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Business Efficiency Assessment
Find where your business loses time and money, with the fixes ranked by value. Building a new product? Start with a prototype.
Software development and AI automation company · Detroit & Chicago
AI automation and purpose-built software for how your business works
We find where your business loses time and money, connect the systems you already use, and automate the complex work your team does by hand, from reading documents to routing approvals, with your data turned into decisions along the way.
Free 30-minute call · Rated 4.9/5 on Clutch
Recognition and clients
- Years in business
- 10+
- Rating on Clutch
- 4.9/5
- Users across client apps
- 1.2M+
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What we do
AI automation and purpose-built software for the work that slows you down
Less manual work
AI Workflow Automation
Documents, requests and approvals that move between your systems on their own, so your team can focus on the work that needs them.
Better decisions
Data & Business Intelligence
One trusted set of numbers from all your tools, with dashboards and reports that build themselves.
Fits how you work
Purpose-Built Business Software
Systems for the complex work off-the-shelf tools can't handle, connected to the tools you keep.
Off aging systems
Legacy System Modernization
Replace old Access, VB6 and desktop tools without stopping work.
Featured work
Software running inside real businesses
iCOMBAT · Manufacturing
Bluetooth player app for tactical laser tag
The iOS and Android player app that connects to iCOMBAT's tactical laser tag equipment over Bluetooth.
Bluetooth IoT iCOMBAT's manufactured devices and its mobile app work as one product, for a better player experience
Virginia Transportation Corporation · Logistics
100% paperless field operations app
A driver app for loads, inspections and signatures that took vehicle transport fully paperless.
100% Paperless pickup and delivery workflow
University of Illinois Chicago · Higher education and research
A digital health intervention platform for a university study
A digital health intervention platform where young people in a UIC study practice healthy relationship skills, in conversations that feel real but carry no risk.
6 weeks To a working prototype
Industries
Built for your industry
Manufacturing
Operational software that finds and recovers lost money.
Healthcare
Apps and platforms for health startups, clinics and universities.
Professional services
Client portals, intake tools and automation that give your team back its time.
In another industry? Most of our work is. See our work
How we work
Assess it, build it, keep it running
Assess
A Business Efficiency Assessment finds where time and money are lost and ends with an initial scope, and its fee counts toward the build. New products start with a prototype.
Ways to start →Build
Design comes first and finalizes the scope and screens, then the same team builds in phases.
Our services →Support
Monthly plans that keep your software running and improving after launch.
Support plans →
Why Denovo
The assessment and the build, under one roof
Most consultants hand you a report. Most software shops build whatever you ask for. We start with your operation: we find the problem, then build the software that fixes it.
Operations and engineering on one team
We pair process improvement experience with software engineering, so every system we build is designed around how your business actually runs.
Built around the systems you have
We work with the tools you already use. Replacing your ERP or CRM is rarely the answer, and we'll tell you when it is.
Dollars, not opinions
Every finding comes with a number, so you know what each fix is worth before you spend anything.
Savings you can see
After launch, we track results month by month, so the return is on paper, not a promise.
Client reviews
What our clients say
The team is able to speak intelligently about what they're going to do and what potential issues would be.
Sam BorickVirginia Transportation Corporation Successful deployment of projects into our production environment within desired timeframe and budget.
Jeff RogersCutting Edge Countertops I've worked with Denovo Studios for over a year now and the process has been absolutely seamless.
Dr. Ariel SmithUniversity of Illinois Chicago
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