AI integration for small to mid-size businesses

Elevate Your Team

We find the work that eats your team's week, help them integrate AI solutions that free up their time, and focus closely on driving value for the business. The people who know the business spend more time driving initiatives and less time bogged down in busywork.

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Past results

  • 87%

    less time per month pulling information for reports: 32 hours down to 4 hours

  • $300k

    in projected annual EBITDA recovered through pricing-plan consolidation

  • 180 days

    cut from the time to deployment by using an AI-driven HDLC

How it works

Start small. Stay focused. Drive results.

  1. Capture the work

    We spend time with your team and see how the work really gets done. We capture that workflow and outline where AI can and should be leveraged.

  2. Pick one workflow

    One job that costs the team hours every week and has a number we can move.

  3. Build it together

    We develop the solution with your team to solve your specific problems.

  4. Hand it off

    We train the team to monitor the solution and make sure they have what they need.

  5. Follow up

    We always check in to make sure the process is running as expected and to gauge progress. We drive value, and that means following through on what we deliver.

Example projects

Where we start.

For each one: what AI takes on, what your team still owns, and the number we track at 30 days.

Business operations

Give your team hours back every week.

Collections and cash posting

AI matches each payment to its invoice and sends reminders on your schedule. Your controller handles disputes, payment plans and any call that needs a person.

We track days to collect on an invoice.

Bill processing

AI reads each bill, matches it to the PO and receipt, and suggests the account code. Your team approves the exceptions before anything gets paid.

We track hours a week spent keying bills.

Cross-team follow-through

AI pulls action items from meetings and email, gives each one an owner and a date, and flags what slips. Your managers spend their time clearing the blocks.

We track commitments closed on time.

Revenue operations

Keep your reps selling, not typing.

CRM updates from every call

AI turns each call and meeting into proposed CRM updates. The rep confirms them in seconds, and your ops lead decides what each field means.

We track rep hours spent on CRM entry.

Pipeline check-ups

AI flags deals that have gone quiet or don't match the last call, and drafts a nudge to the rep. Your sales manager decides what stays in the forecast.

We track open deals with no activity in 14 days.

Lead qualifying and routing

AI checks each new lead against your best-fit customer and sends it to the right rep within minutes. Someone on your team reviews the turned-away leads every week.

We track minutes from inquiry to first reply.

Product development

Ship faster without skipping the checks.

Code review before merge

AI runs the security, test and style checks on every change and summarizes the risk. A senior engineer signs off on the design before anything merges.

We track changes that need a fix after release.

Engineering change impact

AI traces every drawing, BOM and open order a change touches and routes it to the right reviewers. Your change board makes the call.

We track days from change request to approved change.

Engineering-to-floor handoff

AI checks the released BOM and drawings against ERP and the shop floor, and flags any part or revision that doesn't match. Your manufacturing engineer releases the build.

We track build errors traced to a wrong part or revision.

For sponsors and operating partners

In today's landscape, hitting your growth targets requires something more.

We help you find where AI belongs in the plan, then put it to work.

  • Pre-close diligence

    Where AI fits in the target's operations, what it takes to get there, and what that success is worth.

  • The operating plan

    We work side by side with the business to build out the solutions that will drive the most value.

  • Across the portfolio

    We provide experience and expertise across the entire portfolio, focusing on each company's specific pain points, never a blanket solution.

Tim Watts

Who you work with

Tim Watts

I'm an engineer by training, and I've spent my career between the shop floor and the P&L. I started out commissioning warehouse automation systems for Dematic, first in Belgium and Spain and then back in the US, before moving into product management. Most recently, I ran revenue operations and analytics at OPENLANE.

I grew up in a family of small-business owners, so working alongside owners and CEOs has always felt like home. Now I get to help them make sense of AI, one of the most exciting (and fastest-moving) technologies I've seen, and put it to work in a way that actually fits their business.

I earned my degree in computer engineering at the University of Michigan, then went on to get an MBA in entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon's Tepper School. CMU is one of the world's leading universities for AI, and being there meant I was surrounded by people building and applying this technology every day. While I was there, I also launched the first Tepper Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) conference, bringing together searchers, investors, and operators looking to buy and grow small businesses.

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

If you want to go far, fast — go together with AI.”

—Proverb Tim Watts

Let's talk.

Bring an issue that's burying your team. We'll scope the work together.

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