We build for people who have better things to do

We automate the repetitive to make your business more competitive.

~10 hrs
Weekly admin time reclaimed in the first 30 days
Est. $200–400/mo recovered at admin rates
From $150/mo
Ongoing retainer to keep your automation running and optimized
Conservative 3–8× first-year return
3–5 days
From signed agreement to first automation live
ROI-positive within 30–60 days for most builds
The gap

You're running a real business.
AI shouldn't require a CTO.

The businesses that dominate the next five years aren't the biggest — they're the ones that figured out how to do more with the same team. Most small business owners don't have the time or background to figure out what to build, let alone how to build it.

Revenue leaking through follow-up gaps
Leads that went cold, invoices that sat too long, bookings that never got recovered.
Hours lost to repetitive manual work
Data entry, status updates, reminder emails — work that consumes time without building anything.
Hiring humans for what systems can do
The next coordinator, admin, or scheduler could often be a $25/month automation instead.
No visibility into what's happening
Revenue and operations running across five tools with no single source of truth.
Services

What we actually build

Three tiers, clear scope, fixed pricing. Every engagement starts with a paid audit so we both know exactly what we're solving before a dollar goes toward building.

Tier 01 — Seed
Single Workflow Agent
$800–1,200 setup
$150–250 / month
One automation, fully installed. Immediate ROI.Ideal for a specific, painful, repetitive task with a clear trigger and measurable outcome.
  • 1 workflow from trigger to result
  • Integration with your existing tools
  • Plain-language handoff doc + Loom walkthrough
  • 30-day monitoring + one optimization round
Estimated first-year ROI
2×–5× return

Automating one repetitive process typically recovers 5–8 hrs/week. At $25–40/hr admin-equivalent, that's $500–1,280/month recovered against a $150–250 retainer — breaking even in month one or two. Asana's 2023 Anatomy of Work found 62% of the workday goes to recurring tasks that contribute little actual output.

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Tier 02 — System
Multi-Agent Suite
$2,500–4,500 setup
$400–700 / month
Two to four connected automations working as a system.Cross-app logic, CRM enrichment, optional reporting dashboard. Reclaim 10+ hours per week.
  • 2–4 workflows with shared data layer
  • CRM enrichment + data routing
  • Custom dashboard (optional)
  • Monthly optimization sprint included
Estimated first-year ROI
3×–7× return

10+ hrs/week recovered across 2–4 processes yields $1,200–3,000/month in labor efficiency. CRM enrichment adds a meaningful revenue multiplier on top: Harvard Business Review found businesses that respond to leads within an hour are 7× more likely to qualify them — a gap automation closes automatically.

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Tier 03 — Studio
Full AI Operations Build
$6,000–12,000 setup
$900–1,500 / month
End-to-end AI infrastructure at scale.Executive dashboard, multi-department automation, and a managed operations retainer for businesses ready to run leaner.
  • Full API integration with your software stack
  • Executive real-time dashboard
  • AI-assisted reporting + task management
  • Quarterly strategy reviews
Estimated first-year ROI
4×–10× return

Multi-department automation with real-time visibility typically yields 20–35 hrs/week in team-wide efficiency and a 15–25% reduction in operational overhead. McKinsey's 2023 AI economics research found 60–70% of business activities across common functions are now automatable — the question is sequencing.

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Start here — front-door offer
AI Revenue Leak Audit
A 90-minute diagnostic session that maps where time and revenue are being lost — and exactly what it would take to fix it. Bottleneck map, three quick wins, projected ROI, recommended build tier. No pitch. Just a diagnosis.
$300
90 min · fee applies to build
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In practice

What this looks like
in practice

Illustrative engagements — the types of problems we solve and what the outcomes look like.

Wellness Studio
Tier 01 · Seed

A Chicago-area massage and bodywork studio was losing roughly 8 hours a week to appointment admin — manual confirmation texts, no-show follow-ups, and rebooking emails all handled by the owner between sessions. Revenue wasn't the issue. Attention was.

We built a single workflow: new bookings trigger a confirmation sequence, a 24-hour reminder, and a post-visit message with a rebooking link. No-shows get a recovery email within the hour. The owner touches none of it.

