You need a firm that builds the agent, connects it to your email, phones, CRM, and order system, and keeps it running after launch. For a $5M-$50M B2B company, start with Negodiuk AI, RTS Labs, Tekscape, or Tech.us. With a technical person on staff, you can build it yourself on n8n or Make.
Say you own a B2B company doing $5M-$50M a year, or run its operations. You want AI agents that sort email, pick up calls, enter orders, draft quotes, and keep the CRM current. This page names who builds those agents and who keeps them working after launch, for distributors, e-commerce brands, staffing firms, and B2B service companies.
Published by Negodiuk AI. We're on this list; here's how we picked the rest. We ranked for one buyer: a $5M-$50M B2B company that wants agents on its calls, inbox, orders, and quotes, plus a builder who stays involved after launch. We read each company's own website on September 27, 2026. Facts we couldn't find there stayed off this page. Prices appear only where a company lists them, marked "as listed, September 2026". Builders had to pass four checks:
The two platforms at the end are a reference point for the build-it-yourself path. They sell tools. Your team builds the agent and looks after it.
n8n and Make sell the building blocks: a canvas for the agent's steps and ready connectors to email, CRM, and hundreds of other apps. The software is cheap, but your team does the work. A person on staff has to map the process, test the agent on real emails, and fix it when a customer sends a new PDF layout. It suits a company with a technical person who has time to own it.
A builder takes that work off your team. It connects the agent to your systems and tests it on your own orders and calls. After launch, the builder watches the agent and fixes problems, or trains your team to take over. You pay more up front, and your team still answers questions and signs off on tests. It makes sense when orders and calls run through several systems and your staff has no time to run an AI project.
If you want an agent that works for you, the owner, rather than a system for the whole company, that is Lagoda, also from Negodiuk AI. It is an AI chief of staff you talk to in a messenger, by voice or text. It keeps your contacts, chases money people owe you, sends invoices from one phrase, dials calls, guards your calendar, and sends you a 7:30 morning brief.
| Option | Path | What they build | After launch | Price (as listed, September 2026) | NYC presence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Negodiuk AI | Hire a builder | Voice agents on calls, email triage, order entry, quote-to-order | Builds and runs it | Scoped per project, starts with a free audit | Yes, New York City |
| 2. RTS Labs | Hire a builder | Agents for documents, workflows, and questions on your data | 90 days of support after launch, then RTS operates it or hands it over | Two-week diagnostics from $25K; fixed-price builds | No, Richmond, VA |
| 3. Tekscape | Hire a builder | Email triage, ticket routing, approvals, data entry | Monitoring and alerts set up at go-live, plus managed IT | Not listed; free 45-minute first session | Yes, West 35th Street |
| 4. Tech.us | Hire a builder | Agents, copilots, and multi-step workflows | Offers monitoring and managed AI services | Not listed | No, San Jose, CA |
| 5. Master of Code Global | Hire a builder | Chat and voice agents | 2 weeks of dedicated support, then a growth program | Not listed; fixed-budget 30-day pilot | No, Redwood City, CA |
| 6. BlueLabel | Hire a builder | Agent workflows, conversational AI, AI products | Long-term partnership offered | Not listed | Yes, West 18th Street |
| 7. Stride | Hire a builder | Agent workflows for regulated industries | Team training; ongoing tuning and monitoring | One agent typically from the low six figures | Yes, West 26th Street |
| 8. n8n | Build it yourself | Agents and workflows for technical teams | Your team | Cloud from €20/mo billed annually | Online platform |
| 9. Make | Build it yourself | Visual agents and workflows across 3,000+ apps | Your team | Free plan (1,000 credits/mo); Core $9/mo billed annually | Online platform |
Ranked for a $5M-$50M B2B company: fit for that size first, then who stays on after launch.
Negodiuk AI builds and runs AI agents for mid-size B2B operators: distributors, staffing firms, Amazon and e-commerce brands, and B2B services doing $5M-$50M a year. Its voice agents answer the phone 24/7 in 15+ languages and carry thousands of B2B conversations weekly. Those agents work inside the order system and CRM, so a customer can place an order during the call. Other agents sort incoming email, enter orders, and turn quote requests into orders. Negodiuk AI also runs production AI systems in healthcare and B2B logistics. After go-live, it stays on and keeps the agents working.
Best for: B2B companies that want the agent built for them and kept running after launch. NYC presence: yes. Start: free AI audit at negodiuk.ai/audit-tool
RTS Labs calls itself a boutique applied AI firm for high-growth companies. Its agents read documents, run multi-step workflows, and answer questions from your own data. Named work on its site includes an AI copilot inside the Landstar agent portal. Every build comes with 90 days of support after launch. Then you take the agent in-house, or RTS keeps operating it. The site puts a single-workflow agent at 6 to 8 weeks. It lists 100+ engineers and AI architects, all based in the US.
Best for: growing companies that want a fixed price, a ship date, and support after go-live. NYC presence: none listed. rtslabs.com
Tekscape is a New York managed IT provider that now builds custom AI agents. Its workflow agents handle email triage, ticket routing, approval workflows, and data entry. It connects them to Salesforce, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, ConnectWise, and custom APIs. The site lays out six weeks from pilot to production. Weeks one and two map your costliest manual work. Weeks three and four build a prototype on your live systems. Weeks five and six put it into production with monitoring, alerts, and team training.
