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Practical AI for small business owners

We run our own businesses on this.
Then we build it for yours.

Truckee AI helps small business owners turn AI into working systems: fewer dropped balls, faster decisions, and more hours back each week.

No tech team. No bloated software. No course that leaves you with homework instead of a working system.

Get your free 15-min Mini → See how it works

For owners · operators · realtors · contractors · coaches · solopreneurs · individuals

5–10

hours/week returned

24 hr

to your custom report

3–7

tools matched to you

0

tech skills needed

The truth about AI tools

You don't need 47 AI tools. You need 6.

We run our own businesses on AI every day. These are the tools we'd hand a friend if they asked what to actually use — paired down, plain-English, the ones that stick.

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The Roadmap matches the right ones to your business — and tells you which to skip.

How it works

One clear path. No jargon required.

  1. 01

    Start free — the 15-Minute Mini

    A quick call where we find one place AI saves you time and hand you the exact tool to do it. Free, no pitch, no strings. Most people leave with a tool that saves 1–2 hours a week.

    Book the free Mini →

  2. 02

    Go deeper — the AI Roadmap ($999)

    A 45-minute walkthrough of your week, then a custom written report in 24 hours: your Top 3 plays, the tools to use (and skip), the ROI math, a 30/60/90 plan, and a 30-minute review call to walk it together.

    See the Roadmap →

  3. 03

    Get ongoing help — the AI Concierge ($1,500/mo)

    Want a partner instead of a one-time report? Two strategy calls a month plus unlimited voice-message access — we help you find bottlenecks, pick tools, and ship wins as the AI landscape keeps changing.

    See the Concierge →

  4. 04

    Have us build it — Custom Agent Build (from $2,500)

    When a win is worth building, we build it for you and hand it over. Yours to keep. The $999 Roadmap applies as a credit toward your Build.

The Story

Why this exists.

I run two businesses already — a real estate practice in Truckee and a tennis and pickleball coaching operation. A few years in, the admin overflow was eating my evenings. No human assistant could keep up with the calendar juggling, the follow-ups, the listings, the lesson scheduling, the client notes. So I built AI agents to run the repeatable parts.

Once it was working, I started noticing every other small business owner I knew was in the same boat. The contractor hand-typing estimates at 10 p.m. on a Tuesday. The landscaper missing leads because the inbox got buried. The realtor doing data entry instead of selling.

Most of them don't need a "digital transformation." They need two or three specific workflows fixed, in plain language, by someone who sticks around long enough to make sure it works.

That's what we do. Nothing more, nothing less.

How We Work

Five ground rules.

01

Plain English, always.

If we can't explain it in two sentences, we don't ship it. No acronyms, no hand-waving, no theater.

02

Your tools, your stack.

We build on what you already use. No rip-and-replace. No new subscriptions unless they earn their keep.

03

Hours, not features.

Success is measured in time returned to your week, not in dashboards or activity reports. We count, you verify.

04

You own what we build.

Everything we ship is yours — prompts, playbooks, templates, automations. Take it and run it on your own. Or keep us on a monthly retainer to run it with you, fix what breaks, and ship what's next. Your call.

05

Honest, even when it costs us.

If AI isn't the right answer, we'll say so. If you don't need more help, we'll tell you. That's the deal.

Where We Fit

The big AI labs aren't coming to your shop.

In May 2026, OpenAI launched a $4 billion consulting arm called DeployCo. The mission: send engineers into Fortune 500 companies to actually implement AI for them. The biggest AI lab in the world finally admitted what's been obvious for two years — powerful models alone don't change businesses. Hands-on implementation does.

DeployCo serves the enterprise. The contractor, the landscaper, the cabinet shop, the wedding photographer — the long tail of small businesses that runs most of the American economy — gets none of it. That's exactly who Truckee AI was built for.

OpenAI just spent $4 billion on this. For the Fortune 500. We do it for yours.

Who We Built This For

Small businesses and the people who want to lead them into AI.

01

Contractors & trades

Estimates, proposals, job photos, invoicing, follow-ups. The paperwork that steals your weekends.

02

Shops, restaurants & retail

Social posts, menus, vendor emails, review responses. Small stuff that adds up to hours every week.

03

Service pros & solos

Bookkeepers, designers, coaches, agents, therapists, consultants. Anyone billing hours and drowning in admin.

04

Individuals & operators

Professionals and curious minds who want their own AI agent for their personal workflow — research, scheduling, follow-ups. Custom builds work for individuals too.

Cleve Langford, founder of Truckee AI

Cleve Langford · Truckee, CA

Who's behind this

Built by an operator, for operators.

I'm Cleve. Based in Truckee, California. Real estate agent in the North Tahoe market, tennis and pickleball coach on the side. I built Truckee AI to handle what no human assistant could keep up with — then started building the same thing for other operators who'd hit the same wall.

Reachable. Direct. I read every email myself.

cleve@truckeeai.com →

From the field

Real businesses. Real hours back.

We're shipping our first wave of Roadmaps right now. Want to be one of the founding customers and have your story featured here? First five customers get the Roadmap at $749 in exchange for an honest testimonial.

Become a founding customer →

FAQ

Common questions.

I'm not technical. Is this for me?

Especially for you. The whole point is to hand you tools that work without making you learn to code, prompt-engineer, or manage subscriptions. If you can use email and text messages, you can use what we build.

How is this different from a free AI quiz or YouTube tutorial?

YouTube is generic — it teaches the tool. The Roadmap is specific to YOUR week, YOUR tools, YOUR business. It names which tools to use, ranks them by impact, calculates the ROI on your numbers, and gives you a 30/60/90 plan. Plus a 30-minute review call to walk it together.

Do I have to replace my current software?

No. We build on what you already use — QuickBooks, Google Workspace, Square, your CRM, whatever. AI layers on top. It doesn't rip-and-replace.

What if AI isn't the right answer for me?

We'll tell you. Honest, even when it costs us. If your problem isn't an AI problem, we won't pretend it is.

Will AI replace my employees?

No. The goal is to give you and your team back the hours spent on low-value admin so everyone focuses on the work customers actually pay for.

What industries do you serve?

Most small businesses and individuals. We don't serve healthcare, legal, or financial advisory — compliance risk we're not set up for.

Ready to reclaim your hours?

Book the 45-minute AI Roadmap. We'll map your workflows live and send your custom report within 24 hours. Money-back guarantee if it doesn't deliver a clear next step.

Book my Roadmap — $999 → cleve@truckeeai.com