2001
Paulo Rosado started OutSystems in 2001, according to Woodson Martin.
“he started OutSystems with a very bold vision back, you know, in 2001, and that vision endures.”
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OutSystems
20 facts from 1 episode, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.
2018
OutSystems began its AI-assisted development effort, which became Mentor, in 2018.
“We began this effort in 2018 before I was with the company.”
2025
Woodson Martin succeeded OutSystems' founding CEO, who had led the company for twenty-four years, according to Nathan.
“you took over OutSystems from a legendary founding CEO who had led the business for twenty four years.”
2025
Woodson Martin joined OutSystems about sixteen months before this interview.
“that was what got me excited and inspired uh about OutSystems sixteen months ago when I joined”
2026
Woodson Martin says OutSystems shipped four major features in Q4 of last year, nineteen in Q1 and twenty-six in Q2.
“We, I think we shipped four major features in Q four last year, nineteen in Q one and twenty six in Q two this year.”
2026
Woodson Martin says OutSystems' AI token spending peaked around June and July and has since declined.
“kind of peak for us was kind of June July. Uh, it's been tailing off”
2026
OutSystems built a gateway that works as an LLM router, sending some jobs to lower-cost models instead of the most expensive one.
“A route LLM router, so we're like, not all those jobs need to go to at the time, whatever Opus four A or something”
2026
OutSystems built an AI agent that recommends which agentic systems customers should build on top of their existing applications and forecasts the return on investment.
“we built an AI that says, tell the customers what agentic system they should create over top of the assets that they already run on our platform.”
2026
At OutSystems' June user conference, the company demonstrated a bank customer starting a loan application from a Claude conversation about a home remodel.
“we showed a pretty compelling demonstration of one of our banking customers initiating loan applications through a consumer conversation with Claude about a home remodel.”
Undated
OutSystems customers include Petrobras, Vodafone and Toyota, according to Nathan's introduction.
“customers, which include Petrobras, Brazil's state-controlled energy company, Vodafone, one of the world's largest mobile carriers, and Toyota, the world's largest car maker”
Undated
On OutSystems, coding agents change an abstract model of the application rather than editing code directly, according to Woodson Martin.
“rather than manipulating code in our platform, they manipulate this abstract model of what you need.”
Undated
OutSystems fine-tunes models behind its Mentor service to run builder workloads efficiently.
“we've picked and fine-tuned a bunch of models on the back end to drive the effective and efficient execution of these builder workloads”
Undated
Woodson Martin says many OutSystems customers still run decades-old systems such as COBOL, AS/400 and Lotus Notes.
“lots of customers out there who still have sixty year old COBOL systems running in corner AS 400, Lotus Notes, like all of it.”
Undated
Woodson Martin says many consumer banking apps in Asia run on the OutSystems platform.
“if you have a bank account almost anywhere in Asia, the chances are pretty good that the app you use to manage your balance and pay your bills runs on OutSystems”
Undated
Woodson Martin says the system managing petroleum terminal operations at Rotterdam, including preventing fuel contamination in pipes, is built on OutSystems.
“If you are a oil tanker pulling into port in Rotterdam and unloading millions of liters of petroleum into tanks at a terminal”
Undated
Woodson Martin says insurers are now planning to modernize sixty-year-old case management systems in six months instead of six years.
“Instead of planning it as a six-year thing, we're now gonna do it in six months.”
Undated
Woodson Martin cites Access Bank, a San Diego-based fully digital bank, as an OutSystems customer seeing productivity gains.
“a bank called Access Bank. They're based in San Diego, they're a entirely digital bank.”
Undated
Woodson Martin cites Yesco, the company behind signs like the Welcome to Las Vegas sign, as an OutSystems customer that has sped up its work.
“I don't know if you've ever been to Las Vegas and the Welcome to Las Vegas sign. They build these and operate these kinds of signs all over the world”
Undated
Mentor has evolved into a set of MCP services that other coding agents can use to build software on OutSystems.
“mentor is really a set of MCP services that can be consumed anywhere to build software reliably.”
Undated
Woodson Martin says about half of OutSystems' customers are in Europe, with many more in Asia.
“we have a very global business, right? My half my customers are in Europe, I got a tons of customers in Asia”
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