Practical _AI_for Montecitobusinesses.
Montecito's business community is small but high-value — luxury real estate, boutique hospitality, high-net-worth professional services, and premium DTC brands. The market is quality-driven: clients want the right partner, not the cheapest option.
We build useful tools that fit your existing workflows. Not a platform transformation, not a six-month project. Starts with a free AI audit. No commitment beyond.
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HOW WE WORK
Three engagements. No commitment until it works.
Every relationship starts with a free AI audit: a quick scan of your website that maps your top friction points and automation opportunities. Build only what's worth building.
AI Audit
Free· Instant
Point us at your website. We crawl it, run it through our AI, and give you a real report on your online presence, automation gaps, and quick wins. Then we talk through it — no charge.
- Website & online presence analysis
- AI readiness score
- Workflow automation opportunities
- Customer communication gaps
- Three quick wins you can act on today
- Free follow-up call to walk through it
Workflows
$3,000+· per build
Useful tools built into how your business actually runs. Each one is a fixed-scope project: designed, built, and handed off. You own the result.
- Designed around your existing workflow, not against it
- Typical build: 1–3 weeks
- Custom GPTs, agents, automations, dashboards
- Integrated with your tools (HubSpot, Airtable, Sheets, etc.)
- Available for post-launch support
Operator
$1,500+/ month
We run your AI tools so you don't have to. Monitoring, maintenance, model updates, new tool builds as you grow. Month-to-month, cancel anytime.
- Tool monitoring & uptime checks
- Model updates as new versions ship
- Light new builds (counted toward monthly hours)
- Quarterly business review & roadmap refresh
- Cancel anytime with 30 days' notice
HOW IT WORKS
Start free. Build only what's worth it.
No retainer required to get started. The free audit tells you what's worth fixing. A conversation tells us whether we're the right fit. Everything after that is scoped and priced before any work begins.
FAQ
The questions that always come up.
The audit is free. What's the catch?
No catch. The AI audit runs automatically against your website and gives you a real scored report with specific findings. We follow up because some percentage of people want help acting on it, and that's how we get clients. But the report is yours either way, and the follow-up conversation costs you nothing.
What if you find out we don't actually need AI?
That's a perfectly good Audit outcome and it happens. If the right answer is "you need a checklist, not an agent" or "fix your CRM hygiene before adding tooling," that's what the deliverable says. We'd rather lose the upsell and keep the trust than build something that won't move the business.
Do we own the tools you build?
Yes. Every tool lives in your accounts (your Google Workspace, your Anthropic/OpenAI key, your Airtable, etc.) under your credentials. We don't put anything between you and the AI provider.
What does AI actually cost to run?
Usually $50–$500/month per tool, depending on usage. We'll give you cost estimates in the Audit before you commit to anything, and we use the cheapest model that gets the job done, not the most impressive one.