An AI consultant who's actually built it.

An AI consultant maps where AI fits in your business and tells you what to build, in what order, with what budget. The good ones (us included) only recommend AI when it's the right tool — not because they're trying to sell you AI. Our deliverable is a written roadmap with specific workflows ranked by ROI, model recommendations, implementation costs, and a 90-day execution path. You can hand the roadmap to any vendor; we tell you whether we should be the one building it.

Big-firm consultants will run a 12-week engagement, deliver a 200-page strategy deck, and charge $250K–$500K. We deliver a 10-page actionable roadmap from a 2-hour session for $1,500. The difference: we're practitioners. We've built and deployed AI systems for 25 small businesses. We don't theorize about transformation — we tell you the three things to do this week and the seven things to skip.

Rates vary wildly. Independent practitioners (us): $300–$500/hour or fixed-fee engagements ($1,500 for assessment, $5,000 for full-day implementation, $5K–$15K/mo for fractional). Boutique consultancies: $10K–$50K per engagement. Big-firm consultancies: $200K+. The right price depends on your business size and whether you want strategy or implementation. Most small businesses are over-served by big firms and under-served by independents — we sit in the middle.

Probably not for personal productivity. But if you want AI doing work in your business — answering customer calls, qualifying leads, drafting documents, generating content at scale, running reports — you need someone who can architect that. Most owners can use ChatGPT well; very few can design a multi-step agentic workflow that runs reliably for 1,000+ transactions/month. That's where we come in.

From the 2-hour AI Readiness Assessment: a written PDF roadmap (48-hour delivery) covering top 5 AI opportunities ranked by ROI, implementation cost estimates, model recommendations (Claude/GPT/open-source), security considerations, and 90-day execution path. From the AI Working Day: 2–3 working AI systems built live + training + implementation roadmap. From fractional consulting: weekly working sessions, written quarterly business reviews, ongoing roadmap evolution.

It depends. We use Claude for long-context reasoning + agentic coding workflows. ChatGPT for image generation, voice interfaces, and high-volume API at lowest cost. Open-source models (Llama, Mistral) when self-hosting matters for compliance. For integrations: Node, Python, Next.js, n8n, Zapier when it fits, custom code when it doesn't. We're vendor-agnostic. We pick what fits your use case, not what we have an affiliate deal on.

No-code tools are great for simple 2–3 step automations. We use them when they fit. But when the workflow gets real — AI reasoning, branching logic, your own data, security requirements — we build in code so the system is fast, reliable, and yours to keep forever. No seat limits. No workflow caps. No vendor lock-in. The role of an AI consultant is to tell you which tier each workflow belongs in.

We're based in Elizabeth, NJ and run on-site sessions across the state — Newark, Jersey City, Edison, Princeton, the broader NYC metro. Beyond the region we work remote with clients across the U.S. The consulting deliverables are software-and-strategy — they don't care about geography. The on-site sessions are the only thing that requires NJ proximity.

Yes — we're often the bridge between leadership and IT. We'll work directly with your team on integration, security architecture, model selection, and deployment. If your IT team has strong opinions about which models to use or where to host them, great — we'll adapt. If they don't have AI experience yet, we'll bring them up to speed.

Hire if: you're committed to building AI as a core capability, the work will keep someone full-time busy for 12+ months, and you can find someone with the right experience (rare and expensive — $250K+ for senior AI engineers in 2026). Consult if: you want to identify the right opportunities first, you need an outside perspective, or you'd rather buy outcomes than manage another full-time hire. Most $1M–$20M businesses are better off consulting first and hiring after they have the roadmap.