1904labs

1904labs, based in the Cortex district of St. Louis, specializes in AI consulting, data engineering, and digital experience solutions. The company provides Amazon AWS solutions and employs the HCDAgile methodology, which integrates Human-Centered Design with Agile development to ensure that solutions meet both business goals and user needs. Their service offerings include AI-enabled customer service, cloud-native refactoring, data governance solutions, and strategic planning for AI readiness. They also use Amazon Bedrock to build solutions for customer intent classification and self-service, and offer generative AI workshops, roadmap creation, proof of concepts, and implementations.

In addition to their technical services, 1904labs is committed to community engagement through initiatives like Lifting the Lou and Lift for Life Academy. They also run programs such as 1904coders, which enables middle school students to develop their own smartphone applications, and ‘Hours with Experts,’ a free course to help individuals learn about the Big Data space or transition to new careers as Data Engineers. The company supports personal and professional growth through ‘Innovation Hours,’ allowing employees to spend 10% of their work week on individual interests or professional development, and ‘Lunch & Learns.’

1904labs has been recognized as one of the Top 25 Workplaces in St. Louis by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 2023 and one of the Best Places to Work in St. Louis by the St. Louis Business Journal. They engage in community partnerships with organizations like Mission: St. Louis and St. Patrick Center. The company also provides technical product ownership for Amazon Connect in large-scale contact center transformation projects and offers a single source of truth for health benefits data through a web application for a managed care company. Additionally, they help a digital agriculture company improve developer experience with new tools and a shift to a contract-first testing paradigm.