About SMB AI Team: operators first, technologists second.
SMB AI Team was founded by former SMB operators and senior AI engineers who were tired of watching small businesses get sold six-figure AI contracts that never shipped. We started this firm to fix that — with fixed scopes, senior talent, and outcomes measured in dollars.
What we do — and what we won't.
Four principles we apply to every engagement, from a free AI audit call to an ongoing managed retainer.
Ship, don't showcase
We measure every engagement in working software and reclaimed hours — not slides, roadmaps, or proof-of-concept demos that die in a sandbox.
Own your stack
No vendor lock-in, no closed-source black boxes. Every system we build lives in your accounts, under your keys, documented for your team.
Senior from day one
You won't be handed to a junior after the first call. The engineer you meet on your AI audit call is the engineer writing the code.
Plainspoken by default
We'll tell you when AI isn't the answer, when a cheaper model works fine, and when a $99 SaaS beats anything we could build. That honesty is the product.
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