Most AI vendors sell software you install yourself, then bill you per message, per seat, or per API call. We don't. Kyoto Avenue builds custom AI tools and agentic workflows for businesses, installs them, and stays on the account. Two modes: bespoke engagements scoped to your problem, and productized installs we've already battle-tested. One operator per account. Flat or fixed-scope pricing. No metering, no queue.
Most AI projects break down into two shapes. Either you have a specific problem nobody has built for, or you have a problem we've already solved for someone else. We do both. The work changes, the principles don't.
You have a process that eats hours a week, a decision that depends on data scattered across systems, or a customer interaction that's too nuanced for a templated tool. We scope it, build it, install it, and operate it.
If your problem is one we've shipped a solution for, you skip the discovery call. Pay the setup fee, we install on your site, you're using it next week. Flat monthly after. We won't make you a custom thing if a pre-built one fits.
Whether you're booking a custom build or signing up for a productized install, the shape of the engagement is the same. Discovery, build, install, operate.
20-minute call. We ask about the problem and the system around it. If a productized install fits, we say so. If a custom build is required, we scope it. If AI is the wrong tool, we tell you that too.
Custom builds: weeks, not months. Productized installs: 48 hours from signup. Every model choice, every integration, every fallback path gets logged so we can debug it later. No black boxes.
You don't paste a config file into a settings page on your own. We deploy it, wire it into your existing tools, and watch the first day of real traffic with you. If something looks off in the first week, we fix it on us.
One named operator owns your install. They know your business, watch the error logs, and answer when you call. We don't disappear after delivery. The thing has to keep working, and that's our job too.
The AI-agency category is crowded with consultancies that ship a deck and disappear, and SaaS vendors that bill per token. We don't fit either pattern. Here's the line, in plain terms.
Every Kyoto Avenue engagement runs with a single senior operator from the discovery call through ongoing operation. Same person scopes the work, builds the system, deploys it, and is who you reach when something needs changing. No tiered support, no account-manager layer, no junior-engineer handoffs.
We keep the engagement count small on purpose so each one gets real attention. If your problem isn't a fit for what we ship, we'll say so on the discovery call.
Custom build or productized install, the first call is 20 minutes and free. Bring a problem, not a spec. We'll tell you whether AI is the right tool, what shape the engagement would take, and roughly what it would cost. If we're not a fit, we'll say that too.
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