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01Charlotte AI consultant

Practical AI consulting and automation. Built for Charlotte businesses.

CLT AI Guy helps owners and teams turn AI from a pile of tools into business systems: workflow automation, custom chatbots, internal knowledge search, lead intake, reporting, and team training.

Email Gino with the workflow, bottleneck, customer question, or messy process you want fixed. You do not need a perfect spec — just a real business problem worth solving safely.

Charlotte, NC
AI automation
Taking projects
workflow audits · chatbots · training · implementation
Signal feed

Signal · Jul 19, 2026

The New York Times

Xi Jinping of China Pitches ‘Openness’ in Push to Shape the Path of A.I. - The New York Times

Xi Jinping of China Pitches ‘Openness’ in Push to Shape the Path of A.I. The New York Times

Reuters

Twenty-nine countries sign agreement to establish global AI cooperation body - Reuters

Twenty-nine countries sign agreement to establish global AI cooperation body  Reuters

Fortune

Xi offers AI olive branch to the world, calling for ‘symphony of global cooperation’ - Fortune

Xi offers AI olive branch to the world, calling for ‘symphony of global cooperation’  Fortune

ESPN

Green says Mets fully compliant on AI after report of usage - ESPN

Green says Mets fully compliant on AI after report of usage  ESPN

Florida State University News

FSU chemistry professor develops artificial intelligence songs to help students learn complex concepts - Florida State University News

FSU chemistry professor develops artificial intelligence songs to help students learn complex concepts  Florida State University News

BBC

China's Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic - BBC

China's Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic  BBC

Fortune

'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic - Fortune

Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic  Fortune

Bloomberg.com

Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China - Bloomberg.com

Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China  Bloomberg.com

ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Economics Of Cybercrime - Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Economics Of Cybercrime  Forbes

The New York Times

Xi Jinping of China Pitches ‘Openness’ in Push to Shape the Path of A.I. - The New York Times

Xi Jinping of China Pitches ‘Openness’ in Push to Shape the Path of A.I. The New York Times

Reuters

Twenty-nine countries sign agreement to establish global AI cooperation body - Reuters

Twenty-nine countries sign agreement to establish global AI cooperation body  Reuters

Fortune

Xi offers AI olive branch to the world, calling for ‘symphony of global cooperation’ - Fortune

Xi offers AI olive branch to the world, calling for ‘symphony of global cooperation’  Fortune

ESPN

Green says Mets fully compliant on AI after report of usage - ESPN

Green says Mets fully compliant on AI after report of usage  ESPN

Florida State University News

FSU chemistry professor develops artificial intelligence songs to help students learn complex concepts - Florida State University News

FSU chemistry professor develops artificial intelligence songs to help students learn complex concepts  Florida State University News

BBC

China's Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic - BBC

China's Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic  BBC

Fortune

'Dr. Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic - Fortune

Doom' Nouriel Roubini says we're headed for universal basic income or 'some form of socialism' as AI revolutionizes work—He calls that optimistic  Fortune

Bloomberg.com

Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China - Bloomberg.com

Moonshot’s Kimi Upends Conventional Wisdom on US Lead Over China  Bloomberg.com

ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

'My heart is empty': Millions of Chinese forced to end AI relationships  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Economics Of Cybercrime - Forbes

Artificial Intelligence Is Changing The Economics Of Cybercrime  Forbes

ChecklistFree worksheet

Score one workflow before buying another AI tool.

The Charlotte Business AI Readiness Checklist helps owners and operators identify practical candidates for automation, chatbot support, internal knowledge search, or team training — with a safety screen before anything touches customer data.

02Services

Concrete AI help. No rate card required.

Start with the business outcome: fewer manual steps, faster response times, better internal knowledge access, cleaner sales follow-up, or a team that knows how to use AI without making a mess.

Email-first intake
03Use cases

Places AI can remove work without removing judgment.

Lead intake

Qualify and route new inquiries.

Capture context, summarize needs, draft follow-ups, and route the next action without losing the human relationship.

Docs

Answer questions from company knowledge.

Make policies, proposals, SOPs, PDFs, and project history easier for staff or customers to search.

Reports

Draft recurring summaries.

Convert raw notes, dashboards, transcripts, and spreadsheets into review-ready briefs with source links.

Service

Handle repeat customer questions.

Give customers faster answers while escalating edge cases to the right person with context.

Training

Help teams adopt AI without chaos.

Create rules of the road, prompt patterns, privacy boundaries, and role-specific workflows.

Operations

Remove copy-paste work.

Automate the boring handoffs across email, forms, CRMs, invoices, calendars, and internal systems.

04Process

A practical path from messy workflow to working system.

  1. 01Email

    Send the problem.

    Email the workflow, bottleneck, team question, or customer problem you want solved.

  2. 02Map

    Clarify the workflow.

    We identify the actors, systems, data, risks, and success metric before recommending tools.

  3. 03Prototype

    Build the smallest useful version.

    A narrow proof beats a transformation deck. The goal is a working path your team can inspect.

  4. 04Implement

    Connect it safely.

    Add permissions, logging, handoff rules, and documentation so the system can run in the real business.

  5. 05Improve

    Measure and refine.

    Review usage, misses, exceptions, and ROI. Keep what works; remove what does not.

05FAQ

Questions buyers ask before starting an AI project.

  • What kind of AI projects do you help with?

    Workflow audits, custom AI chatbots, internal knowledge search, sales/admin automation, reporting, and team training for practical business use cases.

  • Do I need to know exactly what I want?

    No. Send the process that feels slow, expensive, repetitive, or confusing. The first job is turning that into a clean project shape.

  • Can you help small businesses?

    Yes. CLT AI Guy is built for Charlotte operators who need useful systems, not enterprise theater.

  • Why is pricing not listed?

    AI projects vary by data, integrations, risk, and support needs. Email the situation first so scope and next steps are matched to the problem.

07 — Start

Tell Gino what workflow, customer question, or team bottleneck you want AI to fix.

Email Gino