Composable, AI-native platform

TULIP AI HUB

SOPs become live apps. Agents catch deviations before they ship. Shift summaries write themselves. Tulip AI runs on your production data — connected to your systems, grounded in your processes, with humans in control at every step.

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1,000+ Customer Sites
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29 Languages Supported
AI for Builders
AI for builders

How does Tulip AI close the gap between documentation and deployment?

Operational knowledge shouldn't live in a document. Tulip AI reads what already exists — SOPs, work instructions, checklists — and brings it to the floor. Connected to live production data. Governed from day one. No middleware, no months of setup.

The Problem

Most operational processes live in PDFs and spreadsheets — by the time they make it into a working app, the process has already changed.

The Value

Composer reads what you already have — a SOP, a work instruction, a checklist — and builds from there. Any AI model gets direct access to live operational data through MCP, without middleware.

Tulip MCP

Anthropic
Available

Model Context Protocol — connect any AI model (Claude, ChatGPT, open-source LLMs) directly to Tulip data, APIs, and real-time operational context.

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Ops Composer

New

Describe your operation in a conversation or upload a URS document — Ops Composer generates a visual 3D factory showing what Tulip-powered operations could look like. Turn a discovery call into a tangible, shareable demo.

Operations

New

A unified view of every AI initiative across your environment — what's deployed, what's running, and where AI is driving measurable impact on the floor.

OCR and speech-to-text

Available

Automatically scan and validate labels during receiving and packing — cutting receiving time by up to 90%. Capture defect notes hands-free via speech-to-text — reducing reporting time by 50%.

From existing process to deployed app

AI Composer transforms the documents you already have — SOPs, work instructions, checklists — into working Tulip apps.

1

Pick a use case

Start with a specific process pain point: an inspection, changeover, or escalation flow.

2

Build with AI Composer

Upload your SOP, work instruction, or checklist as a PDF — AI Composer extracts the content, proposes an app structure, and generates a working Tulip app in minutes. Use an existing app as a template to enforce your organization's standards across every generated app.

3

Test and validate

Review the generated app, test with real data, and configure human-in-the-loop approval gates before any AI action reaches the floor.

4

Deploy and govern

Deploy with full version control and audit logging. Publish to the Library, track adoption, and roll back any version instantly.

AI Composer
Connectors

Connect Tulip to your AI and data stack

Connect Tulip to Snowflake, Cognite, and your full AI stack via the open Connector framework — MCP, REST APIs, MQTT, OPC-UA. Load AI Skills that make any LLM Tulip-aware.

AI for operators

How does Tulip AI reduce defects and eliminate manual data entry on the floor?

A measurement drifts. Before the operator reaches for a clipboard, the agent has already flagged it, logged it, and routed it to the right person. The operator gets a nudge — in their language — and keeps working. No escalation meeting, no paperwork, no missed deviation.

The Problem

Quality issues surface in shift reports, not at the moment they happen — and the operator writing the report is the last person who should stop what they're doing to write it.

The Value

Agents watch the data and flag deviations in real time. Instructions arrive in 29 languages, hands-free. The operator stays focused on the work.

Governance

Every agent runs within Tulip's governance layer — with configurable human approval steps, full audit trails, and override controls at every decision point. Operators stay in control; AI handles the routine.

University

Mastering agentic AI with Tulip

Step-by-step university course walking through agent architecture, triggers, and deployment in Tulip — from your first agent to production rollout.

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Connector

Tulip Connectors

HTTP connector, webhooks, and REST API — bring any external system, data source, or AI model directly into your Tulip workflows.

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AI for leaders

How does Tulip AI surface production intelligence without manual reporting?

The shift ends. Before the outgoing team walks out, the summary is already written — what ran, what drifted, what the next shift needs to know. The incoming leader reads it on the way in. No analyst, no delay, no "we'll circle back tomorrow."

The Problem

By the time a leader sees a shift report, the shift is already over — and the analyst who built the dashboard is two requests behind.

The Value

Shift summaries, anomaly alerts, and cross-site performance data surface automatically from live production. No analyst, no dashboard request, no delay.

Factory Playback
NVIDIA Physical AI · Powered by NVIDIA

Replay what happened on the floor

Factory Playback connects your existing IP camera infrastructure to large visual AI models — detecting quality issues, operator presence, waste, and process deviations directly from floor video. No new hardware required. Currently in active customer pilots.

