From AI-curious to AI-native

We figure out where AI helps your business — then build it for you.

No jargon, no hype. We map the handful of places AI saves you real time or wins real customers — then build them one at a time. Most owners start with a single quick win, see it work, and grow from there.

Free 30-minute consult · Plain English · You own everything we build

Your AI roadmap
Maple Street Salon · prioritized by payoff
Sample
01 Automatic appointment remindersCut no-shows ~6 hrs/wk
02 After-hours booking assistantCapture evening leads + bookings
03 Auto review requestsAfter every visit + reviews
04 Monthly email to regularsLater — nice to have Phase 2

Built for the businesses that keep a neighborhood running

Salons & spas Restaurants & cafés Dental & medical Auto & detailing Landscaping Gyms & studios Vets Flower shops Retail & boutiques
Start here

If AI could take one thing off your plate this year — what would it be?

You don't have to understand AI to know what's eating your week. Pick the one that stings most. Your answer points to where we begin.

Win more customers

Calls slip through, leads go cold, and quotes take too long. You know there's business you're leaving on the table.

We start in the front office — never miss a call again.

Take better care of the ones you have

Reminders, reviews, and follow-ups keep falling off the list — and good customers quietly drift away.

We start with marketing & growth — stay in touch, on autopilot.

Spend less time on paperwork

Invoices, chasing payments, data entry, bookkeeping — hours every week that have nothing to do with why you started.

We start in the back office — less paperwork, faster pay.

Not sure? That's exactly what the free consult is for. We help you spot the easiest win first.

Problems we solve

Sound familiar?

These are the everyday leaks that cost local businesses time and customers. Each one has a quiet, reliable fix.

The phone rings while you're with a customer.
Calls and messages get answered and booked — even when your hands are full.
No-shows keep blowing holes in the schedule.
Automatic reminders and easy rebooking keep your calendar full.
Hours disappear into admin and data entry.
The busywork runs itself, accurately, without you in the loop.
Leads go cold before you find time to follow up.
Every enquiry gets an instant, friendly reply — no lead left waiting.
Marketing is always last on the list.
Posts, emails, and review requests go out on their own, on schedule.
You're drowning in the same few questions.
Common questions get answered 24/7, so they never reach your desk.
The whole map on one page

Five places AI helps — and a sensible order to tackle them.

You don't have to do everything. Each idea is tagged so you can see what's a quick win, what's a build, and what's an advanced project for later. Start with one, add the next when it pays off.

Quick win — live in days Build — a few weeks Advanced — once it's proven
01
Front office
Never miss a customer. Every call answered, every booking captured — even when your hands are full.
24/7 AI receptionist Instant missed-call text-back Self-service booking & confirmations Reminders that cut no-shows
02
Marketing & growth
Get found, stay in touch. Turn happy customers into reviews and bring past ones back.
Auto-ask happy customers for Google reviews Seasonal win-back messages to past customers Posts & newsletters drafted in your voice
03
Back office
Less paperwork, faster pay. The busywork runs itself, accurately, without you in the loop.
One-click invoices on finished jobs Automatic overdue reminders Bookkeeping in the background Plain-English “how did last month compare?” dashboard
04
Website & digital
A site that works for you. Clean, fast, mobile-friendly — with booking and payment built in.
Fast, mobile-friendly site with booking Quote requests & payments built in Chat assistant that captures every lead
05
Custom apps
Built just for you. For proven needs — once the basics are paying off and you want more.
Custom tool or customer portal Automations that connect apps that don't talk AI agents that handle multi-step jobs end to end

Team readiness — the foundation

Short, practical training so your people actually use what we build. It's what makes everything above stick instead of gathering dust a week later.

Foundation
Made for your kind of business

We speak your industry — not enterprise.

We tune the same toolkit to how your trade actually works. A few of the wins we set up most often:

Salons & spas

Fill empty chairs with automated rebooking, cut no-shows with smart reminders, and answer booking questions long after you've gone home.

Restaurants & cafés

Take reservations and answer the phone through the dinner rush, and turn happy diners into five-star reviews automatically.

Dental, medical & vet

Ease front-desk overload — handle intake, appointment reminders, and recalls so the phone stops running your whole day.

