Timeline
How we got to here.
15 years of Alian Software. Two years of Alian AI. The bets that worked, the patterns that compounded, and the things we now skip.
- 2010
— Alian Software founded
Started as a generalist enterprise software firm. Manufacturing was the first vertical — clients needed ERP and didn't have it. We built one and shipped it for them.
- 2014
— Alian Infinity ERP becomes a product
The custom ERP we'd built for three manufacturing clients became Alian Infinity — a productized platform with multi-tenant deployment. First three clients ported in.
- 2018
— Cross-vertical engineering practice
We outgrew 'manufacturing only.' Started shipping SaaS apps for B2B startups, custom ops platforms for logistics firms, finance integrations for ERP clients.
- 2021
— Engineering bench reaches critical mass
20+ senior engineers in-house. A handful of specialists in ML, computer vision, and data engineering. Reputation as the team that ships under hard constraints.
- 2023
— First production LLM work
First Claude-backed agent shipped — an internal ops assistant for a manufacturing client. Worked surprisingly well. Started thinking about AI as a vertical, not a feature.
- 2024
— Alian AI division spun up
Created a dedicated AI services arm. Hired two AI/ML engineers, repurposed the strongest LLM-aware generalists. Started taking AI-only engagements.
- 2024 · Q4
— Multi-agent manufacturing flagship
Shipped the first multi-agent operations system across a manufacturing plant — six specialized agents, 24/7, 31% downtime reduction. Became our flagship case study.
- 2025
— Five flagship case studies live
Multi-agent manufacturing · Auto issue resolution with Claude Code · AI ERP · Lead qualification agent · YouTube automation pipeline. Five wins across five verticals.
- 2025 · H2
— Fixed-fee Sprint model standardizes
After running fixed-fee, hourly, and retainer engagements side-by-side, settled on Fixed-fee Sprint as the default. Predictable for clients, profitable for us. Hourly stays as the on-ramp.
- 2026
— Alian AI launches the public site
This site. Live Problem Solver hero, real-time AI demos, public case studies, transparent pricing. The public face of work we'd been doing privately for years.
- Now
— Now
20+ engagements shipped, 84% retainer renewal rate. Growing carefully — we hire when demand calls, not before.
What's next?
See the public roadmap — what we're shipping on this site, and what we've considered and parked.