AI consultancy boutique
succession.bot helps small companies and solo founders go AI-native, and identify and retain the moats that make them hard to copy.
Why now
Software, content and process that once took a team years to build can now be reproduced in weeks. For a small company that cuts both ways: you can do far more with the people you have, and so can every new competitor.
The companies that come out ahead will run on AI at their core and know exactly which advantages are still theirs alone. That transition is what we do.
For small companies
For a large company, going AI-native mostly means cutting: fewer people, new structures, years of reorganizing. That is slow, expensive and painful, so most will move cautiously. A small company has nothing to cut. You keep the team you trust and give each person AI that multiplies what they can do.
Large:Getting the benefit means cutting headcount. Slow, costly and hard on everyone.
Small:Getting the benefit means adding capability to the people you already have.
Large:Layers of approval, legacy systems and long contracts slow every change.
Small:A few decision-makers and a handful of systems. Changes ship in weeks.
Large:Spread across thousands of people, and it leaks with every departure.
Small:Sits with a few people, so it is easy to capture and build on.
Large:Savings show up as smaller teams doing the same work.
Small:The same team takes on work that used to need a much bigger company.
That is why we focus on small companies: the upside of AI is biggest where there is nothing to cut and everything to add.
What we do
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Not a chatbot bolted onto the side. AI built into how the work actually gets done.
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Know what still makes you hard to copy, and make it stronger as you change.
Moat check
A first pass at the questions we work through with you. The answers are different for every company, which is why we start by finding out what is actually yours.
Erodes
If it can be described, it can increasingly be rebuilt by someone else. Read the note
At risk
Undocumented expertise is easy to lose and easy to imitate. Captured in your systems, it compounds. Read the note
Holds
People still buy from people they trust. AI can free up time for exactly that. Read the note
Holds
When building gets cheap, owning the path to your customers matters more. Read the note
Deepens
Data only you have becomes more valuable once AI can put it to work. Read the note
Deepens
Hard-won knowledge of a niche or regulated field is slow to copy, and AI helps you scale it. Read the note
For individuals
You don't need a company to work with us. If you're starting something, or already running a business on your own, we'll help you build it AI-native from day one.
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Start small, with AI doing the busywork and a moat from day one.
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Hand the repetitive work to AI and keep the parts only you can do.
How it works
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30 minutes on what you do, or want to do, and where your hours go.
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Together we pick the two or three changes with the biggest payoff.
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We set them up with you, so you can run and adjust them on your own.
Services
Fixed packages, each one leading to the next. Most companies start with the audit, most solo founders with the setup sprint.
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Everyone
A conversation about your business and where AI fits, and a chance for both sides to see if it's a fit.
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Solo founders and one-person businesses
One working session to map your week, then we set up two or three AI workflows with you and make sure you can run them.
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Small companies
Interviews with your team, a map of how work really gets done, and a map of your moats: what AI erodes and what it deepens.
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Small companies, after the audit
We build and roll out the agents and workflows from the plan alongside your team, and train people to own them.
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Past clients
Ongoing help as AI keeps changing: new workflows, reviews of what is working, and a sounding board for decisions.
Every package has a fixed price, agreed in writing before work starts. No hourly billing. You get the price in writing after the intro call. We take on three clients at a time, never more.
Book an introWho you'll work with
AI Consultant, succession.bot
“I work with three clients at a time, never more. I'm also building businesses of my own, so I choose clients as carefully as they choose me.”
Small companies that want to run on AI without giving away what makes them hard to copy, especially tech-heavy and family-owned businesses. We also work with individuals who are starting a business or running one on their own.
Yes. For a new business we help you find what will make it defensible, scope the smallest version you can sell, and build it with AI doing the busywork. For a one-person business we map where your week goes and move the repetitive work (inbox, follow-ups, proposals, research, admin) to AI, so your time goes to clients and judgment.
How it works for individualsAI does real work inside your core processes, not just as a chat window on the side. People set direction, check the output, make the calls and own the relationships.
Whatever makes your business hard to copy: proprietary data, customer trust, distribution, domain expertise, know-how. AI makes code and content cheap to reproduce, so knowing which of these you have, and strengthening them, matters more than it used to.
See the moat checkNo. We build alongside whoever you have and leave behind tools and workflows your people can run and adjust.
Whatever fits the job. We are not tied to one vendor, and usually combine off-the-shelf models and assistants with small custom agents where they pay off.
30 minutes on video. You tell us about the business and where you think AI fits. We tell you honestly whether we can help and what a sensible first step would be.
Book an introThree at a time, never more. Mati is also building businesses, so clients are chosen as carefully as they choose us. The intro call is where both sides find out if it's a fit.
Every engagement is a fixed-price package, agreed in writing before work starts, with no hourly billing. The intro call is free, and the audit fee is credited toward a build. You get the exact price in a short proposal after the call.
See the servicesYour data and know-how are the moat, so we treat them that way: access only to what the work needs, tools that don't train on your data where possible, and an NDA if you want one.
Vienna, Austria. We work remotely with companies and founders anywhere.
Book a 30-minute intro call, or email about your company and where you think AI fits.