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Your embedded AI operator.
Futureman Labs offers an embedded AI operator retainer at $10,000 USD/mo for owner-operated businesses that have outgrown spreadsheets, Airtable and disconnected tools. One technical person inside your business, building and running the internal apps, integrations, agents and automations you actually need. You own the stack.
3-month initial term, then month to month. Billed in USD at your card's local exchange rate.
Who this is for
Owner-operated businesses, typically $1M to $20M in revenue, with physical-world operations: construction, manufacturing, distribution and wholesale, property, ecommerce ops. The business runs on spreadsheets, an Airtable base someone built two years ago, WhatsApp threads, and a CRM no one reads.
You do not want a vendor or an agency. You want one technical person embedded in the business who understands how the work actually happens, ships the systems, and is accountable for whether they hold up.
What you get
- A weekly operating cadence with you and your team
- Builds shipped continuously: internal apps, integrations, agents, automations
- A searchable record of your meetings and CRM, so the business can be asked questions
- Field-staff tooling your crews actually adopt (WhatsApp-first where it fits)
- You own the stack: self-hosted n8n, your repos, your data
- Direct access to David, the person who ships the code
What it is not
- A SaaS subscription you log into and configure yourself
- An agency with account managers between you and the work
- A fixed-scope project with a handover and a goodbye
Have one half-built system and want to finish it yourself? Capstone, the six-week build cohort, is the better door.
How the first month runs
Map
Week one: where time and money leak. The spreadsheets, the Airtable base, the WhatsApp threads, the CRM nobody reads.
Build
Weeks two to four: the first system ships against the step that costs the most. Small, reliable, in production.
Approve
A person signs off before anything writes to your CRM, accounting or inventory. Automation removes the typing, not the judgment.
Run
Every week after that: ship the next build, keep the last one accurate, and answer the questions the business is asking.
Proof, not promises
The same approach, applied to real businesses. Every number below comes from a published case study.
Construction / Building Materials
Reconciling a $60M Construction Sales Pipeline Into One View
Ecommerce / Shopify
Shopify Store Audit Case Study: AI Agents Found $190K in 6 Minutes
Property Development
How a Property Developer Cut Deal Sourcing Time in Half Without an AI Agent
Ecommerce Automation
Make to n8n Migration Case Study: $4,320 a Year Saved
Construction / Manufacturing
Running the Ops Stack for a Brick-Cladding Manufacturer
Distribution / Wholesale
Replacing Airtable With a Procurement and Warehouse App
Property Development
Budget Tracking and AI Cost Prediction for a Property Developer
Frequently asked questions
$10,000 USD/mo. One person, accountable.
Book a call and I will tell you honestly whether the retainer is the right fit, or whether Capstone or a smaller build gets you there faster.