Most SMBs either can't afford Big Consultancy or can't justify another $50K SaaS tool that doesn't integrate. We bridge that gap. Architecture, implementation, and governance — for businesses that actually need AI to work.
"Enterprise companies have AI architects, agents in production, and governance frameworks. SMBs have a ChatGPT subscription and a spreadsheet."
That gap isn't because small businesses don't need agentic AI. It's because the people who know how to build it charge like they still work for Accenture. Critical Path Foundry was built to close that — architecture and implementation for the businesses that actually need it, at a price that makes sense.
We map your workflows, identify where autonomous agents create real leverage, and design the right architecture for your stack and risk tolerance. Not a template. A real system built for how your business actually works.
We build or configure the agentic system end-to-end — orchestration, integrations, memory, guardrails. We don't hand off a roadmap and walk away. The agent works before we're done.
Every production agent needs audit trails, escalation paths, and oversight logic. We build the governance layer in from the start — so your team understands what the agent is doing and why, and can trust it.
Agent performance degrades without monitoring. We track task completion, escalation rates, and ROI — and iterate the system as your business and your AI tooling evolve.
Inventory agents that trigger restocks, dynamic pricing agents, customer service agents that handle tier-1 inquiries, and post-purchase engagement agents that run reactivation without your team. For Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, and BigCommerce merchants.
Law firms, consultancies, accounting practices, agencies. Intake agents that qualify leads and book consultations 24/7, document drafting agents that work from your templates and playbooks, research agents that prep clients before every call.
Supply chain and field service businesses where agents act across multiple systems — ERP, dispatch, route planning, client comms. Autonomous workflow orchestration across fragmented tooling with audit trails your legal team can actually read.
Most AI consulting firms measure success in slide decks. We measure it in agents running in production.
Industry benchmark — agents deployed with real integration, not plugged into a dashboard.
Not a projection — a result of replacing busywork with autonomous execution across core workflows.
Fixed-scope work with a named team. No partner overhead, no offshore handoffs, no change-order surprises.
The AI consulting market has two ends: offshore firms that will build you something shiny that doesn't integrate with anything, and tier-1 consultancies that will charge you $200K to tell you what to build. Critical Path Foundry is neither.
We work with the people who run the business — owners, operators, heads of — not just the technical team. Because an agentic system that doesn't fit your actual workflow won't get used. And an agentic system without governance is a liability.
Our founder has shipped production AI systems, authored books on AI security, and spent years advising enterprise merchants at Adobe. We've seen what works. And more importantly, we've seen what fails at scale.
Every business that runs on software should have AI agents running alongside it. Critical Path Foundry builds the systems that make that real — not next quarter, not when the budget clears. Now.
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