// Practical AI for local businesses
Get more done with less busywork.
Practical AI for local businesses. We build websites, CMS platforms, AI tools, and custom apps you'll actually use every day.
What we build
Three things, built to work together
A small business website, the AI helpers behind it, and the custom tools that fill the gaps. No jargon, no bloat.
Websites & CMS
Fast, clear sites you can update yourself. Built for customers, not clutter.
Websites & CMS →Practical AI tools
Assistants, automations, and workflows that save hours - no enterprise bloat.
Practical AI tools →Custom tools & apps
The missing piece in your stack: portals, internal tools, booking, ops.
Custom tools & apps →
One team, not three vendors
The website and the tools behind it.
Most small businesses hire a web designer, then go looking elsewhere for automation, then someone else again for custom software. Three vendors, three invoices, and nobody owns how it all fits together.
We build the website and the AI helper or internal tool behind it, end to end. One conversation, one team, and tools that talk to each other from day one.
The usual way
- Web designer
- Automation consultant
- Custom software developer
With Purplecones
- Website & CMS
- AI tools & workflows
- Custom apps & portals
Selected work
Real projects, in daily use
Dashboards, AI-powered management, and websites your team can run. A few things we've shipped.
Custom tool
Construction Dashboards
A live client view of budget, risk, invoices, and schedule, so everyone sees the same numbers.
Practical AI
Commonly
AI-powered coop management for housing coops, taking the admin load off volunteer boards.
Websites & CMS
Braid
AI-assisted websites and CMS for local businesses: clear pages owners can update themselves.
How it works
Starting is the easy part
No long discovery decks. We listen, scope something practical, and build it with you.
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Tell us what's broken.
The clunky booking process, the site you can't edit, the spreadsheet everyone dreads. Plain words are fine.
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We scope a practical fix.
A website, an AI assistant, a workflow automation, or a custom internal tool. Whatever actually solves it, and nothing extra.
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We build, launch, and hand it over.
You get it in a form you can run yourself, with no mystery and no lock-in to our help desk.
// Start a conversation
Tell us what's broken.
A website that needs rebuilding, an AI chatbot for your small business website, or a tool your team is missing. Send a few lines and we'll take it from there.
Replies within 24h - a person, not an autoresponder.