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We work out where AI pays in your business, then build it.

Here after an email from us? You found the right people.

Have you ever wondered where AI would actually pay in your business?

You've sat through the pitch more than once. Nobody has named the three jobs in your week where it would earn its keep.

We automate the work nobody wants to do, in every department.

It's for owner-led US firms of about 20 to 1,000 people. Skilled staff there still count, match and chase by hand.

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One output, counted

This is what a finance team sees at 8 a.m.

Sample output · a close checklist · run every morning

October close, day 2: 1,702 items in, 104 for a person

Close taskItemsFor a person
Bank and card lines matched1,28443
Supplier bills tied to an order36213
Receipts missing, reminders drafted2727
Possible duplicate payments22
Accruals suggested1818
Pack schedules built91

Nothing posts until your controller approves it.

A daily books check reads every line the bank and the card feeds send. It sorts them into two piles.

  1. 1,702 items came in across six close tasks. 1,598 cleared on their own.
  2. 104 need a person. Each arrives with its evidence beside it.
  3. Your controller spends the morning on those 104, not on all 1,702.

Most of the twelve jobs below share that shape.

Read the daily books check, step by step

12 jobs · 6 departments

Twelve jobs that eat hours in most firms.

Two per department: the count today, the job after, what you get back.

Sales · Follow-ups

Every promise in the sent folder, dated

NowA month of sent mail holds thirty small promises. A figure by Friday, an intro, a revised quote.

AfterEach promise is listed with its date. Overdue ones reach you first.

You keep your word before the client stops asking.

Insurance agencies · Wholesale distribution

Sales · New enquiries

A first reply inside the hour

NowWeb enquiries sit for a day or two while the sales team is on site.

AfterEach enquiry gets a first reply drafted within the hour, for a person to send.

The buyer hears from you the same day.

Construction · Staffing

Finance · Month-end close

Books matched daily, not in one rush

NowThe close eats working days 1 to 8. Bank lines are matched in one long sitting.

AfterLines are matched every morning. A break shows up the day it happens.

The pack is ready while the month can still change.

Wholesale distribution · Construction · Staffing

The daily books check, in full

Finance · Sign-offs

Twelve items waiting on one yes

NowA payment run, two discounts and a finished proposal all wait for the owner.

AfterOne list, oldest first, with the single thing each item needs from you.

Ten minutes clears it, and the work moves again.

Accounting and tax · Construction

Operations · The owner's inbox

The four emails that need you, on top

NowOvernight, 140 emails land. The four that need you sit under invoices and alerts.

AfterBy 8 a.m., a morning read ranks those four above the rest.

The right client hears from you first.

Staffing · Insurance agencies

Operations · Supplier dates

Forty open orders, checked before they slip

NowForty purchase orders carry a promised date. Nobody looks until one is missed.

AfterEach order is checked ahead of its date, with a chase note drafted for your buyer.

A late delivery is known while you can still act.

Manufacturing · Wholesale distribution

HR · Applications

All 200 applications read, not the first 50

NowOne posting draws 200 applications. Recruiters get through the first 50.

AfterEvery application is read against the role you wrote, with reasons shown.

Your recruiters choose from the whole pile.

Staffing · Home health

HR · First week

Fifteen first-day steps, none missed

NowA new starter's first day has fifteen steps across four people. Two always slip.

AfterOne checklist per starter, with each step's owner reminded before the day.

Laptop, login and paperwork are ready on day one.

Manufacturing · Accounting and tax

Customer service · Order status

Forty status calls, answered from live data

NowForty calls a day ask where an order is. Each one means a lookup in three systems.

AfterAnswers are drafted from live order data. Delay notes go out before anyone asks.

Your team stops ringing the warehouse to find out.

Wholesale distribution · Manufacturing · Construction

The status desk, in full

Customer service · Client documents

Sixty late clients, sixty personal notes

NowSixty clients still owe documents. The portal has nudged each one four times.

AfterA weekly list of who owes what, with a personal note drafted for each client.

Staff approve sixty notes instead of writing them.

Accounting and tax · Wealth management

Marketing · Lead sources

Seven channels, one honest count

NowSeven channels each report clicks. None reports which ones became paying clients.

AfterOne monthly view joins spend, leads and the revenue each source brought.

You stop funding the source that never brings a client.

Home health · Staffing · Construction

The source report, in full

Marketing · Client letter

Twelve client letters a year, not two

NowThe monthly client letter needs six quiet hours. So it goes out twice a year.

AfterA draft arrives each month, built from your own recent work, ready to edit.

Clients hear from you every month, in your words.

Wealth management · Insurance agencies

8 industries

The same jobs, sector by sector.

  • Wholesale distributionStatus questions answered from the order system, not the warehouse floor.
  • ManufacturingPurchase orders checked against their promised dates before a line stops.
  • ConstructionThe work-in-progress schedule current every week.
  • StaffingJob boards ranked by the people who actually started.
  • Accounting and taxMissing client documents chased from January onward.
  • Insurance agenciesEvery renewal quote you promised, listed with its date.
  • Home healthReferral sources ranked by admissions, not by calls.
  • Wealth managementMeeting packs built before the review, statements in.

A normal week, counted.

  • Mon140 emails before nine. Four of them need the owner.
  • Tue38 status calls. Every one is a trip to another screen.
  • WedA supplier bill at last month's rate. Nobody checks it.
  • FriLast month's close still isn't finished.

Each job is easy. The count is what buries people.

4 worked examples

Four of them, worked through in full.

Three run inside a team, one runs for the owner.

Marketing · 7 channels

A source-to-revenue report

For firms paying three or more channels for leads or hires.

Does join spend, leads and revenue once a month.

You get the cost per client won, source by source.

Read the example

Customer service · 40 calls a day

An order status desk

For firms whose customers keep asking where things are.

Does draft each answer from live order data.

You get delay notes out before the customer rings.

Read the example

Finance · 8 working days

A daily books check

For firms whose close swallows the first week of the month.

Does match bank and card lines every morning.

You get numbers while the month can still change.

Read the example

The owner · 3 priorities

A weekly time check

For owners who set priorities and mean them.

Does set your calendar beside the priorities you chose.

You get one page each Friday, and the choice of what changes.

Read the example

Your arithmetic

What it's worth is a sum you can do now.

Pick one of the twelve jobs. Count its items for one week, and time five of them.

Multiply the yearly hours by what an hour of that time costs. That's what the job costs you now.

Your count

8 hours a week, 384 hours a year.

Based on 48 working weeks.

Where it pays comes first. Tools come second.

Most of the work isn't building. It's knowing where AI pays.

We'll tell you when AI is the wrong answer. Some jobs need a checklist, an owner or a tool you already pay for.

How we choose what to build

Your people spend their week on the work that needs them.

Bring every job on your list to one conversation.

  • One of our co-founders, about one hour, free.
  • No access and no preparation needed.
  • You leave with the jobs worth solving named in plain words.

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