Ask the AI Guy.
Bring me the question you've been sitting on — what AI could do for your books, your bookings, your compliance paperwork. You'll get an honest answer within one business day.
No charge. No sales call. Sometimes the honest answer is “you don't need it yet” — and if that's the answer, that's what you'll hear. Same way I answer the emergency line: help first, work later.
Know exactly where AI pays off.
A fixed-scope walk-through of how your business actually runs, and a short written report you keep. What you get:
Priced per operation — tell me what you run and I'll quote the audit.
Keep the systems you like.
Already have software that works? Keep it. A lot of the best AI work is wiring Claude and Grok into the tools you already run — no rip-and-replace.
Your booking system
Claude answers guest questions and drafts replies — inside the tool you already use.
Your books
Grok watches for the numbers that matter and flags them before they become a problem.
Your inbox
An assistant that triages what comes in and drafts responses in your voice, not a robot’s.
AI the AI guy has shipped.
Not slideware — AI in production for your neighbors. Open any of these and it's running right now.
Clairemont Water Store
A Claude-powered assistant answers customer questions on the store’s operations dashboard — hours, water quality, orders — day and night.
Volcan Valley Apple Farm
The u-pick orchard’s harvest platform runs an AI assistant that fields visitor questions so the crew can stay in the field, not on the phone.
SD Heavy Truck Repair
A CARB + BIT/DOT compliance platform with an AI regulatory assistant that reads the rules so the shop doesn’t miss a deadline.
A desert motel
AI drafting guest replies and watching the booking calendar for the gaps worth filling.
A working artist’s studio
An assistant that keeps the patron book and drafts fulfillment notes in the artist’s own voice.
I build on Anthropic's Claude and xAI's Grok — the right model for the job, named out loud. You'll always know what's running your business.
Questions the backcountry actually asks.
What does this cost?
Asking the AI Guy a question is free — no charge, no pitch. The AI Readiness Audit is a paid, fixed-scope engagement priced for a backcountry business; tell me about your operation and I’ll quote it. Building or integrating AI is scoped like any web-app project: a plain-language proposal, phases, prices, no jargon.
I already have software I like. Do I have to replace it?
No. A lot of the best AI work is wiring Claude or Grok into the tools you already run — your booking system, your books, your inbox — so you keep what works and gain what’s missing. If replacing something is genuinely the better call, I’ll say so; if it isn’t, I won’t.
Is my business data safe?
Yes. Every BTS build ships with application-layer encryption, immutable audit logs, and zero-trust auth, and I’m deliberate about what data ever reaches a model. The full security baseline is public — read it at /security.
How do I even know if I need AI?
You might not — and I’ll tell you that out loud. That’s the whole point of the free channel: a straight answer, even when the straight answer is “you don’t need it yet.” No AI guy worth trusting sells you something you don’t need.
What are Claude and Grok?
They’re the two AI models I build on: Claude (from Anthropic) for reasoning, writing, and analysis, and Grok (from xAI) for real-time data and speed. I pick the right one for the job and name it out loud — you’ll always know what’s running your business.
How long does it take?
A free question gets a straight answer within one business day. An audit is a short, fixed-scope engagement. Builds land in working phases — you’re using phase one while I build phase two — not a two-year reveal.
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