AI That Takes Admin Off Your Mechanical Engineers
Engineering teams lose design hours to test reports, change notices and spec write-ups. 12² builds report and change-notice templates and a datasheet summary step in the team's environment.
Mechanical Engineering Docs Assistant · From $3,500 + $199/mo, by team size · proposed estimate · It says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly, and your team reviews what it drafts before it goes out.
Ai for mechanical engineers: the short answer.
12² builds AI for manufacturers and engineering firms that takes routine work off their mechanical engineers: drafting test reports and engineering change notices, summarizing supplier datasheets, and drafting calculation scripts for checking. It runs inside the tools you already use. Licensed engineers still check every calculation and seal what needs sealing.
Sources
- General office-writing evidence, not a study of this job: in an RCT, ChatGPT cut professional writing time 40% and raised quality (Noy & Zhang, Science 2023)news.mit.edu
- General coding evidence, not a study of this job: developers with GitHub Copilot finished a set programming task 55.8% faster in a controlled trialarxiv.org
Research figures above describe the cited studies, not results 12² promises. Results vary. Disclosures
Where the hours go now.
Drafting test reports from the engineer's data and notes
Engineering teams lose design hours to test reports, change notices and spec write-ups.
Engineering change notices
Rebuilt from scratch each time, usually at the end of the day.
Supplier specs and datasheets
Hours go to reading and re-reading before the real work starts.
What it handles, and what it never does.
What it handles
- Drafting test reports from the engineer's data and notesIt drafts test reports from the engineer's data and notes.
- Engineering change noticesIt drafts engineering change notices for review.
- Supplier specs and datasheetsIt summarizes supplier specs and datasheets.
- Routine calculation scriptsIt drafts routine calculation scripts for checking.
- Hand-off to your teamAnything that needs a person goes to the right person, with the details attached.
What it never does
- Make up a price or a factIt works only from the documents, records and price lists you give it. Anything it can't find goes to your team.
- Promise a resultQuestions about outcomes go to the person who does the work.
- Pretend to be a personIt says it is an automated assistant whenever it talks to someone directly.
- Send anything on its ownDrafts wait for your team's approval before anything goes out.
Built and tested on your own work.
Before handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Tested on your own workBefore handoff, we run your build on your own real examples and fix anything that misses.
- Retainer, then balance on deliveryRetainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
- Fixed price, scope and timelineAll three in writing before work starts. The timeline is set in your quote.
- What 12² buildsReport and change-notice templates and a datasheet summary step in the team's environment.
- How it connectsWe confirm how it connects to the tools you already use on the first call and write it into your quote.
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From $3,500 + $199/moSetup + monthly, by size. The monthly fee covers monitoring, fixes and re-tests for your package as your templates, documents and staff change. AI and software usage is billed at cost. Proposed starting estimates by team size, not fixed prices; the final price is in a written quote.
- Small: Small shop (1-4 staff, one location)From $3,500 + $199/mo. The core build for 1-4 staff, one location: report and change-notice templates and a datasheet summary step in the team's environment. Proposed estimate. Small tier; monthly covers hosting, monitoring and fixes. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
- Mid-size: Mid-size shop (5-19 staff)From $9,500 + $450/mo. Everything in Small shop, for more users, inboxes and calendars, with hand-off rules set for each role. Proposed estimate. More users, locations or integrations. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
- Enterprise: Enterprise (20+ staff or several locations)From $18,000 + $750/mo, custom quote. Everything in Mid-size shop, across locations or departments, with system integrations and a security review scoped in your custom quote. Proposed estimate floor; scope, integrations and security review set the final number. No cap. Matches the live 12squared.ai ladder for this industry.
- Retainer up front Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass. Scope, price and timeline are agreed in writing before work starts.
- You own itThe accounts, scripts, templates and data sit in your name. You can leave at any time.
- Compliance and dataProfessional engineer seals and safety-critical calculations stay with licensed engineers; export-control data (ITAR/EAR) stays out of public tools where it applies.
- Not professional adviceNot engineering advice: your engineers and quality staff approve every spec, drawing and document. 12² builds software and automations. It is not a licensed professional in your field, and your team makes every professional decision. Disclosures
Straight answers.
Does AI do engineering calculations?
It can draft scripts; engineers check every calculation.
How does payment work?
Retainer up front. Work starts once the retainer is paid; the balance is due on delivery when the agreed test cases pass.
How long does it take?
Timelines are set per project in the quote, after we see your systems and volume.
Are these prices final?
No. They are proposed starting estimates. You get a written custom quote after a short scoping call.
Tell us how you handle supplier specs and datasheets now.
A few lines is enough. If it's a fit we'll say so, and if it isn't we'll tell you why.
- You'll hear back within one business day12² reads your note and replies about your project.
- A free 20-minute callHow the work runs now, what gets missed, and what your team needs from it.
- A fixed quoteYour size, scope, date and price in writing before any work starts.
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