Portrait of Chris Blaser

AI PARTNER · ARIZONA

Real AI systems.Inside real businesses.

I embed with operating teams, build inside the tools they already use, and stay until the system runs without me. I write about what works, what doesn’t, and what it costs.

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01WRITING

Field notes.

Building AI inside businesses that have payroll, customers, and no time to waste.

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02HOW I WORK

Embedded, not outsourced.

01

Embed

I work inside your team, in person or remote, and learn how the work actually gets done before touching anything.

02

Build

AI systems inside the tools you already use. No new platform to adopt, no dashboard nobody opens.

03

Hand off

Documented, owned by your people, running without me. Then I step back.

Not an agency. Not software. One person, in the work.

03SELECTED SYSTEMS

Built and running.

ROUTE-BASED SERVICES · PHOENIX

Front office and scheduling

Scheduling and front-office systems for a hazardous waste services company whose admin seat kept turning over.

RESTORATION · ALASKA

Job tracking and referrals

A task tracker the field team uses every day, and a referral program that runs without anyone chasing it.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE · ALASKA

Brokerage platform

A full brokerage site with listings, lead routing to the right inbox, and a weekly content pipeline.

04PORTFOLIO

Building, built, and next.

Ventures, prototypes, and the work that came before. Every one taught me something I use with clients.

NEXT

  • CutlistA Friday kill list for your Google and Meta ads. It marks, you pause.BuilderPrototype
  • LapseFinds the Shopify customers who went quiet, and what to send them.BuilderPrototype
  • A map of medical travel with all-in pricing, travel and stay included.FounderPrototype
  • Design-build for home recovery spaces: saunas, cold plunges, and home gyms.FounderConcept
  • Community wellness with a Nordic edge: contrast, recovery, and resilience, done together.FounderConcept

BEFORE

  • A private-equity-backed roll-up that became the largest non-franchise restoration company in the country. Diligence, executive build-out, and systems integration across brands.Platform teamAcquired 2024
  • E-commerce brandCo-founded and exited a multimillion-dollar e-commerce company, scaled to a team of 20-plus.Co-founderExited 2019
  • A design, development, and advisory agency that made its clients millions.FounderAgency
  • Built the client-acquisition engine ahead of their first $2M raise.Early growth hire2013
05GET IN TOUCH

Let’s talk.

If your team is stretched thin and you’re wondering where AI actually fits, tell me what’s going on.

christopherblaser@gmail.comI usually reply within a day or two.