Chicago IL — Thryve Innovations today announced its official launch into the stone countertop industry, introducing a new generation of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions purpose-built for stone fabrication shops. With a sharp focus on improving shop profitability, efficiency, and scalability, Thryve brings deep industry expertise and proven AI capabilities to an industry that is ready for disruption. The company is launching with active participation from leading stone shops across the country and early customer traction, underscoring strong market demand for practical, high-ROI AI tools designed specifically for stone operations.

Thryve is an industry-focused AI education, consulting, and development company initially hyper-focused on the stone countertop market. Thryve’s offerings include AI bootcamps and training, strategic AI consulting, and a growing suite of pre-developed “agentic AI” solutions that integrate directly with leading stone industry ERPs. These AI agents are designed to optimize the largest cost and profit drivers in a shop, including material utilization, programming, scheduling, reworks, and self-quoting. Early solutions are targeting 30–50% cost reductions, 2x+ revenue per employee improvement, and EBITDA improvements from industry averages of ~5% to 30% or more, delivering 8–15x ROI for customers.  Says Co-Founder & CCO, Rich Katzmann, “Our team at Thryve has decades of experience in the stone countertop industry and practical AI implementation expertise and can’t wait to deliver high value agentic AI solutions to optimize the industry we love.  The financial improvements are dramatic.”