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Engineering firm · San Antonio, Texas

The engineering team behind your next product line.

Established companies bring us in to build what they’re launching next — the go-to-market platform, data and AI pipelines, and cloud infrastructure as code on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure. When the product is physical, we build the firmware, connectivity and hardware too.

Headquarters
San Antonio, Texas
Engineering
US-based team
Clouds
AWS · Google Cloud · Azure
Engagements
Fixed-scope, partner, or retained

What we do

The work, at a glance.

14 services in three groups. Most clients start with one — a new product line, a stalled pilot, a cloud that drifted from its code — and use us across the stack after that.

Not sure where to start? Most engagements begin with a one-to-two-week scoping sprint and a written, fixed-fee plan.

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We work in AWSGoogle CloudMicrosoft AzureKubernetesTerraformOpenTofuPulumiDockerPostgresStripeSalesforceNVIDIA JetsonMQTTLTE-M · NB-IoT

New product lines & divisions

Launching a new division? We build the whole platform.

Your core team keeps shipping the main product. We stand up everything the new line needs to go to market — then hand it to the team you hire, or keep running it.

  1. L/01

    Product site & launch

    Positioning, product pages, lead capture and analytics for the new line.

  2. L/02

    Customer & dealer portals

    Accounts, SSO, ordering, service requests and self-serve documentation.

  3. L/03

    Commerce & billing

    Quoting, checkout, subscriptions and usage billing with invoicing.

  4. L/04

    Back-office integration

    CRM, ERP, support desk and warehouse — the systems you already run.

  5. L/05

    Data & AI

    Pipelines, reporting and AI features built on clean, governed data.

  6. L/06

    Cloud foundation

    Isolated environments as code on AWS, Google Cloud or Azure.

When the product is physical

Device to console. One team.

Connected products fail at the seams — between the board and the modem, the modem and the cloud, the cloud and the customer’s system. We own the seams.

  1. 01 · Device

    Hardware & firmware

    • Sensors & actuators
    • Embedded firmware
    • Secure boot & OTA agent
    • Edge AI inference
    device services →
  2. 02 · Link

    Connectivity

    • LTE-M · NB-IoT · Cat-1bis
    • eSIM (SGP.32)
    • Satellite NTN · Iridium
    • Failover & store-and-forward
    link services →
  3. 03 · Cloud

    Device platform

    • Ingestion (MQTT · LwM2M)
    • Command & control API
    • OTA release service
    • Time-series & anomaly detection
    cloud services →
  4. 04 · Console

    Operations & integrations

    • Fleet console
    • Utility · DERMS · VPP
    • TAK / C2 systems
    • ERP, alerts & reporting
    console services →
One accountable team across every layer — or just the layer you’re missing. device → link → cloud → console

For connectivity & hardware vendors

Your customer bought the connectivity. We ship the product.

Connectivity providers and module makers bring us in when an account stalls on firmware, cloud or dashboards. We build on your stack, and the customer stays yours.

  • We build on your network and your stack
  • We never move a referred customer to another network
  • Your partner team gets status on every referred account
  1. 01

    Introduce the account

    A short email or a three-way call. Tell us where the project is stuck.

  2. 02

    Joint scoping within two business days

    We review the device, the connectivity and the gap, then quote a fixed-scope project to the customer.

  3. 03

    Delivery on your stack

    Firmware, cloud, command path and console — built on your SIMs, modules and platform APIs.

  4. 04

    Activations go live

    Units ship, SIMs activate, and your partner manager hears about it from us first.

Selected work

Platforms that win contracts.

We built the AI data platform MLtwist runs on — the platform behind its $590K U.S. TSA contract and its Department of Energy materials-data search — and a dealer telematics platform from scratch.

MLtwist U.S. Transportation Security Administration U.S. Department of Energy

AI data platforms · In production

The AI data platform behind MLtwist

MLtwist turns raw, messy data into model-ready datasets for government, research and enterprise customers. Every customer brings different data types, labeling tools and delivery formats, so the business needed one platform to run projects, people and pipelines — without custom engineering for every engagement.

