ARAndy RitchieAI Automation SpecialistSubscribe
AI automation + local business systems

Build the AI company around you.

I build practical AI systems around real businesses, document what works, and turn the experiments into playbooks you can use. Start with the Sunday email — the best stuff lands there first.

Sunday emailReal buildsNo AI fluff
Andy Ritchie
Consultation workspace

Consulting

Practical systems, not vague strategy.

Live experiment

45 days

Persistent AI assistant layer running in public with memory, jobs, and tools.

Visual proof

Real systems. Real rooms. Real receipts.

AI can feel abstract fast. This site is built around proof: the businesses, assistants, media, and workflows already running in the real world.

Local business
$100K+ / yr

The Ivy Saratoga

Real-world automations running inside a salon: operations, recruiting, billing, compliance, and smart devices.

Personal OS
45 days live

Alice OpenClaw

A live assistant layer with memory, scheduled jobs, connected tools, and home automation hooks.

Build in public
replicable builds

YouTube Lab

Behind-the-scenes breakdowns of the prompts, systems, workflows, and experiments worth copying.

Outdoor portrait

Design direction

Human first. Still technical.

White space and photography make the site feel more approachable, while the black cards and mono labels keep the operator energy.

01 / AI workflows

Turn repeatable work into operating systems.

Prompt libraries are cute. The leverage comes from persistent agents, scheduled jobs, internal tools, and workflows that keep moving after you close the laptop.

02 / Local business

Use real businesses as the proving ground.

The Ivy keeps the site grounded: not theory, not AI hype — actual service business problems with messy human constraints.

03 / Media + training

Document what works, then teach the shortcuts.

YouTube, workshops, and the Sunday email turn the experiments into practical playbooks for people who want to move faster.

Saratoga AI training

One workshop. Three cleaner entry points.

Three ways to raise your hand for local AI training — from career leverage to practical business automation.

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Professionals

Get ahead at work before AI changes the rules.

02

18–25 / Gen Z

Start your career with AI fluency, not AI anxiety.

03

Local owners

Put AI to work before your next busy season.

Sunday field notes

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Every week I share the systems, prompts, tools, and mistakes from the real AI builds I'm running.