AI development and consulting · San Diego
Orcatec provides AI consulting services in San Diego and then builds what we recommend. We help you find the tasks where AI pays off, prove it on a small pilot and put it into production inside the software your team already uses.
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Most companies do not need a research lab. They need a few well-chosen AI tools that work with their data, their systems and their people. That is what we build.
We review your processes, data and software, then give you a short list of AI use cases ranked by expected return, risk and effort. You get a roadmap you can act on, not a slide deck about trends.
Assistants that answer customers, qualify leads, book appointments or help staff find answers in internal documents. They hand off to a person when they are not sure, and every conversation is logged.
Read emails, invoices and forms, extract the data, route it to the right person and update your CRM or accounting system. AI handles the messy input; rules handle the decisions you want to control.
Search that understands plain language, summaries, smart forms, photo and document recognition, and recommendations added to your web or mobile product.
AI is only as good as the data it can reach. We connect your CRM, ERP, files and databases, clean the data and set up secure access for models.
We compare commercial and open-source models on your real tasks, measure accuracy and cost, and pick the cheapest option that meets the bar.
San Diego’s economy is broad, and so are the places where AI helps. A few realistic examples of what companies here can automate or improve:
Draft estimates from a technician’s photos and notes, summarize job history before a visit and answer after-hours calls with a booking assistant.
Extract quantities and requirements from bid documents, summarize daily logs and flag change orders that need approval.
Search internal SOPs and research documents in plain language, and draft first versions of routine reports for expert review.
Multilingual guest assistants for bookings and questions, and automatic review summaries that show what guests praise or complain about.
Generate listing descriptions, answer buyer and tenant questions, and pull key terms out of leases and contracts.
Classify shipping and compliance documents, match purchase orders to invoices and surface exceptions for a person to check.
We keep the first step small and measurable, so you can see results before you commit a larger budget.
We map your workflows, data sources and pain points, and agree on what success means in numbers: hours saved, response time, error rate.
You get a ranked list of AI opportunities with effort, risk and expected value for each, and we pick one to start with.
A working prototype on your real data in a few weeks. We measure it against the target and tell you honestly if it is not good enough.
We integrate the solution with your systems, add security, access control, logging and a fallback to a human where needed.
We track accuracy, cost per task and user feedback, update prompts and models, and expand to the next use case on the roadmap.
Describe a process that takes too much time or a question your team keeps answering. We’ll reply within one business day with ideas and next steps.
Orcatec is a field service management platform used by home services businesses. Running a SaaS product in production taught us how to ship features people actually use, and the same discipline applies to AI.
We designed, built and still run Orcatec, a field service management platform used by home services companies to sell, schedule, dispatch, invoice and get paid, in the office and in the field.
Read the case study →We are not tied to one vendor. We choose models and tools for each task based on accuracy, cost, data privacy and how easy they are to maintain.
Cost depends on the number of systems involved, the quality of your data and how much accuracy the task requires. We offer three ways to work:
from $2,000 · 1–2 weeks
A fixed-price discovery and roadmap: workshops, a process and data review, and a ranked list of use cases with estimates.
from $8,000
One use case built as a working proof of concept on your data, with clear success criteria agreed up front.
$50–70 per hour
A monthly team that moves AI solutions into production, maintains them and adds new use cases over time.
Model usage fees (API costs) are billed by the provider to your account, so you always see what you pay for.
Many AI consulting firms in San Diego stop at advice. We are a software company first, so the person who recommends a use case is on the same team as the people who will build, test and support it. That keeps recommendations realistic.
We are based in San Diego County, work in your time zone and can run discovery workshops on-site. You own the code, prompts and data pipelines we create, and your data is never used to train public models.
We also say no when AI is the wrong tool. Some problems are solved faster with a simple rule, a better form or a cleaner report, and we will point that out before you spend money on a model.
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Workflow automation, integrations, document processing and AI automation that remove manual work from daily operations.
Learn more →Web applications, SaaS products, internal tools and integrations built around how your business actually works.
Learn more →Custom CRM systems and HubSpot or Salesforce customization, built around your sales, service and field operations.
Learn more →Native iOS and Android, React Native and Flutter apps, from first prototype to App Store release and support.
Learn more →Custom apps, portals and integrations for HVAC, plumbing, electrical, cleaning and other field service companies.
Learn more →Tell us what you want to build. We’ll reply within one business day with questions and next steps.