AI Studio · Austin, Texas

AI that runs your distribution back office.

We automate order intake, supplier management, and quoting for B2B distributors and wholesalers, wired into the ERP you already run. Your team handles two to three times the volume without adding headcount.

We don't just talk AI. We deliver it. In production, in weeks.
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FIG. AOrder throughput, real client result2.5×
FIG. BSupplier portals automated for one client200+
FIG. CFailed orders auto-recovered, monthly~1,500
FIG. DIdea to production system16wks
Built for HVAC distribution Industrial & MRO Electrical supply Plumbing supply Wholesale & B2B distribution
Sec. 01 — What we automate

The manual work that caps your growth.

Every module below comes from a system we've actually built and run. Pick one, we wire it into your existing workflow, and your team stops doing it by hand.

MOD-01
Order-intake automation

Orders arriving as email PDFs, portal entries, or spreadsheets get parsed and pushed into your ERP automatically. No re-keying, no backlog at 4pm.

MOD-02
Supplier & vendor automation

Live pricing and stock pulled from your suppliers' portals, failed orders rerouted to alternates, follow-ups tracked. Works across hundreds of vendors at once.

MOD-03
RFP & bid processing

Incoming RFPs and bid documents triaged, summarized, and turned into structured records your sales team can respond to the same day.

MOD-04
AI CRM & quoting assistant

An internal CRM with AI in the quoting and order flow, so reps quote in minutes instead of digging through price sheets and old emails.

MOD-05
Catalog & document Q&A

Your team (or your customers) ask questions against your catalog, spec sheets, and docs in plain English and get answers with sources.

MOD-06
Vendor due-diligence enrichment

Verified company data pulled into your CRM and pipelines automatically, so nobody spends afternoons googling vendors.

Sec. 02 — Shipped work

Real systems. Real distributors.

Anonymized because the work was delivered under NDA. The numbers are real and we'll walk you through the details on a call.

2.5×
Industrial Distribution · 16-week build
Zero-touch order pipeline across 200+ suppliers

A five-person team was typing every order by hand, capped at ~100 a day. We automated intake, supplier coordination, and failure recovery end to end. Now it's 250+ orders a day with the same team, and ~1,500 failed orders a month recover on their own before customers notice.

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HVAC Distribution
AI-powered CRM for a B2B HVAC equipment distributor

Quoting lived in inboxes and spreadsheets. We built them an internal CRM with AI in the quoting and order flow, and it worked well enough that they later opened it up to their customers.

Industrial MRO
Supplier automation for a US industrial MRO supplier

Vendor ops ran on manual lookups and follow-up emails. We automated the repetitive supplier work so the team could stop babysitting it and get back to selling.

Sec. 03 — How we work

Start small. Scale what works.

Most clients start with a short Discover sprint, move into a fixed-scope Build, and keep us on to run and expand what we shipped.

01 — Discover

Decide what's worth building

We interview your team, map the workflows, and model the ROI. In two to three weeks you get a prioritized roadmap of what to build, why, and what it'll cost, whether or not you build it with us.

Workflow mapping ROI model Roadmap 2–3 weeks
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02 — Build

Ship it to production

Senior engineers, fixed scope, a demo every Friday. We build the automation to production grade with monitoring and security included. If we miss a milestone, that's our problem to fix, not yours to pay for.

Fixed price Weekly demos Production-grade You own the code
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03 — Operate

We run what we built

Live systems need someone watching them. We stay on as your fractional engineering team: monitoring, fixing, and automating the next workflow. Month to month, 30-day exit, no retainer theater.

Monitoring New workflows Slack-first 30-day exit
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Sec. 04 — Why it works

Built by people who've done it before.

A

No juniors learning on your dime

The engineers who built the systems above are the ones who'll build yours. Small team, no account-manager relay. You talk to the people writing the code.

B

Price agreed before we start

Every engagement is scoped and priced in writing up front. A demo lands every Friday, so you never wonder what you're paying for.

C

We build around your ERP, not over it

No migrations, no rip-and-replace, no "phase zero" that takes a year. You own all the code and infrastructure when we're done.

Sec. 05 — Questions we get

Fair questions, straight answers.

How fast can you actually ship something?
First demo within 2 weeks of kickoff. Full production AI feature in 4 to 8 weeks for most Build engagements. Discover roadmaps deliver in 2 to 3 weeks. The speed comes from senior engineers who use Cursor and Claude Code as a force multiplier, not from cutting corners.
What's your typical project size?
Engagements range from short Discover sprints to multi-month Build programs to ongoing Operate retainers. Every engagement is fixed-scope and fixed-price, so you know exactly what you're paying before we start.
Do you sign NDAs?
Always. We sign mutual NDAs before any sensitive discussions and standard MSA + SOW agreements before kickoff. All client data stays in environments you control or in dedicated infrastructure we set up for your engagement.
Where are you based?
Crestics LLC is registered in Texas, with our studio based in Austin. We work with clients across the US and UK in their preferred timezones.
What AI tools and stacks do you use?
Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source where appropriate. Custom RAG pipelines on Pinecone or pgvector. Frontend in Next.js or Vue. Backend in TypeScript or Python. We pick stacks based on what ships best for your specific use case.
What if we need to stop the engagement?
Build engagements are fixed-scope so they end naturally at delivery. Operate retainers have a 30-day exit clause. No penalty, no questions.

Got a workflow your team does by hand?

Book a free 30-minute call. We'll map how the work moves today, tell you which automation pays for itself first, and give you an honest read on whether it's worth doing.

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Worst case, you leave with a map of your own workflow and we never talk again.