Applied AI for Small Business

Find the thing they do every day that they hate. That is the AI job. If they cannot name it, AI is premature.

Follow-up: what do you tell a solo operator who asks "should I use AI?" without a specific task in mind?

That is exactly the Texas Integrated Services play. Small-box GPU server, local LLM, RAG over their own docs. It is more work but the market is underserved.

What about on-prem for businesses that cannot send data out? We keep getting asked.

Agreed. Session.care started as a booking tool and the chat widget ended up being the feature people upgrade for.

Kicking off with something boring: chat widgets. The wins are enormous and the build is cheap. Most salons and shops we talk to have no after-hours coverage at all.

Welcome. This room is for applied AI in real small businesses - salons, tradespeople, retailers, veterans orgs, CPA firms. What is actually working.