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AI CONSULTING · AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS

AI consulting and custom development for teams that need the real thing.

TIN designs and operates fully autonomous AI systems for companies that want to remove the human from the loop — and keep it out. We've built production systems since 2004. Now we build ones that run themselves.

We start as your AI advisor. We end as the team that keeps your autonomous systems running around the clock — in secure, private infrastructure. No public-cloud exposure. No vendor lock-in. Just systems that work.

Autonomous agent · liveRunning 24/7
AI agent
CRMread · write
ERPlegacy API
PostgresMCP
Voice / PSTNTelnyx
Internal toolsCLI
6 systems connectedHuman-in-the-loop: optional
Advise → build → operate.
One partner, the whole arc.
130+ systems shipped
since 2004.
Private infrastructure.
Your data stays yours.
Accepting Q3 2026.
Limited engagements.
What we do

We don't just consult. We stay.

Most AI firms hand you a roadmap and leave. We don't. TIN works with companies on a long-term basis — advising on what to build, building it ourselves, and staying in as the team that keeps it running.

01Advise

We tell you what to build.

We audit your existing systems, identify where autonomous AI creates the most leverage, and design the architecture. No slides. No vague frameworks. A real technical plan.

02Build

We build it bespoke.

Every system we create is custom — designed for your stack, your data, your workflows. We don't sell you a SaaS platform. We build you the thing itself.

03Operate

We keep it running.

Autonomous systems don't babysit themselves. We monitor, improve, and evolve your AI around the clock — so you don't have to hire a team to do it.

The hardest part of AI isn't AI

The bottleneck is integration, not intelligence.

Every company we talk to has the same problem. The AI is capable. But it can't talk to the software they've used for five years, the CRM embedded in their workflows, the ERP no one is allowed to touch.

Replacing those systems isn't an option. Connecting to them is. We build the connectors, bridges, and translation layers that let autonomous AI live inside the environment you already operate in — without changing how you work.

The biggest challenge with AI isn't AI. It's how AI interacts with your existing world.
Translation layer
Autonomous
AI agent
Legacy · 2014
ERP system
Autonomous
AI agent
Internal
Ops tooling
Autonomous
AI agent
Embedded
CRM

Nothing replaced. Everything connected.

Services

What we build.

Seven service lines, one operating model. Most engagements combine several — advisory leads to a build, a build becomes a system we operate.

01

AI Strategy & Advisory

Know what to build before you build it.

We sit with your leadership, audit your systems, and design an AI roadmap specific to your operations — where autonomous AI creates real leverage, and where it won't. About 30% of discovery calls end with us recommending a different path. The rest become long-term partnerships.

  • AI feasibility audit & roadmap
  • Architecture design
  • Build / buy / partner recommendation
  • Vendor-neutral guidance
$15k – $35k2–4 weeks
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02

Custom AI Development

Bespoke systems. Not off-the-shelf products.

Every AI system TIN builds is custom-engineered for the client. We don't resell platforms — we build the thing, and we build it to run in production, not in a demo.

  • Autonomous agents — single & multi-agent
  • RAG pipelines on your proprietary data
  • Fine-tuned, domain-specific models
  • Multi-stage workflows with human escape hatches
  • Evaluation suites & observability dashboards
$45k – $120k6–10 weeks typical
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03

Integration & Connector Engineering

AI that actually works inside your company.

Your existing software doesn't need to be replaced — it needs to be connected. We specialize in the integrations that let autonomous AI read, write, and act inside the systems you already run: ERP, CRM, internal tools, legacy APIs.

  • MCP servers — Model Context Protocol connectors that give agents structured, safe access to any system, including internal tools and proprietary APIs with no public integration.
  • CLI tooling — agent-native command-line interfaces that cut token cost ~35× versus equivalent API calls and raise agent reliability.
  • REST & GraphQL adapters — traditional integration layers where that's the right fit.
  • Event-driven pipelines — webhook, queue, and streaming integrations for real-time autonomous workflows.
The company that can't integrate AI into its existing stack is the company that falls behind. We make that problem disappear.
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04

Private AI Infrastructure

Your AI. Your data. Not theirs.

For companies that can't expose data to public-cloud AI providers, TIN operates private infrastructure where your models are trained, fine-tuned, and deployed. Your proprietary data never leaves a controlled environment.

  • Private compute for training & fine-tuning
  • Air-gapped or VPC-isolated deployment
  • Your own model weights — no vendor API dependency
  • Compliance-friendly for regulated industries
  • Ongoing infrastructure & model management
$40k – $150k setup6–12 weeks
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05

Voice & Communications AI

Autonomous systems that talk to people.

