Development Industries · for business

We install an AI operations system into your business.

Not a chatbot bolted to your website. The whole operation: the phone, the follow-up, the quotes, the schedule, the invoices, the reviews, the admin and the reporting — wired into one portal, running on your own accounts, upgraded as better AI ships.

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2–4 weeksfrom kickoff to a live system
Fixed scopepublished prices, milestone billing
You own ityour accounts, your keys, your data
What we look for

Three kinds of work quietly eat a business

Every engagement starts by finding them. It is never only sales — most of what leaks is ordinary operational work that no one has time to look at.

Work that repeats

Anything a person does the same way more than twice a week. Software does it for nothing, every time, without getting bored.

Work that waits

Anything sitting in a queue because one specific person has to touch it. The bottleneck is rarely skill — it is availability.

Work that gets forgotten

The follow-up, the review ask, the callback — the things that only happen on a slow day. These are the most expensive, because you never find out what they cost.

What it runs

The whole operation, not just the front door

Most of these are already happening in your business — by hand, late, or not at all. We take them one at a time, in the order that pays for itself fastest.

Phone & intake

Calls, web chat and forms answered in seconds, day or night. The caller is qualified, the job is booked, and it lands in your calendar.

Work that repeats

Follow-up

Every lead chased on a schedule until they answer or say no. Silence is the most expensive way to lose a lead, because you never learn that you lost it.

Work that gets forgotten

Quoting & estimates

Numbers out the same day, not the same week. The estimating work is an hour; the three days are calendar, phone tag and retyping.

Work that waits

Scheduling & dispatch

The calendar fills itself, confirms itself, and reshuffles when someone cancels. No one plays phone tag to move an appointment.

Work that repeats

Invoicing & collections

Invoices go out when the work is done, not when someone remembers. Reminders run themselves. Work you already did, money you don't have yet — that gap is a setting, not a fact.

Work that gets forgotten

Reviews & referrals

The ask happens every time, automatically, at the right moment. Your best lead source is the customer you just made happy.

Work that gets forgotten

Admin & data entry

The work nobody was hired to do. Copying information from one screen to another is payroll spent on something software does for nothing.

Work that repeats

Reporting & visibility

One screen, live numbers, a monthly report that writes itself. If Monday morning takes four tools and mental math, the business runs on memory.

Work that waits

Your existing tools

Your CRM, scheduler, phone system, accounting, inbox. Nothing you already pay for gets thrown away — we connect it, we don't replace it.

Work that repeats

Your people

Private assistants that know your pricing, your policies and your history, so the answer takes ten seconds instead of asking three people.

Work that waits

Lead sources

Where the work actually comes from, measured — so the spend that works gets more and the spend that doesn't gets cut.

Work that waits

Compliance & records

Notes, consents and paper trails captured as work happens. For legal and medical clients, on infrastructure you control.

Work that gets forgotten
How it gets built

Three passes. Each one live before the next starts.

You are never waiting months to see something work. Every phase ships and earns before we move on.

Close the front door

Weeks 1–2. Nobi answers the phone and the chat, qualifies the caller, books into your calendar and confirms with the customer. Nothing rings out again.

Take the repeat work off your people

Weeks 2–4. Follow-up, quoting, invoicing, reminders and the review ask — triggered by events in the tools you already run. Nobody gets replaced; they stop doing the part of the job they hate.

One portal, one set of numbers

Weeks 4–6. Everything on one screen, plus a monthly report built from live data. Your accounts, your keys, your system.

What we actually build

Six things we build, wired into one system

We don't sell software projects. We assemble the best AI models, apps, and APIs into one operations system for your business — managed through a single portal, continuously upgraded as the industry moves.

AI

AI Intake Agents

Voice & chat agents that answer 24/7, qualify the caller, and book the job straight into your calendar.

Every after-hours call answered

Workflow Automation

Quote pipelines, follow-up cadences, reporting — the busywork your team does by hand, done by software.

Hours back, every single day
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Custom Bots & Assistants

Purpose-built assistants for intake, support, and internal ops — private, on infrastructure you control.

Your knowledge, on demand

Web Applications

Custom web software built with modern technology — portals, dashboards, booking systems.

Software shaped to your business

Data & Analytics

Turn your operational data into decisions: pipelines, dashboards, and automated ROI reporting.

Know your numbers daily

Robotics & Embedded

Nobi is the Mark series: Raspberry Pi and ESP32 robots we build from the firmware up. We started in a robotics workshop, and it shows.

The same brain, in a physical robot
How it works

From first message to live system in four steps

Free Intake Teardown

Send us your website and main phone line. We record a 5-minute video showing exactly where your intake leaks revenue. No call required.

Audit & Blueprint

One week inside your workflows. You get the numbers, the priorities, your system blueprint, and a live quick-win automation — whether or not you continue.

