Custom AI Systems for Service Businesses
Find out what AI could actually take off your team.
We'll review how work moves through your business, the software you already use, and where your people are still doing repetitive work manually. You'll leave with a prioritized AI opportunity map — whether you hire Cortex or not.
For established service businesses. No obligation to implement anything.
See what a real AI system looks like inside a service business
30-minute operational walkthrough
Show us how the work actually moves.
Built around your existing software
No rip-and-replace requirement.
Leave with a prioritized roadmap
Know where AI makes sense before spending money building it.
The stall
You already have the software. Your team still does the work between it.
Information lives in different systems
Someone still has to piece together the full picture.
Follow-up depends on someone remembering
Leads, estimates, approvals, declined work, and customer updates wait when the team gets busy.
Reporting takes people away from operations
Managers rebuild the same numbers every day or every week.
Problems are found after they become problems
Nobody is continuously watching every system for stalled work, exceptions, or missed opportunities.
The free audit
What you actually get
We'll review your software stack, workflows, bottlenecks, reporting, follow-up, and repetitive administrative work. Then we'll show you the highest-value places AI could help — including what we'd automate first, what integrations are required, and what should stay human.
Before the audit
You tell us about your business, team, current software, and biggest operational bottlenecks.
During the audit
We walk through how leads, jobs, customers, reporting, and internal handoffs actually move.
After the audit
You receive a prioritized list of AI opportunities, integration requirements, implementation complexity, and the best place to start.
How it works
Audit. Design. Build. Deploy. Manage.
The audit is the first step. You see the opportunity before anyone starts building.
Understand the operation.
We map how work moves through your company and where time, information, or opportunities get lost. High-value work first.
Design the system.
Which agents, which systems, what they may do automatically, and what requires a person.
Connect and build the agents.
CRM, field software, accounting, ads, calendar, phone. Your systems of record stay. Agents work across them. The dashboard ships in the same build.
Test with your team.
Permissions, evaluations, and the people who will work next to the agents. Human approval where it matters.
Keep the system reliable.
Models change. APIs change. Your business changes. We keep the agents, integrations, and workflows working as intended.
In the field
Detail Driven
Multi-business automotive operation. Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
View the deploymentWho this is for
Built for the software and workflows your industry actually uses.
Automotive, HVAC, pest, roofing, plumbing, and the rest of the trades.
From the founder
“Most companies do not have a software shortage. They have a people-operating-the-software problem. Cortex connects AI agents to those systems so the repetitive work between them no longer depends on someone remembering to do it.”
Questions before the audit
Do I need to replace my existing software?
No. Your shop software, CRM, and accounting stay the system of record. Cortex works across them.
What software can you connect to?
Anything we can reach through an API, an approved integration, webhooks, or, where it is the only option, controlled browser automation. Availability is reviewed in the audit. Named tools are examples, not a promise.
Can AI run locally?
Yes, for companies that want it. Dedicated hardware you control, cloud models, or a mix. We route each job to rules, a smaller local model, or a capable cloud model depending on the work.
How much does implementation cost?
Most clients begin with a defined implementation project, then optional Managed AI Operations. Range depends on the systems involved, number and complexity of workflows, infrastructure requirements, and level of ongoing management. We scope pricing after we have seen the work.
What happens after implementation?
Managed AI Operations: monitoring, updates, connector upkeep, evaluations, and incremental improvements.
What is included in the Free AI Operations Audit?
You apply with company basics. We walk how work moves through your software for about 30 minutes. You leave with an AI Opportunity Map: highest-value opportunities, integration feasibility, complexity, what should stay human, and a recommended first deployment. No obligation to implement anything.
Will this replace my employees?
The goal is not headcount reduction. It's capacity. Cortex is designed to remove repetitive administrative work, reduce missed follow-up, and give your existing team more operating leverage. Each company decides how that increased capacity is used.
Do you work with companies under $2M?
Usually not. The software stack and the volume of repetitive work need to justify the build. The audit will say if you are early.
Find the highest-value work AI can take off your team.
A minute to apply. Thirty minutes on how work moves. You leave with a map.