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Manage · YOUR AI TEAM, ON RETAINER

Once it’s built,
someone has to run it.

Every AI system drifts. Models stale, data shifts, vendors change APIs, your business evolves. We keep the systems humming, retrain when the numbers slip, add new capabilities as your ops grow, and teach your team how to use what’s there. When something breaks, we fix it — before you notice.

Talk about ongoing support → MONTHLY · $3K–$20K/MO · NO LONG LOCK-IN
WHAT’S INCLUDED

Five jobs your in-house team would otherwise have to do.

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24/7 monitoring

Every model, every pipeline, every integration watched. We see failures before you do, usually before they matter.

02

Model retraining

Performance degrades over time. We retune, retest, and redeploy on a cadence matched to how fast your data moves.

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Continuous improvement

New workflows, new features, new agents. Your system gets smarter every quarter, not just at launch.

04

Team enablement

Training, docs, office hours. Your people get good at using what we built — it doesn’t become a black box only we understand.

05

Operator reviews

Quarterly business review. What’s working, what’s not, what to build next. You see the numbers before you see the invoice.

HOW IT RUNS

A real operating cadence — not a ticket queue.

01
DAILY
Health + alerts
Automated checks across every model and integration. Anomalies route to us, not to your inbox.
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WEEKLY
Ops digest
A short report: what ran, what flagged, what we fixed. 5 minutes to read, zero action required.
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MONTHLY
Tune + improve
Retrain models on the month’s data. Ship one meaningful improvement. Close the loop on anything you flagged.
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QUARTERLY
Operator review
Sit down together. Look at the numbers. Decide what gets built next quarter. Then do it.
FAQ

Common questions.

Do you only manage what you built?
We’ll manage anyone’s work — but we do a free audit first. If someone else built it sideways, we’ll tell you whether it’s worth managing or rebuilding. No sunk-cost fallacy here.
How is this priced?
Monthly retainer sized to what you’re running. Most SMB engagements land between $3K and $20K/mo. We scope it after we see the surface area; no hidden usage fees.
What’s the lock-in?
Month-to-month after a 90-day initial period. We document everything so any team can pick it up — ours or yours. Your data, your code, your call.
Do we lose the team when we start Manage?
No. The people who built it run it. Same senior operator, same engineers on call. Institutional memory stays with the work.
What if our needs spike?
Retainer covers ongoing ops. Net-new builds get scoped as mini-Builds inside the engagement — priced up front, delivered alongside.

Ready to see
what AI can actually do
for your business?

Start with a conversation. We’ll tell you honestly whether AI makes sense for your operations — and if it does, exactly what it would cost and what you’d get.

Schedule a discovery call →
No pitch. No commitment. Just a clear-eyed look at what’s possible.

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