Install AI into your business. A co-pilot you build, not a tool you learn.
aio is an opinionated AI workspace for solopreneurs and very small companies. It runs on your Mac, knows your voice, and evolves every week with your business. Built and maintained by Hanlon.
Four rungs. Enter where it fits.
You can read the newsletter, run the software, or work with me every week. Each rung includes the rung below. Step up or down anytime.
A short piece of writing from last week's refine meetings, anonymized. How a real business used AI to save an hour that morning.
Subscribe →The aio workspace on your Mac. Updates to the core, new packs, community support. No scheduled time with Hans-Jakob.
Learn about Core →Core, plus a weekly 60-minute session. We walk through your week inside aio, refine the workspace to match how the work actually happened, and ship changes before you leave the call.
Start with a First Step →For founders redesigning their company around AI. Custom workflows, quarterly strategy, direct line to Hans-Jakob. For when refinement isn't enough.
Start a conversation →How a First Step works.
One fee. Four weeks. A guaranteed outcome. From there, you're on the ladder.
One week of listening. We map the business, the customers, the voice, the calendar. What takes your time. What doesn't. What you'd build if you had a colleague who remembered everything.
aio is configured for you — your voice, your ICP, your integrations. The system learns how you actually work by reading what you've already written. By the end of week three, aio can answer a prospect email in your voice, citing your rates.
Every Tuesday, one hour. We walk through your week inside aio and refine the system to fit how the work happened. New skills. New workflows. New context. The system compounds.
What aio is, specifically.
Your data stays on your Mac. Your keys are yours. The stack is open, documented, portable.
Three things that don't move.
These are how Hanlon has always worked. aio inherits them.
The system fits the person, not the reverse. aio is configured to your voice, your customers, your calendar. No workspace looks the same as another.
One owner per client, forever. My name is on every outcome. If it breaks, you know who to call. I don't hand you off.
A specific result at the end of the First Step. If we miss, you get the money back. No outcome, no bill.
The small print, plainly.
aio runs on your Mac. Your business context — voice, customers, pricing, notes — lives in a folder you own. Hanlon sees usage signals, not content. Your API keys stay in your Keychain. Nothing ships to a server we control.
Month-to-month after the first 90 days. If Hanlon stops, you keep the system. Written into the contract, every time. Norwegian SMBs hate lock-in. We don't do it.
Ready to install AI into your business?
Start with the newsletter. Read for a few weeks. Book a First Step when it's time.
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