Auto & home services

Quote faster, schedule and dispatch with fewer phone calls, and ask for the review the moment a job's done — detailing, landscaping, HVAC and trades.

Gyms & studios

Follow up with every lead, onboard new members automatically, and catch churn before a quiet member quietly disappears.

Retail & boutiques

Write product copy and emails in minutes, and answer customer questions around the clock so browsing turns into buying.

Don't see yours? If you've got a phone that rings and customers to follow up with, we can help. Book a consult →

How we start

Start small. Prove it. Then grow at your pace.

You don't sign up for a giant project. We move one step at a time, and each step earns the next — no leap of faith, no lock-in.

1

Free consult

A relaxed 30-minute conversation about how your business runs and where the friction is. No prep, no pressure.

2

Start small

We pick one quick win tied to a number you already watch — missed calls, hours on invoicing, or your review count.

3

Prove the value

You see the result in your own business: time saved, calls captured, faster payment. Then — and only then — we talk about what's next.

4

Expand at your pace

Once something works, we add the next area from the map — only when you're ready, and only if it pays off. Optional AI Care keeps it sharp.

No lock-in

You own everything we build.

We're not another monthly subscription with a markup to defend. We build it under your own accounts and hand it over. The only ongoing cost is the AI itself — typically a few dollars a month, paid straight to the provider, with no middleman.

No SaaS lock-in

It's set up in your accounts and it's yours to keep — no surprise repricing, no holding your data hostage.

About $20–30/mo true cost

You pay the AI provider directly at cost for usage. We don't mark it up or resell it back to you.

Your team, trained

We hand off properly and show your people how everything works, so you're never stuck depending on us.

Built on Claude, the AI platform from Anthropic

What it runs on — and what that costs.

We're upfront about this because it's the one recurring software bill behind everything we set up. It's modest, you pay Anthropic directly, and there's no markup from us on the platform.

Our setup and support is quoted separately, after the free consult — sized to the one or two wins you actually start with.

For you & your staff — per-seat plans
Start here
Claude Team — Standard
$20–25 / user / mo

AI for you and your staff, with shared billing and single sign-on. Where almost everyone starts.

Claude Team — Premium
$100–125 / user / mo

For heavy daily users who need roughly 5× the usage of a standard seat.

Claude Enterprise
$20+ / user / mo · custom

For larger teams needing advanced security, audit logs, and compliance.

Lower price is with annual billing; Team plans cover 5–150 users.

Behind-the-scenes automations — usage-based

The always-on receptionist, website chat, and follow-ups run on usage rates instead of a per-seat plan — so you pay only for what they actually handle.

Model
Best for
In / out, per M words*
Claude Haiku
Fast everyday tasks — chat replies, reminders, simple Q&A.
$1 / $5
Claude Sonnet
The balanced workhorse for most automations.
$3 / $15
Claude Opus
Most capable, for complex multi-step jobs.
$5 / $25

*Per million tokens (~750,000 words). For a typical small business these usage costs run from a few dollars a month to a few dollars a day — we size it for you before anything goes live. Source: claude.com/pricing, June 2026; prices set by Anthropic and subject to change.

Why it's worth it

Small wins that add up fast.

Each automation pays for itself, then opens the door to the next one. The numbers small businesses are already seeing:

20+ hrs
saved every month by the average small business using AI tools.
84%
of small businesses using AI report a positive impact on the business.
Days.
Time to go live — not months, and never a big IT project.

Figures from 2026 small-business AI adoption research. Your before-and-after could be our next case study.

Ways to work together

Start small. Grow at your pace.

Each step funds the next. Most owners start with an audit and expand from there.

02

Quick-win build

One high-impact automation or assistant, set up end to end and live in days — not a drawn-out project.

03

Full setup

A bot plus a handful of automations and marketing, all wired into the tools you already run on.

04

AI Care

Ongoing monitoring, tweaks, and fresh automations as your business grows. Our quiet, dependable partnership.

Every engagement starts with a free consult — no commitment, no jargon, no pressure.

Book a free consult

Ready to find your first quick win?

A short, no-pressure conversation is the best place to start. We'll point out a few places AI could help your business — whether or not you ever hire us.

Prefer email? hello@localbusinessai.ai