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We build AI that ships.

Custom AI tools that clear the bottlenecks slowing your team down — deployed to production, not left as prototypes. The manual handoffs, the work that stalls between departments, the process nobody enjoys owning. We automate it, connect it, and ship it.

We design AI around your actual workflow — and we build and deploy it ourselves, end to end.

Most bottlenecks aren't a people problem. They're a process problem: work that gets rekeyed between systems, handoffs that stall between departments, and steps that only move when one specific person has time. Teams feel it as frustration — smart people doing manual work they know a machine should handle, or avoiding a tool nobody ever showed them how to use.

That's what we build for. We automate the repetitive middle, connect the steps so cross-functional work moves without a chase, and put the result somewhere your team will actually use it. Then we make sure they know how to use it — because a tool nobody adopts isn't a solution, it's shelfware.

Most AI projects stall at the demo. We don't. We ground the AI in your own knowledge base and pair it with deterministic business-rule logic, so the output is accurate, compliant, and trustworthy — not a plausible-sounding guess.

Flagship build
Max — AI Underwriting Intelligence

A production AI platform, in daily use by licensed agents.

Live in production

The problem it solves: a life insurance agent used to lose 90–120 minutes on every case — cross-referencing carrier underwriting rules, verifying eligibility, and prepping a tailored sales conversation. Guess wrong and the application gets declined, costing the agent the case and the client's trust. New agents need 3–5 years to build that product knowledge in the first place.

170+
Carrier documents indexed
~45s
To a decision-ready answer
16+ hrs
Saved per agent / week
~85%
Active adoption (17 of 20)
40
Training scenarios built
0
Math errors in screening
How Max works

One question in. A complete workup out.

Max reads the client profile, searches its knowledge base, applies its accuracy layer, and returns a structured recommendation in a fixed order — not just a carrier name:

01
Client Assessment
Reads the client profile and frames the case — age, build, conditions, product need.
02
Follow-up Questions
Asks only what it needs to resolve ambiguity — then stops. No wall of questions.
03
Knockout Detection
Flags who would decline the client, color-coded Clear / Verify / Knockout, with the exact question to confirm eligibility.
04
Top Recommendations
The best-fit carriers, ranked by fit and verified eligibility, with a living-benefits comparison.
05
Agent Next Steps
Exactly what to do to move the case forward — no guesswork about the play.
06
Sales Scripts — Practice & Real-Time
A tailored, consultative conversation guide for that specific client profile — to rehearse beforehand, or to work from live while you're on the phone.
07
Plain-English Delivery
How to explain the recommendation to the client, simply — so they understand and act.
Built for live calls

Max works while you're on the phone.

This isn't a tool you run the night before. Max keeps up with a live conversation — real-time recommendations and instant carrier lookups, fast enough to ask a question, get the answer, and drill to the right option before the client's attention moves on.

I used it in a client meeting today. As the conversation developed, I pulled real-time recommendations and searched carrier data mid-call — asking and answering questions on the spot to narrow to the best options faster than I could have any other way. No “let me get back to you.”

Pivot Strategy

If the top carrier declines, Max already has the next-best options screened and ready — no starting over.

Training Lab

40 real-world client scenarios agents can run to learn how Max thinks — the on-ramp that replaces years of memorization.

Under the hood

A real production stack — every layer shipped.

Frontend
React / Vite on Vercel Prod
Backend
FastAPI on Railway Prod
Database
PostgreSQL Prod
AI model
Claude (Anthropic) Prod
Knowledge base
170+ source documents, searchable
Accuracy layer
Deterministic rules engine Proprietary
Platform
Auth, streaming, billing, usage analytics

Architected, built, and shipped by one product-minded builder — directing AI development tools the way a senior engineer directs a team.

Scoping the problem, weighing architectural tradeoffs, enforcing one-change-at-a-time discipline, and catching mistakes in review. The kind of full production system that normally takes a team six to twelve months.

What we can build for you

The same engineering, pointed at your problem.

If a repetitive, knowledge-heavy task is eating your team's time, it's probably a candidate for a tool like Max. Here's where we start.

Grounded Assistants

Answers from your knowledge

An assistant that reads your documents, policies, and data and returns accurate, sourced answers in seconds — grounded in your material, not the open internet.

Workflow Automation

Take the busywork off

Automate the research, screening, drafting, and follow-up that quietly consume hours — with deterministic logic where accuracy is non-negotiable.

Internal Tools

Built around how you work

Custom, deployed tools shaped to your actual process — plus the training, dashboards, and feedback loop that get your team actually using them.

Let's talk

Tell us what's eating your team's time.

A 30-minute call to find the highest-value thing to build — and whether AI is even the right tool for it. Straight answers, no pitch.

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