AI-Powered Platform from LATO AI Transforms Operations, Facilitates Expansion for Leading Stone Fabricator
Aug 15, 2025
PITTSBURGH | August 15, 2025
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When Armina Stone needed a smarter, more efficient way to manage its growing business volume as it expanded into a new market, LATO AI delivered with a custom AI-driven solution.
Since its start a decade ago, Armina Stone has emerged as western Pennsylvania’s largest stone gallery and fabricator. With three thriving locations in the Pittsburgh region, Armina Stone recently expanded into the south Florida market with a new 35,000 sq. ft. stone gallery and fabrication facility in Hialeah, and a luxury showroom, Armina Luxe, in the prestigious Miami Design District.
With an influx of new projects and teams based 1,200 miles apart, the company was looking for a streamlined system to track its growing residential and commercial workload while improving workflow communication and efficiency from planning to installation.
LATO AI responded with Hotlist, a customized AI-driven software program that allows Armina Stone to manage reports, track quality issues, organize tasks and use real-time data to improve operations.
“From sourcing stone and planning to the actual fabrication and installation, Armina does it all under one roof. They needed a system as integrated and unique as their business,” said LATO Founding Co-partner and CEO Michael Reynolds. “Hotlist is a solution that connects every part of their operation and makes it easier for their teams to stay aligned and work efficiently.”
Providing fully customized, AI-powered automation systems and boutique-level attention, LATO AI delivers tech solutions to improve operations and workflow for companies across the transportation, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, distributing and e-commerce sectors. LATO’s tailored solutions solve real-world problems and can be adapted to any industry to save time and money.
Hotlist’s unique employee reporting system allows Armina employees to submit reports and updates through a variety of methods, whether it is directly in Hotlist or via other platforms such as WhatsApp or Telegram. That flexibility led to 98% faster job status updates and a total elimination of manual data entry, according to LATO AI Founding Co-partner and COO Dan Zabokrytskyi.
“With Hotlist, it’s so much easier for our team to stay on top of every project,” said Armina founder Emre Basman. “Whether someone is in the gallery, on the shop floor or out on an installation, they can quickly report updates, track progress and flag issues in real time. It helps us work more smoothly behind the scenes to create a more seamless experience for our customers.”
With 100% data automation, Hotlist also allows for managers to generate daily, weekly and monthly reports with real-time information, providing critical insight to optimize resource allocation and operational planning.
“LATO’s technology has allowed us to plan more strategically and make faster, better-informed decisions,” Basman said. “That kind of agility helps us take on more projects, operate more efficiently and continue growing without sacrificing quality.”