SeekBridge Consulting
Justin Carano · AI product engineer
AI tools & automation for small teams

The AI tool your team keeps describing, built and running in weeks.

I scope, build, and ship practical AI systems for businesses that are buried in documents and repetitive knowledge work. Fixed scope, fixed price, a working demo every week, and you own everything at the end.

20+ years fixing broken systems Solo builder: product, code, and deployment Remote, US time zones
What I offer

Four ways to work together

Most clients start with the audit. Its fee is credited in full if you go on to a build within 30 days.

AI Opportunity Audit

Start here

I learn how your team actually works and find the few places where AI saves real hours, not demo-ware.

  • Workflow map and ranked list of opportunities
  • Cost and time estimate for each one
  • A working prototype of the top pick
$1,500 fixed1 week

Workflow Automation Sprint

Quick win

One repetitive process, automated end to end: intake, triage, data entry, reports, or follow-ups.

  • Built on the tools you already use
  • Human review step wherever it matters
  • Runbook so your team can operate it
from $4,000 fixed2 weeks

Archive-to-Answers Build

Flagship

Your past proposals, documents, and tickets become a tool that drafts the next proposal, report, or answer, with every claim traced back to its source.

  • Search and drafting over your own material
  • No invented numbers: gaps are flagged, not filled
  • Cost-per-run report before handoff
from $7,500 fixed3–4 weeks

Fractional AI Product Lead

Ongoing

A senior product-and-engineering partner for your AI roadmap: what to build, which models, what it will cost, and how to keep it honest.

  • Roadmap, model choices, cost control
  • Review of vendors and builds
  • About one day a week, cancel monthly
from $3,000 / monthmonthly
How it works

From first call to handoff

  1. 30-minute callFree. You describe the problem; I tell you honestly whether AI is the right fix.
  2. Written proposalWithin 48 hours: scope, price, timeline, and what "done" means.
  3. Weekly demosYou see working software every week, not slides.
  4. HandoffCode, documentation, a cost report, and a walkthrough for your team.
How I build

Principles you can hold me to

You own everythingCode, data, and accounts are yours. No lock-in, no hidden platform fees.
Costs designed inEach step uses the cheapest model that does it well, so the system stays affordable to run.
No made-up factsOutputs cite their sources. When the material is missing, the tool says so.
Private by defaultSensitive data can stay on your own machines. Credentials never go into prompts.
Track record

Things I've found broken, and fixed

AI platform
SeekBridgeAn AI system I designed and built solo: it reads a person's whole archive of notes, finds connections across subjects, and drafts resumes, cover letters, and white papers from it. It processes a 1,500-note archive for a few dollars by routing each step to the right model. See how it works and sample output it generated.
Telecom ops
Found a flaw in a ticketing systemAs an engineering analyst at Windstream, I spotted a problem in how tickets were numbered and proved it with a script that pulled more than 100,000 records.
Logistics
Built live driver monitoringAs a transportation supervisor at DHL on the Mopar and Honda accounts, I designed a control-room style setup for tracking drivers in real time.
Consumer product
From formula to Amazon to saleDeveloped, trademarked, manufactured, and sold a consumer product on Amazon, then sold the product to another company.
Quant research
Killed my own model when the data said soBuilt an algorithmic trading engine, put the first model through strict validation, and rebuilt it when the results didn't hold up under realistic costs.
Stack
PythonFastAPIClaudeOpenAIGeminiNode.js TypeScriptNext.jsFirebaseSQLite / PostgresChrome extensionsRailway
Good fit

Who I work best with

Owner-led businesses and startups, roughly 5 to 200 people, where the same kind of document gets written over and over.

Agencies & consultanciesProposals and reports drafted from past winning work.
Recruiting firmsCandidate notes matched to roles, with the evidence shown.
Contractors & field servicesQuotes, dispatch notes, and follow-ups without the retyping.
NonprofitsGrant applications assembled from your existing program writing.
Next step

Book a free 30-minute call

Email me a few lines about the work that eats your team's time. I'll reply within one business day with times to talk, and an honest first read on whether AI can help.

Prices are starting points; every engagement gets a fixed quote before work begins.