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AI email triage in Portland
For Portland operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
What AI email triage actually does
Inbox gets the AI treatment – drafts replies, files quotes, escalates the urgent, and snoozes the noise. Your team starts the day at zero, not 200 unread.
We've worked with enough operators in Portland to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI email triage project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
- 01 Drafts replies in your tone, ready to send
- 02 Auto-files attachments to the right job folder
- 03 Detects complaints and pings the right person
- 04 Weekly digest of what was handled while you slept
Built on: Claude Gmail API Microsoft Graph Vercel
Why Portland businesses choose this
Portland runs on a mix of tech, manufacturing and a famously independent small business scene – AI here has to respect a market that's skeptical of hype by default.
What's different about doing this work in Portland.
A semiconductor and tech manufacturing base (the 'Silicon Forest'), and a dense scene of independent retailers, restaurants and makers. Portland businesses want AI that's genuinely useful, not just the current trend.
We work with teams across Portland: Downtown Portland · Pearl District · Hawthorne · Beaverton · Hillsboro · Lloyd District.
How we build AI email triage for a Portland team
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Portland business, so value lands before the build is finished. Every engagement starts with a short call and a paid discovery if the brief needs one.
AI inbox manager.
The outcome for Portland teams
Inbox time cut from 2 hours/day to under 30 minutes. For Portland teams, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Inbox time cut from 2 hours/day to under 30 minutes.
AI email triage in Portland – common questions
How long does AI email triage take to ship for Portland businesses?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks – narrow scope, real Portland businesses data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
How do you price AI email triage engagements?
Fixed-scope pilots first, then either project pricing or a small monthly retainer for the ongoing work. No long lock-ins, no 18-month black-box deals. Most Portland businesses are surprised how small the first cheque is.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes – on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Inbox time cut from 2 hours/day to under 30 minutes.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy AI email triage into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude sits in your account too – we don't operate it from ours.
The honest version of a sales call.
No deck. No discovery doc. Just whether this is worth building and what it would cost.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.