Week one, every engagement: we map the work before we touch the tech.
(2019)
The practice
Sofia spent fifteen years fixing operations for growing companies. The pattern never changed: smart people, buried in copy‑paste. Agentra started as a two‑person practice to fix exactly that.
First client: a 40‑person freight broker drowning in quote requests.
(2021)
The builders
Clients didn't want another roadmap — they wanted the thing built. So engineers joined as partners, and we stopped handing work to outside shops.
Rule one, still on the wall: the people who scope it, build it.
(2023)
The models
When language models got good, we already knew where work was stuck. We put AI in the places that pay back — and kept it out of the places that don't.
Our first production agent, an RFQ quoting desk, is still running today.
(Today)
The firm
Eight senior people, 85 systems in production and one promise: if it won't move a number you care about, we won't build it.
Still small by design. Still remote‑first. Still demoing every Friday.
(01)
Results
Outcomes over output.
We agree on one number before we write a line of code. If it isn't moving, you'll hear it from us first.
(02)
Honesty
Say no early.
The most valuable thing we do is talk clients out of projects that won't pay back — even when it costs us the work.
(03)
Safety
Humans stay in the loop.
Every system ships with review steps, confidence thresholds and a named person on your side who owns it.
(04)
Ownership
Leave you stronger.
You own the code, prompts and docs. We train your team so the system keeps improving long after we leave.
120+
Leadership teams advised since 2019
85
AI systems running in production today
11 wk
Median time from kickoff to payback
98%
Clients who stay after the first project
Managing Partner
Sofia Laurent
15 yrs in operations strategy
AI Engineering
Joshua Bennett
10 yrs building ML systems
Data & Analytics
Ayesha Rahman
Ex‑head of data, Series C fintech
Change & Training
James Whitfield
Led 60+ enablement programs
Automation Lead
Crystal Moreau
8 yrs in systems integration
Applied AI Engineer
Leo Tanaka
Former research engineer
Engagement Manager
Nadia Hassan
9 yrs in consulting delivery
Product Designer
Maya Lindgren
Designs the tools people actually use
(01)
One partner, one engineer.
Named on day one and with you until the end. You'll never be passed to someone you haven't met.
(02)
A demo every Friday.
Working software on your real data — not status slides. Thirty minutes, and you decide what happens next week.
(03)
Your tools, your accounts.
We build inside the stack you already pay for. Nothing is locked to us, and nothing leaves your environment.
(04)
Numbers every month.
A one‑page report against the business case we agreed — including the parts that aren't working yet.
Hiring now
Want to do the best work of your career?
We're growing carefully — a few senior hires a year, each one chosen to raise the bar. Remote‑first, Friday demos, and a share of the profit.
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