The reason we take on work in San Francisco is that the businesses here tend to be sharper about what they want than the brief lets on. AI strategy for a San Francisco team almost always ends up looking different to AI strategy for a downtown Auckland one.
AI strategy designed around the way a San Francisco team actually runs.
Our goal is to give San Francisco businesses a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI strategy actually does
A clear-eyed AI roadmap built for your business - not a generic deck. We sit with your team, map the high-value plays, and write the build order. You leave with a plan you could actually start tomorrow.
- 01 On-site discovery with the people doing the work
- 02 Ranked initiatives with ROI, effort, and risk
- 03 Tool selection - not married to any vendor
- 04 Phased 90-day plan you can execute or hand off
Built on: Claude Notion Miro Linear
Without Kiwi Dynamics
With Kiwi Dynamics
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI strategy runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for San Francisco businesses first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI strategy compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
What we keep seeing in San Francisco.
- San Francisco is where the AI industry itself is headquartered - any AI pitched here is judged against the frontier labs a few blocks away, not against a competitor's landing page.
- The highest concentration of AI research labs and startups anywhere in the world, sitting alongside legacy finance and professional services firms adopting AI for the first time. San Francisco is the least forgiving market for a weak AI product, and the best one for a genuinely strong one.
We work with teams across San Francisco: Financial District · SoMa · Mission District · Marina · Nob Hill · Hayes Valley.
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How we build AI strategy for a San Francisco team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your San Francisco business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI roadmap + plan.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing San Francisco businesses the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for San Francisco teams
What changes for San Francisco teams after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided. Most plans pay for themselves in the first build.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
What's the realistic timeline for AI strategy with a San Francisco?
Most San Francisco businesses have their first usable slice in week 5 or 6. We'd rather ship narrow and real than broad and aspirational - your team gets to use the thing well before the engagement is "done".
What does AI strategy cost for a San Francisco?
Pilots start from a fixed scope priced to land a measurable result inside 6 weeks. Pricing depends on data volume, integration complexity, and whether you need us on managed services afterwards. We'll quote precisely after a 30-minute scoping call.
Has this actually shipped for a real San Francisco?
Yes. Most plans pay for themselves in the first build. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
What happens if we want to swap a vendor out later?
AI strategy is built behind a small adapter layer specifically so swapping a model provider or a data source is a one-day job, not a re-architecture. Claude, Notion, Miro, Linear are our defaults, but the build is intentionally portable.
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Tell us what you're trying to fix. We'll come back inside a working day.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.