8 hrs/wk
Time recovered
−35%
No-show rate
4 days
Setup time
Event Production Co.
Tier 02 · System

A boutique event production company was running three people across five tools with no shared source of truth. Leads came in through the website, got copied into a spreadsheet, sometimes made it to a follow-up email, and occasionally got lost entirely. Proposals went out late. Invoices sat open.

We built a four-workflow system: new inquiry → CRM entry + owner alert → automated follow-up sequence → proposal sent → invoice triggered on approval. A simple dashboard showed pipeline status in real time for the first time.

Zero
Leads falling through cracks
2 jobs
Closed month one that would have gone cold
Independent Consultancy
Tier 03 · Studio

A six-person management consultancy had grown past the point where spreadsheets and group chats could hold operations together. Onboarding new clients took two weeks of back-and-forth. Project status lived in people's heads. Reporting to partners was manual and always late.

We built full AI operations infrastructure: client onboarding automated from signed contract to first deliverable, project tracking with automatic status updates, an executive dashboard, and a reporting workflow that generated partner summaries every Monday without anyone compiling anything.

Eliminated
Part-time coordinator role
Weekly
Auto-generated partner reports
Sales Representative
Tier 01 / 02

An independent sales rep covering a multi-state territory was spending 30–40% of prospecting time on manual research — building target lists, checking LinkedIn, tracking competitor activity, and manually logging contacts into a CRM that was always a week behind.

We built a three-agent system: a lead scraper that pulls and enriches prospect lists against defined criteria, a competitor monitoring agent that tracks pricing and positioning changes weekly, and a CRM sync workflow that logs all research output automatically with no manual entry.

50%
Prospecting time reduction
Weekly
Competitor briefing now shared with full sales team
Process

From first message
to live system

The same process every time. No discovery calls without an intake form. No builds without a signed scope. No surprises.

01
Intake Form
Seven questions about your workflow, tools, and where time and revenue are leaking. Takes 10 minutes. Required before any call.
Async — before call
02
Discovery Call
Free 20-minute call. We map the current state, calculate what it's costing you monthly, and recommend a build tier — or go straight to the $300 Audit if you're ready.
Free · 20 min
03
Scoped Proposal
A one-page scope doc within 48 hours: deliverables, timeline, ROI projection, and investment. 50% deposit to start.
48 hrs after call
04
Build + Deploy
We build, test, and deploy using AI-assisted development. SEED builds live in 3–5 days. SYSTEM builds in 1–2 weeks.
3 days – 2 weeks
05
Handoff + Retain
Full handoff package delivered. At day 14, we measure ROI against baseline. Ongoing managed ops retainer available.
Day 14 review
Limited availability · Founding clients

Founding client rate — while spots remain

We're accepting a small number of founding clients at a reduced rate. You get the full build, the full process, and the same outcome — we get a real-world case study and a relationship we can point to. First come, first served. When they're gone, they're gone.

7 of 10 founding spots remaining
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Fit

Who gets the most from this

AI Taylor works best when there's real operational weight behind the problem — repetitive volume, revenue on the line, or systems that don't talk to each other. These are the clients who see the fastest, clearest return.

High complexity
Creative + cultural businesses
Galleries, event producers, studios, fashion brands, arts organizations
Fast payback
Local service businesses
Wellness, contractors, hospitality, facilities, real estate, specialty retail
High volume
Independent professionals
Coaches, therapists, consultants, agents — high-volume client communication
Deep ops
Automotive & Trades
Shops, dealerships, service businesses with high-volume customer and operations flow
Revenue ops
Sales & Business Development
Independent reps, sales teams, SDRs — prospecting, pipeline, and CRM automation
Find your fit

Tell us what's
breaking down

8 questions · 3 minutes · instant tier recommendation and ROI estimate.

