2–3 weeks
AI Workflow Assessment
Find the few changes worth making.
$1,500–3,500
What’s includedAI consulting & staff training · Asheville, NC
Practical AI for small businesses, built with your people, not instead of them.
Height is how long a task, in a person's time, AI can finish on its own about half the time. Measured by METR up to about 17 hours; above that, our projections from METR's trend.
Summit register
Selected models, signed in.
–days since the newest model on this list
| Released | Model | Task length | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Opus 5.5 · Anthropic | About 50 hours (our projection) | Our projection from METR's trend |
| Sep 3, 2026 | GPT-6 Astra · OpenAI | About 45 hours (our projection) | Our projection from METR's trend |
| Sep 1, 2026 | Fable 5.1 · Anthropic | About 45 hours (our projection) | Our projection from METR's trend |
| Jul 9, 2026 | GPT-5.6 · OpenAI | About 30 hours (our projection) | Our projection from METR's trend |
| May 28, 2026 | Opus 4.8 · Anthropic | About 25 hours (our projection) | Our projection from METR's trend |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Mythos Preview · Anthropic | About 17 hours (METR) | METR measurement |
We track the leading models from Anthropic and OpenAI and add new ones as they come out. Lengths up to 17 hours are METR's measurements, from its tests on software and research tasks; longer ones are our projections from METR's trend.
Our pledge, in writing
Five promises, on this page and in every agreement we sign.
Your staff help choose and test the workflow.
The people who do the work pick the problems worth solving, and they test every change before it becomes the way things are done.
Eliminating jobs is never a success measure.
We measure hours recovered, errors avoided, and stress reduced. Positions cut is not a number we track or report.
Humans approve anything consequential.
AI can draft, sort, and suggest. A person signs off on anything that affects a customer, a paycheck, a promise, or the law.
Recovered time gets a written reinvestment plan.
Before we finish, you have a plan in writing for where the hours go: better service, growth, training, or simply less overtime.
You keep your data, accounts, and systems.
Everything is set up in your name, on your accounts, with documentation. If we part ways, nothing leaves with us.
How it works
Start small, prove it with your team, then grow.
Assess
Listen to your team and map where the time goes.
Train
Give everyone practical skills and clear rules.
Build
Set up and test one workflow at a time, with your staff.
Support
Keep it working and put the recovered time to good use.
Services
Clear scope, published prices.
90 minutes to a full day
Staff Training Workshops
Hands-on, built around your real work.
$450–1,750
What’s included2 weeks per workflow
Implementation Sprints
One workflow, built and tested with your team.
$3,000–4,500
What’s includedMonth to month
Monthly Support
Keep it tuned as your team and tools change.
$450–950/mo
What’s includedOr do it all in one month
The Ridge Month
Troy works alongside your team for a month: listening, training, building, and measuring. You finish with working workflows, a trained team, and a plan for the time you get back.
$7,500–14,000
See the month, week by weekFounding clients: our first five clients get 30% off the assessment in exchange for an honest case study, published only with their approval.
On-site across Western North Carolina and remote anywhere. Travel beyond 60 miles of Asheville is billed at cost.
Who we help
Small employers with more work than hours.
Trades and home services
Scheduling, estimates, follow-ups, and replying to reviews
Health and wellness practices
Intake, reminders, and front-desk email, with privacy-aware tools
Restaurants, breweries, and lodging
Staff schedules, ordering, event inquiries, and menus
Offices and nonprofits
Documents, email, grant drafts, and reporting
You're probably a good fit if…
- Your online presence hasn't kept up with the quality of your work.
- Businesses like yours are already getting results from AI, and you want to catch up carefully.
- Your team is already trying AI tools on their own and needs a safer, better way.
- Everyone is stretched thin, and cutting staff isn't the answer you want.
Selected work
Ideas put into practice.
See where AI fits in your business.
Nine quick questions, an honest read on where you stand, and a place to start. Ready to talk? Send Troy a request. The first conversation is free.