Six positioning scores, 1 to 10.
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| Dimension | Score | vs.Entire Market | vs. Revenue Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|
AI-first AI is in the title tag, a named service, an 'AI Workflow Sprint' accelerator, multiple AI/LLM articles, and hot-words 'agentic'; but it sits alongside hardware/IoT as co-equal, not the whole pitch (ai_emphasis_raw 55). | 6Present | Top 74% | Top 72% |
Consultative partner Offers consulting, product partnership and multi-year engagements with outcomes framing ('products shipped', serves companies that 'can't afford to get it wrong'), but also offers team augmentation and build-to-spec sprints, diluting pure strategic-partner posture. | 6Present | Top 64% | Top 52% |
Clear differentiator Sharp, plain differentiators: design + engineering under one roof (no handoff), full stack hardware-to-AI in one team, context retained across phases, honesty about fit, and full IP transfer — specific and memorable. | 7Strong | Top 26% | Top 28% |
Thought leadership Multi-format program (articles, whitepapers, podcast 'Over the Air', newsletter) with practical POV pieces, but volume is light, cadence sporadic, and no visible author signal. | 5Present | Top 48% | Top 46% |
Industry specialization Named industries (manufacturing/IIoT, technology, healthtech, consumer/smart home) with example clients, but depth signals are moderate-to-light and the stance is broadly connected-product generalist. | 5Present | Top 73% | Top 65% |
Technology-forward, owns IP Several productized sprint accelerators surfaced; Industrial Design Sprint is well-defined with pricing/deliverables (high substantiveness), others medium-to-low; no proprietary platform or models, but concrete productized IP plus full IP transfer. | 6Present | Top 40% | Top 31% |
Size
51 to 200 people
Revenue
$10M to $50M(medium confidence)
HQ
Chattanooga, TN
AI emphasis
Normal
Homepage positioning
“Hard problems. Real products. Shipped.”
Very is a connected hardware, software, and AI engineering firm that has designed and built connected products for over fifteen years. They serve companies that can't afford to get it wrong, delivering across the full product stack from hardware and firmware through software, data, and AI. Engagements range from fixed-price design sprints to multi-year product partnerships.
Selling points
- Over fifteen years of shipped-product experience
- Full-stack capability: hardware, firmware, software, data, and AI in one team
- Engagement models span consulting, sprints, product partnership, and team augmentation
- AI-accelerated delivery
- Fixed-price sprint options starting at $10,000
- Full IP transfer included in every engagement
Named clients
- SUN Automation
- Telly
- CSC ServiceWorks
- Thrive Global
- Fortifyit
- PowerX
Services and capabilities
AI and ML
AI & Machine Learning
Predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, computer vision, natural-language interfaces, control systems, and LLM-powered applications — running in the cloud or on the edge, wherever the product needs them to run.
Product engineering
Connected Hardware
Devices that work reliably in the field, from prototype through production. PCBs, firmware, wireless, sensors, and the mechanical and electrical engineering that holds up in the real world.
Product engineering
Software Development & Digital Infrastructure
The software layer customers actually touch, and the backend that makes it run. Mobile apps, web platforms, device management, and the cloud infrastructure behind fleets of connected products.
Design and experience
User Experience & Product Design
Industrial design, UX, and UI for products that have to feel right in the hand and on the screen. Grounded in research, shaped by the engineering constraints of what's actually being built.
Advisory and strategy
Engagements: Consulting, Sprints, Product Partnership, Team Augmentation
Very offers four engagement models: consulting, focused fixed-price sprints, long-term embedded product partnerships, and team augmentation. Product Partnerships run one to three years with scope that evolves with the product.
Industries
Manufacturing
Named focusIndustrial IoT and connected hardware for manufacturing environments
Technology
Named focusConnected product development for technology companies and startups
Healthcare
MentionedHealth tech connected devices (e.g., breathalyzer IoT solution)
Retail and consumer
MentionedConsumer electronics and smart home products (e.g., PowerX smart home)
Thought leadership
Very's insights page is IoT-focused and features a library organized by topic and format (blogs, whitepapers, case studies, podcasts, videos), but the captured listing renders no individual piece titles or dates beyond a single featured whitepaper, making it impossible to assess true volume or recency from this snapshot alone. The program appears to be a structured, ongoing thought-leadership effort built around real-world IoT practitioner knowledge.
Volume
Steady stream
Cadence
Sporadic
Most recent
Oct 19, 2023
Owned IP
Surfaced from what the firm names on its homepage and primary navigation, plus what a quick crawl turns up. Large firms may own more than is shown here.
Cloud Cost Reduction Sprint
AcceleratorA named sprint focused on reducing cloud costs, featured in primary navigation alongside other sprint offerings.
Our assessment: Named in navigation only; no detail captured in the pages provided.
ViewAI Workflow Sprint
AcceleratorA focused, fixed-price sprint engagement designed to automate AI workflows; featured in primary navigation as a named sprint offering.
Our assessment: Named sprint product with a landing page, but detail on methodology not visible in captured pages.
ViewUX/UI Design Sprint
AcceleratorA packaged fixed-price sprint for UX and UI design, featured in primary navigation.
Our assessment: Named and priced sprint offering; scope details not fully captured but shown as a primary navigation item.
ViewIndustrial Design Sprint
AcceleratorA tiered, fixed-price industrial design sprint delivering 3D models, photorealistic renders, and engineering handoff documentation. Three tiers: Concept ($10k), Development ($50k), Production ($75k).
Our assessment: Well-defined productized sprint with clear pricing tiers, deliverables, and scope — the most substantive IP asset visible on the site.
ViewHot-words
The buzzword spaces this firm chooses to lean into.
“Hard problems. Real products. Shipped.”
“AI-accelerated delivery”
“AI Agents”
Contact surface
Ways we found to reach this firm.
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