Small Machines AI · Detroit, MI

The path to
great is
built
together.

We solve real problems through inspired design and quality engineering. No shortcuts. No excuses. Just good work done by good people.

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Small Machines AI · Detroit, MI
What We Do

Design, delivery,
and the story
to sell it.

We're a product and experience design and delivery shop, building on the frontier of AI. We're not here to hand you an architecture diagram and walk away. We're here to help you design the solutions your customers actually need, and to deliver the finished products they'll actually want to use. And when it's built, we hand you the story to sell it internally so the value of the work is as clear to the room as it is to us. Design that's inspired. Engineering that's solid. A narrative that lands. That's the whole job, done together.

How We Work

Design the week.
Build the month.

A focused sprint to design the right solution, then a delivery sprint to build it for real. You walk away with a working product — and the story to sell it.

1
Design Sprint
Focused, dedicated time to identify and design the solution that achieves your AI objective. Pick the pace that fits where you are.
First Engagement
Test the Process, Then Commit

Not ready for a full sprint? We also offer a compressed version — a fast, focused pass to test how we work together before you commit to more.

3 Days
/ compressed design sprint
Where Most Begin
Design Sprint
The Right Solution, Designed

Focused, dedicated time to identify and design the solution that achieves your AI objective. We leave the week with a validated direction, not a maybe.

One Week
/ full design sprint
2
Delivery Sprint
We take the validated direction and build it into something real — built to production quality.
Delivery Sprint
Something Real, Built to Production Quality

We take the validated direction and build it into something real: an agent, an app, a website, a service, or a bot — built to production quality. Not a prototype you have to apologize for. A product your team will actually use.

One to Two Months
/ production-ready build
What You Walk Away With
  • A working, production-quality product
  • A clear, compelling presentation
  • The exact objective your product resolves
  • The confidence to make the case yourself
  • An open door for ongoing retainer support
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Retainer. Ongoing. For teams we've already built with, we stay on call for iteration, new features, and continued momentum.

Let's Talk
Not Ready for a Full Build? Start Smaller.

Not every AI win requires a new product. Sometimes it's a business process, supercharged: automated quality checks, document comparison, error detection at scale. If you've got a repetitive, rules-based process eating your team's time, we can likely automate it fast, often in days, not months.

Capabilities

Everything it
takes to ship
it right.

Six disciplines, one team. We bring the whole stack — design, story, and engineering — to every engagement.

01
Experience & Product Design
Product Design · UX/UI · Prototyping

We design interfaces your customers will enjoy using, not just tolerate. From the first flow to the final pixel, the experience is the product.

  • Interfaces built around real user needs
  • Clickable prototypes before we write code
  • Design that makes AI feel effortless
02
Storytelling
Narrative · Positioning · Activation

We'll activate your audience by leveraging a story that makes them care about the product we've built together.

  • A narrative your audience actually cares about
  • Positioning that sells internally and out
  • The story handed to you, ready to tell
03
Agentic Systems
Autonomous Agents · Workflow Automation

We'll put autonomous agents to work on your workflows — not just demo what's capable.

  • Agents that do the work, not just describe it
  • Wired into your real workflows
  • Built to run in production, not a sandbox
04
Retrieval & Knowledge Systems
RAG · Grounded Chat · Contextual AI

Chat solutions grounded in your data, with the contextual awareness to match. Say goodbye to hallucinations.

  • Answers grounded in your own content
  • Context-aware, not generic
  • Say goodbye to hallucinations
05
Generated Digital Content
Image · Video · Voice · Sound · Music

We're on the bleeding edge of digital content creation, combining generated image, video, voice cloning, sound, and music.

  • Generated image and video
  • Voice cloning, sound, and music
  • On-brand, on the bleeding edge
06
Full-Stack Build
Frontend · Backend · Production

We'll take your product from concept to production, with confidence.

  • Concept to production, end to end
  • Real backend, real auth, real users
  • Shipped with confidence
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A Running Start

Years of building agentic systems means we're not starting from scratch. We bring proven components and battle-tested patterns to every project, allowing us to cross the finish line quicker.

Proof Points · Green Army AI

Workplace safety,
measured and
verified.

An enterprise workplace safety platform with training and comprehension agents that measure and verify what employees actually understand, paired with automated reporting that shows which material is truly landing. Posters+ adds facility signage with quick-scan access to safety bots — telling workers how to stay safe, and telling leadership the questions being asked.

Training AgentsComprehension AgentsAutomated ReportingPosters+ SignageQuick-Scan Safety Bots
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GA
Green Army AI
Enterprise Safety Platform
GA
Proof Points · Authored By

We don't just
build for clients.
We ship.

The clearest answer to “can you actually build something?” is a product in the store. Design-led case studies live here too — less about the tech, more about the craft.

By Small Machines AI · formerly Pocket Panel, evolved
Authored By

A work and story capture tool that uses leading-edge AI to turn the work you're already doing into shareable content, for the audience of your choice. Send progress updates to leadership, share short and long-form content with your followers, or print the entire story — Authored By turns the journey you're on into a story worth sharing.

App Store →Google Play →
Authored By
On App Store & Google Play
About

Proud of how
it got made.

Small Machines AI started with a simple belief: the work matters more when you're proud of how it got made.

Good work.
Good people.

We choose to do good work with genuine, good people. We build products and experiences meant to put good into the world — not just ship features.

And when the work is done, we want a story we're proud to tell, together with the people we built it for.

That's the studio we set out to build. It's the same standard we bring to every partnership.

Let's Talk

Have a project
in mind?

We'd love to hear about it. Whether you have a fully scoped project or just a problem you can't stop thinking about — tell us. We'll be honest about what we can build and whether we're the right fit.

No pressure. No jargon. Just good people, ready to do good work.

letstalk@smallmachines.ai →
Fastest Path
Start with a Design Sprint

Not sure where to start? A sprint is the lowest-risk way to find out what's possible — and the fastest way to have something real to show.

Enterprise Product
Explore Green Army AI

Already know you need workplace safety training that measures real understanding? Let's talk about Green Army AI — product inquiries and demos welcome.

Full Engagement
Discuss a Custom Build

Have a specific initiative in mind? Tell us what you're trying to accomplish and we'll tell you exactly how we'd approach it.