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Questions business owners ask before they pay for AI

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Each page here answers one question a business owner asked before paying for AI. Airu Labs builds custom AI systems for small and mid-size companies, wired into the software they already use. Every answer comes with something you can use the same day: a checklist, a comparison table, a calculator or a worked example.

Should we use AI at all?

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Is AI automation worth it? An ROI calculator for a small business

An ROI calculator for what the manual work costs you, and three cases where the answer is no.

What can it do in my business?

Answer

Can AI work inside QuickBooks? What it can read, write and should leave alone

What a system can read in QuickBooks, what it can write, and what should stay with a person.

Who should build it?

Answer

Ten questions to ask before you hire an AI developer

Ten questions for the first call, with the answer to listen for and the red flag.
On this page
  1. Where should you start?
  2. Who writes these answers?
  3. What if your question is not here?

Where should you start?

Start with the group that matches where you are. The pages are sorted by the decision in front of you.

If you already know the job you want done and are choosing who builds it, begin with the ten questions to ask before you hire an AI developer.

If you do not have a job in mind yet, read how to find the first job worth automating first.

Who writes these answers?

Mendy Friedman, the founder of Airu Labs, who builds custom AI systems for companies. Where a page gives a number from our own work, the case studies say how it was measured. Where a page reports what another company says about its own product, that company’s page is listed at the end.

You can read more about him and the company on the About page.

What if your question is not here?

Ask it. Book a 30-minute call and describe the job you are thinking about. If AI is the wrong answer, we say so on the call.