Practical AI systems for the work that keeps repeating.
We build custom AI agents and workflow automation for small businesses: focused assistants that draft quotes, search your documents, summarize inquiries, and route requests — and nothing goes out until you approve it. Single-task agents start at $2,250 and usually launch in one to two weeks; multi-step operations agents start at $6,500.
Want the numbers first? See AI agent pricing.
What can an AI agent actually do for a small business?
These are common first steps: small enough to launch quickly, useful enough to prove real value.
Ask your files anything
Stop digging through folders, spreadsheets, and vendor PDFs for pricing, clauses, or project details. We build a secure search assistant over the documents your team already uses.
- Find pricing, specs, and vendor details in seconds
- Private data storage with clear access boundaries
- Works over shared drives, folders, and structured data
Auto-draft proposals and replies
We build assistants that read customer inquiries, match them against past work, and prepare a draft response or quote for your review.
- Intake form processing and quote preparation
- Customer reply drafts waiting for approval
- No hands-off mistakes on important customer work
Start with one workflow
Simple, fixed-scope automations
Good first builds remove one expensive repetition without forcing the whole business to change at once.
- Starter builds beginning around fixed, visible scopes
- Low ongoing operating cost where possible
- Hosted and maintained so you are not stuck with upkeep
- Useful prototypes in weeks, not quarters
AI as a force multiplier
The point is not replacing your judgment. It is giving you a calmer way to prepare, review, and send work.
- Important work waits for approval
- Agents follow your process and examples
- We target tasks your team already does every week
- More workflows come after the first one proves value
The agent that drafts our own proposals
Bodark runs its business on a platform we built — CRM, invoicing, proposals, and time tracking — with an AI layer on top of it. When a lead comes in, an agent reads the account's live history and drafts the proposal against real pricing rather than a blank template. It never sends. Every draft lands in a review queue and waits for a person to approve, edit, or throw it out.
That shape — live data in, a draft out, a human at the gate — is the same one we build for clients. It is why an agent can touch a quote or a customer email without anyone having to trust it unsupervised.
Which AI models and integrations do you use?
Does AI recommend you when a customer asks?
Buyers now ask leading AI models who to hire, and those answers name two or three businesses. We measure whether you're one of them, tell you which competitors get named instead, and draft the fixes.
AI buyer guides
Make the first decision with the facts in front of you
Use these practical guides to choose the right system, set a realistic budget, and define the controls required before an AI workflow reaches production.
How much does a custom AI agent cost?
Starting prices, cost drivers, and the scope a serious proposal should include.
System choiceAI agent vs. chatbot vs. automation
Choose the smallest reliable architecture for the job your team needs done.
Production controlsAI agent security and evaluation checklist
Access, injection defense, tool safety, testing, monitoring, and incident response.