  • Quality issue and defect detection from live video feeds
  • Process adherence and operator presence monitoring
  • PPE compliance detection
  • Waste identification for lean improvement initiatives
  • Video observations correlated with Tulip production data
Factory Playback
Global Observability Hub
Global observability hub

AI visibility across every site

COO-level AI briefings, cross-site anomaly detection, and performance analytics — surfaced automatically, no analyst required.

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Partner · Cognite

Equipment intelligence inside your workflows

Asset telemetry, equipment health, and AI-driven maintenance insights from Cognite — surfaced directly at the point of work inside Tulip, no separate dashboard required.

Article Agentic AI on MES: the executive playbook for the next era of manufacturing leadership

How operations leaders can drive measurable outcomes with agentic AI — from reducing defect escape rates on the line to delivering board-level ROI.

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Deploy your first Tulip AI workflow this week

Tulip customers go from use case to production deployment in hours. Start with one workflow — governance, audit trails, and infrastructure are already in place.

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Use cases

What problems does Tulip AI solve on the floor?

The challenges operations teams in manufacturing, pharma, aerospace, and medical devices bring to Tulip — and the outcomes they achieve.

Live demo environment

vTEC — Virtual Factory Floor

An interactive virtual factory running live Tulip AI workflows. Explore how agents, real-time data, and AI-powered workflows work together on the shop floor.

App Development
All Industries
Teams wait weeks for IT to build or modify a production app — new processes pile up in the backlog.
AI Composer transforms PDF documents — SOPs, work instructions, checklists — into near-production-ready Tulip apps. Upload, review the proposed structure, and generate in minutes.
80% faster app build time
Receiving & Inspection
DiscretePharmaMed Devices
Manual receiving requires operators to scan barcodes, cross-reference POs, and enter data by hand — slow and error-prone.
OCR-powered receiving apps read labels automatically and validate against PO data in real time — eliminating manual steps.
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Defect Reporting
DiscreteAerospace
Operators stop production to type defect descriptions — breaking flow and reducing data quality.
Speech-to-text AI captures defect descriptions hands-free at the station, with instant structured logging to the quality record.
50% faster defect reporting View Agent →
Shift Reporting
All Industries
Shift handover relies on manual summaries — critical context gets lost, and night-shift leaders have no visibility into what happened on day shift.
The Shift Summary Reporter Agent compiles a structured shift-end report from production data automatically — surfaced before the shift ends.
Automated handover in under 2 minutes View Agent →
Root Cause Analysis
PharmaDiscrete
After a quality escape, root cause analysis takes hours — engineers pull data from multiple systems and reconstruct timelines manually.
Factory Playback analyzes floor video with large visual AI models — surfacing defect moments, operator actions, and process deviations from actual footage so root cause takes minutes, not hours.
Changeover Management
PharmaDiscrete
Equipment changeovers require step-by-step verification across multiple operators — manual checklists lead to missed steps, extended downtime, and inconsistent execution between shifts.
AI Composer generates changeover apps directly from existing SOPs. Agents track step completion in real time, flag deviations, and alert supervisors when steps are skipped — reducing changeover time and improving OEE Availability.
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Electronic Batch Records
PharmaMed Devices
Paper-based batch records require hours of transcription after production — creating compliance risk, audit gaps, and days of delay before batch release.
AI agents auto-populate electronic batch record fields from production data in real time. Deviations are flagged at entry, 21 CFR Part 11 e-signatures are enforced, and records are audit-ready the moment the batch closes.
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Tulip Agent Library

Production-ready agents built by Tulip and validated in the field. Every asset runs on the same governance and version control as your custom-built Tulip workflows — deploy, fork, or extend without starting over.

Monitor

An agent watches a trigger — a table condition, app event, or time interval — and fires when something happens.

Act

It runs a task — summarize, classify, generate, route, or detect — using AI on the data available at that moment.

Return

Results are written back into your Tulip workflow — with a human review step if your governance config requires approval before action.

Connectivity: how Tulip connects to every machine, system, and AI client

Tulip's open Connector ecosystem integrates AI models, industrial data platforms, and automation systems directly into your frontline workflows — via MCP, REST APIs, MQTT, OPC-UA, and Modbus. No middleware, no custom ETL. Every connection is version-controlled and auditable.

