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Hire the function.
Not the headcount.

Hiring is slow, expensive, and painful to undo. The work can't wait. Semanto places Operators — senior humans who own the function, backed by AI agents purpose-built around your business. You get the output of a full team at the cost of one hire. An Operator hits the ground running on day one. And every function they run builds the active memory of your business — so work compounds into a knowledge asset your company keeps.

What we place

Compose the function you need.

Every engagement starts with Active Memory — the autonomous world model of your business. Then add the functions you need from Finance, Legal, and Operations. Mix and match across domains; every function compounds on the same memory.

Every engagement runs on Active Memory.

An autonomous world model of your business — a thinking system with active memory. Every Operator builds on it, every function compounds into it, every execution stays with you.

Finance

Cash Management

A live view of cash in, out, and runway — so spending decisions are made on forecast, not on a bank balance.

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Finance

Planning & Forecasting

A budget that gets built, maintained, and reviewed — so “are we on track?” has a real answer every month.

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Finance

Books & Close

Clean, audit-ready books with a monthly close owned end-to-end and delivered within 10 business days.

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Finance

Vendor & Spend

An owned vendor inventory — duplicates caught, renewals surfaced early, invoices actually scrutinized.

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Finance

Billing & AR

Invoices out on time and receivables actively worked — so cash lands in the bank instead of aging in AR.

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Legal

Contracts

Every incoming contract reviewed with risk flags, obligations tracked, renewals surfaced with lead time to act.

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Legal

Compliance

Your compliance landscape mapped and monitored — privacy, employment, and jurisdictional rules handled before they become issues.

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Legal

NDAs & Routine Agreements

NDAs and routine agreements triaged and turned around in hours — counsel called only when it's genuinely warranted.

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Operations

Metrics & Reporting

One trusted source of truth — KPIs defined, dashboards live, recurring reports shipped on cadence.

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Operations

Cross-Functional Coordination

Finance, sales, and ops actually in sync — decisions routed, dependencies tracked, follow-through owned.

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Operations

CRM & Pipeline

A clean, trustworthy pipeline you can inspect in 30 seconds — deals tracked, forecasted, and handed off cleanly.

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The engagement

How it works

01

Month 1

The function gets owned.

Your Operator runs the function end-to-end from day one. Books clean. Processes documented. Reporting shipped. Decisions made. No onboarding cycle, no ramp.

02

Month 3+

The work compounds.

As they work, they build the active memory of your business — a world model of how your finances connect to customers, vendors, contracts, decisions. AI agents take over the repetitive work. You get a business that thinks — every function plugs into the same active memory, so work compounds instead of plateauing.

Included

What you get

  • A senior, cross-functional operator at junior-specialist cost.
  • Work shipping the week you sign — no three-month recruiting cycle.
  • Month-to-month commitment — no headcount risk.
  • An active memory of your business — the autonomous world model every function compounds into. Owned by you, kept by you.

Excluded

What you don't get

  • No W-2 or 1099 admin.
  • No benefits, PTO, or health insurance overhead.
  • No payroll, HRIS, or handbook.
  • No performance reviews, PIPs, or severance conversations.
  • No layoffs, wrongful termination, or employment disputes.
  • No visa, work authorization, or relocation cost.

Investment

Pricing

60–70%

of the salary you'd pay for the same full-time role. Monthly retainer. No hiring fees. No recruiter commission. No equity dilution.

  • $70K role → $3,500–$4,000 / month
  • $90K role → $4,500–$5,000 / month

The team

Who we are

Semanto is built by operators who've founded venture-backed tech companies and run every back-office function from the inside — legal, finance, operations, marketing, and engineering, through growth and scale.

We don't place consultants. We don't place fractional help. We place a senior cross-functional leader who owns their function end-to-end — backed by AI agents built on Semanto's world model.

Common questions

Before you ask

The world model of your business — the living context layer that every Operator runs on. It holds the relationships between your finances, customers, vendors, contracts, and decisions, so every function you add already knows your business. The more Operators work, the deeper it gets. You own it.

Real people. Each Operator is a senior, cross-functional human. They bring AI agents with them — purpose-built around your business — but the Operator is the person you'd meet, the one accountable for the function.

Yes. Most engagements start with one or two functions plus Active Memory as the foundation, then add more over time. Each new function day-ones on the context that's already been built.

Fractional hires split their attention across multiple clients. Consultants give advice without execution. Operators own the function end-to-end, with full attention, month-to-month — backed by infrastructure we build around them.

The week you sign. Most engagements begin within five business days.

Month-to-month, no notice required. Give us thirty days and we'll re-scope, swap the Operator, or unwind cleanly.

You do. The world model of your business — your data, your processes, your relationships — is yours. If you leave, you leave with it.

Operators today.
Infrastructure tomorrow.

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Functions you need

Foundation

Active Memory

Function

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