--- title: "lumic | Forward Deployed Engineers for business, St. Louis" description: "lumic's Forward Deployed Engineers put AI to work inside St. Louis businesses — from vendor bills to month-end — in the systems you already run, with a person approving what matters." canonical: https://get-lumic.com/ last_updated: 2026-10-27 --- # lumic | Forward Deployed Engineers for business, St. Louis > lumic's Forward Deployed Engineers put AI to work inside St. Louis businesses — from vendor bills to month-end — in the systems you already run, with a person approving what matters. Source: https://get-lumic.com/ | Contact: hello@get-lumic.com Based in St. Louis FDEs for business # AI, deployed into your business and kept working. lumic’s Forward Deployed Engineers have finance backgrounds. They put AI to work inside the systems and routines you already run, from vendor bills to month-end, keep it working, and a person on your team approves what matters. lumic is St. Louis AI help for the back office: Forward Deployed Engineers on site, one job at a time. St. Louis first; the team travels for the right fit. [Book a call](https://cal.com/lumic/20-minute-call) See it running Why lumic. Turn sound on for the narration. See it running ## One agent, one job. Done every day. Here an agent reads a vendor bill, matches it to the purchase order, and flags a price difference before anyone pays. A person approves it, and it lands in the ERP ready to post. Then the dashboards show what the agents did, on the same live data. Every figure is sample data. Turn sound on for the narration. ### Watch each tool on its own - [Receivables](https://get-lumic.com/video/demos/lumic-keynote-receivables.mp4) - [Sales](https://get-lumic.com/video/demos/lumic-keynote-sales.mp4) - [Purchasing](https://get-lumic.com/video/demos/lumic-keynote-purchasing.mp4) - [Financial](https://get-lumic.com/video/demos/lumic-keynote-financial.mp4) - [Ask your data (AI)](https://get-lumic.com/video/demos/lumic-keynote-connector.mp4) Each film opens on its own, with narration. ### How the data flows ### It works in the systems you already run. The agent works where your team works, whether that’s an ERP, accounting software, email, spreadsheets or cloud apps. It reads and enters the same records a person would. No new system to learn, and no new software seats. Where the agent works - Your ERP — On-prem or cloud - Excel and CSV files — Workbooks and exports - Cloud apps — Accounting, CRM, e-commerce - Email inboxes — Orders, invoices, statements - Bank and card feeds — Every transaction - Databases — Wherever they run - Shared drives and PDFs — Contracts, price lists, scans - Legacy and custom systems — Even the old ones What you get - AI agents that do the work — Ready for a person to approve - A log of every action — What it did, and who approved it - Live dashboards — What the agents did, always current - Alerts when it needs a person — The moment an exception comes up If your team does it on a screen, an agent can usually learn it. It reads what it needs, and every entry it makes waits for a person’s approval. Portfolio ## In production, every day. Agents and dashboards lumic built run every day inside operating companies, on entirely different systems, live and measured. lumic’s leaders run finance themselves, so they use what they build. ### AP invoice agent Every vendor bill was typed in twice, into two systems, about 30 a day. The agent went live about six weeks after the on-site day. It reads each bill from email, matches it to the purchase order, and enters it in both systems once the clerk approves. - A specialty manufacturer · accounting software + a custom operations database - 64 of 67 bills through the agent in week one - Kept running for a monthly fee [AP automation →](https://get-lumic.com/services/ap-automation/) ### A finance team run on agents At a multi-company manufacturer and distributor, about 13 agent roles do daily work: AP and cash receipts entered into the ERP, payroll and month-end entries, purchase orders, and collections. A person approves each entry. - About 13 agent roles - Nine live dashboards ### Collections agent From live aging, the agent drafts the collections email and the statement for each past-due customer. A person reviews each one and sends it. A morning of work in the ERP and the inbox, now ready when the day starts. - Agent · ERP + inbox - Drafts from live aging - A person sends every one [See the full portfolio](https://get-lumic.com/portfolio/) Systems lumic works with If your team runs it, lumic can work with it. - QuickBooks Online - QuickBooks Desktop - NetSuite - Sage Intacct - Sage 100 - Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central - Xero - Acumatica - Bill.com - Ramp - Expensify - ADP - Paychex - Gusto - Salesforce - HubSpot - Microsoft 365 / Outlook - Excel - Power BI - SQL Server - Google Workspace - FileMaker - Shopify Client names stay private. [How lumic works with your systems](https://get-lumic.com/systems/) Services ## An agent on the job, and a team behind it. lumic’s FDEs, Forward Deployed Engineers, come to you, learn how the work is really done, and build AI into it. lumic does not sell software to configure yourself; the team stays to run what it builds. 01 · Deploy an agent ### One job at a time. The team starts beside yours and watches the job done by hand: the screens, the checks, the exceptions. Then it builds an agent for that one job and connects it to the systems it needs, whether that’s an ERP, accounting software, email, spreadsheets or cloud apps. It runs on its own dedicated computer, wherever fits your business. Your team tests it on real work before it goes live. - AI agents - System connections - Approval queues - Dashboards - Workflow redesign - Every deployment covers - One job, mapped with your team - A dedicated computer for it, wherever fits - Connected to the systems it needs - An approval step before anything posts - A log of every action it takes 02 · Managed AI agents ### lumic keeps it working. Each agent does one role, such as AP clerk, payroll, or month-end entries. Once it is live, lumic runs it for a monthly fee. The team watches it, tests it every month, fixes