AI consulting for small businesses

AI that does the work. Not just a plan for it.

Most AI consultants hand you a deck. We hand you a working system — answering calls, booking appointments, following up with leads — while you focus on the work that actually needs you.

Real examples

What this looks like for you

AI handles real business tasks, right now. Here are three things we build for businesses like yours.

After-hours calls

An AI agent answers your phone after hours

It qualifies the lead, checks your service area and pricing, and books them into your calendar — all before you wake up.

Email triage

A system that reads and drafts email responses

It uses your policies and past replies to draft responses, then flags the ones that need your eyes. You review and send — or let it handle the routine ones.

Auto-quoting

An automation that turns calls into quotes

It takes a phone call recording, pulls out the job details, drafts a quote, and sends it — all before you're back from the job site.

Services

What we build

Techshift AI Consulting builds AI systems in six categories. The shape depends on what your business actually needs — not on what's in a catalog.

Websites that work for you

Not brochures. Sites that qualify visitors, answer questions, and feed leads into your pipeline automatically.

AI employees

Agents that handle customer calls, booking, order tracking, and lead follow-up around the clock.

Business automations

The repetitive tasks you or your staff do every day, week, or month — handled automatically.

Marketing and lead generation

AI-driven SEO, content, and outbound that keeps your pipeline full without adding headcount.

Sales tools

Smarter follow-up, better targeting, faster outreach. AI that helps you close.

Custom builds

When the problem doesn’t fit a category, we start with your business case and build what fits.

Process

How we work

Techshift AI Consulting follows a four-step process from first call to running system. You know what to expect at every stage.

01

We listen

A free 30-minute call where we diagnose your biggest time and money drains. No pitch, no pressure.

02

We plan

We map the work and propose the AI system with the best payoff. You see exactly what you’re getting before you pay.

03

We build

Four weeks, start to finish. You see a working demo every week. You’re in the room for every decision.

04

We run it

Your system goes live. We monitor it, tune it, and improve it every month. You focus on running your business.

Why Techshift

Why businesses choose us

Techshift AI Consulting builds and runs AI systems for small businesses in Barrie and across Ontario. Here's what sets us apart.

We build it, not just advise on it.

Strategy decks are free at this point. We ship working systems that run in your business — not recommendations that collect dust.

We speak business, not tech.

You’ll never hear us say “LLM” or “neural network.” We talk hours saved, costs cut, leads generated. If we can’t put a number on it, we don’t pitch it.

You know the price before we start.

One setup fee. One monthly fee. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices, no scope creep.

Your AI gets better every month.

The monthly subscription isn’t just hosting. We monitor, tune, and improve your system as your business evolves and AI models get better.

AI adoption by the numbers

20+

hours saved per month

by SMBs after AI implementation

— Thryv Survey, 2026

71%

of Canadian SMBs

are actively using AI tools

— Microsoft / CNBC Canada, 2025

$500–2K

saved monthly

by SMBs after AI implementation

— Thryv Survey, 2026

60%

of SMBs say

lack of in-house resources is the #1 barrier to AI

— Industry Survey, 2025

Pricing

Simple pricing. No surprises.

Techshift AI Consulting uses a two-part pricing model: one setup fee and one monthly subscription. You know what you're paying before we start.

One-time

Setup fee

Covers the full build: the AI system, integrations with your existing tools, training on your business data, testing, and go-live.

  • 50% due upfront to start
  • 50% due at go-live
  • Four-week default build timeline
Monthly

Monthly subscription

Covers monitoring, tuning, improvements, and new features as your business grows. Think of it as having an AI specialist on retainer.

  • Starts the month after launch
  • No long-term contracts
  • Cancel anytime if it's not working

FAQ

Common questions

Answers to what business owners ask us most.

Find out where AI saves you the most time and money.

A 30-minute call to diagnose your biggest time and money drains. Free. No pitch. You describe your business, we identify where AI fits, and you decide if it's worth pursuing.

Or email us directly at hello@techshift.ai