We speak your language.
Cortland was built in Houston for the industries that drive the Texas economy. We’ve worked inside refineries, along pipelines, and across plant operations — and we deliver Claude into environments that look nothing like SaaS.
Why industry expertise matters.
AI implementation isn’t a generic exercise. The difference between a successful deployment and a failed one is whether the team building it understands your operational constraints — turnaround schedules, process safety management, union workforce dynamics, regulatory requirements, and the institutional knowledge that lives in your operators’ heads, not in your databases.
That fluency is what turns a Claude deployment into a production tool your team uses every day, not a dashboard nobody opens. We know why a reliability engineer rejects a tool that ignores criticality ranking — and we know how to build the one they adopt.
Oil & Gas
From upstream production to midstream transport to downstream refining, we build Claude-powered applications that work within the operational, safety, and regulatory realities of oil and gas. Our clients include operators, pipeline companies, and refiners who need technology partners that understand the difference between a turnaround and a shutdown.
Example AI applications
- Predictive maintenance for rotating and static equipment
- Pipeline integrity analytics and risk-based inspection planning
- Turnaround planning optimization with agentic workflows
- Regulatory compliance automation (PSM, EPA, OSHA) via MCP
Industrial Manufacturing
Manufacturing operations generate enormous volumes of data across production lines, quality systems, maintenance records, and supply chains. We help manufacturers turn that data into operational intelligence — Claude agents integrated with your MES, ERP, and historian systems that surface decisions your operators can act on.
Example AI applications
- AI-driven production scheduling and optimization
- Quality defect prediction and root cause analysis
- Maintenance prioritization across complex asset portfolios
- Supply chain risk monitoring with agentic response workflows
Chemical & Petrochemical
Chemical operations carry unique complexity — stringent safety requirements, continuous process monitoring, and regulatory frameworks that demand precision. Our solutions are built with an understanding of process safety management, environmental compliance, and the operational culture of chemical plants.
Example AI applications
- Process safety analytics and early warning systems
- Environmental compliance monitoring and automated reporting
- Batch optimization and yield improvement
- Claude-powered SOP search and workforce safety analytics
Construction
Construction projects are complex, deadline-driven, and data-rich. We help construction firms apply Claude to project management, asset tracking, compliance automation, and workforce optimization — turning fragmented data into decisions that keep projects on time and on budget.
Example AI applications
- Project risk prediction and mitigation planning
- Equipment utilization and maintenance optimization
- Safety incident analytics and prevention
- Document and permit workflow automation via MCP
Energy & Utilities
The energy transition is creating new operational challenges alongside traditional ones. We work with energy companies navigating reliability requirements, renewable integration, grid modernization, and asset lifecycle management — applying Claude where it creates measurable operational value.
Example AI applications
- Asset reliability and condition-based maintenance
- Grid operations optimization
- Renewable asset performance monitoring
- Outage prediction and response with agentic playbooks
Business Services to Industrial & Energy
The firms that serve the industrial and energy economy face the same data, knowledge-work, and compliance complexity as their clients — often carried across many operators at once. We build Claude applications for procurement and audit platforms, industrial SaaS vendors, engineering firms, and professional services practices whose clients are refineries, pipelines, plants, and utilities.
Example AI applications
- Procurement, vendor, and contract audit automation
- Compliance and document review across client portfolios
- Claude-powered knowledge search across engineering documents and regulatory filings
- Enterprise-grade AI features inside industrial SaaS products via the Claude API, MCP, or Claude Code
We understand your operations.
Our team has worked inside the industries we serve. We understand turnaround schedules, PSM requirements, union dynamics, and why the reliability engineer doesn’t trust the CMMS data. This isn’t theoretical knowledge — it’s lived experience.
How we deliver
We ship Claude into environments that look nothing like SaaS.
Every engagement runs on Claude and is delivered through Cadence — our collaborative platform where AI agents execute, our team reviews, and you approve.
Our team runs new Claude capabilities in production as Anthropic ships them — MCP integrations, agentic workflows, computer use, skills, Claude Code. You get the frontier without the R&D cost.
Your industry. Your problems. Our expertise.
Whether you’re an operator in oil & gas, manufacturing, chemicals, construction, or energy — or a firm that serves them — we’ve worked your operations. Let’s talk about where Claude creates the highest-value impact for you.