Install & Launch

One setup fee, fixed scope, 2–4 weeks. Your apps, APIs, and AI wired into one portal. Your team trained, everything documented, everything yours.

Upgrade Forever

The Continuity Plan keeps your system current: monitoring, fixes, monthly ROI reports — and when better AI ships, your business gets it first.

Transparent pricing

One setup fee. One maintenance plan. AI usage at cost.

Almost nobody in this space publishes prices. We do — because the ROI math should be obvious before you ever get on a call.

AI Opportunity Audit

$1,500
one week · credited toward your installation
  • Full workflow & intake mapping
  • Missed-revenue quantification
  • Your system blueprint: which apps, APIs & AI models get wired in
  • One live quick-win automation included
Book My Audit
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Step 2 · Keep It Sharp

Continuity Plan

$1,500–$5,000
per month · maintenance + continual upgrades
  • Continuous upgrades: when a better AI model or tool ships, your system gets it
  • Monitoring, fixes & a monthly ROI report
  • Growth tier: +1 new automation every month · Partner: +2 and same-week response
Talk Continuity

The honest line item nobody else shows you: your system runs on AI models, and those providers charge for usage ("tokens"). That cost is yours at cost — billed by the AI providers to your own accounts, no markup from us — typically $50–$300/month for a small business. We set up your accounts, monitor the spend, and tune the system to keep it lean. Your keys, your data, your system.

Bigger than one location? Multi-site, franchise, and investor-grade platform builds run $25k–$100k+, scoped per engagement — same published-price discipline, larger machine. Talk to us →
Why Development Industries

Engineering depth, delivered with PM discipline

Development Industries started in a robotics workshop — printing robot parts and writing the AI to drive them. That build-it-for-real DNA is in every engagement: scoped, scheduled, and delivered with certified project-management discipline. Requirements up front, milestones in writing, a working system at the end. No agency bloat, no junior handoffs — senior engineering on every build.

That's Nobi up top — our robot, eyes, emotions, firmware and all. The same brain we install in your business. (Yes, he'll pitch you himself if you let him.)

PMP®-led deliveryGoogle Cloud Data EngineeringAWS CertifiedPython · React · MLRAG & AI AgentsIoT & Computer Vision

Why businesses pick us

Outcomes, not experiments. Every build is tied to a number: calls answered, jobs booked, quotes sent, hours saved.

Your stack, not ours. We integrate with the scheduling, CRM, and management tools you already run.

Private by design. For legal and medical clients, systems run on infrastructure you control.

Published pricing. You knew the cost before we ever spoke. That's on purpose.

Questions, answered

What owners ask before they start

Straight answers, published — same as our pricing.

What is an AI operations system?

It's your apps, phone lines, APIs, and AI models wired into one portal that answers calls, books jobs, and follows up on leads automatically — installed and maintained by Development Industries.

How much does it cost?

A one-time System Installation fee of $5,000–$12,000, plus an optional monthly Continuity Plan of $1,500–$5,000 for maintenance and continual upgrades. Most engagements start with a $1,500 AI Opportunity Audit, credited toward installation.

Are there separate AI usage costs?

Yes, and we show them openly. Your system runs on AI models that charge for usage. That cost is billed at cost to your own accounts with no markup — typically $50–$300 per month for a small business.

How long does setup take?

Most systems go live in two to four weeks, on a fixed scope and a fixed price.

Do I own the system?

Yes. It runs on your own accounts and API keys — you own the system, the data, and the keys. No lock-in.

The platform underneath

DeckOS — the operating system your system runs on. Network optional, by design.

Every system we install runs on DeckOS — our AI operating system, and the same one inside the robot. NOBI stands for Network Optional Bot Intelligence: one portal, your apps and AI models wired together, local-first (your data stays on your machines; the cloud only gets what you permit). The free beta is live for Windows, Mac, and Linux — no account needed. Sign up and you're in line for the mobile app, client accounts, and first looks at what's next.

⬇ Download Nobi for desktop — Free Beta All platforms & versions

Windows · macOS · Linux · runs fully offline. Free unsigned beta — the download page has everything for your device.

The beta is live today

Grab the free Windows build above — offline, private, yours. The waitlist keeps you first in line for Mac, mobile, and the robot.

Local-first, by design

Runs on your machine. Memory, files, and models stay local — cloud connectivity is opt-in, per feature, with your permission.

One account, everything

Your sign-up covers the client portal, DeckOS early access, and… a few things we haven't announced yet.

No spam — launch news and your invite. That's it.

Get your free 5-minute intake teardown

Tell us your company name and website. Within one business day you'll get a short video showing exactly where your intake loses revenue — and what we'd fix first. No call required, no obligation.

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Response within one business day. We never share your info.
Development Industries also builds Nobi — the desk robot that runs on the same brain.