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2026 · For mid-market companies in LATAM

We take mid-market companies in Colombia to real AI production in 6 to 12 months. With measurable P&L impact.Real AI production. In 6 to 12 months.

Strategy, technical build, interim senior capacity and applied R&D under a single team. McKinsey measured 5.8x ROI in 14 months for mid-market companies that reached production. Those still in pilot report the same as last year: nothing.Strategy + build + senior + R&D under one team. 5.8x ROI measurable in P&L.

Vision. Precision. Execution.

Why 2026 is different

2024 and 2025 were the years of the promise. 2026 is the year of the competitive advantage.2026: the year of real advantage.

MIT documented that 95% of generative AI pilots fail without P&L impact. Not because the technology doesn't work. Because nobody knows how to take it to production. That is exactly the problem we solve.95% of AI pilots fail (MIT). Nobody takes them to production. That's what we solve.

95%

of AI pilots don't change P&L

The models are powerful. The problem is that nobody in your company knows how to take them from pilot to real operation. That changes in 2026.

Source: MIT · 2025
5.8x

Average ROI in 14 months of real production

Companies that reached production in 2025 are already measuring returns. Those still in pilot measure the same as last year: potential without result.

Source: McKinsey · 2025
8x

More AI agent adoption this year vs. 2025

Gartner confirmed the jump from 5% to 40% in enterprise applications with integrated AI agents. The market doesn't wait. The question is whether your company leads or follows that curve.

Source: Gartner · 2026
60%

More revenue for early adopters by 2027

Companies acting in 2026 expect 60% more revenue growth and 50% more cost reduction than their competitors by 2027. The gap is already forming.

Source: Deloitte · 2026

The question is not whether your company needs digital transformation and AI. You already know that. The question is whether you move in 2026, when it still builds a competitive gap, or in 2027, when it only keeps you in the game.

How we work

We occupy the quadrant nobody in LATAM was filling.The quadrant nobody filled.

Global firms (McKinsey, BCG, Bain) bring top-tier thinking but no execution, and they're priced for large corporations. Local agencies are accessible but shallow. We operate in the third quadrant: top-tier strategic thinking, real digital and AI execution, at scale for mid-sized companies in exponential growth.Global firms: thinking, no execution. Agencies: shallow. We do both, for mid-market.

We have spent years watching companies with all the potential in the world get stuck in pilots that never scale. LIFE·IN·CO exists to break that cycle: strategy that executes, technology that operates, leadership that produces results from week one.

Juan Pablo Bernal · Founder, LIFE·IN·CO
Practice areas

Four practice areas. One coherent logic.Four areas. One logic.

Strategy without execution is expensive friction. Execution without strategy is wasted work. Our practice areas exist so neither happens to you.Strategy without execution is friction. Execution without strategy is waste.

01 / Strategic Consulting

Strategy that gets executed.

Diagnostic, strategy and hands-on execution for businesses seeking clarity on the next chapter. 68% of CEOs say their biggest challenge is translating strategy into results. We close that gap.

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02 / Digital Product + AI

Software that actually ships.

We design and build digital products and AI agents that solve real operational challenges. Only 11% of pilots reach production. We engineer for the other 89%.

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03 / Fractional Leadership

Senior capacity, by the hour.

BD Director-level capacity without the $150k-$250k annual cost of a full-time C-level. Real commercial pipeline from week one, not after twelve months of onboarding.

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04 / Applied R&D

Where products are born.

Our internal innovation lab. LIC Alpha Hunt is the first product out of it. A 44% CAGR market. We commit our R&D to where the evidence points before the market catches up.

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Founding commitments

Three commitments. One way of working.Three commitments. One way.

The way we operate is not accidental. It is the result of three commitments that shape every engagement, every conversation, every decision.Not accidental. Disciplined.

01 · Production, not pilots

95% of pilots fail. We engineer for the other 5%.

The MIT Digital Business Center documents that 95% of digital transformation projects never reach production. Every engagement we take is designed from day one to be one of the 5% that does. We don't celebrate the kickoff. We celebrate the go-live.

02 · Evidence, not intuition

Every recommendation is grounded in data.

McKinsey documents that companies with rigorous, evidence-based strategies generate 5.8 times more value than those that operate on gut. We bring data, methodology and real business-building experience. We tell you what we know, and we tell you what we don't.

03 · Timing is strategy

2026 is not a detail. It's the variable.

Gartner projects that by end of 2026, 40% of companies will have AI-integrated processes that outperform anything built before. The gap between leaders and laggards will be structural, not cyclical. The decision to move now is not tactical. It is strategic.

Who delivers your engagement

Four specialized consultancies under unified coordination.

LIFE·IN·CO is not a recent project with no track record. It is the operational integration of four firms that already operate, each with its own identity, senior team and documented experience.

LifeInCo

Digital transformation + AI

Strategy, digital product and applied AI agents for mid-market companies. Operating lead of the ecosystem.

Strategic Litigation Consulting

Applied corporate legal

Legal advisory specialized in sector regulatory frameworks: BIM 2026, IFRS 17, NSR-10, ANLA, Asobancaria.

AB Ingeniería y Diseño

Forensic engineering

Forensic engineering applied to infrastructure, incidents and technical expertise for BIM and construction disputes.

Happy Life Studio

Corporate space design

Interior and space design under corporate framework. For offices that reflect operational transformation, not just aesthetics.

Ecosystem track recordDEV · JP confirmar cifras
10+
Industries served
2
HQs · Bogotá + Miami
4
Integrated consultancies
1
Operating point of contact
Juan Pablo Bernal, founder de LIFE INCO, en Bogotá
Juan Pablo Bernal · Founder · Bogotá
A note from the founder

"I started LIFE·IN·CO because Latin America deserved a different kind of partner. One that thinks at the level of the global firms, builds at the level of a serious product team, and shows up at the level of someone who actually has skin in your game. 2026 is the year that separates the companies that moved from the ones that meant to."

For investors · separate audience

LIC Alpha Hunt. Quantitative intelligence for emerging-market investors.Alpha Hunt. Quant for EM.

Sharpe 1.84 · annual alpha +12.2% · 2014-2025 backtest. Separate product out of the R&D practice, for family offices and HNW investors.

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The cost of waiting

Every week without a clear AI strategy is a week your competition uses to pull ahead.Every week without AI is advantage given away.

McKinsey estimates that companies that implement AI well in 2025-2026 generate 5.8 times more value than those that wait. The window is not closed. But it is closing.5.8x more value moving now (McKinsey). The window is closing.

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