Animation: a growing cloud of AI tools settles into a ring of five ways we work with you: train, set up, map, build, extend.
The small business guide to AI
ai is everywhere.we help you make sense of it.
New models, tools, skills, and plugins arrive faster than anyone can track. We work with you to decide where AI fits in your business, then train your team to use it.
What we do
learn it, build it, or hand it off.
We teach
learn to use AI well.
Hands-on sessions on your team's real work, in person around Savannah or live online. Everyone learns which tool fits which task, what data is safe to use, and how to check the result.
You leave with: a playbook for each role and data rules everyone can follow.
We teach
set up your tools properly.
We configure the AI tools you already pay for to fit how your business runs: accounts and permissions, connections to the systems you use, shared projects and instructions, and written rules for what goes in.
You leave with: a working setup and the instructions to keep it that way.
We build with you
map your workflows and skills.
We sit down with your leadership, review the tools, systems and data you already have, and map how the work actually runs. Then we turn the repeatable parts into skills your team can reuse.
You leave with: a map of your workflows, a first set of reusable skills, and a written plan.
We build with you
build custom tooling and dashboards.
Where an off-the-shelf tool falls short, we build one that fits: internal tools, dashboards that pull your numbers into one place, and replacements for subscriptions you no longer need.
You leave with: tools your team owns, documented so they keep working.
We build with you
extend with agents and local hardware.
When your team is ready, agents can take on recurring work and a machine in your office can run AI on your own data. Maai® Agents builds the agents and Maai® Machines sets up the hardware. We will tell you when neither is worth it yet.
We do it for you
have it done for you.
If you would rather skip the learning, the rest of the Maai® family runs it for you: leads found and enriched, or your website and content marketing handled under one retainer.
Proof
see it running.
MOCO™ is the agent system we run our own marketing on. It is where we try things before we teach them.
Who we work with
teams whose work is documents, clients, and deadlines.
Small and mid-sized businesses, mostly in the Southeast. In person around Savannah, live and remote everywhere else. A few places teams start:
- A small law firm: first drafts, document review, and intake summaries, with confidentiality rules set first.
- A CPA or bookkeeping firm: client correspondence, document requests, and workpaper prep ahead of busy season.
- A financial advisory practice: meeting prep, follow-up notes, and research summaries.
- An insurance agency: renewal reviews, coverage comparisons, and client updates.
- A real estate team: listing copy, client updates, and transaction checklists.
- A marketing agency: briefs, first drafts, and client reporting.
- A medical or dental office: scheduling messages, policy documents, and staff training material, with patient information kept out.
Not on the list? The fit call is how we find out together.
Research
what we are learning.
Plain write-ups of what we test on our own businesses first: what worked, what did not, and what it cost.
- Beyond the AI hype: what should your business actually automate?Three decisions every business makes about AI, usually by accident: where it runs, what data it touches, and how the work gets broken into pieces a machine can do. Make them on purpose.
- Where should your AI run?Rent the model through a vendor's API or run it on a machine you own. Neither is the default. Here is what the decision depends on and what each path costs in 2026.
- Six words that explain all of AIModel, API, tool, agent, skill, harness. Six words and one drawing cover everything a business owner will hear about AI for the next two years.
- The three-tier data ruleSort your business data into green, yellow, and red before any of it touches AI. The tier decides which account, which vendor, and which machine it is allowed to reach.
- read all the research
Proof
we build what we teach.
MOCO™ is ours.
MOCO™ is a system of agents we built and run. It handles marketing for small businesses every day: it writes the work, checks every claim, holds back what is not ready, and reports from real numbers. What we teach comes from building it.
see MOCO™ at work→we answer to you, not a vendor.
We are independent. Nobody pays us to recommend their tool, and we start with what you already own.
you keep everything.
The playbooks, the data rules, and whatever your team builds stay with you. Nothing depends on us staying.
One system, several doors
when you want it done for you.
Training is where most people start. When you would rather hand the work over, the rest of the Maai® family does it for you.
Monthly, in Savannah
coffee hours.
One Friday morning a month, I sit down with owners around Savannah and talk through whatever you are trying to figure out with AI.
Sign up for coffee hours
One-on-one, or a small group if you would rather hear other people's questions. An hour, a coffee, no pitch. Usually downtown; I will confirm the spot when I confirm your time.
Ask us anything
what are you stuck on.
Send the question you would ask if you had a technical person on staff.
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We answer directly, and the ones that come up repeatedly become research pieces everyone can read.
Subscribers get first word on coffee hours dates each month.
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