Pays for itself
Own your agent layer. Don't rent it from your vendor.
Your SaaS platforms now sell AI agents, metered by the action, inside the estate you're trying to control. Build them there and every renewal gets harder to walk away from. Build them in a layer you own, and every renewal becomes a chance to give seats back.
Renting
Agents inside each platform
- Billed per conversation, action or credit
- One set of agents per vendor
- Each agent deepens the lock-in
- Seat counts only go up
Owning
One agent layer you own
- Runs in your cloud, on your terms
- One set of agents across every system
- Platforms become systems of record
- Seats come down at renewal
Example License Posture read
1,200seats reviewed
- KeepUsed daily, worth the seat640
- DowngradeMove to a cheaper tier260
- ConvertWork moves onto an agent you own180
- RetireUnused or duplicated, give it back120
Most read-only users only look up records. An agent answers them from your layer instead.
420seats reviewed
- KeepUsed daily, worth the seat250
- DowngradeMove to a cheaper tier70
- ConvertWork moves onto an agent you own60
- RetireUnused or duplicated, give it back40
Ticket triage and status updates move to an agent. Full seats stay with the people resolving tickets.
800seats reviewed
- KeepUsed daily, worth the seat520
- DowngradeMove to a cheaper tier150
- ConvertWork moves onto an agent you own80
- RetireUnused or duplicated, give it back50
Approvers who touch the system once a month move to a lighter tier or approve through an agent.
Illustrative example. Your report uses your entitlements, usage and contract terms.
Step 1
License Posture report
Fixed fee. Every seat in one estate gets a verdict, with the evidence.
Step 2
Foundation Sprint
Fixed scope and fee. Your agent layer in your cloud, with the first workflow moved onto it.
Step 3
11:59 Operate
We run the layer, add workflows, and refresh the posture report every quarter.
Step 4
License Drawdown
Before each renewal: we build your position and support the vendor conversation.
Own the layer
The Agent Foundation sits in your cloud, above every system of record. Your agents don't run on a vendor's meter.
Every seat gets a verdict
The License Posture Agent reads entitlements, usage and contract terms, and marks every seat with the evidence behind it.
Move the work, then the seats
Workflows move onto agents you own first. Seats come down at renewal, once the work no longer depends on them.
Walk in with the numbers
Your CFO goes into renewal with a seat-by-seat case, a three-year forecast, and a real alternative.
For the State of California
Departments are modernizing legacy platforms while renewals keep rising. The Agent Foundation lets you modernize on the Microsoft and AWS investments you already have, and move workflows off costly platform seats ahead of each renewal, with seat-by-seat evidence your budget office can use.
Modernize on what you already own, and give seats back at renewal.
For commercial firms
Every new hire adds a seat to every platform. Start with a License Posture report on the platform with the biggest renewal. The Agent Foundation gives your growth a place that doesn't add a seat, and your CFO walks into renewal with a seat-by-seat case and a real alternative.
Operating leverage you own, and a renewal where you hold the numbers.
Keep, downgrade or retire SaaS seats, and move the work onto agents you own.
Start with a License Posture reportCommon questions
Questions about Reduce Your SaaS Costs
Can AI agents reduce our SaaS license costs?
Often, at renewal. A License Posture report marks every seat keep, downgrade, convert or retire, and work moves onto agents in a layer you own. Vendor terms on agent access vary, so every recommendation is checked against your contract.
Read the full answer →What is the Agent Foundation?
A governed agent layer in your cloud, with identity, policy and audit, so agents work across all your platforms instead of inside one vendor's.
Does this work for California departments?
Yes. Departments use it to modernize on investments they already have and give seats back at renewal, contracted through CMAS 3-24-01-1044 or the TDDC MSA #5-22-70-25-189.
Start with an AI Rapid Scan.
It is scoped to the effort and quoted before we start, and it ends with the first thing to deploy and its quote.