How We Help
Productized packages so you know exactly what you're buying. A monthly Fractional AI Lead engagement when you want a senior technologist on call. Fixed-fee where it can be — milestone-based where it can't. No three-week proposals. No retainer lock-in.
Local Specialty
Built for Flathead Valley Businesses
Clinics, contractors, dealers, repair shops, retailers, hospitality operators, and professional services firms in the $1–10M range. The kind of business that runs on a handful of software tools, has a team that already knows the work, and needs someone who can ship something useful without selling them an enterprise platform. We work on-site for discovery and kickoffs, and over video for the rest.
AI Assessment
A two-week, fixed-fee engagement designed for owners who want a real answer to the question "where does AI actually fit in my business?" We spend time on-site or on calls with you and the people who actually do the work. We map your current processes, your software stack, and the bottlenecks you complain about. Then we tell you the three highest-leverage places to apply AI, what each will cost to build, and what the payback looks like. You leave with a written plan, a vendor map, and a firm price for the next step. No obligation to keep going. Most clients do — but the assessment stands on its own.
What's Included
- →On-site or video discovery sessions with you and your team
- →Process and bottleneck mapping
- →Current software stack review (what you have, what's missing)
- →Three prioritized AI opportunities with cost and payback estimates
- →Vendor and tooling map (build vs. buy, off-the-shelf vs. custom)
- →Written plan you can take to your team or accountant
Best Fit
"My team keeps asking about AI and I don't know what to tell them." Or: "Everyone's pitching me automation but I don't have time to evaluate it." The assessment gives you a defensible answer in two weeks.
Automation Sprint
A focused four-to-six-week engagement to build and ship one specific automation. We pick the right one from your assessment (or from a quick scoping call if you're starting here). We build it against your real data, integrate it with the tools you already use, and put it into production. You get a working system, written documentation, and a hands-on training session for the people who'll actually run it. Common sprints: AI-assisted quoting, customer intake and routing, appointment scheduling, follow-up sequences, automated reporting, document parsing and data entry, voice receptionist for after-hours calls.
What's Included
- →One specific automation, scoped and quoted up-front
- →Built against your real data and integrated with your existing tools
- →Production-grade — not a prototype, not a demo
- →Written runbook and admin documentation
- →Hands-on training session for your team
- →Two weeks of post-launch support included
Best Fit
"My team spends hours every week on [quoting / scheduling / data entry / customer follow-ups]. I want that fixed." If you can name the bottleneck, we can usually quote it firmly off a single call.
Fractional AI Lead
When you want a senior technologist on call month-to-month — not a one-off project — this is the engagement. We act as your part-time AI Lead: strategy sessions, build new automations as they surface, train your team, and vet vendors before you sign anything. Designed to compress as your team gets fluent. Most engagements run 6–12 months and graduate to advisory or sunset entirely. We don't bill for retainers we're not earning.
What's Included
- →Standing weekly or bi-weekly working sessions
- →Strategy across multiple projects and departments
- →Build and ship new automations as they come up
- →Vet AI vendors and SaaS purchases before you sign
- →Train your team — internal champion development
- →Quarterly review and re-scope so you're never paying for nothing
Best Fit
"I don't need a full-time tech person, but I want someone senior I can call when I have a question or a project comes up." Owners and operators with multiple projects in flight or a team that needs ongoing AI fluency.
Custom Build
When you need something bigger than a single automation — an internal tool, a custom customer-facing app, a multi-system integration — this is the engagement. We scope it together, milestone the work, and ship it. We've built OCR, computer vision, NLP, and LLM/RAG pipelines into mission-critical environments and we operate our own production platforms, so we know what production-grade actually means. AI is integrated where it earns its keep, not bolted on for the deck.
What's Included
- →Functional prototype in 2–4 weeks if the path isn't obvious
- →Production builds in 8–16 weeks with milestone billing
- →Custom AI agents, LLM integration, RAG, OCR, voice
- →Web apps, internal tools, customer-facing portals
- →Integrations with the systems you already use
- →Architecture designed to outlast the engagement
Best Fit
"Off-the-shelf software won't do what I need" or "I have an idea I want to test fast." If you want one senior builder rather than an agency, this is the right shape.
Pricing & Packages
Productized packages with fixed pricing on request. Fractional retainer scoped to fit.
AI Assessment
2 weeksPricing on request — book a 20-minute intro to scope your engagement.
First engagement. We map your processes, identify the three highest-leverage AI opportunities, write the plan, and quote the next step. Stands on its own.
- On-site or video discovery sessions
- Process and bottleneck mapping
- Three prioritized AI opportunities with payback estimates
- Vendor and tooling map
- Written plan you can take to your team
Automation Sprint
4–6 weeksPricing on request — book a 20-minute intro to scope your engagement.
We build and ship one specific automation against your real data — quoting, intake, scheduling, follow-ups, reporting, document handling. In production, with your team trained.
- One automation, scoped and quoted up-front
- Production-grade build, not a prototype
- Integrated with the tools you already use
- Written runbook + hands-on team training
- Two weeks of post-launch support included
Custom Build
8–16 weeksPricing on request — book a 20-minute intro to scope your engagement.
Larger projects when off-the-shelf doesn't fit — internal tools, customer-facing apps, multi-system integrations. We scope, milestone, and ship.
- Custom apps and internal tools
- Multi-system integrations
- AI agents, RAG, OCR, voice, computer vision
- Architecture designed to outlast the engagement
For ongoing support across multiple projects
Fractional AI Lead
Monthly, 6–12 months typicalRetainer pricing varies by scope. Let's talk.
A senior technologist on call. Standing weekly or bi-weekly sessions, ongoing strategy, build, and team training across multiple projects. Compresses as your team gets fluent — graduation, not lock-in.
- Standing weekly / bi-weekly working sessions
- Strategy across multiple projects and departments
- Build and ship new automations as they come up
- Vet AI vendors and SaaS purchases before you sign
- Quarterly review and re-scope
Not sure which fits? Book a 20-minute intro — we'll tell you which package matches your situation and quote firmly. No proposal that takes three weeks.
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