AI systems for small-business owners
I build AI systems that answer leads, chase follow-ups, pull your numbers and clear the inbox, so you and your team stop doing it by hand. Put your numbers in the calculator to see what it costs you now.
Free. A written audit with three fixes and a fixed quote, in your inbox within 24 hours.
5 AI systems running in production
30 days from scope to first system live
17k people follow the builds on X
24 hrs to your free written audit
The flagship build
Every new lead gets a reply in under five minutes, day or night, then follow-up until they book or say no. Built for businesses that live on inbound leads: real estate agents, movers, home services.
Why it matters: in a 2026 mystery shop of 2,198 real estate inquiries, 68% got no response within 24 hours (Real Estate News). Firms that reply within an hour are about 7 times likelier to qualify the lead (HBR).
$2,500 fixed fee
Founding price: $1,500 for my first five Lead Lock clients, in exchange for an honest case study with your real numbers.
If it doesn't do what we scoped, I keep fixing it at no charge, and the second half isn't due until it's live and working.
Start with a free auditMost small businesses lose the same hours in the same three places. These are the builds I start with.
A new lead gets a reply in minutes, not hours, then a follow-up sequence until they book or say no. Every reply lands in your CRM.
Example: 50 fresh prospects in a real estate agent's queue every Monday at 8am, with zero duplicate outreach.
Sales, ad spend, jobs and cash pulled together automatically, so you know how last week went on Monday morning instead of at month-end.
Example: a live ops and financial dashboard for a family moving company.
An AI agent that sorts email, drafts replies, updates the calendar and writes the reports, with you approving anything that matters.
Example: Cornelius, the agent that has run my own inbox, contracts and daily plan every day since April 2026.
Real clients, real systems, built solo.
Kombucha brand, launching DTC
Full e-commerce stack and Meta Ads attribution engine: site, checkout, admin dashboard, commission engine and PDF invoicing.
Shipped in six weeks, solo. livedivini.com
Family-run moving company
Automated prospect research, outreach sequences, CRM activation, dormant-client re-engagement and a financial dashboard.
Phase 2 running. Paid on performance, per truck.
Referral network
Weekly batch lead system. Anyone who replies on Instagram is pulled from the email path automatically.
50 new prospects every Monday at 8am. No duplicate outreach.
My own AI chief of staff
Runs my inbox, calendar, client letters, contract redlines, reports and daily plan.
Running every day since April 2026.
Content automation
Phone clip in, finished video out: transcription, captions and motion graphics, rendered automatically.
No video editor opened in three months.
Six questions, about 90 seconds. You get a score out of 100 for how much time a system could win back, plus the three builds that would save you the most. Results show right here, no email needed.
Question 1 of 6
Free, no strings. If you'd rather not build them yourself, that's what I'm for.
Connect your website form to your email tool so every new lead gets a personal-sounding reply within five minutes, with your booking link. Leads go cold fast: firms that answered within an hour were about 7 times likelier to qualify the lead, according to Harvard Business Review.
Most phone systems can text a missed caller automatically: "Sorry I missed you, what can I help with?" Turns a lost call into a conversation.
A scheduled automation that pulls last week's sales, leads and spend into one email at 7am Monday. Ten minutes to set up in most tools, and you stop opening five dashboards.
Record calls with an AI notetaker and send the action items straight to your task list, assigned and dated.
When a job is marked done, send a short text asking for a review, with the link. More reviews bring in more leads at no ad cost.
One path: a free audit, then the one build that pays back fastest, then care if you want it. I take a limited number of builds each month so each one ships on time.
Free
Tell me what's eating your week. Within 24 hours you get a written audit: where you're losing time and money, three fixes ranked by payback, and a fixed price for the one I'd build first.
$2,500 the Lead Lock, fixed fee
For most lead-driven businesses that's the 5-Minute Lead Lock. If leads aren't your bottleneck, your audit prices the fix that is, from $1,500.
From $150 a month
Monitoring and fixes from $150. The $400 plan adds one new improvement every month and a monthly results report.
$300 for two hours, hands-on. We set up your first automation together or I train your team to use AI on their real work. The full $300 is credited toward a build within 30 days.
Plain language is fine. "My follow-ups slip." "Reporting eats my Mondays." The form below takes two minutes.
A written breakdown of where time and money leak, plus three fixes ranked by payback.
If a fix is worth building, you get a fixed quote and the full spec before any work starts.
Your first system runs on your own accounts. Then we add the next one, if you want to.
The 5-Minute Lead Lock is $2,500, fixed fee ($1,500 for the first five founding clients). Other single automations start at $1,500. Power Hours are $300 for two hours, credited toward a build within 30 days. System care starts at $150 a month. The audit is free.
ChatGPT waits for you to type. These systems run on their own: they follow up with leads, pull last week's numbers and draft the replies whether or not anyone is at a keyboard.
No. You describe the problem in plain language. I scope it, build it on your accounts and show your team how to use it.
Everything runs on your own accounts and tools. I only get the access a build needs, and you can remove it any time.
During the build you have a direct line to me. After launch, system care covers monitoring and fixes, or I'll hand it to your team with written instructions.
Every build has a written scope. If the system doesn't do what we scoped, I keep fixing it at no charge until it does, and the second half of the fee isn't due until it's live and working.
It's really free. Some owners take the three fixes and build them themselves, and that's fine. The ones who want them built usually ask me to.
Chicago. I work with owners anywhere in the US over video and messaging, and in person around Chicago.
Tell me what's eating your week. I write each audit myself, so I only take a handful a week. Step one of four, and it costs nothing.
Rather email? hello@daltonkates.com
You'll get it from hello@daltonkates.com within 24 hours. Check your spam folder if it's not there by tomorrow.
Want to talk it through sooner? Pick a 20-minute slot.
While you wait, try the five free automations. The first one alone often pays for the rest.
Introduce us. If they become a client, you get 10% of their first project, paid when they pay. They start with a free audit either way. If you recommend me publicly, just mention the referral fee.