Automation Sprint

Your first AI workflow. Built in 1-2 weeks.

One AI-powered automation, scoped and built end to end. Fixed price, fixed timeline, no surprises. You get a working workflow -- not a proposal.

The problem

You're doing it all by hand.

4+ hrs

per week on manual reporting. Copying data between tools, formatting spreadsheets, pasting into Slack. Every single week.

$180K

per year for a data engineer you might not need yet. That's a lot of runway to burn on someone who builds dashboards you'll outgrow.

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AI workflows running in your business. Not because they wouldn't help -- because nobody's built one yet.

What you get

Everything you need. Nothing you don't.

It runs Monday morning

A production automation deployed in your environment. Not a prototype, not a demo -- the live system that handles the workflow while you do other things.

Your team can maintain it

Architecture diagram, data flow documentation, and configuration guide. The next person who touches it doesn't need to call us.

You can operate it

Step-by-step runbook written for non-engineers. How to monitor it, fix common issues, and extend it. No ticket required.

You're covered if it breaks

Two weeks of post-delivery support included. If something needs tuning, we fix it -- no extra charge.

Examples

What founders automate first

01

Lead Scoring Pipeline

AI scores every inbound lead against your ICP. Hot leads get routed to your calendar automatically. Cold leads get nurtured or dropped.

02

Weekly KPI Report

Pull metrics from HubSpot, Stripe, Google Analytics -- wherever your data lives. Generate a formatted report and deliver it to Slack every Monday.

03

CRM Cleanup Bot

Find duplicates, enrich missing fields, standardize formats, and flag stale records. Your CRM stays clean without weekly scrubbing sessions.

04

Document Extraction

Parse invoices, contracts, or application forms. Extract structured data from PDFs and emails into your systems automatically.

05

Sales Handoff Router

Qualify leads from marketing, attach context and scoring, route to the right rep with suggested next steps. No more leads falling through cracks.

06

Anomaly Alert System

Monitor your key metrics and get alerted in Slack when something looks off -- revenue drop, churn spike, traffic anomaly. Before you notice it yourself.

Pricing

Simple. Fixed. No surprises.

Automation Sprint
$5,000 - $8,000
Fixed price. 1-2 weeks. Everything included.
  • One production-ready AI workflow
  • Full documentation and architecture diagram
  • Handoff runbook for your team
  • 2 weeks of post-delivery support
  • 50% upfront, 50% on delivery
  • Senior practitioner-led (not juniors)
Book your sprint

That's less than two weeks of a mid-level contractor -- and you walk away with a working automation, not a time sheet.

Continuation path

Start with one workflow. Continue only if there is a real backlog.

The sprint is intentionally fixed. If it solves the first problem and exposes the next two or three, the next commercial step is a 90-day operating partner engagement, not an open-ended hourly contract.

First 30 days

Stabilize the shipped workflow, close edge cases, and pick the next build lane with the highest operating cost.

Next 30 days

Build the second workflow or data repair path while keeping documentation current and ownership clear.

Final 30 days

Ship the next handoff, decide whether to renew, pause, or move the work fully in-house.

Data and AI Operating Partner
Monthly retainer
Scoped on the fit call. 3-month minimum. One senior technical owner. One active build lane at a time.
  • Retained execution after a successful sprint
  • Workflow monitoring, edge-case fixes, and documented handoff
  • Next automation or data repair built in sequence
  • Weekly priority review with the business owner
Discuss the 90-day path
FAQ

Common questions

For most startups under 100 people, you don't need a full-time data engineer. An Automation Sprint gives you a production-ready workflow without the $180K/yr salary commitment. If your needs grow, we can scope a longer engagement or help you hire the right person.

We work with whatever you already use -- HubSpot, Salesforce, Google Sheets, Slack, Notion, Airtable, Snowflake, BigQuery, and more. For AI components, we use OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models depending on the use case and your budget.

You get a working automation, full documentation, a handoff runbook, and 2 weeks of support included. After that, your team can maintain it independently. If there is a larger backlog, we can scope a 90-day operating partner engagement on the fit call.

Almost certainly yes. Weekly reporting automations are one of the most common Sprint deliverables. We pull data from your tools, generate a formatted report, and deliver it to Slack or email on schedule.

Freelancers charge hourly and the scope tends to drift. We charge a fixed price for a defined outcome. You know exactly what you're getting, what it costs, and when it ships. We also specialize in AI/analytics workflows -- this is all we do.

Get started

Book your Automation Sprint

Start with a free 30-minute scoping call. We'll confirm what's automatable, give you a fixed price, and kick off within a week.