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We measure before we build, and we hand over what we make

Enterprises is an automation practice, not a software vendor. We started in 2016 rebuilding a single invoice-processing function, and the discipline that came out of that engagement — measure the process, model the return, build only what pays — is still how every project runs.

Founded
2016
Automation engineers
64
Headquarters
Boston, MA
Delivery hubs
Boston · Lisbon · Singapore
Largest client
42,000 employees
Engagements delivered
210+
Office workspace interior

How we work

Six principles, and we will not bend them for a deal

These are the commitments that decide what engagements we accept and how we run them. They are the reason some prospective clients hear a no.

We measure before we build

No automation starts without a baseline and a costed business case. If the payback is not there, we say so — that is cheaper for both of us than a project that cannot be defended.

Your systems remain the system of record

We build alongside what you run rather than demanding replacement. Data flows through supported interfaces, access is inherited from your identity provider, and new layers stay replaceable.

Cheapest tool that solves the step

A database constraint beats a business rule, a rule beats a model, and a model beats a person only when the input is genuinely unstructured. We do not sell AI where a join would do.

Handover is a deliverable

Typed code, tests on the critical paths, infrastructure as code and architecture documentation. You should be able to take the system in-house at any point, and several clients have.

The people doing the work design it

Automation built without the operators gets worked around. Frontline staff sit in the design sessions, because they know the exceptions that the process documentation forgot.

Security is an input, not a review

Data classification, residency, least privilege and audit requirements are settled in week one, not discovered in a pre-launch review that pushes the go-live date.

History

Ten years of learning what actually sticks

Each of these shifts came from a client engagement that exposed something our previous approach got wrong.
  1. 2016

    Founded around a single finance process

    Started as three engineers rebuilding an invoice-processing function for a manufacturing group. The measured baseline from that first engagement is still the template for how we assess every process since.

  2. 2018

    From scripts to systems

    Clients kept asking for the tooling around the automation, not just the automation. We formalised the internal software practice and began shipping purpose-built applications alongside the pipelines.

  3. 2020

    Models earn their place

    Document understanding became good enough to trust with confidence thresholds. We adopted it selectively — for genuinely unstructured input only — and built the human review queue that made it acceptable to compliance teams.

  4. 2022

    Automation becomes a platform problem

    Successful pilots were becoming critical infrastructure with no operational owner. We stood up the platform practice to build tenancy, observability and metering into these systems from the start.

  5. 2024

    Priced against savings

    We moved to milestone structures with a portion of fees tied to measured savings. It aligns the engagement with the outcome and forces us to only accept work we believe will clear its own payback.

  6. 2026

    140 processes in production

    Across 19 sectors and 24 countries, with a median measured payback of under seven months and a client relationships measured in years rather than projects.

Who you will work with

The people who will actually be on your engagement

Placeholder leadership profiles for this build — replace with the real team, headshots and biographies before launch. Portrait photography is mapped in src/content/photos.ts.
Portrait of the founder and principal

A. Renner

Founder & Principal

Spent eleven years in shared services operations before founding the firm. Leads the assessment practice and signs off every business case we present.

Portrait of the head of automation engineering

M. Okonjo

Head of Automation Engineering

Builds the pipelines and the extraction models. Previously led document automation for a top-five European insurer.

Portrait of the head of platform

S. Lindqvist

Head of Platform

Owns multi-tenancy, observability and the operating model. Has run on-call for systems handling several billion transactions a year.

Portrait of the head of delivery

D. Bhatt

Head of Delivery

Keeps engagements on schedule and clients unsurprised. Runs the milestone review process and the performance guarantees.

Compliance and certifications

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR & UK GDPRHIPAA-aligned deliveryAWS & Azure partnersCyber Essentials Plus

Certifications listed are placeholders for this build. Replace with current, verifiable attestations before launch — including audit report dates and the entity they apply to.

Loading bay and distribution operation

Bring us the process you already know is costing too much

Thirty minutes with an engineer is usually enough to tell whether it is worth automating, roughly what it would save, and whether the payback is inside a window your finance team will accept. If the answer is no, we will say so on the call.

SOC 2 Type IIISO 27001GDPR & UK GDPRHIPAA-aligned deliveryAWS & Azure partnersCyber Essentials Plus