PILOT PROGRAM

Small pilots. By design.

Centralys works with a small number of operators at a time. Three pilots at once. Never more. The point isn't to scale fast — it's to learn quietly, with the right businesses, on what they already run.

Start the Conversation

Who a pilot fits

We pilot with operators who share five things. If four of those describe you, we should probably talk. If only one or two, you'll get more out of Centralys later than now.

01_LOCATION

A physical location.

Customers walk in. The business happens in a place — and what happens in that place shapes the day.

02_INFRASTRUCTURE

Existing operational systems.

The systems we need to read are already running. We don't ask you to install anything new.

03_DECISIONS

Decisions sit close to the floor.

Owner-operated or tightly managed. The person reading the signals is the one acting on them.

04_STAFFING

Staffing is a real lever.

Not a fixed cost you've stopped questioning. The hour you over- or under-staff is the hour the business lives or dies on.

05_HORIZON

A weekly horizon.

You decide on the week, not the quarter. Centralys is most useful when the loop is short.

How it works

STAGE_01 · CONVERSATION 20–30 minutes

We listen first. The goal is to understand what's already running, what's already known, and what's getting in the way of the decision you're trying to make.

STAGE_02 · FIT CHECK Mutual

We confirm the pilot makes sense for you. You confirm it makes sense for us. Honesty matters more than urgency.

STAGE_03 · QUIET DEPLOYMENT Days, not months

We work on what you already operate. The first useful signals begin to surface within days.

STAGE_04 · WEEKLY REVIEW One call per week

We meet weekly during the pilot. You see what we see. You decide what's useful — and what isn't.

What you get

  • A small set of operational signals you can act on this week.
  • Direct access to the founder. We're early — you talk to the person building the product.
  • A clean exit. The pilot ends when it ends. No long contracts.
  • A record of what was learned. Yours to keep.
  • Swiss FADP and EU GDPR alignment by default. See the Privacy & Security page.

What we ask

  • Your time. Roughly an hour a week during the pilot.
  • Your honest feedback. Especially when something isn't useful.
  • Permission to learn out loud. We may ask to use anonymised patterns to improve the product.

We pilot three at a time

Centralys is pre-seed. We choose pilots carefully. Three is the maximum we run at once — fewer if the businesses are different. If we're already at capacity, we'll be honest about it and offer to schedule a conversation for when the next slot opens.

Quietly. Carefully. With operators, not for them.

If this sounds like a fit

Find a time.

Pick a 30-minute slot

Prefer email? Write to hello@centralys.ai.