AI Consulting · Santa Cruz, CA

AI consulting in Santa Cruz, without the hype.

Most businesses know they should be using AI but don’t know where to start, or they’ve tried a few tools and nothing stuck. We look at how your business actually runs, find the places AI will save real time, and set it up so your whole team uses it the same way.

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What AI consulting looks like with us

01

Find where AI actually helps

We look at your real workflows, not a generic checklist, and point out the tasks where AI will save time, and the ones where it won’t.

02

Pick the right tools

ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or something built into software you already pay for. We recommend what fits your budget and your team, and we can explain why.

03

Set it up the same way for everyone

Shared prompts, templates, and guardrails, so AI gives consistent results across your team instead of ten people doing it ten ways.

04

Train your team so it sticks

Hands-on training built around your own work, plus check-ins after launch so the new habits actually last.

Built for Santa Cruz small businesses

We work with owner-run businesses and small teams across Santa Cruz County: the kind of business that doesn’t have an IT department and doesn’t want a six-month consulting engagement. If your team is losing hours to work a computer could handle, we should talk.

Medical & wellness practicesNonprofitsProfessional servicesTrades & home servicesHospitality & retailStudios & creative teams

How it works, and what it costs

Every paid step has a fixed price agreed before we start. You own everything we build.

Step 1 · Friction

Find the friction

Free

A 15-minute call. You walk us through the part of your week that shouldn’t be this hard, and we tell you honestly whether it’s worth fixing.

Step 2 · Blueprint

Design the blueprint

$249 flat

We map how the work actually happens and hand you a plain-language plan: which tools, which fixes first, and roughly what each would cost.

Step 3 · Fix

Build the fix

From $495

We build it on the tools you already pay for, set it up with your team, and hand it over. Bigger custom tools start at $1,999.

Common questions

What does an AI consultant actually do?

We figure out where AI can save your business time or money, recommend specific tools, set them up, and train your team to use them. Unlike a consultant who only hands you a report, we can also build and implement the fix.

How much does AI consulting cost in Santa Cruz?

The first 15-minute call is free. A full blueprint of your workflows and recommended tools is $249 flat. Implementation projects start at $495, and every price is agreed before work begins.

Do you meet in person?

Yes, for businesses in Santa Cruz County. We’re based in Santa Cruz and happy to meet on site. We also work over video with businesses anywhere.

We’re not a tech company. Is AI worth it for us?

Often, yes. The biggest wins are usually unglamorous: drafting routine emails, summarizing calls, pulling reports, handling intake. If it’s not worth it for you, we’ll say so on the first call.

Will we be locked into working with you?

No. You own everything we set up or build, we document it, and we hand it off cleanly. Ongoing support is available but never required.

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