Nine in ten companies have deployed AI. Almost none have anything to show for it. The difference isn't better software — it's engineers who stand on your floor, learn how your operation actually runs, and build for it. That's us.
of companies that deployed AI report no significant benefit from it.
of companies had deployed AI in at least one business function by the end of 2025.
of them report no significant benefit. Handing employees AI tools was not enough.
of enterprise generative-AI pilots showed no measurable P&L impact.
That's what the AI labs committed — in about two months — to forward-deployed engineering: sending engineers into businesses because the software alone doesn't land. They're right about the fix. But their $450K generalists have never stood on a factory floor. We have. It's where we started.
On-site, at your facility. We walk the line, sit with your team, and learn the operation the way it actually runs — not the way the org chart says it does.
The manual re-entry, the spreadsheet handoffs, the ERP gaps, the twenty-year-old system nobody documented. Where the money leaks is rarely where anyone thinks.
Custom software and AI, tailored to your process — not a platform you bend around. Working prototype in weeks, not a roadmap in quarters.
Deployed into live operations, your team trained, and measured against numbers you can take to the CFO. We're done when it pays, not when it demos.
Models wired into your actual workflow — quoting, scheduling, quality, documentation — not a chatbot bolted on the side.
The re-keying, the handoffs, the tribal-knowledge steps that quietly cost you hours every shift — automated, with your team's sign-off.
Dashboards, order tracking, inventory, scheduling — custom, because your operation isn't off-the-shelf and never was.
We work with the twenty-year-old ERP and the undocumented MES. No rip-and-replace, no two-year migration.
Executive visibility across departments and locations — pulled live from systems that had never talked to each other.
Every order checkpointed through every department, floor to ship. The bottleneck showed up in the data within weeks.
Reconciliation the legacy ERP couldn't produce — built alongside it, without replacing it.
Delivered by our founding team through Red Beard Technology — on-site, in live operations.
Veteran Silicon Valley tech CEO; teaches business to MBA students. Keeps every engagement tied to the P&L, not the demo.
Runs sales and client relationships. Your first call, and the straightest answer you'll get about whether we're the right fit.
Founder of Red Beard Technology. Has spent years shipping AI and custom software into live manufacturing operations — and writes the code that ships.
That's exactly who this works for. Our clients are manufacturers and engineering firms, not startups. You don't need a data science team or a 'digital transformation office' — you need one problem solved well, and we start there.
Days at your facility, not a kickoff call. We walk the floor, sit with the people who run the process, and look at the actual systems — the ERP, the spreadsheets, the whiteboard. The real problem is almost never in the RFP.
A working prototype in weeks, in front of the people who'll use it. We measure against numbers your CFO cares about — hours saved, throughput, scrap, on-time delivery — not demo applause.
No. We build alongside what you already run, including the twenty-year-old system nobody documented. Rip-and-replace is a two-year project that usually fails; integration is our specialty. But when you see what we can do — and how quickly we turn your grievances into wins — you'll want us to build your new ERP!
Engagements are scoped and fixed after an on-site assessment, so you know the price and the outcome before we build. If we don't think we can pay for ourselves, we'll tell you and leave. Schedule a call and we'll give you a straight answer.
A 30-minute call to hear the problem. If it sounds like our kind of climb, the next step is us at your facility — not another deck.