Frequently Asked Questions
How the engagement works, what it costs, and what you're left holding. If yours isn't here, ask us directly.
Weeks, not months. A single managed AI agent is typically the fastest path. Comparable enterprise consultancies quote 3–6 months for equivalent scope.
It means your data and your workflows belong to you. By default we host and run the agent on the OLY.AI orchestrator; if you want it in your own cloud instead, we build it that way and quote it separately. Either way you get full documentation and training, your data is exportable, and there's no long contract holding you in.
No. A chatbot waits for a question and replies. Our agents hold standing goals, coordinate tools, pull their own data, and complete work, then report back with links to the underlying detail.
Finance and operations are where we're deepest, and our QuickBooks integration is certified. But the underlying engine is general. If a process involves moving data between systems and making decisions on it, it's a candidate.
No. You extend it by describing what you want in plain English ("every Monday, pull last week's invoices and flag anything over 30 days") and the agent turns that into a repeatable process it runs from then on. No syntax, no builder canvas. We train your team on that, document everything, and offer development hours if you'd rather we handled a change. See how that works →
Most clients start with the Managed Digital Employee tier: $1,500 to build and deploy, then $500 per month for monitoring, coaching, and OLY.AI Impact. If you'd rather own and operate the system yourself from day one, Build It Yourself is a fixed $8,500. Larger, multi-department programs run through Managed Workforce at $5,500/mo.
An automated report, delivered every Friday, showing exactly what your AI agent did that week and what it was worth in hours and dollars saved. It's how you know the $500/month is paying for itself. Not a promise, a receipt.
No. Setup and monthly fees cover the build, monitoring, and coaching. You pay your own cloud and model-provider costs directly, since those accounts are yours. Add-ons (a second agent, custom development, premium analytics) are priced openly and only added if you ask for them.
Fast. In early deployments of this model, a single AI agent has saved 60+ hours in its first week on file organization alone. We size each engagement so the math works before you commit, so you'll know the expected payback on the discovery call.
There's no long contract. Your data and workflow documentation are yours and exportable on request, and we'll hand over everything we've built. If you'd rather run it yourself long-term, we can deploy it into your own cloud so it doesn't depend on us at all, and that's scoped and quoted separately.
Yes, it's the most common next step. A second agent is +$300/month, and setup is faster the second time because your integrations and infrastructure are already in place.
Fifteen minutes on your actual processes answers most of them, and you'll leave knowing whether the payback justifies it either way.
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