About.

Ben Thomas

Founder

One- to two-paragraph bio. Lead with what makes you credible to a CFO doing diligence: prior employers, the technical work you owned there, the outcome. Keep it concrete — names of companies, not adjectives about them.

Second paragraph (optional): how you came to think about vertical AI services the way you do. Could echo the brick to marble framing — the gap between systems of record and the artifact, why a services firm is the right shape for closing it.

LinkedIn → · ben@carraraworks.com →

Why Carrara Works

Above the SOR, below the artifact.

Two-to-three paragraphs that crystallize your thesis in plain language. Not the homepage manifesto — something the CFO can quote internally to justify hiring you. The shape of the work, the gap you're filling, why this is a services business and not a product.

If you want to lean on the brick to marble frame, this is the place. The hero on the home page is poetic; this is where you cash that poetry into a substantive paragraph.

Link to the longer-form treatment if there is one: Read the full essay →

How an engagement runs

Plain shape, fixed scope.

Duration: 8–16 weeks, typically. Longer engagements are scoped as renewals, not open-ended retainers.
Fee model: Fixed scope, fixed fee. We agree on the deliverable and the price before kickoff. No T&M on the core build.
Where it runs: Carrara-managed cloud with per-tenant schema isolation. Migration to your environment available when procurement requires.
IP & continuity: The code is yours — standard work-for-hire terms, no rights retained by us. Source is escrowed with a third-party provider; you hold a perpetual license. If we ever stop operating, your workflows keep running.
References: Available on request from prior engagements.

What we don't do

Narrow on purpose.

Generic AI consulting. If you need horizontal prompt-engineering help, a strategy deck, or an LLM training program for your team, we're the wrong firm. Vertical, technical, embedded — or not at all.
Multi-tenant SaaS. We don't sell a shared product you license per seat. Every customer gets a per-tenant deployment of their workflows on their data — managed by us today, migratable to your own cloud when you ask. The code is yours under perpetual license; you can leave whenever you want.
Engagements under [REPLACE WITH FLOOR]. The work is too custom to justify small projects. Below the floor it's not economical for either of us. (Suggest stating the actual number — a real filter beats a vague one.)
Anything that competes with our other clients' interests. We work with one operator per sub-vertical per engagement window. If you need exclusivity in a specific niche, that's part of the contract.

Carrara Works, LLC. Founded 2026. Founder-funded.
Based in [REPLACE WITH CITY].

Posture. We operate inside your security perimeter. Standard NDAs and DPAs are in place by default. References from prior engagements available on request.

Build with us.

ben@carraraworks.com →