Build the Data Foundation Your AI Can Actually Rely On

Connect your CRM, core systems, and data infrastructure into pipelines that are scoped and priced before projects start.

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Connect what you already run before you build on top of it

AI projects often hit the same problem; the data they depend on is scattered across systems that were never designed to work together. We map what needs to connect, what it will take, and what it will cost before integration work starts.

A clear picture of your CRM, core systems, databases, and data sources, what each contains, how accessible it is, and what it will take to connect them.

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The API design, data flow, and access model built around your specific systems, data, and integration requirements.


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The ingestion, transformation, and storage layer that moves your data from where it lives to where your AI needs it, tested against representative data volumes and real-world edge cases.

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Personal data gets identified and redacted at the pipeline layer before it reaches any downstream system or model, agreed before any data moves, not bolted on afterward.

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A schema registry and contract tests sit in front of your pipelines, so a breaking change gets rejected before it lands, not flagged after bad records are already downstream. Where detection is the only option, a silent upstream change we can't contractually block, you get alerted immediately, with the affected records identified so cleanup starts in minutes of flagging.

How we decide what to connect first

Before engineering starts, we assess every system in scope and place it into one of three categories.

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Connect Now

The system has usable data, accessible interfaces, and a clear integration path. We define the scope and timeline and move it into the first phase of work.

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Needs Prep First

The connection is viable, but something needs to be resolved first, such as access permissions, data cleanup, or a dependency on another system. We identify the requirement and estimate the work before integration begins.

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Not Worth Connecting Yet

The cost or complexity outweighs the value it would deliver right now. We explain why, and what would need to change for the integration to make sense later.

Not sure what should connect first?

Bring us your systems, dependencies, and the problem you're trying to solve. We'll help you identify what steps to take next
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See what our customers say

Reconciliation used to take the better part of an afternoon. Someone on my team would be sifting through logs line-by-line and missing duplicates. Catalect automated it completely, now we upload the logs and it's done in 15 minutes.
Raheel Ahmed Warsi
Country Business Lead, TouchPoint
92%
Processing time reduced
What stood out most was how collaborative it was. Catalect brought the research and rigor to stress-test the matching logic, testing edge cases and pushing back when something felt untested. It never felt like a vendor handing over a deliverable, it felt like we were building it together. That back-and-forth is why the matching held up at launch.
Kirk-Dale E. McDowall-Rose
Co-Founder, Boonio​
4x
Procurement capabilities increase
Catalect has been an outstanding development partner in bringing FitWiz to life. From day one, the team understood our vision and delivered with exceptional attention to detail. Their technical expertise and collaborative approach gave us total confidence, and we highly recommend them.
Fisal Hasan
Founder, FitWiz​
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DEPLOYMENT TIMELINE

From audit to a working pipeline

A structured engagement that turns scattered systems into a connected, reliable data foundation.

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STEP 1

Audit Systems & Data

We map every system in scope, what data it holds, how accessible it is, and what connecting it would actually require.

STEP 2

Design the Integration Architecture

We define the data flow, access model, and API design around your specific systems, data, and integration requirements.

STEP 3

Build the Pipeline

We build the ingestion, transformation, and storage layers and test them against representative data volumes and real-world edge cases.

STEP 4

Security & Access Review

We lock down permissions, encryption, and isolation boundaries before any data moves into production.

STEP 5

Deploy & Handoff

The pipeline goes live with monitoring in place, and we hand over the documentation and access your team needs to operate and extend it.

How we handle data governance and compliance

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Data Residency

Where your data can live and be processed is a requirement, not an assumption, including regulatory requirements for financial-services data. We confirm your residency obligations before making an architecture decision.

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Access Control

Every system connection only reaches the data and actions your team has explicitly approved. Nothing is granted by default.

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Audit Trail

Every data movement is logged and traceable, so if something goes wrong, your team can see exactly what happened and where.

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Rollback & Recovery

A defined rollback path exists before any pipeline goes live, so a bad deployment doesn't become a data incident.

Built on infrastructure your team can maintain

We build on established data infrastructure and tools so your internal team can maintain after handoff.

The systems we connect most often

Not every integration looks the same. These are the patterns we build most often, based on the systems our clients actually run.

Core banking integration
Connects AI workflows to core banking data, authentication, transaction history, account records, through whatever access path your platform actually exposes, typically an ESB layer rather than a direct API, without routing around the system of record.
Used for:
KYC verification
Fraud monitoring
Contact-center data access
Account opening workflows
Loan servicing data
Payment dispute resolution
OSS/BSS integration
Connects AI to telecom operational and business support systems, built around TM Forum Open API standards where your stack supports them, so an agent or workflow can read and act on live account, billing, and service data.
Used for:
Billing disputes
Plan changes
Order and activation exceptions
Usage and balance inquiries
SIM & number porting
Network outage alerts
TMS/WMS integration
Connects AI workflows to transportation and warehouse management systems, so status, exceptions, and documents flow without manual lookup.
Used for:
Shipment status
Dispatch exceptions
Invoice audit data
Sales pipeline sync
Procurement and supplier data
Inventory and fulfillment data
CRM & ERP integration
Connects customer and operational data across your CRM and ERP, so an agent or workflow has full context instead of a partial view.
Used for:
Lead and case data
Order history
Customer service records
Sales pipeline sync
Procurement and supplier data
Inventory and fulfillment data
Legacy system migration
Moves data out of legacy systems, including mainframes, on-prem databases, and spreadsheet-based records, into infrastructure that can support modern analytics and AI workloads, scoped as its own line item given the specialist work mainframes require.
Used for:
Data warehouse migration
Schema modernization
Historical data cleanup
Mainframe decommissioning
On-prem to cloud migration
Excel-to-database migration
Data warehouse & pipeline build
Builds the ingestion and transformation layer that consolidates data from multiple sources into one reliable foundation for analytics and AI.
Used for:
Multi-source ingestion
Data transformation
Reporting infrastructure
Data quality monitoring
Unified customer view
AI-ready data layers
Cross-system data sync
Keeps data consistent across systems that don't naturally talk to each other, using change-data-capture with an explicit dedupe and idempotency strategy, so the same customer or transaction record doesn't drift apart over time. This is the practical form of real-time data integration most clients actually need, not a dashboard refreshing faster, but two systems that never fall out of sync in the first place.
Used for:
Real-time sync
Duplicate resolution
Data consistency checks
Idempotent processing
CRM-to-ERP record sync
Master data management

Have a system that’s hard to connect?

Tell us what you're working with, where the data lives, and what's getting in the way. We'll help you figure out the integration path before engineering starts.
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Frequently asked questions

What counts as data and system integration work?

How is this different from AI Agent Development?

Do you need full access to every system upfront?

What if a system isn't worth connecting yet?

How long does this take?

Who owns the resulting architecture?

What happens if something breaks after launch?

Will our data be used to train public AI models?

What is a data pipeline?

What's the difference between ETL and ELT?

What is system integration?

What comes after the integration

Once your systems are connected, you can build on the same foundation for new workflows and AI initiatives. Depending on what's next, our team can move into

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AI Agent Development

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AI Governance & Readiness Review

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