AI Transformation · E-Commerce · Private Equity

Most AI pilots never reach production.
Ours do.

We partner with ambitious companies and PE-backed businesses to turn AI experiments into results that show up in the P&L. No open-ended engagements. No roadmaps that sit on a shelf.

95%
Industry AI pilot failure rate
13%
Pilots that reach production, industry-wide
2 weeks
From first conversation to working proof of concept
60%
Higher production success rate with human-centered design
Who We Work With

E-commerce companies scaling fast

You're losing ground to competitors with better demand forecasting, smarter pricing, and AI-powered personalization. You've tried tools. They didn't move the needle. We build the system underneath — and stay until it runs.

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PE firms and their portfolio companies

Your LPs are asking about AI. Your portfolio companies are behind. You need EBITDA numbers, not another strategy deck. We start with one portfolio company, prove the impact in two weeks, and build from there.

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The Problem We Solve

You've tried AI.
It didn't reach production.

That's not unusual. 95% of AI pilots fail to reach production. Not because the technology doesn't work — because the implementation model is broken.

Pilots that go nowhere

You ran a proof of concept. It worked in demo. Then it stalled — waiting on data, IT bandwidth, or a business case nobody could write.

Consultants who don't speak your language

They delivered a roadmap. It was thorough. It didn't account for how your team actually works, your data reality, or your exit timeline.

Tools that don't connect to outcomes

You added Copilot. You tried a forecasting SaaS. Individual employees save time. The P&L doesn't feel it.

This is the gap we close.

How We Work

Three stages.
No surprises.

Every engagement starts small, proves value fast, and earns the right to go deeper. You decide at each stage whether to continue.

Stage 01 — Discovery

Discovery Sprint

Two weeks. Fixed price. We map your AI opportunity, identify the highest-impact use cases, and build a working proof of concept in your environment — not a sandbox.

Stage 02 — Build

Focused Implementation

We take the use cases that proved value and build them into production. Not a pilot. Not a hand-off. We stay embedded until it runs in your operation.

Stage 03 — Scale

Ongoing Partnership

For companies ready to scale. We expand across your operation — or across your portfolio — with a repeatable playbook and embedded team.

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Why LumaCogent AI

Built at Amazon scale.
Delivered at the economics
your business demands.

Our founder built AI-powered e-commerce and supply chain systems at Amazon and Maersk — the kind of demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and operational intelligence that fast-growing companies have been trying to replicate with off-the-shelf tools. We know what these systems look like from the inside. We build them for companies that don't have Amazon's budget — but face the same competitive pressure.

Domain-first

We don't learn your business during the engagement. We already understand it.

Human-centered

We assess organizational readiness before we write a line of code. Adoption is part of the design.

Production-only

We don't ship pilots. We ship working systems. The Sprint exists to prove it will work — then we build it for real.

Based in Austin, TX

LumaCogent AI is headquartered in Austin, Texas. We work with companies across Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, and beyond — and with PE firms and their portfolio companies nationwide.

Two weeks. Fixed price.
No commitment beyond that.

The Discovery Sprint is designed to give you a clear answer — not to lock you in. If we don't show you a working proof of concept in your environment, the conversation ends there.

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