Software & consulting

Get the software built, or get AI running the busywork.

Two ways to put technology to work. We build the custom tools you need, or we set up an AI system that handles the repetitive work, using your own data and tools.

AI setup from $250. Custom builds from $1,500. No lock-in.

Set up AI with me

Your business shouldn't run on you alone.

In about an hour we set up an AI operating system on your real work: your knowledge, your tools, your workflows in one place that keeps working while you do not.

85% of teams already have the skills to use AI. Only 25% use it regularly.
IBM, 2026 survey of 2,000 CEOs. That gap is the difference between owning AI and talking about it.

How each session runs

  1. 01

    Audit

    We find the repeating work worth automating, starting from the intake answers you send before we meet.

  2. 02

    Optimize

    We fix the process first, cutting the wasted steps before any of it gets automated.

  3. 03

    Automate

    We hand the leaned-up task to a skill or command you run in one line.

What you walk away with

CLAUDE.md
A file that describes your business in your own words. From then on the AI reads it every session and answers like someone who works for you.
connections
We connect one real tool you already use - your inbox, calendar, Xero or MYOB - so the AI works on your actual data, not a demo.
/your-task
The job you most resent doing, running as a one-line command by the time we finish.

Start small, scale up

Start here

Trial

$25060 min

One focused hour on your real work. Written recap, working setup. Credited to setup if you carry on.

Setup

$1,500-3,000one-off

We consolidate your tools and data into one AI that handles a couple of scoped jobs. The audit folds in here.

Managed

$900-5,000/mo

Ongoing. The AI works, you approve. Three tiers - Solo, Team, Embedded - by how much runs through it.

Build

from $1,500fixed scope

A specific app, dashboard, or tool, built and handed over. You own it.

If you can spend an hour or two across the week applying what we set up, this works. Not sure you can? Book anyway, and we will focus on one thing you know you will use.

Not ready to book?

Get the info pack instead.

One email that explains what an AI session actually is, what you walk away with, and exactly what it costs. No follow-up sequence, no spam.

Prefer email? macdara@solaisoft.com

Build it for me

Custom software, shipped.

Need a specific thing built? We design, build, and ship it to production, then hand it over. Custom builds from $1,500.

  • Full-stack web apps and real-time dashboards
  • Internal tools that replace spreadsheets and manual steps
  • Edge AI and data pipelines
  • TypeScript, Next.js, FastAPI, shipped to production
Who you work with

You work directly with the person who builds it.

I build AI systems that run on their own: a self-hosted voice assistant, a certification platform with thousands of questions, and pipelines that do their work overnight and report back in the morning. I run the same kind of AI operating system on my own work every day.

More about the studio
Book

Book your session.

Sixty minutes, $250, remote. Pick a time below. You will get a short intake form to fill out before we meet so we use the hour well.

booking calendar

The live booking calendar drops in here. For now, email me to grab a time and I'll send a slot back the same day.

Email to book

Booked already? See exactly how to prepare. Prefer email first? Reach me at macdara@solaisoft.com.

FAQ

Straight answers.

Do I need to be technical?
No. If you can use email and a browser, you can do this. You make the business calls, I handle the technical setup.
I have never used AI. Is that a problem?
No. Most people start from zero. The first session uses your real work, not demos.
What do I need to buy?
A Claude subscription, about $20 a month, and an hour. Nothing else to start.
Why only $250 for the first session?
One focused hour with an experienced practitioner, a written recap, and a working setup. It is the lowest-risk way in, on purpose.
What if it does not work?
If you finish the session without something useful working, tell me and I will make it right.
How is this different from a YouTube course?
A course talks at everyone. This is your business, your tools, and your data, with someone in the room when something breaks.
Aren't there official Anthropic skills I could install myself?
Yes. I set those official skills up on your real tools, tune them to how you work, and put the routine ones on a schedule with an approval step. The skills are the parts. I do the assembly, on your business, with someone in the room when it breaks.
Will my data be safe, and does this fit Australian tools?
Yes. Nothing sends, pays, or changes without your say-so - routines pause for your approval before anything goes out, and you can disconnect any account at any time. The skills ship US-first, so I rework them for the Australian tools you actually run, like Xero and MYOB, and your own terminology. I set up the software; I do not give tax or accounting advice, and your registered agent stays in charge of that.
Do you work with my industry?
Probably. The system adapts to what you do. Regulated sectors like health, legal, and finance we talk through upfront.
Can you just build me something, without the AI setup?
Yes. That is the build track: a fixed-scope app, dashboard, or tool, from $1,500. You own what we ship.
Is there an ongoing option, or is it all one-off?
Yes. The managed retainer keeps your AI running month to month - it works, you approve. It comes in three tiers, Solo, Team and Embedded, by how much runs through it, with a running log of everything we ship.
Get started

One hour, on your real work.

Book a session and we will set up something useful you can run the same day. No lock-in, and you keep everything we build.

macdara@solaisoft.com/Perth + remote