Trapol8We love getting asked tough questions. And building tools to answer them.
An AI-native knowledge sharing platform that brings institutional allocators and investment consultants together with asset managers, on both sides of the due diligence questionnaire.
Headquartered in Dallas, TX. Innovating everywhere.
Learn More ↓We've been turning documents into data since 2015.
Trapol8 was founded in 2023 by Bob Gates, who previously built Landdox, a document intelligence platform for the energy sector, acquired by Quorum (backed by Thoma Bravo and Francisco Partners).
That experience revealed a recurring challenge across industries: critical information trapped in documents that should be structured data. We built Trapol8 to solve that problem for investor relations teams managing due diligence questionnaires.
Bob Gates
Founder
Dallas, TX
Patrick Kurth
Senior Software Engineer
Houston, TX
Lucas Furtado
Senior Software Engineer
Providence, RI
Build the bridge between those who question and those who answer.
If building AI-powered software that customers love energizes you, and thriving in a tight-knit, distributed team sounds appealing, we'd love to hear from you.
Senior Software Engineer
Design and ship the AI systems that power DDQ automation for hedge funds, PE firms, and asset managers.
View Role →Account Executive
Own the full sales cycle and help IR teams discover a dramatically better way to handle due diligence.
View Role →Common questions, straight answers.
Who is behind Trapol8?
Trapol8 was founded in 2023 by Bob Gates, who previously built Landdox, a document intelligence platform for the energy sector, acquired by Quorum (backed by Thoma Bravo and Francisco Partners). The engineering team is Patrick Kurth and Lucas Furtado, both senior software engineers with deep AI and enterprise software experience.
Where is Trapol8 based?
Trapol8 is headquartered in Dallas, TX. Our team works across Dallas, Houston, and Providence, proving that great software doesn't require everyone in the same room.
What is the Trapol8 team's background?
We've spent our careers turning documents into structured, actionable data. Our founder built and sold a document intelligence platform in the energy sector. Our engineers bring deep experience in AI, machine learning, and enterprise software, applied now to the specific workflows of investor relations.
Why was Trapol8 built?
After building Landdox, the pattern was clear: critical information keeps getting trapped in documents when it should be structured data. IR teams at hedge funds and PE firms were spending days, sometimes weeks, on DDQs that were repetitive, manual, and error-prone. Trapol8 was built to fix that.
Is Trapol8 hiring?
Yes. We're actively looking for a Senior Software Engineer and an Account Executive. See the roles above, or reach out on LinkedIn if you think you'd be a fit.
What's it like to work at Trapol8?
Small team, high ownership, real customers. You'll work on problems that matter to people who will tell you directly when something is working, or not. We're distributed across three cities and have made remote-first work well by being deliberate about communication and trust.