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SMB AITeam

AI consulting & automation for small businesses

AI that actually ships for your business.

We're an AI consulting, automation, and managed-services team that helps SMBs cut grunt work, speed up operations, and build real leverage — without the vendor hype or six-figure retainers.

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Free 30-minute call · Written plan within 48 hours · No sales pressure

About a week
To your first automation
Fixed price
Quoted before we start
SMB-only
Teams of 10–200
What we do

Three ways to
work with us.

Pick one or stack them. Start with an audit or go straight to a build, then keep us on retainer once the wins add up.

Strategy · 2-week operations audit

We map your business end to end, surface the 3–5 AI bets with real ROI, and give you a no-fluff roadmap your team can actually execute.

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  • 2-week operations audit
  • Opportunity scoring & sizing
  • Tool & vendor selection
  • Change-management playbook

Build · first version live in about a week

Custom agents, workflows, and integrations that replace repetitive ops work. First version live in about a week, owned by you.

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  • Internal AI agents & copilots
  • CRM, support & ops automations
  • Document + email intelligence
  • Data pipelines and dashboards

Operate · monitoring and tuning

We monitor, tune, and evolve your AI stack so it keeps earning after launch, with SLAs, observability, and a team on call.

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  • 24×5 on-call monitoring
  • Prompt & model optimization
  • Quarterly ROI reviews
  • Security & compliance posture
Fixed scope. Fixed price. You own everything we build.Strategy → Build → Operate
How it works

From audit to autopilot in four steps

One senior point of contact, weekly shipping, and zero slide-deck theater.

  1. 01

    Discovery

    A free 30-minute AI audit call to understand your workflows, stack, and goals. Within 48 hours you get a written plan with your top 3 automation opportunities.

  2. 02

    Design

    We turn the plan into a concrete design: architecture, tools, integrations, success metrics, and timeline. You approve before anything is built.

  3. 03

    Build

    A senior engineer pair ships the first working agent, automation, or integration within about a week. We iterate weekly with live demos, not slide decks.

  4. 04

    Operate

    We hand off with full docs and training, or stay on retainer to monitor, tune, and evolve the system as your business changes.

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FAQ

The questions we get most

Don't see yours? Email mario@smbaiteam.com — we reply within one business day.

How is this different from hiring a dev shop or generic agency?
We only work on AI. Every person on the team has shipped production AI systems for operators — not just demos. You get a senior pair from day one, weekly shipping, and a plan that measures ROI in dollars, not tokens.
We're a 20-person company. Are we too small to benefit?
The opposite. The leverage is biggest at 10–200 employees, where one well-placed automation can free up 30%+ of a team's week. Our average client has 35 employees.
Which stack and vendors do you use?
We're vendor-agnostic. We work with Claude, OpenAI, Google, open-source models, and the full modern data stack. We'll recommend what fits your security posture, budget, and team — not what pays us.
How fast do you actually ship?
Most first automations go live within about a week, then we keep shipping weekly releases with live demos. If you want help choosing what to build first, our optional 2-week operations audit ends with a written readout.
What about data security and compliance?
We default to your infrastructure and your accounts. NDA-first engagement, SOC 2–aligned practices, and we can sign BAAs for healthcare and DPAs for EU data.
How much does it cost?
Every engagement has a fixed scope and a fixed price, quoted after a free 30-minute AI audit call. You can start with a 2-week operations audit or go straight to a build that goes live in about a week and that you own outright, with an optional monthly retainer after launch.
What happens on the free AI audit call?
We spend 30 minutes walking through how your team spends its week. Within 48 hours you get a written plan with your top 3 automation opportunities, what each would cost, and how long each takes. It's yours to keep whether or not you hire us.
Do you offer training for our team?
Yes. Every build includes documentation, a 90-minute enablement session, and 30 days of post-launch questions answered. Standalone training is available on request.
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Straight answers on AI for small businesses

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Free 30-minute AI audit call

Find the 3 AI bets worth making this quarter.

Pick a time and we'll map your workflows live, then send a written plan with the fastest paths to ROI.

  • 30 minutes · written plan within 48 hours
  • Built for teams of 10–200 people
  • NDA first · we never use your data to train models
  • No sales pitch · we'll tell you if we're not the fit
Rather email? mario@smbaiteam.com