Business in Columbus.
Columbus is anchored by Ohio State, insurance and finance (Nationwide, Huntington), and a steadily growing logistics cluster. The operators here want practical, durable automation — not bleeding-edge experiments. We ship BPA engagements built to run reliably for years against the established enterprise stack the region runs on.
Where this fits the region.
These are the engagements we ship most often when business process automation meets Columbus operations. The patterns are consistent; the right first project is yours alone.
Insurance and financial services operations
Claims processing assist, document extraction for underwriting, compliance reporting automation. Columbus insurance operations demand audit-friendly automation that integrates with existing IBM/Oracle/SAS stacks.
Logistics and warehouse operations
Inventory reconciliation, shipping document processing, exception-handling workflows. Columbus logistics operates 24/7; automation has to be reliable enough to run unattended.
University and research-adjacent operations
Grant-writing assistance, research administration automation, lab inventory tracking. OSU-adjacent ventures often have unique academic-meets-commercial workflows generic SaaS misses.
B2B SaaS operations
Customer onboarding, expansion identification, renewal triage. Columbus has a growing B2B SaaS scene with increasingly sophisticated operational needs.
FigGlow.ai
AI-powered carousel and content tool Alex helped build out of Columbus. Demonstrates the studio approach to shipping AI features that real users actually adopt — production-quality automation, not demo-ware.
Alex in Columbus
Alex leads Columbus-area engagements and is available for in-person meetings across Franklin County and the Central Ohio corridor.
Things Columbus teams always ask.
Short, honest answers. If your question is not here, send it over — we will write you back inside 24 hours.
Do you work with traditional Ohio enterprise stacks (IBM, Oracle, SAS, mainframe)?
Yes — we have shipped automation that integrates with all of these. Modern AI orchestration on top of legacy enterprise systems is a common pattern; the integration glue is the hardest part and is exactly where studio engagements add value.
Are you available for in-person meetings in Columbus?
Yes. Alex leads our Columbus-area engagements and is available for in-person meetings across Franklin County, Dublin, Westerville, Worthington, and the rest of Central Ohio.
How do you handle audit and compliance requirements?
We design BPA workflows with audit trails, structured logging, and exception-handling paths from day one. For regulated industries (insurance, healthcare, financial), compliance scoping happens during discovery and influences architecture choices materially.
How does Columbus pricing compare to coastal markets?
Same studio rates regardless of metro — we are a distributed team with consistent pricing nationally. Discovery: $5-15k. Focused first project: $25-80k. Platform build: $100-400k. Local market context affects which projects we recommend, not what we charge.
Do you take ongoing maintenance contracts?
Yes — about 60% of our Columbus clients keep us on for 3-12 months after launch for tuning, model updates, and incremental feature additions. We deliberately ship stacks the local team can also operate, so ongoing engagement is a choice, not a necessity.
Ready to ship business process automation in Columbus?
Tell us what you are building. We will reply within 24 hours with next steps — discovery call, written scope, or referral to a better fit.