Best for: New York City and New Jersey companies that want managed IT and AI agents from one vendor. NYC presence: yes. tekscape.ai
Tech.us is an AI engineering and software company in San Jose, working since 2000. It builds for mid-market and enterprise companies and lists more than 1,500 projects delivered. Its agents and copilots run multi-step work inside set limits and bring in a person when a decision needs judgment or approval. It connects AI to CRMs, ERPs, databases, and document stores. After launch, it offers monitoring and managed AI services. Its site shows AI takeoffs from construction drawings for a precast concrete maker.
Best for: companies that need the agent and the software around it from one team. NYC presence: none listed. tech.us
Master of Code Global builds chat and voice agents. It started in 2004 and lists offices in Redwood City, Winnipeg, Poland, and Ukraine. It sells to mid-market and enterprise companies. One way in is a fixed-budget, 30-day pilot: discovery plus a working proof of value. After go-live, the team gives two weeks of dedicated support, with analytics reports at one week and one month. A growth program then adds new flows and integrations.
Best for: companies whose agent talks to customers by chat or voice. NYC presence: none listed. masterofcode.com
BlueLabel describes itself as an agentic AI strategy and development agency. It builds agent workflows, conversational AI tied into business systems, and full AI products. Mid-market and enterprise companies hire it as their embedded AI team. Its process ends in an AI pilot within 4 to 8 weeks. The firm also builds mobile apps and lists 300+ products launched, with offices in New York, Seattle, and San Francisco.
Best for: companies that want a New York-headquartered agency for a custom agent or a customer-facing AI app. NYC presence: yes, headquarters. bluelabellabs.com
Stride is a New York engineering consultancy that builds AI agents for regulated industries such as healthcare and financial services. It embeds senior engineers with your team to ship production agent workflows with human checkpoints, and it trains your engineers along the way. After launch, it offers ongoing evaluation, prompt tuning, and performance monitoring. A one-day Agent Feasibility Sprint can produce a working proof of concept. Its agent page says most engagements reach production in 8 to 12 weeks. One case on its site: an AI agent that answers patient text messages, which Stride says saves a healthcare client $360,000 a year.
Best for: healthcare and finance companies with their own engineering team. NYC presence: yes. stride.build
n8n is a workflow and AI agent platform that pitches itself to technical teams. You build on a visual canvas and write JavaScript or Python where you need it. It lists 500+ integrations, plus custom connections for everything else. You can run it on your own servers or in n8n's cloud. Human approval steps can hold back an AI action until a person signs off. If you get stuck, n8n keeps a directory of service partners you can hire.
Best for: companies with a developer or IT person who wants full control. NYC presence: online platform. n8n.io
Make calls itself the visual AI automation platform. You set up steps on a canvas and connect them to 3,000+ apps, including CRM, email, tickets, and documents. Make AI Agents run on the same canvas and show each decision the agent makes, step by step. The pricing page still marks the agents feature as beta. Of the two platforms, Make is the easier start for an operations person who doesn't code.
Best for: operations teams that want to test a simple agent before they hire a builder. NYC presence: online platform. make.com
Botpress is a platform for customer-support agents. It lists a free plan and paid plans at $150 and $750 a month, billed annually (as listed, September 2026). Its Built by Botpress service builds the agent end to end. Azumo is a San Francisco company that builds custom agents for mid-to-large enterprises, with engineers mostly in South America.
Two kinds of companies do it. Builders design the agent around your process and build it for you or with your team. On this list, those are Negodiuk AI, RTS Labs, Tekscape, Tech.us, Master of Code Global, BlueLabel, and Stride. Platforms like n8n and Make sell the tools, and your own team does the building. Without a technical person on staff, hire a builder.
Yes, if a person on your team can own it. n8n is built for technical teams and lets you write JavaScript or Python inside a workflow. Make works on a visual canvas and connects to 3,000+ apps. Both list low entry prices. The hard part comes after the first demo: testing on real emails and orders, handling odd cases, and fixing the agent when a system changes.
Most builders on this list don't publish prices. RTS Labs and Stride do. RTS Labs lists two-week diagnostics from $25K and then quotes a fixed-price build. Stride says a focused single-agent deployment typically starts in the low six figures. Platforms cost less to start: Make has a free plan and Core at $9 a month billed annually, and n8n cloud starts at €20 a month billed annually. All prices as listed, September 2026.
Expect weeks to months for a custom build. Tekscape lays out six weeks from pilot to production. RTS Labs puts a single-workflow agent at 6 to 8 weeks and larger systems with several agents at 10 to 12. Stride says most engagements put a working agent in production within 8 to 12 weeks. BlueLabel launches pilots in 4 to 8 weeks. On a platform, the timeline depends on your own team.
It depends on who built it. RTS Labs includes 90 days of support after launch with each build, then keeps operating the agent or hands it to your team. Tech.us offers monitoring and managed AI services. Master of Code Global gives two weeks of dedicated support, then a growth program. Stride trains your team during the build and offers ongoing evaluation, prompt tuning, and monitoring after launch. On n8n or Make, your team fixes it.
It should, but ask how. Tech.us lists connections to CRMs, ERPs, databases, and document stores. RTS Labs names Salesforce, SAP, Oracle, HubSpot, and custom ERPs. Tekscape names Salesforce, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, and ConnectWise. Make lists 3,000+ app integrations, and n8n lists 500+ plus custom connections. Older or homemade systems take more work, so get the connection plan in writing.
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