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Run the business betterStep 5. The ongoing part.

Your AI department, so what we build keeps working, and keeps getting better.

Your AI department is the ongoing part of working with Alpine Ops. A company has an IT department for its computers. We become your AI department for your processes: regular check-ins on how the work flows, keeping everything we built working, and upgrading it as AI improves, so you always have the latest and best for your business without having to keep up with AI yourself.

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01What it is

An outside AI team that already knows your business.

Your AI department is ongoing AI support from the same people who analyzed your processes and built your fix. We check in, keep it all working, and bring you the improvements worth having as AI gets better.

Many small businesses can't justify a full-time AI hire, and shouldn't have to. AI changes too quickly to learn on the side, and the software we build for you needs someone watching it. Your AI department is that someone, without adding anyone to your payroll.

A good fit if

  • You've had a build from us and want it kept working as your business changes.
  • You'd rather not hire, train and keep a full-time AI person.
  • You want a straight answer on which new AI tools are worth it for you, and which aren't.
Two people seen from behind at a shop counter, one pointing at a laptop screen, with shelves of boxes behind them.
A check-in looks at the real work. At the counter, in the office or on the phone.

02What it covers

Three jobs: check in, keep it working, keep it current.

Your AI department covers everything we've built for you, from the first automation to your website, phone answering and chatbot.

Check-ins01

Regular check-ins on how the work flows

We sit down with you, at your place or by phone, and look at how the processes we built are holding up as your business changes.

  • How each build is used, and where people work around it
  • New bottlenecks, new hires, new services
  • With your okay, recorded and transcribed, so nothing is missed

Upkeep02

Everything we built, kept working

Software you use gets updated, exports change, and connections break. We watch for it and fix it, so the work doesn't stop.

  • Connections checked when a system you use changes
  • Spot checks on anything that reads, drafts or answers
  • A real person to call when something seems off

Upgrades03

Upgrades as AI improves

AI tools keep getting better. We test what's new against your real work and bring you the improvements that are worth it.

  • New capabilities tested on your own tickets, emails and calls
  • A plain answer: worth switching, or not yet
  • Nothing changes without your okay

03After every check-in

A short note, in plain language, after every check-in.

You don't need to sit through a slideshow. After each check-in you get a page that says what's working, what we fixed, what's new in AI and whether it matters to you, and what needs your decision.

  1. What's working?The builds, in numbers you'd recognize.
  2. What did we fix?Anything that broke or drifted, and how.
  3. What's new, and is it worth it for you?Tested on your real work, with a straight answer.
  4. What needs your decision?Usually small. Always your call.
Check-in notes

October check-in: Example Plumbing and Heating

Example
With
Owner and office manager
Where
At the shop, recorded with okay
Next check-in
November

Working well

  • Working

    Work orders from photos: 212 this month, 14 flagged, all confirmed by the office.

  • Working

    The Monday report went out every week. Finished but unbilled jobs are down to 4.

What we fixed

  • Fixed

    Your scheduling software changed its export on the 9th. We updated the connection, and no jobs were missed.

New in AI, and is it worth it?

  • Worth it

    A newer model reads handwriting better. We re-ran 50 of last month's work orders: flags dropped from 7 to 2. We suggest switching.

  • Not yet

    A new scheduling feature in your software doesn't fit how your crews book jobs. We'll look again in the spring.

Noticed

  • Idea

    Nine quotes are over two weeks old. Want a reminder added to the Monday report?

Decisions for you: 2Both small. Your call.
Example check-in note. The business, the numbers and the details are made up.

04How it works

Your AI department is step 5. Here's how you get there.

It picks up where a build leaves off, so it starts the same way everything we do starts: with a free conversation.

  1. Free

    A 30-minute consult

    We talk about your business and where the time goes. No obligation.

  2. $500

    AI process analysis

    We walk through your actual processes, step by step, with you and your people.

  3. Plain language

    Recommendations

    What to automate or improve, in priority order. You choose what gets built.

  4. $2,500 to $15,000

    Fixed-price build

    Typical, depending on scope. You know the exact price before work starts.

  5. Ongoing

    Your AI department

    Check-ins, upkeep and upgrades, for as long as it's useful to you.

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Step 1 is a conversation. Free, 30 minutes.

05Why ongoing

AI keeps changing. You shouldn't have to keep up with it alone.

AI tools improve quickly. They get better at reading handwriting, understanding messy emails and following instructions, and new options appear all the time.

Most of those changes don't matter to a contractor, a clinic or a trucking company. A few of them do, and they're easy to miss when you're running a business. Your AI department sorts the useful from the noise, tests it on your real work, and brings you only what's worth your time.

Who you talk to
A real person. The same people who learned your business in the analysis. Not a call center, not a ticket queue.
What we upgrade
Only what helps. Tested on your own work before we suggest it.
Who decides
You. Nothing changes without your okay.
Where
At your place or by phone. Based in Vernal, Utah. We come to you.

06Where it fits

Everything we build can roll into Your AI department.

The core builds, your website and the services that answer your customers all keep working, and keep improving, under one ongoing relationship.

07Questions

Questions owners ask about Your AI department.

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7.1What does "Your AI department" mean?

A company has an IT department for its computers. We become your AI department for your processes: regular check-ins on how the work flows, keeping everything we built working, and upgrading it as AI improves, so you always have the latest and best for your business.

7.2How often are check-ins?

Regularly, on a rhythm that fits your business, at your place or by phone. With your okay, we record and transcribe them so nothing is missed, and you get a short note afterward.

7.3What happens if something breaks?

Call us. A real person answers, not a call center or a ticket queue. Keeping everything we built working is part of Your AI department.

7.4Will you change things without asking?

No. Upgrades are tested on your real work first, and nothing changes without your okay. Anything that matters still goes through a person, the same as when we built it.

7.5Do I need Your AI department after a build?

No, it's your choice. A build is a fixed price on its own. Your AI department is for owners who want what we built kept working and kept current, without having to think about it.

7.6How much does it cost?

It's ongoing, and what it includes depends on what we've built for you. We go over it with you plainly before it starts.

Want someone keeping an eye on the AI in your business? Pull up a chair.

Start with a free 30-minute consult, at your place or by phone. We'll talk about what you run today and what it would take to keep it working and current.

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