what breaks, and upgrades it as AI improves. A person on your team approves anything before it posts. - Each managed agent Covered - Monitoring Ongoing - Testing Monthly - Fixes Included - Upgrades as tools improve Included - Human approval Built in [See one agent, step by step: AP automation](https://get-lumic.com/services/ap-automation/) [Every job lumic automates: Services](https://get-lumic.com/services/) How lumic works ## lumic starts where the work happens. Live in weeks, not quarters. ### On-site diagnostic. lumic’s FDEs work beside your team where the work happens. They map your systems, your data, and the manual steps that take the most time. ### Build the agent. The team builds an agent for one job, connects it to your systems, and sets up the approval step. Your team tests it on real work before it goes live. ### Managed and kept working. lumic watches it, tests it, fixes it, and upgrades it, for a monthly fee. You run the business. [How lumic works, in full](https://get-lumic.com/how-lumic-works/) Pricing ### Free consultation. On-site work $1,500/day, credited toward phase one. Managed agents from $1,000/month. Monthly pricing covers running and supporting your agents. The build is a separate, one-time cost, scoped after the free consultation. Final pricing depends on your workflow and systems. These figures are starting points, not quotes. [Book a call to talk real pricing](https://cal.com/lumic/20-minute-call) [See pricing](https://get-lumic.com/pricing/) - At a glance - Consultation Free - On-site work $1,500/day - The build One-time, scoped - Running and support Monthly Why lumic ## Forward Deployed Engineers who’ve closed the books. lumic’s FDEs have finance backgrounds. They don’t just deploy agents; they know which back-office jobs are worth automating because they’ve done them. Every engagement is run by FDEs with finance training, backed by a bench of agents that do the volume. ### It makes the entry itself. The agent enters the work in your systems, the same records a clerk would key. A person approves it, and nobody retypes it. ### Live and measured. A managed AP agent from lumic went live about six weeks after the on-site day. In its first week, 64 of 67 bills went through it. Counted, not estimated. ### Finance people who code. Most FDE teams are engineers who learn finance on the job. lumic’s team lived it first: it has done these back-office jobs by hand, then built the agents that do them. ### It runs where it fits. Each agent works on its own dedicated computer, wherever fits your business, under its own login, inside the systems you already run. To read a document, it uses a cloud AI model. ### It touches only its job. lumic gives each agent access to the screens and records its job needs, and nothing more. Every action it takes is logged. ### Nothing posts without you. The agent prepares each entry. A person on your team checks it and approves it, and the final post stays in your hands. Dashboards only read. lumic builds it, and keeps it working. - Instead of → With lumic - Typing every bill into two systems → An agent enters it; you approve - Cash receipts keyed from remittances → An agent enters them; you approve - Month-end entries built by hand → Prepared by an agent, approved by you - Exporting the same reports every morning → Live dashboards, no export - Build-and-ghost consultants → A team that stays on [Forward-deployed engineers: an FDE or a consultant](https://get-lumic.com/forward-deployed-engineers/) [Guardrails](https://get-lumic.com/guardrails/) [AI consulting and automation in St. Louis](https://get-lumic.com/st-louis/ai-consulting/) ### Common questions ### What is an FDE? FDE stands for Forward Deployed Engineer. lumic's FDEs are engineers with finance backgrounds who come to you, learn how the work is really done, build AI into one job at a time, and keep it working. ### Who approves what the agent does? A person on your team. The agent makes the entry, and a person checks it and approves it before anything posts. The final post stays in your hands. ### How long does it take to go live? Weeks, not quarters. A recent managed AP agent went live about six weeks after the on-site day; in its first week, 64 of 67 bills went through the agent. [All questions](https://get-lumic.com/faq/) Leadership ### Finance first. Engineers second. lumic’s leadership includes a controller and a CFP®, based in St. Louis. Its leaders still work in finance, and that is the point: they run real books on the agents lumic deploys. Senior people lead every engagement, on site, from scoping to support. [Meet the leadership](https://get-lumic.com/how-lumic-works/#leadership) Free checklist ## Month-End Red Flags Service Firms Usually Miss Ten month-end mistakes in AP, billing, payroll and the close, on one page. Enter an email and the checklist downloads right away. One email field. No spam, no trackers. ## Based in St. Louis. Start with a conversation. [Book a call](https://cal.com/lumic/20-minute-call) or write to lumic [hello@get-lumic.com](mailto:hello@get-lumic.com?subject=lumic%20intro%20call) Every engagement is led by a senior FDE, on site. What happens next A 20‑minute call. You walk the team through the work your people do by hand. A written proposal. What lumic would build, the timeline, and the cost. An on-site visit. lumic’s FDEs meet your team where the work happens and confirm the plan. St. Louis first; they travel for the right fit. ## Questions ### What is an FDE? FDE stands for Forward Deployed Engineer. lumic's FDEs are engineers with finance backgrounds who come to you, learn how the work is really done, build AI into one job at a time, and keep it working. ### Who approves what the agent does? A person on your team. The agent makes the entry, and a person checks it and approves it before anything posts. The final post stays in your hands. ### How long does it take to go live? Weeks, not quarters. A recent managed AP agent went live about six weeks after the on-site day; in its first week, 64 of 67 bills went through the agent. All questions: https://get-lumic.com/faq/ --- © 2026 lumic | Founded May 2026 | Serving Greater St. Louis, Missouri and Illinois | Privacy