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Manufacturing · Construction · Project Management · MSPs · Point of Sale · Payment Processing

Find the AI that pays for itself. Have it running in 90 days.

We help manufacturers, contractors, project-driven firms, MSPs, and POS and payments companies find the one to three AI systems with the fastest payback. Then we build them into the tools you already run and hand them to your team. No hype, and no six-figure platform.

Start HereFind your industry

Start with a 10-minute intake. Then a 2-hour working session and a written plan in 7 days.

Payback Guarantee: Find a play worth more than the fee, or get a full refund.

Mike Sweigart leading a transformation working session, mapping current state to future state on the whiteboard
Real sessions. Real roadmaps. We map your current state to a future state your team actually owns.
Mike Sweigart · Fusion Advisory
BackgroundDecades in construction and project management
Track recordDozens of projects architected
We build and runAI platforms for construction and POS data
Based inAtlanta, working nationally
Who we serve

Six industries. We know how the work actually gets done in each one.

Generic AI advice fails because every industry leaks margin in different places. These are the six where we've done the work, so we already know where AI pays back first.

Manufacturing

Mid-sized manufacturers, fabricators, and product companies

Where AI pays back first
  • Quoting and configuration
  • Purchase orders into the ERP
  • Know-how your senior people carry
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Construction

General contractors, specialty trades, and builders

Where AI pays back first
  • Bid and proposal assembly
  • Contract risk review
  • RFIs, submittals, and daily reports
See the playbook

Project Management

Project-based firms and PMOs: engineering, design, installation, and implementation teams

Where AI pays back first
  • Automated status reporting
  • Meeting notes into tracked actions
  • Early warning on budget and schedule
See the playbook

MSPs

Managed service providers and Microsoft partners

Where AI pays back first
  • Ticket triage and documentation
  • Faster QBR and client reporting
  • An AI service line you can sell
See the playbook

Point of Sale

POS software companies, resellers, and dealers

Where AI pays back first
  • Faster merchant onboarding
  • Support deflection
  • AI insights for your merchants
See the playbook

Payment Processing

ISOs, payment facilitators, and merchant services teams

Where AI pays back first
  • Statement analysis and proposals
  • Onboarding and underwriting prep
  • Chargeback response drafts
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The problem

You know AI matters.
You can’t tell which moves are real.

Every vendor wants to sell you a platform, and every headline says AI changes everything by next quarter. Meanwhile, the real drag on your business sits in the work between your systems.

The estimate rebuilt in a spreadsheet. The purchase order retyped into the ERP. The ticket nobody triaged, and the merchant statement someone reads line by line.

Picking the wrong AI tool is a recoverable mistake. Paying skilled people for another year to do a system’s job is the expensive one.

The way out

The winners didn’t buy more AI. They picked one to three plays and shipped them.

We start where your margin actually leaks, in your industry and your workflows, and find the one to three AI systems with the fastest, most defensible payback.

Then we build them into the tools you already use. Working systems, owned by your team when we hand off, instead of pilots that die in a drawer.

Fast enough to matter this quarter. Simple enough that your team keeps using it.

Mike Sweigart in a client working session
“AI for speed and signal. Humans for relationships and revenue.”
Mike Sweigart
Your guide

We’ve run the projects you run.

Mike Sweigart · Managing Partner, Technology & AI

Mike has spent decades in construction and project management and has architected dozens of projects. He knows what a blown estimate costs, what a late RFI does to a schedule, and what happens when the office and the field work from different numbers.

That’s why the first conversation with us feels different. We don’t need the job explained. We’ve also built and run AI platforms of our own, including Redline Construction Solutions for contract review and BevTek for point-of-sale analytics, so we know the difference between a demo and a system people use every day.

Author of Great at LinkedIn (updated 2025) and Great at Email, three-time Ironman, faith-based father of three, and a believer in eating the frog: do the hardest thing first. Based in Atlanta, working nationally.

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The plan

Three steps from “we should do something with AI” to a system your team uses.

No platform to buy and no transformation program. The intake comes first, and nothing gets built unless the math works. These photos are from real sessions, not stock.

Mike Sweigart working through a development strategy with a client team
01

Tell us where it hurts

A 10-minute intake about your operation, your systems, and where time and margin leak. We study it before we meet, so your two hours go to answers instead of introductions.

Mike Sweigart presenting an in-house platform plan to a client team
02

Find your one to three plays

A focused 2-hour working session. We score every candidate by payback, time to value, and risk, then deliver a written plan within 7 days, backed by our Payback Guarantee.

Mike Sweigart reviewing a project roadmap with clients
03

Build it, or take it anywhere

We build the systems into the tools you already run and get the first one live within 90 days. Prefer your own developer? We'll hand you a clickable mock-up and a build-ready blueprint instead.

1 to 3
AI systems per engagement

Not a transformation program. The few that pay back first.

0days
From plan to a live, working system

Long enough to do it right. Short enough to matter this quarter.

20+yrs
In construction and project management

We learn how the work gets done before we touch the technology.

Dozens
Projects architected

Including AI platforms we built and still run ourselves.

Engagements

Four ways to start. Most begin with the 2-hour Deep Dive.

Every engagement ends with something you keep: a written plan, a mock-up you can build from, an aligned leadership team, or working AI systems your people actually use.