What is
Ops Composer

An AI tool that generates a visual 3D factory from a conversation or uploaded URS document — showing what Tulip-powered operations could look like. The first step toward architecting agentic production systems instead of building apps one at a time.

What is a
Connector

A pre-built integration that links Tulip to external systems — ERP, databases, IoT sensors, AI APIs. Connectors let workflows read and write across your full tech stack without custom code.

What is a
Skill

A reusable AI instruction file that loads Tulip-specific context into your AI assistant — making it aware of your app structure, data models, and manufacturing domain so it generates deploy-ready output. Compatible with Claude, ChatGPT, and open-source LLMs.

What is an
Agent

An autonomous workflow that monitors conditions, takes defined actions, and returns results — with human-in-the-loop checkpoints. Agents run on Tulip's infrastructure and can use any Connector or Skill.

AI skills

Tulip-aware context for any AI assistant

Reusable AI skills built specifically for Tulip — load one into your preferred AI assistant and it instantly knows how to build apps, design data models, generate Connectors, and more.

Skill

Create Tulip skill

Gives your AI deep context on Tulip's app structure — so it can generate apps, steps, and logic that are ready to deploy, not just conceptually correct.

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Skill

Tulip connector builder

Scaffolds HTTP connectors and API integrations for Tulip — describe the system you want to connect and get a working connector configuration back.

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Skill

Tulip data modeler

Helps your AI design table schemas and data models tailored to Tulip — translating process requirements into structured, production-ready data architecture.

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Skill

ZPL generator

Generates Zebra Programming Language label definitions from plain descriptions — print-ready labels for parts, orders, and shop floor assets.

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Featured Partnership Snowflake

Snowflake + Tulip AI

Connect Tulip's real-time operational data with Snowflake Cortex AI — enabling predictive quality, cross-site analytics, and AI-driven decision-making at the factory level.

  • Predictive quality via Cortex ML correlation
  • AI-generated shift summaries from Tulip production data
  • Cross-site performance analytics in a single view
  • No ETL required — Tulip writes directly to Snowflake
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Cognite + Tulip Demo
Featured Partnership Cognite

Cognite + Tulip AI

Asset telemetry, equipment health, and AI-driven maintenance insights from Cognite — surfaced directly at the point of work inside Tulip workflows.

  • Equipment health scores at the operator station
  • AI-driven maintenance predictions from live sensor data
  • Contextual alerts routed into Tulip workflows
  • No middleware — Cognite data connects via Tulip Connectors
Tulip AI governance standard

Enterprise-grade governance, built in from day one

Not bolted on after the fact — every Tulip AI deployment ships with four non-negotiable principles.

Data Isolation

Your operational data stays in your environment. No AI model training on your data, no third-party sharing without explicit configuration.

Human-in-the-Loop

Every AI action can require human approval before it reaches the floor. Role-based gates and escalation workflows are configurable per deployment.

Full Audit Trail

Every agent action, app version, and AI decision is logged. Full version control with instant rollback — complete traceability for regulated environments.

Compliance-Ready

SOC 2 Type II certified. GxP-ready for pharma and life sciences. Designed to align with the EU AI Act for high-risk operational environments. RBAC, SSO, and data residency controls included.

Tulip AI runs on SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure. Full security documentation, pen test reports, and compliance details are available in the Trust Center.

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Learn to build with Tulip AI

Courses, documentation, and video series covering Tulip AI from first deployment to production-scale rollout — for engineers and operations leaders.

University Course

Mastering agentic AI with Tulip

Step-by-step university course walking through agent architecture, triggers, and deployment in Tulip — from your first agent to production rollout.

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Documentation

How to build an AI agent that actually works

Full documentation for every AI feature — AI agents, MCP setup, automation actions, and more. Continuously updated by the Tulip support team.

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Video series

Human in the Loop

7-part series on applying AI in manufacturing — from the basics of shop-floor deployment to full agentic orchestration. Hosted by Tulip engineers and manufacturing practitioners.

Ep. 1
Ep. 1

Applying AI on the shop floor

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Ep. 2
Ep. 2

AI Composer

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Ep. 3
Ep. 3

Is manufacturing ready for AI?

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Ep. 4
Ep. 4

Data to wisdom with AI

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Ep. 5
Ep. 5

Solution design: generative and agentic AI

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Ep. 6
Ep. 6

Natural language and the future of operational AI

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Ep. 7
Ep. 7

The next wave of manufacturing optimization

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