Automation that was never possible before.
Foundation models for robots are bringing work into range that nobody could automate a few years ago. We help companies put robots to work, and help buyers find and transform businesses where automation changes the cost structure, from the first floor walk to a line running at rate.
Adopt robotics in your operation
For manufacturers and operators: we find the work worth automating, choose and stand up the cells, wire them into your systems, and run them to rate with your team.
Buy for automation
For PE firms and acquirers: we size what automation can do to a target's cost structure before you sign, then deliver it after close.
The arm is rarely the hard part.
The wrong first cell
The most visible task gets automated instead of the one with the payback, or a high-mix job that changes every shift becomes the pilot.
The quote writes the scope
When the party selling the cell also defines the problem, the spec ends up fitting the quote rather than the line.
An island on the floor
The cell runs, but nothing upstream or downstream knows about it. Work orders get keyed in by hand and counts live on a clipboard.
Nobody owns the ramp
The integrator leaves after acceptance, uptime slides, and the line quietly goes back to manual.
How we'd run it, from floor walk to a cell running at rate.
Robotics is our newest practice, so you'd work directly with the partners. An operator leads the work and our engineers own the integration, so the people who scoped the cell are the ones still there when it ramps.
- Weeks 1–2
Walk the floor
We walk the line with the people who run it and pull cycle times, labor hours, scrap and changeovers from what you already track. You get a ranked shortlist of cells with the payback stated plainly, including the tasks that should stay manual.
- Before the PO
Spec and select
We write the cell spec (parts, rates, tolerances, changeovers, safety), then run vendor and integrator selection or build it with our own engineers, with buying and leasing both modeled.
- During install
Wire it in
Our engineers connect the cell to your ERP, MES and quality systems: work orders in; counts, scrap and downtime out. It becomes part of how the plant runs.
- Through ramp
Run to rate, then hand over
We stay through ramp, train operators and maintenance, and track throughput and uptime against the baseline agreed before the purchase order. Then we pick the next cell.
Buy the business automation can transform.
Work that had to be done by hand is becoming automatable, which changes what some businesses can cost to run. The people who size that before you sign are the ones who deliver it after close.
- Before LOI
Automation diligence
We size what the target's operations could automate now, what is close, and what isn't, with the effect on the cost structure stated plainly.
- At close
A plan with baselines
Throughput, labor-hour and scrap baselines agreed with management, with the highest-payback work first.
- Year 1
First cells to rate
Chosen, installed, wired into the company's systems, and run to rate with its team.
- Through exit
Roll it out
Across lines, sites and add-ons, with the cost structure tracked against the plan.
Repetitive, measurable, and hard to staff.
Machine tending
Loading and unloading CNC and molding machines, so spindles keep running through breaks and second shifts.
Palletizing & end of line
Case packing, palletizing and wrapping: repetitive, heavy work that is often a clean first payback.
Kitting & pick-and-place
Building kits and feeding lines from bins, often paired with vision to handle variation between parts.
Vision inspection
Cameras and models that catch defects at line speed and log every result against the work order.
Wire & cable processing
Cutting, stripping, crimping and routing for harness work, where high mix has historically kept it manual.
Dispensing & finishing
Adhesive, sealant, sanding and coating, where consistency drives scrap and rework.
The shortlist is getting longer.
Tasks that were too variable to automate a few years ago are coming into range as foundation models for robots mature. We'll tell you plainly which of yours are ready now and which to revisit later.
One team, from the business case to the build.
Close to the frontier of robot learning
Our CEO led operations and data production at Physical Intelligence, which builds foundation models for robots.
Strategy through to build
We can scope it, run the vendors, or build the integration with our own engineers, whatever gets the line running. No handoff between firms.
We already work inside a manufacturer
For a specialty manufacturer, we turned an annual pricing spreadsheet into a console the team runs without us. See the work →
Payback agreed up front
Baselines for throughput, labor hours and scrap are agreed before the purchase order, and we build tracking against them into the systems we connect.
What operators and buyers ask first.
We've never automated anything. Is it too early?
No. The first step is a floor walk and a ranked shortlist, and "not yet" is a legitimate answer. A good first cell is a single, well-understood task.
Do you work with an integrator, or do it yourselves?
Either. We can run integrator selection and manage the build, work alongside the integrator you already use, or build the integration with our own engineers.
What about our people?
Robots take the repetitive, heavy jobs that are hardest to staff. We plan around natural attrition and retraining, not layoffs, and the people on the line help choose the cell.
How is it priced?
Hourly, against a pre-approved cap for the first project, and nothing above the cap bills without your written sign-off.
We're buying a company. Can you tell us what automation could do to it?
Yes. Before the LOI we size what its operations could automate now, what is close and what isn't, with the cost impact stated plainly, then deliver it after close. AI diligence for private equity →
Can you work on the rest of the plant too?
Yes. We've already built the pricing side for a manufacturer, and quoting and reporting are work we do across our clients. See the work →