New customer, leak over the garage, 22 Beacon St
Asked about the roof's age and got photos by text. Offered Thursday at 9. Booked it, confirmed with the caller, added it to Thursday's route.
- Written to your CRM
- Nothing sent to anyone but the caller
AI for your business, built and run
We build what
stays built.
Solaio builds AI into the work that costs you the most, then runs it, fixes what breaks and keeps improving it for as long as you stay. It answers your calls, writes your quotes and keeps your books, in your words. You never touch a model or a token.
The problem
Where does your week actually go?
Not the work. The work around the work. None of it is why you started the business.
- Calls you missed because you were on a job
- Quotes written at 9 pm
- Follow-ups you meant to send
- Invoices matched to deposits by hand
- The same question answered for the fifth time
What's happening out there
0%
of small businesses say they're already using AI.
Three-quarters. Up from a minority two years ago. Your competitors are in this survey.
76%: Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices, n=1,256 US owners, fielded Jan 27 to Feb 4, 2026 (Babson College, David Binder Research). Trend: U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Empowering Small Business, Aug 2025 (Teneo Research).
The part nobody says out loud
0%
say AI is fully embedded in how the business runs.
Trying a chatbot is easy. Getting a system to reliably do the work, every day, without you babysitting it, is not. That gap is the whole job.
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices, fielded Jan 27 to Feb 4, 2026, n=1,256. Cited barriers: lack of technical expertise, difficulty choosing tools, data privacy.
When it's actually running
The businesses that got it working are reporting real time back.
0%say AI improved their productivity, up from 46% in mid-2024
43% vs 2%report revenue up because of AI, versus down
0%say it shortened their workday (8% say longer)
5.6 hrssaved per employee per week; 7.2 for managers
First three: Intuit QuickBooks 2026 AI Impact Report, May 2026, 34,000+ SMB owners with University of Chicago economists, US figures. Hours: business.com 2026 Small Business AI Outlook, Jan 2026, n=1,009 US businesses of 2 to 250 employees.
Why the numbers disagree
1 in 5
is what the Census Bureau counts, at most.
Same country, same year: 17 to 20% of businesses, and under 20% for firms with fewer than 20 employees. The difference is the question. "Have you tried an AI tool?" versus "is AI used in a business function?"
U.S. Census Bureau, Business Trends and Outlook Survey, collections Dec 14, 2025 to May 3, 2026.
How we count it
A tool you tried once is not a workforce. We count AI as working for you only when it holds a job: a named function, a rule for what it may do, and a record of what it did. That's the number we'll show you on the audit, and it starts at zero.
- A number the system can defend
- Never a number it can't
Where it grows
Your answering service+
your CRM+
your email marketing+
your scheduler+
your bookkeeper+
your SOP binder=
your AI OS
Except they talk to each other, and they do the work. One workflow first, then the next.
What it's made of
Eight areas of the business. One memory of how you do things.
Each area is a role with a job description and rules for what it may do on its own.
- IntakeCalls, texts and forms answered and booked
- SalesQuotes drafted in your words, at your margin
- MarketingEmails written from what you actually said
- Customer“Are you still coming at 1?” answered from the real schedule
- OperationsRoutes, checklists and the crew's morning text
- Back officeInvoices matched to deposits before you're up
- Company brainOne answer about any customer, for every employee
- TrainingYour SOPs, kept current, taught the same way to everyone
A Tuesday, with it running
What a day looks like.
Re-roof, 14 Elm St, returning customer
Priced from your last 40 comparable jobs at your usual margin, written in your words. It's above the threshold you set, so it waits for you.
- Draft in your inbox, photos attached
- Not sent. That takes you.
Yesterday's invoices, matched to deposits
Most matched on the first pass. Two are past terms, so reminders are drafted in your words. One deposit has no invoice behind it.
- Matched before you were up
- The odd deposit was flagged, not forced to fit
How an engagement runs
We learn your business first. Then we build, then we run it.
- 1
Audit
How the business actually runs, the work that costs you most, and what we would build and what it would save. A written diagnosis, math shown. Free.
- 2
Build
One workflow first, connected to your tools and tested on real work. Quietly at first, until it has earned its place. Free when you sign a monthly retainer, three months minimum.
- 3
Run
We run it, fix what breaks and keep improving it, with a weekly report. You never touch a model. Scope and pricing follow the audit.
What you can count on
Anyone can wire up an AI tool. Keeping it reliable is the work.
You decide what it may do
What it may just do, what comes to you first, what it must never touch. Set on the audit call, in your words.
Nothing reaches a customer without you
Every email, text and quote is drafted by the system and sent by you, until you say otherwise.
It refuses to guess
A number it can't defend, it won't print. It says what's missing instead.
Why it's different from buying software
It gets better without you doing anything.
Software you buy ages. A system we operate appreciates: every improvement in the underlying AI reaches you as a free upgrade, because we own the stack and you own the outcome.
- No models, tokens or vendors to manage
- Reliability, security and improvement are ours
- A weekly report of what it did and what it didn't
Next step
Start with the audit.
One conversation about how the business actually runs. You get a written diagnosis with the math shown. Then we decide together what, if anything, to build.
- 1We book the audit. It's free and takes about 24 hours.
- 2You get the written diagnosis. It's yours whether or not we go further.
- 3We decide together what to build first. The build is free when you sign on for us to run it.
Solaio · Sol-Aye-oh
The load-bearing layer nobody looks at and everything stands on. We build it under your business, and we run it.
Sources
Every number on this page.
- Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Voices, national survey of 1,256 small business owners, fielded Jan 27 to Feb 4, 2026 by Babson College and David Binder Research; released Mar 18, 2026. 76% currently using AI · 93% of users report a positive impact · 84% cite efficiency and productivity · 14% say AI is fully embedded in core operations · 73% would benefit from training and implementation help.
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Empowering Small Business: The Impact of Technology on U.S. Small Business, fourth edition, Aug 18, 2025, research by Teneo. Generative AI use 58% (2025), 40% (2024), 23% (2023).
- Intuit QuickBooks, 2026 AI Impact Report, May 2026, with economists at the University of Chicago; 34,000+ SMB owner responses and anonymized data from 5.3M businesses across the US, Canada, UK and Australia. US figures: 77% use AI regularly · 78% say productivity improved (46% in Jul 2024) · 43% revenue up vs 2% down · 27% shorter workday vs 8% longer · 17% added headcount vs 4% cut.
- business.com, 2026 Small Business AI Outlook Report, Jan 20, 2026, with Dialog; 1,009 leaders and employees at US businesses with 2 to 250 employees. 5.6 hours saved per employee per week; 7.2 for managers, 3.4 for individual contributors.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Business Trends and Outlook Survey, collections Dec 14, 2025 to May 3, 2026, published May 2026. 17 to 20% of businesses using AI in any business function; under 20% for firms with fewer than 20 employees.