- The Lifter
In Software, Two
Things Are Certain:
Debt and Taxes.
Architecting the future without doing archaeology of the present directly results in lost productivity.
The Lifter is an agentic AI platform that builds a complete understanding of your systems.
The Debt
40% of your IT balance sheet is technical debt.
The Tax
Your enterprise spends 20% more on every modernization project, just to tackle legacy complexity.
You Pay for Debt and Taxes
on Your Own Systems
01
Reverse Engineering Your Legacy Code
58–70% of developer time is spent understanding code, not writing it.
02
Dealing With Context Loss During Data Migration
83% of data migrations fail or exceed budgets because “meaning” is lost in transit.
03
Testing That Does Not Inspire Trust
72% of automated tests produce false positives — “green” doesn’t mean safe.
The Root Cause:
Building Without Mapping
The Industry Norm Let’s modernize now. Get taxed later.
- Features ship without documenting intent.
- Code changed without impact visibility.
- Systems grow without understanding.
The Lifter Approach Archaeology before architecture
- Stop guessing what’s in your legacy system; automate the understanding phase.
- Map what you have (dependencies, logic, semantics).
- Extract intent into plain English.
- Build/migrate with certainty.
One Platform.
Three Ways to Eliminate the Tax.
Legacy
Lifter
Build without the Reverse Engineering Tax
Legacy
Lifter
Build without the Reverse Engineering Tax
- Map dependencies once
- Uncover embedded business logic
- Design with certainty
- Reduce technical debt before it compounds
Result: Problems with legacy code surface in weeks, not months.
Data
Lifter
Migrate without Context Loss
Data
Lifter
Migrate without Context Loss
- Understand schemas and semantics
- Preserve business meaning
- Validate data before go-live
Result: The "meaning" in the data survives the journey! .
Test
Lifter
Ship with Evidence, not Hope
Test
Lifter
Ship with Evidence, not Hope
- Impact-based testing
- Real-world validation
- Self-healing tests
- Reduced false positives
Result: Confidence that holds up in production.
Who Uses The Lifter
Architects
planning refactors or retirements
Data Leads
running migrations
CTOs
needing clarity before committing to large programs
QA Owners
validating complex changes
Engineers
tired of manual archaeology
Where The Lifter
Delivers Impact
The Lifter enhances every stage of the software engineering journey, improving operations, accelerating delivery, and deeply empowering software development, data and testing teams.
Legacy
Lifter
Build without the Reverse Engineering Tax
- Map dependencies once
- Uncover embedded business logic
- Design with certainty
- Reduce technical debt before it compounds
Result: Problems with legacy code surface in weeks, not months.
STRENGTHEN
Operations
Modernize critical legacy systems safely, reduce downtime risks, and improve operational reliability.
ACCELERATE
Engineering
AI-driven legacy system analysis, data migration, and testing help teams deliver faster with greater accuracy.
REDUCE
Tech Debt
The Lifter identifies technical debt hotspots, prioritizes remediation efforts based on business impact, and recommends framework upgrades that minimize risk while preparing systems for cloud-native architectures.
Legacy
Lifter
Build without the Reverse Engineering Tax
- Map dependencies once
- Uncover embedded business logic
- Design with certainty
- Reduce technical debt before it compounds
Result: Problems with legacy code surface in weeks, not months.
Legacy
Lifter
Build without the Reverse Engineering Tax
- Map dependencies once
- Uncover embedded business logic
- Design with certainty
- Reduce technical debt before it compounds
Result: Problems with legacy code surface in weeks, not months.
EMPOWER
Teams
Give architects, data engineers, and QA teams AI agents that multiply productivity and cut manual effort.
COMPLETE CONTROL
& Data Security
Run The Lifter on-premises with private & open-source LLMs to keep your codebase secure and entirely under your control.
EXPERT
In the Loop
Integrates your team’s expertise to align modernization with business goals and constraints.
The Indium Edge: Where AI Meets Engineering Excellence
AI accelerates modernization, and Indium’s engineering excellence ensures measurable business outcomes.
5000+
Engineering, Data Specialists and SDETs
Engineers in the Loop, not Just AI
The Lifter delivers deep system intelligence, but Indium engineers help interpret results, validate risk, and guide critical modernization decisions. You stay in control at every step.
Built from Real Modernization Battles
Indium didn’t build The Lifter in a lab. It was forged while modernizing complex, undocumented enterprise systems at scale. The platform reflects years of hands-on engineering experience.
8M+
Engineering Hours Optimized
From Maps to Momentum
Indium doesn’t just show you how your systems work. Our teams help you act on those insights, moving from discovery to execution with accuracy, predictability, and confidence.
Accuracy, Safety & Predictability
When Indium’s engineering excellence combines with Lifter-enabled productivity and efficiency gains, modernization becomes safer, more precise, and consistently successful.
Discover What’s
Possible with The Lifter
Enterprises using The Lifter have achieved 15× faster system analysis, 40% lower engineering effort,and significantly accelerated modernization delivery through unified reverse and forward engineering.