Telephony-grade voice AI on real PSTN infrastructure — not toy demos. Inbound and outbound agents that handle full conversations, transfer calls, take action, and escalate only when necessary. Built on Telnyx and Twilio backends.

  • Inbound agents — support, intake, triage
  • Outbound campaigns — reminders, follow-up, qualification
  • Cloud PBX & contact-center AI
  • Real-time transcription & conversation intelligence
  • SMS & WhatsApp automation
$75k – $250k10–16 weeks typical
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06

Commerce AI

Shopify. Headless. Autonomous.

A senior Shopify partner with deep commerce-AI expertise — from custom theme development to AI sales agents embedded in storefronts. 36+ stores delivered, DTC to B2B catalogs.

  • Custom Shopify Plus themes — conversion-optimized
  • Headless Shopify with custom frontends
  • AI sales agents with chat-to-checkout
  • Support bots trained on your catalog
  • Order & inventory automation
$2.5k – $8.5k/mo pluginTheme build $25k–$60k
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07

Operate & Retain

The team that stays.

Autonomous systems don't run on autopilot forever. Models drift. APIs change. Edge cases surface. We offer ongoing retainers covering monitoring, improvement, incident response, and model updates for the systems we build. This is what makes the partnership work — we're not gone after delivery. We're the team that keeps the thing running.

$8k – $25k/monthFlexible scope · ongoing
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How we work

An extension of your team — not an outside vendor.

We do our best work as part of an integrated team. For companies with an existing technology group, we act as an extension of it — embedded, sharing tools and standups. For companies without one, we become that technology team. Either way, we're collaborative and cooperative, never exclusive or territorial.

Mode A

Extension of your team

You have engineers. We slot in alongside them — in your repos, your standups, your tools — adding the autonomous-AI capability your team doesn't have the bandwidth or specialism to build. Your people stay in the loop and own the system after us.

Mode B

We are your team

No technology team yet? We become it. Strategy, build, infrastructure, and operations under one roof — a full technical function you can rely on until you're ready to hire your own, at which point we hand over cleanly.

The arc of an engagement

Advisory first. Build second. Operate always.

01

Discovery

Listen, ask, decide honestly.

45 MIN · FREE
02

Scoped proposal

Fixed price. Fixed scope. Fixed timeline.

1–2 WEEKS
03

Staged build

Working software every two weeks.

4–16 WEEKS · MILESTONES
04

Deliver & operate

We hand over the system, docs, runbook, and keys.

HANDOVER + OPTIONAL RETAINER
Pricing

Transparent bands. No mystery.

Real ranges, not "contact us." We'll land on a fixed number after discovery.

EngagementTypical rangeTimeline
Discovery & technical strategy
$15k – $35k
2–4 weeks
Custom AI build
$45k – $120k
6–10 weeks
Platform build — multi-tenant SaaS
$120k – $400k
12–20 weeks
Voice automation
$75k – $250k
10–16 weeks
Shopify headless build
$60k – $180k
8–14 weeks
Private AI infrastructure setup
$40k – $150k
6–12 weeks
Ongoing operate / improve — retainer
$8k – $25k/mo
Ongoing
130+
Systems shipped since 2004
24/7
Autonomous systems in production
14
Countries served
35×
Token reduction via agent-native CLIs
0
Public-cloud exposures for private clients
FAQ

The questions senior buyers ask.

A system that executes its function without a human approving each step. A human sets the objectives and reviews outcomes; the system handles everything in between — gathering data, making decisions, taking actions, handling exceptions — around the clock. We build the escape hatches too: a human can step in at any point.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) is the standard that lets AI agents connect to external tools and data sources in a structured, safe way. Most companies have systems that predate AI entirely — CRMs, ERPs, internal tools. An MCP server is what allows an agent to read and write to those systems without brittle prompt engineering or fragile API wrappers. We build custom MCP servers for any system, including ones with no public API.
A command-line interface built for agents lets them interact with tools using dramatically fewer tokens than REST API calls — roughly 35 times fewer. For agents making thousands of tool calls a day, that changes the economics entirely. We build agent-native CLIs for any tool your organization uses.
We operate compute — on dedicated hardware or inside your own VPC — where your models are trained, fine-tuned, and run. Your data is never sent to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or any public-cloud AI service for training. You retain ownership of all model weights. This matters most for regulated industries and proprietary data you can't expose.
Yes. We don't require greenfield. We can layer autonomous systems on top of existing AI tools, integrate with models you've already licensed, or replace components that aren't working. We're tool-agnostic and vendor-neutral — we recommend what's best for your situation.
ACCEPTING Q3 2026

Start with a conversation, not a contract.

Discovery runs 45 minutes and costs nothing. We'll tell you honestly whether autonomous AI is the right move — and whether we're the right team to build it.

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