Question 1 of 8
What's the core problem?
Pick the one that fits best right now.
How does it connect
to revenue?
This shapes how we calculate your ROI estimate.
What kind of revenue
is slipping?
Pick the closest match.
How often does
this happen?
Think about a typical month.
What's eating
the most time?
The thing that, if automated, would change your week immediately.
How many people
deal with this?
Including you.
Where do you want
the advantage?
Pick the area most relevant to where you want to compete.
Building something new
or automating what exists?
This shapes scope and timeline.
How many tools are
in this workflow today?
Count every app, platform, or system involved.
What best describes
your tech stack?
Honest answer — no wrong choice here.
Who makes the call
to move forward?
On a project like this.
When do you need
this solved?
Be honest — it helps us give you the right recommendation.
One last thing —
where do we send this?

Your recommendation is ready. Drop your name and email — we'll show it to you instantly and send a copy you can reference before the call.

No spam. No lists. Just your results and a follow-up from me.
Recommended
Estimated monthly recovery

What we'd likely discuss on the call
FAQ

Questions we actually get

Honest answers to the things people ask before they book the audit — or decide not to.

Do I need any technical knowledge to work with you?

None. You need to know your business — your tools, your pain points, where time gets lost. We handle everything technical and hand everything back in plain language with a walkthrough. If you can describe the problem, we can build the solution.

How is this different from setting up Zapier myself?

Zapier is a tool. What we build is a system — designed around your specific workflow, tested against your actual data, documented so you understand it, and monitored so it keeps working. The tool is often the easy part. Knowing what to build, in what order, and how to make it robust is the work.

What tools and platforms do you actually build on?

We work across the common small-business stack: Airtable, Notion, HubSpot, Google Workspace, Calendly, Stripe, QuickBooks, Slack, and most CRMs and scheduling tools. If your stack is unusual, the audit is where we figure out what's possible.

My business is pretty small. Is this really for me?

The Seed tier was designed specifically for independent operators and small teams — one painful process, fixed scope, clear cost. If you're spending more than 5 hours a week on something repetitive, it's likely worth automating. The audit tells you for certain.

What does the $300 audit actually produce?

A written bottleneck map, three identified quick wins with estimated impact, a projected ROI, and a recommended build tier with a rough scope. It's a working document you can act on with us or with anyone else. The $300 is credited toward a build if you move forward.

What happens if something breaks after you deliver it?

Every build includes 30-day monitoring. If something fails in that window, we fix it at no charge. After that, retainer clients get priority support as part of their monthly. We also document everything thoroughly enough that a competent developer could diagnose issues independently — we don't build black boxes.

Who owns the automations after you build them?

You do, fully. We operate BYOK-first — you hold your own API keys and tool subscriptions. We don't create dependency on a proprietary platform. If you ever want to take the work somewhere else, everything is documented and portable.

What if I'm not ready for a build yet — can I still get the audit?

Yes. The audit is designed to be useful regardless of whether you hire us. You'll leave with a clear picture of where your biggest opportunities are and what they'd cost to address. Some clients do the audit and implement smaller fixes themselves. That's a completely valid outcome.

Contact

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Location
Based in Chicago, IL. Serving clients locally and remotely across the US.
Response time
All inquiries answered within 24 hours. If you've filled out the form, you'll hear back the same day.
The first step
The AI Revenue Leak Audit is $300 and 90 minutes. It shows you exactly where time and revenue are leaking — and what it would take to fix it. No sales pitch. Just a diagnosis.
About

Built by someone who
works across worlds

"I build AI agents for people who are too busy doing the work to learn how AI works."

AI Taylor is a boutique AI consultancy based in Chicago, led by aT — a multidisciplinary practitioner with 26 years of professional experience across design, creative production, and operational systems.

The practice was built to serve one specific gap: creative businesses, local operators, and independent professionals who know AI is relevant to their work but have no practical path to using it.

We build systems that make sense to the people who use them, document everything in plain language, and avoid building dependency. The goal is to make you more capable — not more reliant on us.

What this practice is built on
26 years multidisciplinary experience — design, production, operations
Hands-on AI practitioner — agents, API integration, automation architecture, LLM deployment
Chicago-rooted — deep in the creative, cultural, and small business ecosystems of the city
BYOK-first — clients own their API relationships; never locked into our platform
Bootstrapped and independent — no VC incentives, no growth pressure