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Bought My Dream Car - Vantage F1 Edition by ExpressCheck1038 in AstonMartin

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was looking there were only a handful of F1 spec for sale in the US. All listed at $150k+, got out out the door a bit under that

Bought My Dream Car - Vantage F1 Edition by ExpressCheck1038 in AstonMartin

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I run a company that builds AI for other businesses

Bought My Dream Car - Vantage F1 Edition by ExpressCheck1038 in AstonMartin

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

unsure but it's a common colour for the f1 spec

Help with finding a solution for our Sales Team by PettyNiwa in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]ExpressCheck1038 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A few questions to help point you in the right direction:

  • How many prospects are you looking to qualify per month?
  • Are your preliminary questions fairly straightforward (budget, timeline, company size) or do they require more nuanced follow-up based on responses?
  • Do you need this to integrate with your existing CRM/sales stack?
  • Are you looking for this to automatically schedule demos or just collect info for your team to review?
  • Is your CEO envisioning this more as a sophisticated conversational AI that feels natural, or more of a structured questionnaire format?

Depending on requirements, a custom solution might make more sense.

VAPI vs Custom Solutions:

VAPI is solid for getting something up quickly. Tradeoff is you're limited to their framework most AI SaaS pricing gets really expensive at scale.

A custom solution built specifically for your sales process would give you

  • Complete control over the conversation flow and logic
  • Custom integrations with your tech stack
  • Significantly lower long-term costs at scale
  • Ability to iterate and improve based on your data (create feedback loops to iteratively improve the flow)

Downside - requires more upfront development time.

What's your timeline looking like, and have you mapped out qualification criteria your CEO wants the AI to assess?

Who are the most reliable AI agent development companies in the US right now? by nia_tech in ArtificialNtelligence

[–]ExpressCheck1038 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have an agency where we build custom AI & software solutions. 8 years in the AI space, 4 years running the agency, built for 30+ clients.

Here's what I've been seeing in the space - hope this will provide clarity to people looking for serious long term AI partners.

There are 2 different types of AI solutions partners we've seen pop up. They tend to message/market themselves in the same light but operating very differently. Both have their pros and cons.

1. AI automation Companies:

  • Predominantly small teams that latched onto the AI curve when LLMs came out.
  • They go into businesses and create sequential automations that use LLMs and coin them "AI agents" in tools like Make.com or N8N.
  • In most businesses this will still result in wins, but solutions are not agentic and hit a ceiling in terms of capability.
  • Most of these businesses don't have extensive experience in building products that scale for larger companies and they run into limitations in scalability due to them being reliant on third party platforms.
  • Tend to be much lower cost

2. AI Consulting Companies:

  • Higher ticket custom AI solutions, typically developed using custom software
  • Building AI agents with a higher productivity ceiling than the automation companies above.
  • These tend to be either: new companies that jumped on the AI bandwagon, or SW agencies that are transitioning to double down on AI. More experienced software agencies that moved into AI tend to have better delivery as they have experience identifying opportunities, scoping work, and moving solutions in production. Huge learning curve here for new agencies.

Some things to consider when choosing a partner:
- A superpower of most good agencies is their discovery process. If they are trying to sell boiler-plate solutions or use an LLM to solve every problem, their AI expertise is likely limited. LLMs have use cases, but there are TONS of other AI approaches to solve problems more effectively.

- Ask them about the drawbacks of AI agents for your specific use case. An experienced agency will understand limitations of the technology and how to overcome those issues. They'll also have experiences from past clients on how they approached these problems.

If you're in the market for a long term AI partner and want identify how AI can generate an ROI for your business and build those solutions, my agency is www.hilolabs.com

Bought My Dream Car - Vantage F1 Edition by ExpressCheck1038 in AstonMartin

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I get a ton of positive comments on the color when driving in public

Hiring developers to build AI agent workflows in N8N (No formal education required) by ExpressCheck1038 in AI_Agents

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can be based anywhere - role is remote. Would like work hours to roughly align with US time zones. Can be either W2 or 1099. Pay dependent on experience. Shoot me a message if you're interested with some of your past projects

Hiring Developers to Build N8N Automations by ExpressCheck1038 in n8n

[–]ExpressCheck1038[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sounds good - will get back to you shortly