# Start AI Cincy > Custom tools, dashboards, AI sidekicks, automations and software integrations in Cincinnati. Tools guaranteed to pay for themselves, or they’re free. Start AI Cincy is actually local to Cincinnati, based near Harrison, Ohio, and serves businesses, nonprofits, and individuals in the greater Cincinnati area, including Northern Kentucky. Contact Mark Phillips at mark@startaicincy.com. Tools guaranteed to pay for themselves, or they’re free. Custom builds are scoped and quoted before work begins. Software access, approval steps, account ownership, running costs, and support are agreed for each project. The free initial assessment is 30 minutes and costs $0 USD. If you already know the task, book a call or email Mark; a scan is not required. ## What we do - [Business Process Automation](https://startaicincy.com/services#service-growth): We build automations for existing business processes: manual data entry, invoice follow-up, financial reporting, payroll journal entries, CRM data maintenance, and recurring admin work. - [Custom Software Integrations](https://startaicincy.com/services#service-custom): We build custom integrations that move information between your business systems, so your team can stop copying the same details from one tool to another. - [Custom Apps & Tools](https://startaicincy.com/services#service-advisory): We build a custom app or tool for your specific problem, from coordinating schedules and requests to making a new business idea possible. - [Custom Dashboards](https://startaicincy.com/services#service-dashboards): Bring data from your drives, workflows, emails, and texts into one dashboard, so you can see what is happening without digging through everything. - [Custom AI Sidekicks](https://startaicincy.com/services#service-sidekicks): An AI sidekick built around your business to help you find answers, draft replies, keep track of tasks, and move work forward. ## Practical workflow examples - [Invoice follow-up automation in Cincinnati](https://startaicincy.com/services#invoice-follow-up): Start with invoice reminders already included in your accounting software. If invoices, payment status, customer emails, and job records live in different systems, automation can connect them, prepare approved reminders, and route exceptions for human review. Measure follow-up time and days to payment. Interactive demonstration uses a fictional invoice and sends no messages. - [Custom business dashboards in Cincinnati](https://startaicincy.com/services#business-dashboard): A useful business dashboard combines information from systems you already use into one view: cash owed, open estimates, job status, and overdue tasks. Begin with the decisions you need to make, then connect approved data sources. Show where each figure comes from and when it last refreshed. The interactive dashboard uses fictional snapshots, not live customer connections. ## Free tools and getting started - [Homepage](https://startaicincy.com/): Custom tools that pay for themselves, our local team, and ways to get started. - [Free business scan](https://startaicincy.com/scan): Discover potential automation and business improvements using public information and the context you share. Email is required to open the report. No scan is required before booking a call. - [Free 30-minute initial assessment](https://startaicincy.com/book): Bring a known problem, process, integration, or idea. The assessment is free; a build is scoped and quoted separately. - [Free Claude personal assistant guide](https://startaicincy.com/free-claude-cowork-prompt): A Mac and iPhone setup guide and reusable prompt for reminders, reply drafts, and daily wrap-ups. - [Free energy assessment](https://energy.startaicincy.com/): Free electricity supply comparison and guided signup for eligible Ohio small and midsize businesses with Duke Energy Ohio business accounts. Upload a PDF or image, take a photo, or enter bill details. Review the extracted facts, then provide name, email, and phone before results. Fixed rates, 12–36 months, no listed monthly or early termination fees. Customers decide whether to switch; the check does not enroll them automatically. - [About Start AI Cincy](https://startaicincy.com/about): Shares the homepage content and canonical homepage URL. ## Selected local projects - [Selected projects](https://startaicincy.com/projects): Websites, apps, and workflows built for local organizations. - [Greater Harrison Chamber of Commerce](https://startaicincy.com/projects/greater-harrison-chamber-of-commerce): Community calendar and weekly Mailchimp email drafts with human editorial control. - [Christ’s Loving Hands](https://startaicincy.com/projects/christ-loving-hands-apps): Community needs and pledges, calendars, volunteer coordination, and appointment scheduling tools. - [New City Thrift](https://startaicincy.com/projects/new-city-thrift-website): A nonprofit launch website with donation, volunteer, location, and campaign paths. ## Optional - [Detailed public fact sheet](https://startaicincy.com/llms-full.txt): Service outcomes, examples, free tools, guarantee, FAQs, and contact information. - [Privacy policy](https://startaicincy.com/privacy): How Start AI Cincy handles website information, inquiries, scheduling, and service records. - [Terms of service](https://startaicincy.com/terms): Start AI Cincy service terms and responsibilities. - [Energy assessment guide](https://energy.startaicincy.com/llms.txt): Assessment scope, signup guidance, estimates, lead contact, privacy, and reminders. - [Sitemap](https://startaicincy.com/sitemap.xml): Canonical public pages. Private administration, reports, payment/order pages, and client proposals are excluded.