There’s a gap between chatting with AI and putting it to work for your business.

Instead of handing you a one-size-fits-all tool, we find the revenue you’re leaving on the table and the costs eating into it. Then build something you’ll actually want to use.

What our clients have seen

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Who & how we work

Shipped products at startups, scaled operations at Fortune 500s, and eventually started our own businesses. Now that experience goes toward helping other entrepreneurs build and grow theirs.

Schedule a Free Discovery Call

Discover

Free, no commitment

No pitch on the first call. Before anything gets recommended or built, the focus is on your business and what's keeping you up at night. Then you get a straight answer on what AI can and can't do.

Align

Before we write a single line of code

Once it's a go, the real work starts. Your team gets interviewed, your stack gets mapped, and together we figure out exactly what it'll take to solve the right problems. The more is understood upfront, the less there is to undo later.

Iterate

See measurable ROI fast

Short build cycles to get tools in your hands fast. Built on your existing systems, with your team involved throughout — so by launch, adoption isn't a question.

Support

In it for the long haul

No documentation handoff and disappearing act. After launch, everything gets monitored, improved, and adapted as your business grows. One subscription keeps us in your corner long after go-live.

Transparent pricing, aligned incentives

Most consulting firms charge per iteration or by billable hours. SaaS platforms charge per seat for generic solutions. Our model has three parts, each designed to keep our incentives aligned with yours.

One-Time Project Fee

A single upfront fee covering strategy and your initial build.

  • Solution design and technical strategy
  • Scoped to your specific use case, not a template
  • Limits scope creep and billing surprises

Monthly Subscription

Hosting, maintenance, updates, and continued development.

  • Predictable
  • Hosting, monitoring, support, and iterations included
  • Your success is our success

Usage Fee

Covers the variable cost of running your AI tools.

  • Pay only for what you actually use
  • Full visibility into what you're being charged for
  • We pick the right model for each task, not one-size-fits-all AI
Traditional AgencySapling
Upfront Cost$50K - $500K+$2,500 - $50,000
Ongoing SupportExtra billable hoursIncluded in subscription
Incentive to MaintainNone after handoffMonthly revenue = ongoing commitment
AI CostsHidden or ignoredTransparent, usage-based
Timeline3-12 monthsWeeks to first deployment
Post-Launch UpdatesNew SOW requiredContinuous improvement included

What we’re solving

ShippedOperations

Workflow Automation

Before

A 31-page manual SOP. Campaigns required 30 days of coordination and $3,000+ in labor per run.

After

7 automated tools replaced the manual process. Same campaign now takes 1 day and costs under $300.

285x

faster turnaround

Demo coming soon

ShippedService Businesses

Smart Scheduling

Before

Managers spent hours each week manually building staff schedules, cross-referencing availability and capacity by hand.

After

AI generates optimized schedules in minutes. Managers review and approve — no spreadsheets.

95%

reduction in scheduling time

Demo coming soon

ShippedEnergy / Finance / Legal

Document Parsing

Before

PDFs and forms manually read and re-entered into spreadsheets. Error-prone, slow, and nobody's actual job.

After

Structured data extracted automatically and routed into the right system the moment a document arrives.

0

hours of manual data entry

Demo coming soon

ShippedSales / Marketing

Data Enrichment

Before

Raw prospect lists with a name and a website. Teams burning 15 minutes per lead on manual research before a single email went out.

After

Lists automatically enriched with firmographic data and signals pulled from multiple sources.

30x

faster lead qualification

Demo coming soon

In DevelopmentRetail / Logistics

Inventory & Product Recognition

Before

Manual photo-by-photo tagging and counting. Inconsistent, slow, and impossible to scale across locations.

After

Upload a photo, get back a structured inventory read. Recognizes SKUs, quantities, and anomalies automatically.

In dev

launching soon

Demo coming soon

ShippedField Sales / Real Estate

Territory Intelligence

Before

Sales reps picked territories by gut feel or ZIP code with no visibility into which areas had real, actionable opportunity.

After

Data-driven territory maps scored by market signals, competitor density, and demographic fit.

Live

in production

Demo coming soon

Let’s talk

Not sure if AI can help?
That’s exactly what the call is for.

The first call is for understanding your business, not selling you on ours. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll say so.

hello@saplingholdingcompany.com
Based in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA. Serving clients worldwide.