About

Built in Auckland. For the ERP New Zealand actually runs on.

Rapido was started after Accredo released its Web API in version 5. Five years on, we run portals and AI processes for some of NZ's most demanding businesses — and we're just getting started.

From the founder

Why Rapido exists.

Accredo is the ERP that quietly runs a lot of New Zealand. Wholesale, distribution, manufacturing, trades. It's powerful, deep, and — until version 5 — locked behind a Windows desktop app and a closed file format.

When the Web API shipped, I started building. The first version of Rapido was a tracking app for Haydn Brush, who needed to read PO PDFs into Accredo OE without their AP team keying every line. That single workflow grew into a portal, then a second integration, then a third — and now an MCP server that any modern AI client can talk to.

Rapido is what I do day-to-day. On the side I run thecolab.ai, a small AI consulting practice helping NZ businesses ship AI into production — which keeps the Rapido roadmap honest. Rapido works with Accredo Partners and QSPs, never around them. And it's a bet that the next decade of back-office software will be modern, real-time, and conversational — even when the ERP underneath has been running since 1992.

— Adam Holt
Founder · Rapido

Who's behind Rapido

Adam Holt, plus the right network.

Rapido is a focused engineering effort run by Adam Holt. Small, deliberate scope. The same person who builds it is the one who answers your email. Rapido works alongside Accredo Partners and QSPs — never around them — and that's how it reached production scale across NZ's biggest brands without a sales team.

  • Adam Holt
    Founder · Engineer · the person you talk to
    Started Rapido after Accredo released its Web API in version 5. Volunteer Claude Ambassador for New Zealand and runs the Claude Code Meetups NZ. Same person who builds it is the one who answers your email.
  • thecolab.ai
    Adam's AI consulting practice
    Adam also runs thecolab.ai, a small consulting practice helping NZ businesses ship AI into production. The product work on Rapido is informed by what's working (and what's not) on the consulting side.
  • Accredo Partners & QSPs
    Implementation network across NZ
    We work alongside the Qualified Support People who already implement and support Accredo for NZ businesses. Your QSP keeps the customer relationship; we ship the modern layer.
  • 10,000+ end users
    Daily, across NZ
    Customers logging into Rapido portals every day across distribution, manufacturing, and trade. Real production scale, not a slide deck.

Talking to Rapido means talking to Adam. Book a 30-minute call — no BDR, no SDR, no warm-up loop. Same person who built it.

What we believe

Four things we won't compromise on.

Production, not pilot

Most NZ businesses run AI in personal ChatGPT accounts and side scripts. We ship things that go into the company file and stay there.

Real-time or nothing

Stale data is a bad customer experience. If a number changes in Accredo, every Rapido surface shows it within seconds.

Open over locked-in

Open-source SDK under the Sustainable Use License, MCP server for any AI client. We'd rather be replaceable than holding your business hostage.

NZ-first

Built in Auckland for Accredo customers across NZ and APAC. We know the local market because we live in it.

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