Here's what we're hearing: new jobs land on your cell, and quotes go out by hand at night. Is that right?

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Setup AIWhere does a new job first land today?

OwnerUsually my cell, while I'm on another job.

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Understand the business,
then implement what solves it

Ready to learn more?

Start with a Diagnosis

Setup AI for your business

Setup AI helps a business understand what should change, chooses the right mix of process and technology, and makes that change real inside the business.

Setup AI in practice

Diagnose

We learn how the business makes money, how work moves, and where it breaks, before anyone mentions software.

Recommend

We design the change: a process fix, an existing product, AI, or a small custom piece when nothing else fits.

Implement

We set it up, connect it, train the team and measure that it's used. Installed is not the same as implemented.

Solutions designed for your business.

Here's what we'd change firstOne workflow, one owner, one measurable result. The rest can wait.

Your handoff is readyTraining notes, an owner checklist, and the before-and-after numbers.

Setup AI

A defined implementation, from first call to a system your team uses.

  1. 1Discovery and diagnosis
  2. 2One bounded implementation
  3. 3Training and launch
  4. 4Before-and-after measurement
  5. →A documented handoff to your team

Managed AI

Ongoing support to maintain, improve, extend and govern the system as you grow.

  1. 1Monitoring and fixes
  2. 2Improvements as you grow
  3. 3A regular review cadence
  4. 4Clear limits on what's covered
  5. →Anything new becomes its own bounded project

Do it yourself

After discovery we tell you exactly what we'd do, and you run it in-house.

  1. 1Discovery and diagnosis
  2. 2Our recommendation, in writing
  3. 3The tools and process we'd use
  4. 4What to measure, and how
  5. →Your team runs it in-house

Case study

The systems behind
Twin Cities Startup Week

Twin Cities Startup Week, September 14–18, 2026

BETA.mn, the nonprofit behind Twin Cities Startup Week, brought in Setup AI to set up the systems that ran the week, using existing tools wherever they fit.

1,301people registered
90events on the calendar
453paid passes
2,258contacts in one CRM
Read the case study

FAQs

What owners ask before the first call

Will you build custom software?

Only when it's justified. An existing product is often the right answer, and we'll tell you when it is.

Do you resell the tools you recommend?

No. Partnerships can help delivery, but the recommendation has to stay credible.

What does a first engagement look like?

One workflow, one owner, one measurable result, one bounded implementation.

What if we don't hire you after discovery?

You still leave with a clear explanation of what we think you should do.

Do you work with new businesses?

Yes, once there's real work to organize. That usually means paying customers, jobs that repeat, or a process that's already taking up too much of your time.

Setup AI is built for businesses
that want it to actually work

Software and AI are everywhere, and the abundance of tools doesn't produce good operations on its own. We own the gap between a business problem and a working, adopted solution.

Start with a Diagnosis

Don't just buy the AI tool everyone is talking about

Start with how your business actually runs

Don't just build custom software because you can

Use the existing product when it's the right answer

Don't just install it

Train the team, launch it, and measure that it's used