  • Project and customer management
  • Workforce management for labelers and reviewers
  • Labeling project setup, assignment and QC
  • Custom pipelines triggered per project on Kubernetes
  • Containerized processing workloads that scale per job
  • Versioned, tracked data in a secure environment
Read the case study

Axio engineered the platform MLtwist runs on — how we manage projects and people, run labeling, and launch custom pipelines on Kubernetes. It’s the foundation we delivered our TSA and Department of Energy work on. They build like owners, and they ship.

David Smith, Founder & CEO of MLtwist

David Smith

Founder & CEO, MLtwist

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How we engage

Fixed scope, fixed fee, written down.

Every engagement starts with a written plan: what we’ll deliver, by when, for how much. You own the code, the designs and the IP.

E/01

Scoping sprint

One to two weeks. We review the hardware, code, contracts and constraints, and hand you a written plan with a fixed price.

1–2 weeks

E/02

Fixed-scope build

A defined deliverable, a date and a fee. Firmware, platform, integration or modernization — shipped and handed off.

Typically 4–16 weeks

E/03

Implementation partner

For connectivity and hardware vendors: we take the accounts that stall on software and report back to your team.

Per referred account

E/04

Retained

Fractional CTO leadership, or ongoing DevOps/SRE and support for systems in production.

Month to month

Questions

Straight answers.

All questions

What does Axio Intelligence do?

Axio Intelligence is a US engineering firm in San Antonio, Texas. We build go-to-market platforms for new product lines, data and AI platforms, and cloud infrastructure as code on AWS, Google Cloud and Azure; we build connected hardware end to end — firmware, cellular and satellite connectivity, device-to-cloud and edge AI; and we cut cloud costs, modernize legacy systems — including moving COBOL and RPG workloads off IBM mainframes and IBM i, and Oracle and SQL Server databases to PostgreSQL or MySQL — run DevOps/SRE and provide fractional CTO leadership.

Can Axio build the platform for a new product line or division?

Yes — it is one of the most common reasons established companies hire us. We build the product site, customer and dealer portals, commerce and billing, CRM and ERP integrations, and the cloud infrastructure for a new line, so it can launch without pulling the core engineering team off the roadmap.

Which clouds do you work with?

AWS, Google Cloud (GCP) and Microsoft Azure. We build and support infrastructure as code with Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi, AWS CDK or Bicep, including landing zones, Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS), CI/CD and ongoing IaC support.

Do you work with IBM mainframes or IBM i (AS/400)?

Yes. For US manufacturers, distributors, wholesalers and mid-size retailers still running on IBM Z (z/OS and COBOL) or IBM i (AS/400 and RPG), we move COBOL and RPG workloads to AWS, Azure or Google Cloud in a modern language, starting with the batch and extract jobs that cost the most — inventory, replenishment, pricing feeds, reports. It starts with a diagnostic of the bill and the job list, and there is no upfront fee: we are paid a percentage of the net savings in licensing and compute spend.

Who hires Axio Intelligence?

Mostly established companies launching something new — a product line, a division, an AI or data capability, or a connected product — plus IoT connectivity providers who need an implementation partner, energy and DER device makers, defense and dual-use hardware teams, and industrial operators. We also built the AI data platform behind MLtwist.

Can you build firmware and cloud software for our IoT device?

Yes. We build the embedded firmware, the connectivity path, the device-to-cloud pipeline, command-and-control APIs, secure OTA updates and the fleet console, and we can design and manufacture the hardware too. One team is accountable from the board to the dashboard.

How do engagements work and how are they priced?

Most work starts with a short scoping sprint, followed by a fixed-scope, fixed-fee build with a written plan and dates. After launch, systems can move to a monthly support retainer. Fractional CTO work is a monthly retainer for a set number of days. Mainframe and IBM i migration is the exception: no upfront fee, priced as a percentage of the net savings we deliver. Database migrations can be either a fixed fee or a share of the license savings, depending on the job.

Do you work with our existing connectivity provider?

Yes. We build on the provider you already use, which is why connectivity providers refer their customers to us as an implementation partner.

Where is Axio Intelligence located?

Axio Intelligence is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and works with clients across the United States. Our engineering team is US-based.