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Your Portfolio Has Untapped Value. Let's Go Get It.

Defense logistics, additive manufacturing, aluminum production, architectural coatings, agricultural equipment — across 29 active platforms and 240+ facilities, there's real value sitting between the operational data your companies are generating and the AI systems they're not running yet. We find it, build the solution, and put it into production within your hold period.

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The Opportunity is There. The Hard Part is Getting it Done.

Whether it's a predictive maintenance program at Commonwealth Rolled Products, a generative design deployment at ADDMAN, or a logistics optimization rollout across RelaDyne's national distribution network — your portfolio companies have the operational data, the market position, and the customer base. What's missing is a team that can build and ship the AI to capture that value fast enough to matter within your hold period.

AIP's Operating Agenda model already provides the structure for operational transformation. AI integration into that model is the natural next step — not a separate initiative, but an extension of what your Operations team is already executing.

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We Mapped AI Opportunities Across AIP's Actual Portfolio

This isn't a general guide to AI in manufacturing. It's a breakdown of where we see the highest-value AI applications across AIP's 29 active platforms — with estimated EBITDA impact ranges, implementation priorities, and a competitive read on where peers like Brookfield and KPS are already moving. Built specifically for AIP. Available now.

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CASE STUDY

A PE-Backed Services Company Went from Spreadsheets to a SaaS Platform — and a Much Better Exit Story

An energy services and facility solutions provider (700+ employees, 30+ locations) was heavily reliant on manual processes. Assessments lived in spreadsheets, reporting was done by hand, and scaling the business meant adding more people. The approach worked, but it couldn't keep up with the company's growth.

What Changed
Compoze Labs embedded with their team across four product releases — replacing manual field operations with a custom platform for assessments, capital planning, and client reporting. Three years later, they weren't selling services anymore. They were selling the platform. A completely different business, and a completely different conversation with buyers.

What started as solving a data collection problem became the foundation of the company's growth strategy — and the centerpiece of its exit narrative.

260+
Active platform users across 40–50 client organizations

$0 → Recurring
SaaS revenue stream that didn't exist at acquisition — now a core part of the business

Service → Platform
From selling one-time projects to selling platform subscriptions

Exit Positioned
Technology became the company's primary growth narrative for prospective buyers

Inside Portfolio Companies

Whether it's a continuous-process aluminum plant like Commonwealth Rolled Products, a defense technology platform like V2X, an additive manufacturing operation like ADDMAN, or a global agricultural equipment business like Grain & Protein Technologies — the right AI investments show up directly in the returns.

Replace the systems holding the business back so it can grow to 2x revenue without doubling headcount.

Build data infrastructure that people actually use — one source of truth instead of five spreadsheets that all say different things.

Automate the manual work that's burning labor costs and making it impossible to scale without adding more people.

Create new digital products and revenue streams that didn't exist when you acquired the company.

At the Fund Level

Your deal team and operating partners are spending hours on work that AI handles in minutes. Let them focus on the work that actually moves numbers.

Due diligence that used to take weeks takes days. Your team closes faster and with more confidence.

Portfolio monitoring that flags problems before they hit the P&L, while you can still do something about them.

LP reporting that takes less of your team's time and actually answers the questions investors are going to ask.

Deal intelligence that stays at the firm when people leave, instead of walking out the door with them.

Portfolio Technology Scan

Which companies have the most to gain? What's the fastest path to impact? Walk away with a prioritized map of opportunities ranked by expected return and feasibility.

Ranked opportunity map 1–2 weeks

Proof of Value

A focused pilot on the highest-priority opportunity. Real results, real data, real buy-in from portfolio company leadership — before anyone commits to a full build.

Working pilot with measured impact 4-8 weeks

Build & Ship

Custom software built for each company's specific context. Integrated with existing systems, working alongside internal teams. Written, tested, deployed, running.

Production software hitting target metrics

Scale Toward Exit

As the business grows, the technology grows with it. Internal teams build the capability to own it going forward — so buyers see an asset, not a dependency.

Self-sustaining technology your team owns

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We'll walk through AIP's current holdings across defense and aerospace, advanced manufacturing, metals and materials, energy, and industrial services — and talk about where we see the biggest AI opportunities and how we'd go after them within your Operating Agenda framework.

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GUARDRAIL 01

Prove It Before You Buy It

Every engagement starts with a scoped pilot that delivers measurable results in 4–8 weeks. If the numbers don't work, you walk away having spent a fraction of what a failed full build would cost.

GUARDRAIL 02

One Team, Start to Finish

The engineers who design the architecture are the same ones who write the code and deploy it. No offshore handoffs, no lost context, no game of telephone between strategy and execution.

GUARDRAIL 03

Your Team Owns It When We Leave

Everything is built so your portfolio company's people can maintain and extend it. Clean code, full documentation, knowledge transfer built into the engagement — not bolted on at the end.

Your Timeline, Not Ours

Hold periods, 100-day plans, board meetings with operating metrics on the line. Engagements are scoped to deliver within the windows that matter to you — not stretched to fill a retainer.

Data + AI + Engineering

Data pipelines, AI models, custom applications, legacy modernization — all in one shop. Your portfolio companies get one partner instead of five vendors, and your operating group gets one relationship to manage.

Strategy and Execution

The people who help you figure out the approach are the same people who build and deploy the software. No handoff between the team that plans it and the team that builds it.

We've Seen This Before

The problems look different on the surface, but the value creation plays follow patterns. That means faster starts, fewer wrong turns, and a team that already knows where the landmines are.

Let's Talk About Your Portfolio

We'd love to walk through AIP's current holdings and talk about where we see the biggest AI and technology opportunities — and how we'd fit them into the Operating Agenda framework your team is already running.

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Your Portfolio Has Untapped Value. Let's Go Get It.

The Opportunity is There. The Hard Part is Getting it Done.

We Mapped AI Opportunities Across AIP's Actual Portfolio

A PE-Backed Services Company Went from Spreadsheets to a SaaS Platform — and a Much Better Exit Story