Sector Brief · AedificoDeep Tech

    Post-Sales Operating Systems for Deep Tech Companies

    Founders and CEOs building hard technology rarely lose deals on the technology. They lose revenue after the system is installed. Aedifico designs and installs the deployment, adoption, and renewal system that turns pilots into multi-site fleets across robotics, physical AI, and defense autonomy, in 4 to 6 months.

    SECTOR: DEEP TECH / PHYSICAL AI / DEFENSE AUTONOMY
    BUYER: FOUNDER · CEO · CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER
    STAGE: SEED THROUGH SERIES B
    ENGAGEMENT: 4–6 MONTHS · FIXED SCOPE
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    Section 01 · Deep TechWhere Revenue Leaks

    The System Ships. Then Nothing Scales.

    Deep tech post-sales is not SaaS onboarding with a truck roll attached. Physical deployment, safety sign-off, operator retraining, and uptime commitments all sit between your first install and your second purchase order.

    01

    Pilots That Never Graduate

    A system runs at one site for six months, the operator is happy, and the expansion order never arrives. Nobody owned the path from pilot to production.

    02

    Engineering as Field Support

    Every issue escalates to the people building the product. Founders and lead engineers become permanent babysitters instead of a repeatable onboarding motion.

    03

    No Adoption Signal

    Telemetry tells you the system ran. It does not tell you whether the customer changed how they work, which is the only real renewal predictor.

    04

    Renewals Priced on Hope

    Contracts come up with no documented value story, so procurement negotiates on hardware and license cost alone.

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    Section 02 · Deep TechThe Build

    Six Systems, Installed and Owned

    Every engagement ends with documented systems your team runs without me. No retainer, no dependency.

    01

    Deployment Playbook

    Site survey, integration checklist, acceptance criteria, and go-live gates so every new customer follows the same path instead of a bespoke heroic effort.

    02

    Adoption & Uptime Model

    A scorecard that fuses system telemetry with human usage signals into one health score your CS and field teams act on weekly.

    03

    Expansion Motion

    The mechanics for turning one proven cell, line, or site into a multi-site rollout, including the internal champion and business-case template.

    04

    Post-Sales Org Design

    Clear lines between deployment engineering, customer success, and support, with a hiring sequence matched to deployment growth.

    05

    Renewal & QBR System

    A documented value narrative per account so renewal conversations start from measured outcomes, not from unit price.

    06

    Escalation Architecture

    Tiered response paths that keep core engineering out of routine field issues and protect your roadmap velocity.

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    Section 03 · Deep TechFit

    Built for Deep Tech Founders

    STRONG FIT

    • You have live deployments and paying customers, but expansion is inconsistent.
    • Engineering is absorbing field support and it is slowing the roadmap.
    • You are raising, and investors are asking how post-sales scales with deployment count.
    • Your first customer success or deployment hires need a system to run.

    NOT A FIT

    • Pre-revenue with no deployed systems to learn from.
    • Looking for an outsourced support team rather than an installed system.
    • Wanting a slide deck instead of operating documentation your team uses.
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    Section 04 · Deep TechBegin Engagement

    Turn Your Next Pilot Into a Production Contract

    Book a 30-minute call to review your current deployment motion and where the post-sales gaps are costing you expansion revenue.