Rappit launches agentic AI platform for enterprise software development

Dutch company Rappit has launched a platform that enables organisations to build enterprise applications using AI agents, supplemented by human collaboration and governance mechanisms. The company positions it as a response to a governance challenge shared by many large organisations: AI makes software development considerably faster, but who maintains oversight of exactly what is being built?

CEO Ardjan Baan describes that tension as the core of the problem Rappit wants to solve. Organisations that deploy AI for software development gain speed, but lose grip on architecture, quality and compliance if no structure is built around it. The new platform is designed to combine both.

Rappit was created in June 2024 through a rebrand of Vanenburg Software, which is part of the Vanenburg Group. That group is rooted in the legacy of Jan Baan, who founded Baan Company in 1978, later started Cordys (2001) and Vanenburg Software (2009). The head office is located at Kasteel De Vanenburg in Putten.

What the platform does

The platform combines so-called agentic AI, in which AI agents independently execute tasks and make decisions, with a layer of human oversight. Developers and other stakeholders thus remain involved in the process, while the AI handles most of the execution.

Rappit builds on its earlier experience with low-code development. In 2022 the company already released Rappit Developer, an environment for building applications without extensive programming knowledge. The new agentic platform is a next step: rather than having people place the building blocks in a low-code environment themselves, the AI takes a more active role in assembling and extending applications.

The platform makes use of Google Cloud Platform, the Salesforce Platform and open Java technologies. Rappit has been a Google Cloud partner since 2012 and was promoted to Google Cloud Premier Partner in 2023.

Team and advisors

Rappit is led by a team within the Baan family: Ardjan Baan is CEO, Paul Baan CFO, Bernhard Baan COO and Julian Baan Director Product Design. In September 2025 the company brought Johan den Haan on board as Strategic Advisor, responsible for product strategy. Den Haan is regarded as one of the pioneers in the field of low-code software development.

In addition to its head office in Putten, Rappit has offices in Europe and India, with representatives in Germany and France, among other countries.

Market and context

The launch aligns with a broader movement in the software market, in which established players such as GitHub, Microsoft and various startups are deploying agentic AI to automate development processes. The distinction Rappit emphasises lies in the combination with governance: not just building faster, but also recording who is responsible for what and how decisions are made.

Rappit reports annual revenue of between ten and twenty-five million dollars. No external funding rounds have been announced; the company operates within the Vanenburg Group.

For the Dutch and European AI scene, Rappit's positioning is illustrative of a broader shift: European software companies are attempting to differentiate themselves from American competitors by placing governance and control at the centre, partly driven by European regulation such as the AI Act. Whether that emphasis on controllability will prove commercially distinctive enough in a fast-moving market remains to be seen.