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Virtual intensive
Where most start

2-Hour AI Deep Dive

$2,500· 2 hours

A working session that ends with a written plan. You'll know which one to three AI plays to make first, in what order, and what each one is worth.

  • Pre-session intake on your operations and competitive position
  • Live review of where time, margin, and momentum leak today
  • One to three highest-ROI AI opportunities identified and scored
  • Written next-step plan delivered within 7 days, yours to keep
You leave with

Leave knowing exactly which AI play to make first, and why.

Payback Guarantee: If your Deep Dive doesn't surface at least one AI play worth more than the $2,500 you invest, we refund your fee in full.

Best for: Leaders who suspect they're behind and want a clear next move this quarter.
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Workflow mapping + clickable mock-up

Mock-Up & Blueprint

Under $3,000· Priced by complexity

See the tool before anyone builds it. We map your workflow and build a clickable mock-up of the quote tool, project tracker, or portal you need, plus a blueprint any developer can build from.

  • Workflow mapping with the people who do the work
  • Clickable mock-up of the key screens and flows
  • Build-ready blueprint: screens, data, rules, and integrations
  • Straight advice on whether to build, buy, or extend what you own
You leave with

A tool you can see, click through, and hand to any developer, with no obligation to have us build it.

Build credit: If you hire us to build it, your mock-up fee is credited toward the build.

Best for: Leaders who know what they want streamlined and need to see it, price it, and explain it before committing.
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Onsite + 30-day follow-through

Advanced AI Strategy & Implementation Plan

$7,500· Half-day session

A working session with your leadership team that produces a documented 90-day implementation roadmap. Not a deck: a plan your team can execute against.

  • Onsite half-day strategy session with leadership
  • Cross-department opportunity scoring (sales, ops, finance, service)
  • 90-day prioritized implementation roadmap
  • Vendor and tooling recommendations where needed
  • 30-day post-session check-in with Mike
You leave with

A documented plan your leadership team has aligned on and committed to.

Best for: Leadership teams ready to stop debating AI and start executing inside one quarter.
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Strategy + multi-week implementation

Full AI Transformation Engagement

$13,000· Full-day strategy + 90-day partnership

We design, build, and deploy the one to three priority AI systems alongside your team. You end the engagement with working software your people actually use, not pilots or slideware.

  • Full-day leadership strategy and prioritization
  • Hands-on AI capability training for your team
  • Workflow redesign around the one to three priority systems
  • Implementation support: build, integrate, deploy
  • 90-day post-launch optimization and ownership transfer
You leave with

Working AI systems integrated with your existing stack, owned by your team, producing measurable ROI within 90 days.

Best for: Companies ready to build AI into the operating model this quarter, not next year.
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What waiting costs

The math of waiting.

AI doesn’t reward early movers because the technology is magic. It rewards them because efficiency gains compound, and compounding gaps don’t close themselves.

Twelve months from now, the companies that moved this quarter won’t be a little ahead. They’ll be ahead on every bid, quote, ticket, and deal, with the same headcount.

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10-minute intake · $2,500 Deep Dive · written plan in 7 days · Payback Guarantee

  1. 01

    The bid and quote gap

    The contractor or manufacturer who answers in hours instead of days wins more work at the same price. You don't lose on price. You lose on speed.

  2. 02

    The cost-to-deliver gap

    Every workflow a competitor automates lowers what it costs them to deliver. They can bid tighter and still keep margin you can't.

  3. 03

    The service gap

    Clients and merchants now expect faster answers. The MSP, POS company, or processor that resolves issues first is the one that keeps the account.

  4. 04

    The compounding gap

    Twelve months in, the early mover isn't a little ahead. They're ahead on every bid, ticket, and deal with the same headcount, and that gap gets harder to close every quarter.

The companies pulling ahead aren’t using more AI than you. They picked the right one to three systems and shipped them while everyone else was still saying “maybe next quarter.”

What we hear most

Four reasons operators wait. None of them survive the math.

Every one of these is reasonable on its face. Each one is also exactly when a faster competitor pulls ahead.

01

“Our industry is different.”

It is. That's why we focus on six: manufacturing, construction, project-based firms, MSPs, point of sale, and payment processing. We don't need your business explained to us, so the first conversation goes straight to answers.

02

“We're not a tech company.”

You don't need to be. We build around the systems you already run, like your ERP, PSA, estimating software, or POS, and hand your team tools they can run without a developer. If you want AI skills in-house later, we help you hire for it.

03

“Our data is a mess.”

Everyone's is. We fix only the data your first play needs, not the whole company. Most first plays run on information you already have in spreadsheets, email, and the systems you pay for today.

04

“We tried an AI tool and nobody used it.”

Most AI failures are scoping failures. The tool didn't pay back fast enough to earn anyone's attention. We start with payback scoring and build into your team's existing workflow, so the first system funds the next one.

Your next step

Find your plays this month. Have the first one running this quarter.

Start with a 10-minute intake. Then two focused hours with Mike, and a written plan within 7 days that you keep whether or not you hire us. No pitch, and no upsell unless you ask.

Payback Guarantee: If your Deep Dive doesn't surface at least one AI play worth more than the $2,500 you invest, we refund your fee in full.

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“AI for speed and signal. Humans for relationships and revenue.”

Mike Sweigart · Managing Partner, Technology & AI