Build and run AI for your business.
We help small and medium businesses choose what to automate, build it into their existing tools, and keep it running. We also audit AI already in use.
How we can help
AI Strategy Consulting
We review how your team works, estimate costs and potential returns, and give you a plan for what to tackle first and what can wait.
How strategy works →Custom AI Development
We design the workflow with your team, connect it to the tools you already use, and hand over a system you own.
How we build →Responsible AI Audits
We review the AI you already use for bias, privacy gaps and hard-to-explain decisions. You get a ranked list of risks and what to fix first.
What an audit covers →AI for Small Business
We set up and maintain workflows for calls, bookings and follow-up. You get performance reports and a contact for fixes.
For local businesses →Funding an AI project in Canada?
Compare BDC LIFT loans for eligible Canadian businesses with PacifiCan RAII’s repayable contributions for qualifying AI projects in British Columbia.
What this looks like in practice.
See how trades handle after-hours calls, restaurants take reservations, and law firms route new enquiries. The guides cover costs, integrations and what staff need to handle.
AI Agents for HVAC Companies
Capture after-hours service requests and send job details to the dispatcher.
Read the HVAC playbook →AI Agents for Restaurants
Take phone orders and reservations, and follow up with past customers.
Read the restaurants playbook →AI Agents for Law Firms
Collect intake details, route them to the right person, and review where staff judgment is needed.
Read the law firm playbook →Serving Vancouver & the Lower Mainland · Saudi Arabia & the Gulf · all Canadian SMEs
How after-hours booking works
Your team sets the rules for which calls the AI can book and which go to a person.
The Manifesto
Human-First AI, In Practice
Explore a research assistant, an AI education platform, and an ordering system for a family-run restaurant.
Misinformation · Inclusion
ShamelaGPT
Context-aware AI built to fight Islamophobia and misinformation — helping build a more inclusive, tolerant world through accurate, nuanced understanding of Islamic texts and culture.
Visit ShamelaGPTEducation · Responsibility
AI Footprint
An educational platform helping everyday people understand the real impact of AI — energy use, bias, data privacy — and how to engage with technology more responsibly.
Explore AI FootprintSmall Business · Community
Khala's Kitchen
AI infrastructure built for mom-and-pop shops — proving that small businesses can compete, grow, and thrive with the right tools, without breaking the bank.
See Khala's KitchenDesigned, not prompted.
We don't ship demos and call them products. Khala's Kitchen — from our broader practice — has been running in live production for a UK restaurant business for months: ordering, inventory, payments, the lot. And on our own workbench, SignalForge/LeadEnricher passed a full QA sweep on September 20, 2026: 1,214 pytest and 1,421 vitest tests, all green. That's the engineering discipline behind every system we put in front of a client.
What runs quietly in the background for clients
Case Studies
See what we built, how it was used, and what each project taught us.
From the blog.
Guides to funding, choosing a workflow, and putting AI to work.
How to budget a PacifiCan RAII AI adoption project
Build a B.C. AI adoption project budget for PacifiCan RAII. Work through matching funds, eligible costs, operating baselines and…
Read article →How to scope a tariff-response automation project in B.C.
Use a B.C. manufacturing example to link tariff disruption to a supplier and quoting automation project, with baselines, milestones and…
Read article →A Small-Business AI Pilot: What to Test Before You Commit
A practical pilot worksheet for Canadian and North American service businesses: one workflow, measurable results, human handoff, and a…
Read article →Before You Hire an AI Provider: Ownership, Support and Handover
Questions to ask an AI vendor or freelancer before signing: account ownership, data access, acceptance tests, support costs, and a usable…
Read article →Built Around People
Human at the center
Every system we design starts with a human need. Technology is the tool, not the goal. We build workflows that amplify human judgment, not replace it.
Traceable intelligence
Black-box AI is a liability. Our systems are designed to be explainable, auditable, and aligned with the values of the communities they serve.
High impact, accessible cost
The most transformative AI shouldn't be reserved for the well-funded. We partner with teams doing meaningful work and build systems that scale with them.
What would you like to improve?
On a free 30-minute call, we’ll discuss what your team does today, what we’d change first, and the likely cost and timing.