Ask us anything.
Direct answers about how Annora works, where your data lives, what it costs, and what your team has to learn. (Almost nothing.)
What is Annora?
An AI operating system your company owns, built on the ERP, CRM, spreadsheets, and files you already run. One engine learns from everything you've quoted, built, and serviced; each department works through its own workspace on top. Ask in plain English and get the answer with its source. Start with sales and service; add engineering, procurement, scheduling, manufacturing, and quality at your pace. The knowledge and learning stay private to your company.
Do we have to replace our ERP?
No. Annora starts on top of Epicor, NetSuite, Infor, or whatever you run, including the old stuff. The pilot begins with read-only access, so you do not need to replace systems to start. As your own operating system takes on more work, you can choose to retire legacy tools you no longer need. You set the pace.
Which ERPs and systems does Annora work with?
Most of them. Epicor, NetSuite, Infor, Fishbowl, and older or custom systems, plus the tools around the ERP: CRM, legacy CPQ, shared network drives, spreadsheets, and email. If your answers live in it, Annora can make them searchable. We start by reading your existing systems; later workflows can write updates back where you approve them. No migration is required to start.
What happens if we change our ERP?
Annora stays. It sits on top of your systems, not inside any one of them, so it survives an ERP change. Point it at the new ERP and your quotes, history, and knowledge stay searchable right through the transition.
How is Annora different from the AI built into our ERP?
Your ERP's built-in AI only sees what lives inside that one ERP. The knowledge a good quote or answer needs is spread across your CRM, shared drives, spreadsheets, and older or in-house systems too. Annora runs on top of all of them at once and answers from your whole operation, not one vendor's slice. It also stays vendor-independent, so you're not locked to a single ERP's roadmap, and it's deployed in your environment, private to your company, so your data never trains an outside model.
How is Annora different from a CPQ tool?
A CPQ tool builds quotes from rules you set up and maintain in advance. Annora quotes from what you have actually built and sold: it makes your whole quote history, specs, and pricing searchable, then checks what you're about to quote against your product constraints. It runs on top of the ERP you already use, not as another system to configure and maintain.
How fast can we deploy?
The agreed pilot system is live in 14 days once your data and access are ready, guaranteed. It gives your team company answers, sales and quoting previews, and a Capacity Map. A full quoting rollout is agreed separately. Go-live follows the agreed checks with your experts. Miss our date and it costs us, not you. Allow roughly four weeks from signature, including time to arrange access.
What does it cost?
The pilot is a fixed price, set by your size and data volume, and credited in full to year one. No long-term contracts. You get the number, with the ROI it's measured against, at your roadmap session.
Does Annora train AI models on our data?
No, never. Your data never reaches OpenAI, Anthropic, or any outside AI company. Annora is private AI deployed for you alone.
Where does our data live?
In your environment, private to your company. Your data stays yours, and you can show management exactly where it lives and where it goes. The boundary is agreed in writing before anything is connected.
Can our IP leak to competitors?
No. Annora is deployed privately, for your company only. Your quotes, pricing, and process knowledge are never pooled, shared, or used to train anything outside your walls.
Our data is a mess. Do we need to clean it up first?
No. The mess is the point. Annora was built for companies whose knowledge is scattered across an ERP, drives, spreadsheets, and people's heads. It makes what you have findable as-is.
Is this another system my team has to learn?
You ask in plain English, something close to what you mean, no exact part numbers or perfect nomenclature, and get the answer with the source attached. We build each workspace around how your team works and add them at your pace.
What does Annora help with beyond quoting?
Start with sales and service, then add engineering, procurement, scheduling, manufacturing, and quality when it makes business sense. Each workspace runs on the same engine and company knowledge, so you build one department at a time.
Are we locked into a long-term contract?
No. There are no long-term contracts and no lock-in. You own your operating system, data, and engine, and the knowledge stays with your company if you stop working with us. You decide which existing tools to keep as your own system takes on more work.
Who are you, and how long have you been around?
A team of mechanical and AI engineers who have spent our careers in manufacturing, at companies including Intel, Volkswagen, and TDK InvenSense. Founded 2025. Patrick Byrne, CEO, and Dr. Wes Teskey, CTO. We build specifically for manufacturers of complex machinery and equipment.