Who it’s for

We’re built for one kind of company. If that’s you, it’s obvious.

We don’t work with everyone, and we're honest about it. Carbon10 is built for mid-market operations companies whose business runs on systems that AI can’t reach yet. Read the two lists below. Most people know which one they’re in within a sentence.

/ 01The honest split

Be honest with yourself here. We will be too.

This is for you if

A business-critical system stands between you and real results. Often legacy, sometimes homegrown.

You’ve tried AI and it stalled at a demo.

You want AI working inside a real operational workflow, not a chatbot or a readiness deck.

You value fixed-price certainty and rare expertise over the lowest hourly rate.

A rebuild you shelved over cost is back on the table. You don’t necessarily need to want AI in the product.

Probably not the right fit if

You’re shopping for the cheapest possible build.

You want generic “AI enablement” with no real system of record behind it.

Your decision runs through heavy procurement rather than a person who owns the outcome.

No hard feelings. We’ll say so plainly and point you somewhere better if we can.

/ 02The buyer

Who we work with directly.

Carbon10 sells to the person who owns the outcome, not a committee.

The decision-maker who feels the pain

Owner, CEO, CFO, or COO. At larger accounts, a VP of Ops, Sales, or Engineering who owns the system.

Mid-market by revenue

$20M to $500M. Big enough that the systems matter, small enough that the big integrators won’t show up.

Able to say yes

Someone who can approve moving forward, not a scout gathering quotes.

/ 03The vertical

The pattern matters more than the industry.

Here’s the real test. Your business runs on a load-bearing system, often homegrown, usually aging, sometimes documented nowhere but in one or two heads. That system now stands between you and what’s next. That’s the company we’re built for.

We aim first at the sectors where that pattern shows up most, and where we know the workflows cold:

Dealers

OFFICE TECH · INDUSTRIAL · EQUIPMENT — COMMISSIONS · QUOTING · SERVICE

Wholesale distributors

ORDER-TO-CASH · PRICING & MARGIN · INVENTORY & DEMAND PLANNING

Manufacturers

WHERE OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS MEET SHOP-FLOOR DATA

Related service businesses

DISPATCH · SCHEDULING · CREWS & ASSETS MOVING

But the pattern is what qualifies you, not the sector. Our largest engagement to date is a platform company with tens of thousands of devices in the field. Nowhere on that list, and a perfect fit anyway. Professional-services and advisory firms, service operations, software companies running on a homegrown platform: if the pattern above reads like your Tuesday, apply. The list is where we aim. It isn’t where we stop.

Where we start — the Midwest, where our roots and references are

/ 04When to call us

The moments this becomes urgent.

01An AI pilot stalled, and no one can get it to production.

02The system that runs the business is aging, fragile, or known to only a few people.

03You’re asked for AI results, and your partners keep delivering decks.

04A key system is one retirement or one outage from a real problem.

05A rebuild you priced years ago got shelved over the number. The economics of serious software development have changed. That quote deserves a re-run.

Sound like you?

The assessment is where every engagement starts. Tell us about your operation and we’ll tell you honestly whether there’s real work here worth doing.

Apply for an assessment Principal-led · Limited engagements · By application only