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00 / Overview

Straight answers from the data you already have.

M29 builds practical AI for grower-packer-shippers, pointed at the ERP, spreadsheets, and databases you already run. Ask in plain language and get real answers; hand the daily grind to AI. A helper, not a rip-and-replace platform. We build it around how you work and show you how to use it.

connects to  your ERP
spreadsheets & exports
operational databases
documents & SOPs
real-time feeds
runs on  OpenAI · Gemini · Anthropic
01The
problem

The answer exists. It's just spread across ten places.

Your numbers live in the ERP. Last week's packout is in a spreadsheet. Grower agreements are in a binder. Shipping is in another system, accounting in a third, and the rest is in someone's head.

So getting one straight number (cost per carton, yield by lot, who's past terms) means exporting partial CSVs, wrestling spreadsheet formulas, reconciling by hand, and waiting. By the time you have it, the season has moved on.

System of record
ERP: orders, inventory, settlements, AR/AP.
Spreadsheets
Packout logs, grower deals, ad-hoc analysis, the "real" numbers.
Operations
Cooler, scale, line, and shipping systems that rarely talk to each other.
Documents
Contracts, food-safety records, and SOPs that nobody can query.
02What
we do

We point AI at your actual data.

M29 builds custom AI tools that sit on top of the systems you already run. We make a read-only mirror of your data, stand up a secure connection (a custom MCP server) over your ERP, databases, and real-time feeds, and give you one place to ask and to put AI to work.

It speaks the way your business runs (lots, cartons, packouts, terms, settlements) and runs on whichever AI engine fits the job: OpenAI, Gemini, or Anthropic. Ask in plain language; get an answer that traces back to the source. You're never locked to one vendor.

ERP
The system of record, connected directly and kept in sync.
Spreadsheets
The exports and working files your team actually lives in.
Data lake / mirror
A clean, queryable copy of your data. Your systems stay untouched.
Real-time feeds
Live signals like cold-chain location, temperature, and ETA, answerable as they happen.
Databases
Operational and reporting databases, joined into one picture.
Knowledgebase
Contracts, SOPs, and records made searchable and answerable.
03How it
works

Three steps. Your systems never get touched.

No platform migration, no months of onboarding. We connect, we serve, you ask.

STEP 01 / CONNECT

A read-only mirror of your data.

We sync your ERP, databases, and key spreadsheets into a clean mirror. Read-only: nothing writes back, nothing breaks, your systems run exactly as they do today.

STEP 02 / SERVE

An MCP server over your data.

We stand up a secure MCP server that exposes your data to AI, with the definitions and rules that match how you count a carton, a lot, a settlement. Your terms, not generic ones.

STEP 03 / ASK & AUTOMATE

Plain questions. Real answers. Real work done.

Ask in plain language, hand off the recurring grind so AI does the work (not just the lookup), and set insights to run on a schedule. Every figure traces back to its source, and we show your team how to drive it themselves.

  SOURCES                 M29 AI                 YOU
  ┌─────────────┐
  │ ERP         │──┐
  │ Spreadsheets│──┤      ┌───────────────┐      ┌──────────────┐
  │ Databases   │──┼────▶ │ data mirror   │────▶ │ MCP server   │────▶  ask · automate · report
  │ Data lake   │──┤      │ (read-only)   │      │ + your rules │
  │ Documents   │──┘      └───────────────┘      └──────────────┘
PLAIN ENGLISH / MCP

What's an MCP server? Like EDI or an API, but for AI.

It's just the standard way AI connects to your systems and data. Build it once and the same tools work everywhere you use AI, from your own chat assistant to Claude on Mac or Windows. The layer underneath, not a one-off bolt-on.

04What you
can ask

Questions M29 AI answers.

Real questions from the grower-packer-shipper floor, the kind that usually take a day of pulling reports.

>
Cost per carton by grower lot, this season vs. last.
joins ERP costs + packout volume by lot
>
Packout yield by line and by day: where did we lose it?
scale + line data, flagged against target
>
Which customers are past terms, and by how much?
AR aging from the ERP, ranked by exposure
>
Cooler inventory aging: what needs to move first?
inventory by age, commodity, and hold status
>
Where are my loads right now, and is anything running warm?
live cold-chain location, temperature, and ETA
>
Open POs vs. expected harvest this week.
demand vs. supply, by commodity and ranch
>
Margin by commodity, by customer, by region.
revenue + landed cost, sliced any way you ask
05Scheduled
answers

The questions you ask every week, answered automatically.

A question you ask every week shouldn't take work every week. M29 AI runs the recurring ones automatically and delivers the answer where you want it, on the schedule you set.

Daily
Packout summary, line yield, and inbound vs. shipped before you walk in.
Weekly
Margin by commodity and customer; grower settlement checks.
On change
Insights that flag what moved (a lot running below yield, an account slipping past terms) before you have to ask.
On demand
Any one-off, in plain language, the moment you need it.
06How we
work

No-nonsense, on purpose.

Four commitments that keep this a practical solution, built around you, not a product you bend your business to fit.

A

Your data stays yours.

Read-only mirrors, your infrastructure or ours by your choice. Nothing leaves or trains anything without your say-so.

B

A helper, not an integrator.

We work with the ERP and tools you already run, build around how you work, and show your team how to drive it. No rip-and-replace, no new platform to learn.

C

Built for produce.

We already speak lots, cartons, packouts, settlements, and terms, so we're useful in days, not quarters.

D

Answers you can trust.

Every number traces back to its source. If you can't verify it, you shouldn't have to act on it.

07Who
we are

25 years of produce data integration and reporting. AI is just the newest tool.

M29 isn't an AI startup. For over 25 years we've integrated with the ERP and accounting software the produce industry runs on, pulling its data into clean data warehouses and building the custom reports it doesn't provide, the ones growers, packers, and shippers actually use day to day.

AI didn't replace any of that. It sits on top of it. The hard part was never the AI; it's knowing your data, your systems, and how the business really works. We already do.

Integrate
Over 25 years connecting to the produce industry's ERP and accounting software, not replacing it.
Warehouse
Your data in a clean warehouse, plus the custom reports the ERP doesn't give you.
Now
AI layered on top of all of it, where it earns its keep.
08Who it's
for
Built for grower-packer-shippers

See how we can help you.