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Who is Joshua Larkin?
Joshua D. Larkin is a cement-industry operator turned AI product builder with 12+ years of plant experience, and the founder of CementOps AI. He builds practical, cement-specific AI decision-support tools for heavy industry, pairing real operating knowledge with applied AI.
What is CementOps AI?
CementOps AI is a developing decision-intelligence initiative for the cement industry. It helps plant teams make better decisions around safety, maintenance, MSHA compliance, operations, SAP workflows, and plant knowledge. The goal is to strengthen experienced people’s judgment, not replace it. It begins as low-friction custom-GPT assistants before deeper integration.
Why does cement need specialized AI?
Heavy industry does not need more generic AI. It needs domain-aware AI that understands real operating conditions, safety consequences, compliance exposure, downtime cost, equipment constraints, and the language of the plant. Cement knowledge is scattered across people, shifts, procedures, and SAP records; specialized AI helps retrieve and structure it at the moment of decision.
How is CementOps AI different from regular ChatGPT?
CementOps AI is built around cement operations rather than general productivity. It is grounded in cement-specific knowledge, safety and compliance framing, and operational guardrails, and it is designed as decision support — not a substitute for engineers, supervisors, legal counsel, or site procedures.
What makes Joshua Larkin credible in industrial AI?
Most AI builders do not understand cement plants, and most cement professionals are not building AI. Josh sits in the overlap: 12+ years of hands-on cement experience across quality, lab, maintenance, lubrication, SAP, and safety, combined with applied AI product development, prompt engineering, and 100+ custom GPTs built.
Does Joshua Larkin offer consulting or training?
Yes. Consulting covers AI strategy for operations, custom GPT and AI-agent builds, scoped decision-support pilots, and AI product architecture. Education and training covers AI fluency and prompt engineering, custom-GPT workshops, workforce enablement, and speaking. Engagements scope to the problem.
What is MSHAIntel?
MSHAIntel is a specialized MSHA compliance-support initiative: regulation lookup, daily compliance awareness, citation-response preparation, and training support. It is regulatory awareness and preparation support — not legal advice, not guaranteed compliance, and not a replacement for qualified safety, legal, or regulatory professionals.
How can I work with or contact Joshua Larkin?
For business, investor, demo, or partnership inquiries: jlarkin@cementops.ai. For personal, real-estate, or recruiting: larkinjoshuad@gmail.com. Connect on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/joshua-d-larkin, or book a 30-minute call at calendly.com/larkinjoshuad/30min.