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The free AI consultation: what it covers and what you leave with
One call. You describe how the business actually runs. We tell you which of that work AI can take over, roughly what that is worth, and what we would build first. It costs nothing, and it ends with something written down whether or not you take it further.
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What happens on the call
It is a normal call, usually 30 to 45 minutes, by phone or video. There is no deck and no pitch. Most of it is us asking questions and writing things down.
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You describe a normal week.
Not the org chart. The week. Who does what, in what order, and where it stalls.
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Where the day goes.
Which tasks get done twice. Which ones get forgotten. What people do at 6pm that they resent. What happens to a request that arrives at the weekend.
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What you already own.
The CRM, the accounting package, the help desk, the spreadsheets that are really the system of record. Most companies already own more than they use.
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What can be taken over.
Out loud, on the call. Which jobs AI can do now, which ones it cannot do well yet, and which ones should never be handed to a machine.
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What to build first.
One starting point, not a wish list. Usually the thing with the shortest line between effort and a number your finance people already track.
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What to bring
Nothing formal. 4 things make the call much better, and you probably know all 4 off the top of your head.
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Headcount, and roughly what people do. Not names. Just how many people, and which parts of the business they sit in.
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The tools you already pay for. The CRM, the accounting system, the help desk, the calendar, the place where documents live.
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Where the time goes. The 3 tasks that eat the most hours in a normal week. If you are not sure, ask the person who does them. They will know immediately.
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One number your finance people trust. Cost per order, hours per case, days to invoice, anything. It does not have to be the right number. It only has to be one everyone already believes.
If you have none of that to hand, book the call anyway. Half of it comes out of the conversation.
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What you leave with
Within a day or two of the call, you get a short written note. It has 4 parts, and it is yours to keep, forward or ignore.
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A list of the work AI could take over, in your own words, not in ours.
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A list of the work it should not touch, and why.
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The one thing we would build first, and what would have to be true for it to pay off.
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A rough range for what that first piece might be worth, drawn from published figures for other companies, clearly labelled as other companies' results. If you want to see where those figures come from, they are all listed on where every number comes from.
That note is not a proposal and it is not an invoice. Plenty of people take it and act on it themselves. That is a perfectly good outcome.
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Why the consultation is free
The call is free. The 2 weeks that may follow are free too. That is unusual enough that people reasonably want to know what the catch is, so here is the plain answer.
Praxis is paid a share of the measured gain the automation creates. So the free work is not a favour. It is how we find out whether there is a gain here at all. If we spend a call and 2 weeks and find nothing worth building, we have learned that early, which is worth more to us than a small fee for telling you something vague.
That also means we have a reason to say no, and we do. We would rather turn down work at the free stage than build something that quietly produces nothing and then argue about it later.
There is no obligation attached to the call, no automatic next step, and nothing you have to sign to have it.
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What the call will rule out
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If the gain cannot be measured. This arrangement rests on a baseline both sides accept. If nobody will agree one, there is no honest basis for it.
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If the process is broken, not slow. Automating a broken process makes the wrong thing happen faster. We will say so and tell you what to fix first.
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If it is a hiring or firing decision. People decisions need a person accountable for them. We automate the scheduling and the paperwork around hiring, not the judgement inside it.
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If you want a tool recommendation rather than a build. That is real work, and it is a different offer: advice on which AI tools to buy.
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If a big company's procurement has to clear it first. A master agreement, insurance and a security review come before any of this, and Praxis does not have those in place today.
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How to book it
Send the form and say roughly what the business does and what part of the week hurts most. 2 sentences is enough. The team replies personally, and will suggest a couple of times.
Form: Book the free consultation. Or: contact details. Phone: (415) 634-5434. Email: praxisconsultingco@gmail.com.
Before the call, if you want a sense of where you stand, the eight-question self-assessment on automate your business with AI scores your own answers in your browser and sends nothing anywhere.
Questions
What should you know before the first call?
- How long is the free AI consultation, and what does it cover?
- It runs 30 to 45 minutes, by phone or video. It covers how a normal week runs in the business, where time is lost, which tools the business already pays for, and which of that work AI could take over. It ends with a spoken answer and a short written note afterwards.
- Is the free consultation actually free, or does it become billable later?
- It is free, and so is the 2 week diagnostic that can follow it. Praxis is paid only as a share of the measured gain once something is built and measured against an agreed baseline. Nothing on the call creates a charge.
- What should be prepared before the call?
- 4 things: rough headcount and what people do, the tools already being paid for, the 3 tasks that eat the most hours in a week, and one number the finance team already trusts. None of it needs to be formal.
- What arrives in writing after the call?
- A short note listing the work AI could take over, the work it should not touch, the one thing worth building first, and a rough range for what that first piece might be worth, drawn from published figures for other companies and labelled as such. The note belongs to the business.
- Will Praxis say so if AI is not the answer?
- Yes, on the call. Some businesses have a process problem rather than a speed problem, and automating a broken process only makes the wrong result arrive faster. Saying that early is cheaper for both sides than finding it out after a build.
Where this leads
This page is one part of the whole offer: automate your business with AI.
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2 sentences about what the business does and where the week hurts is enough to start. The call costs nothing and there is no obligation attached to it.
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