Sageworks
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Boutique AI consulting · Greater Toronto Area and Southwestern Ontario

Put AI to work on one real job. In two weeks.

Sageworks helps small and mid-sized businesses turn AI ideas into working systems. Start with a conversation with Sage, our AI assistant, about the work you want to improve.

Talk with Sage See how the Proof Sprint works

Explore the fit first. Decide on a sprint after a conversation with our team.

Day 1 · an AI ideaDay 10 · a working proof

When you’re ready to test the idea · The Proof Sprint

One job. Two weeks. A working answer.

If a Proof Sprint is the right next step, we build a working version on your own examples and show you how it performs. You decide what happens next with the evidence in hand.

You bring

  • One job that costs your team real hours.
  • Real examples of that job, done well.
  • One person who knows the work and can make decisions.

You get

  • A working version, running on your examples.
  • A scorecard showing where it gets the job right and where it does not.
  • A plan, a timeline and a fixed quote to take it into production.
  • A clear recommendation: go, fix something first, or stop.
  1. Day 1

    Pick the job

    We agree the job, what a good result looks like, and how we will score it.

  2. Days 2 to 4

    Map and gather

    We map how the work is done today and collect real examples of it.

  3. Days 5 to 9

    Build and test

    We build the working version and score it against your examples, more than once.

  4. Day 10

    Demo and decision

    You watch it do the job, read the scorecard, and decide.

Discuss a sprint with Sage

Not sure what to test? Start by talking it through with Sage. Our team confirms scope and pricing before any sprint.

Jobs that fit a sprint

Six jobs most businesses would gladly hand off.

  • Inbox and intake

    Reads incoming email, forms and call notes. Sorts them, answers the routine ones, and routes the rest with the facts already gathered.

  • Quotes and estimates

    Drafts quotes from your price book and past jobs, so your estimator reviews and sends instead of starting from a blank page.

  • Documents

    Pulls the data out of invoices, contracts, applications and forms, checks it against your records, and flags what does not match.

  • Customer answers

    Answers customer questions from your own policies, products and history, and hands off to a person when it should.

  • Reporting and reconciliation

    Builds the weekly report, reconciles the two systems that never agree, and tells you what changed.

  • Company knowledge

    Makes what your business knows searchable: manuals, procedures, past projects, and the answers that live in one person's head.

After the sprint

From working proof to working system.

A demo is the easy part. Production is the job. If the sprint says go, this is the rest of the route.

  1. Proof Sprint

    Two weeks on one job, on your examples, scored.

    You get: evidence that it works, or an early no.

  2. Production build

    We connect it to the tools you already use, add sign-offs, monitoring and cost controls, and train your team.

    You get: a system doing the job every day.

  3. Run and improve

    We watch quality and cost, fix what drifts, and extend the system to the next job when the first one has paid off.

    You get: a regular report on what it did and what it saved.

What we mean by production

  • It runs on your real data, inside the tools your team already uses.
  • It is tested against examples of your actual work before it goes live, and again after every change.
  • A person signs off wherever a mistake would be expensive.
  • You can see what it did, what it cost, and where it got stuck.
  • It has an owner on your team and a runbook they can follow.
  • It is measured against a number you care about: hours, revenue, error rate or turnaround time.

Why a boutique firm

Work directly with
the person building it.

Imran Mughal, founder of Sageworks

Imran Mughal
Founder, Sageworks

Imran led applied AI at a major Ontario pension plan and software delivery programs for Canadian and global banks. He started as a developer and still builds.

More about Imran

  • Your first call. Your builder.

    The person you meet is the person who designs and builds your system.

  • Enterprise discipline, sized for you

    Testing, security and governance learned in banks and a pension plan, without the enterprise overhead.

  • No vendor agenda

    Tools chosen for your needs and budget. We’ll tell you when a cheaper option will do.

  • Close by

    Based in the GTA. Available in your office or on your shop floor to understand the work in person.

FAQ

Questions worth asking before you start.

What is the Proof Sprint?

A two-week engagement on one job. Sageworks builds a working version on your own examples, scores it, and gives you a plan and a fixed quote for production. You see it work before you commit to a larger project.

What does the sprint cost?

A fixed price, agreed before the sprint starts. We confirm it on a short call once we know the job.

What if the sprint shows AI is not the right fit?

Then we say so, and you keep the process map, the examples and the findings. Some problems are better solved with a simpler automation, a process change or off-the-shelf software.

Do we need clean data or an IT team before we start?

No. Most businesses start with data spread across email, spreadsheets and a few systems. Part of the sprint is working out what is usable now and what needs fixing first. You do need one person on your side who knows the work and can make decisions.

How does Sageworks handle our data and privacy?

We design for Canadian privacy law, including PIPEDA, from the start. Your data stays in systems you control wherever possible, we use AI providers under terms that do not train their models on your data, and we document where your data goes.

Where does Sageworks work?

The Greater Toronto Area and Southwestern Ontario, including Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Oakville, Burlington, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Guelph, London and Windsor. On site when it helps, remote the rest of the time.

Start with a conversation

Start with a conversation.

Have a job in mind? Talk it through with Sage, our AI assistant. Sage can help explore the idea and connect you with our team.

  1. Tell Sage about your business and the work you want to improve.
  2. Share your contact details so the Sageworks team can follow up.
  3. Our team follows up to discuss the fit and a practical next step.