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Built by an operator, not a vendor.

More than twenty years running operations for real South African businesses. That experience now builds the tool your business is missing, and hands it over as something you own.

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Operations pedigree
SABMiller Estée Lauder Pep Stores ISO 9001
The operator

Most software vendors have never run a yard.

Melissa, founder of Foundry Digital AI
MelissaFounder, Foundry Digital AI

Melissa spent more than 20 years inside the operations, supply chain and compliance teams of companies like SABMiller, Estée Lauder and Pep Stores. Yards, fleets, distribution centres. Full general management. ISO 9001 quality systems. Real South African business pressure.

She has been the person who owned the spreadsheet with the dates in it, chased the driver for proof of delivery, and stood in front of the auditor. That is why Foundry builds tools that fit how your business actually runs, not how a software company imagines it does.

And it is why every build is handed over, not rented. Owners who run yards and fleets have been burned before, by per-vehicle fees and software that stops working the month you stop paying. A tool you own is the only kind worth building: on accounts in your name, with your team trained to run it. If you never call us again after handover, it should still be running.

"If you can't switch us off and keep the tool, you don't own it. Every build we do, you own."

Built by an operator, not a vendor
The market

The gap is real.

Small and medium businesses make up more than 98% of all formal businesses in South Africa. They employ most of the workforce. They run mostly on WhatsApp, spreadsheets, and goodwill.

The operations businesses among them, transport, logistics, workshops, small manufacturers, distributors and field services, all have a process that eats hours every week. Their spreadsheet or off-the-shelf app never quite fits. The software that does fit is priced per vehicle or per user, and it stops the month you stop paying. That is the gap Foundry closes: one tool, built for the job, owned outright.

98%
of South Africa's formal businesses are small businesses
30 days
of fixes included with every build, then a Care plan only if you want it
How we work

Four things we hold to, every time.

Trustworthy over clever

The tool only matters if it works reliably for the people who use it every day. We hold a higher bar than clever demos.

Operator-led

Every product decision is run through the lens of someone who has actually managed South African business operations. We build for the real, not the ideal.

You own it

Accounts in your name, your team trained, a runbook in the drawer. The owner is still the business. We build tools that back a person's judgement, not replace it.

Plain and honest

No invented results, no vague promises, no buzzwords. If we say it, we can prove it.

Which process eats your week?

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