AI consulting in Chicago
Custom AI agents built around your business
A useful AI agent needs a defined job, trustworthy information, appropriate tools, and clear limits. We build agents that support specific business workflows rather than general-purpose demos that never become part of daily operations.
Discuss your projectA strong fit for
Where this service creates value
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Teams searching across scattered internal knowledge
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Roles that repeatedly research, summarize, draft, or coordinate
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Customer service operations with recurring questions and procedures
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Businesses that need AI to take controlled actions across existing tools
How we approach it
Built for the work, not the demo.
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Define the job
We specify the users, inputs, decisions, actions, boundaries, and handoffs before selecting a model or framework.
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Ground and connect
The agent receives relevant business knowledge and only the tools and permissions required for its defined work.
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Evaluate before scaling
Realistic test cases measure answer quality, task completion, failure modes, and the effectiveness of human escalation.
What you receive
Clear work products and next decisions.
The finished agent should fit into an existing way of working, make its sources and limitations clear, and produce results that can be evaluated—not simply create an impressive conversation.
- Agent role, permissions, and success criteria
- Knowledge retrieval and source citation design
- Tool connections and controlled actions
- Evaluation set, safety checks, and monitoring
- Deployment, documentation, and team training
Common questions
Before we talk.
Is a custom agent the same as a chatbot?
Not necessarily. A chatbot is one possible interface. An agent may also work inside an operational process, research task, support queue, or internal application.
Can an agent use our internal documents?
Yes, when access, document quality, permissions, and security requirements support it. We design retrieval and citations so users can verify important outputs.
A practical next step
Talk through the opportunity with a Chicago AI consultant.
No generic pitch. Start with the business problem, what you have already tried, and what a useful result would change.
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