a morning brief from Gmail and Google Calendar, runs tasks in its own browser container and pauses consequential actions for approval.
Who has invested in CopilotKit?
The sources our research read name Glilot Capital Partners, NFX, SignalFire, Discovery Ventures, Vermilion Cliffs Ventures, DVC, Abstraction Capital, 97212 Ventures, Deep Acre, J-Ventures, Gurtin Ventures and Fresh Fund.
How are Jerel's tools graded?
OpenDuet is graded D, 49.5 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.
Sources (11)
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/blog/series-a
- https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkbjddprbx
- https://github.com/jerelvelarde
- https://api.github.com/repos/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/contributors
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/OpenDuet/main/README.md
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/blog/introducing-openduet
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/terms-of-service
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/privacy-policy
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/self-service-agreement
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CopilotKit/CopilotKit/main/SECURITY.md
- https://www.copilotkit.ai/sitemap.xml
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