AI & Automation for Growing Businesses

We streamline automate transform
how your business
operates.

From eliminating manual work to deploying AI agents — we take your operations from fragmented and manual to intelligent and autonomous.

Grand Rapids, MI  ·  Working with businesses across the midwest

60% average reduction in process time with workflow automation
20h average hours saved per month in a first engagement
90% reduction in manual data entry with system integration
2–4wk average time from discovery to first workflow live
Real Results

What changes when operations run themselves

Every engagement starts with where time is leaking and ends with systems that run without manual intervention.

3.5h
Saved per employee review cycle

A 60-person company was spending hours on review logistics — tracking who submitted what, chasing stragglers, manually pulling everything together. Now forms go out automatically, AI synthesizes peer feedback into a structured summary, and a final document is generated when the manager adds their notes. The whole cycle runs itself.

5 automated workflows n8n + Claude Live since Jan 2026 Zero manual steps
80%
Reduction in manual data reconciliation

When business tools don't talk to each other, people become the bridge. System integration eliminates the copy-paste, the weekly reports nobody should be running by hand.

System integration Real-time sync
100%
Of follow-up communications automated

Customer touchpoints, status updates, partner communications — the outreach that should happen consistently but requires someone to sit down and do it.

AI drafting Auto-send
Solutions

What we build

Every engagement is different. These are the four areas where we work.

Workflow Automation

Eliminate the manual work that shouldn't need a person. Forms, approvals, reminders, handoffs, reports — built to run without intervention.

Employee review systems
Approval and intake flows
Automated reporting
Onboarding sequences

AI Agents

AI that reads, synthesizes, drafts, and decides. Not just a tool — an agent that handles layered, sequential work alongside your team.

Document synthesis and summarization
Intake and triage automation
Communication drafting
Multi-agent agentic systems

Custom Applications

When off-the-shelf doesn't fit the problem. Lightweight tools built specifically for how your business works.

Internal workflow tools
Client-facing portals
Productized service delivery
Process-specific apps

Dashboards & Reporting

One place where the data that lives in five systems becomes visible. Decision-making without chasing spreadsheets.

Cross-system data unification
Real-time operational dashboards
Automated reporting pipelines
KPI tracking and alerts
How We Work

Our process

01
Current State Assessment

We meet with your key people, map your workflows, and find where time is leaking — before recommending anything. This is the paid Discovery Session.

02
Solution Design & Build

Based on what we found, we design and build a system using n8n, Claude, and your existing tools. Tested before it goes live, documented so you understand it.

03
Handoff & Ongoing Support

You get a system that runs, a team that understands it, and the option for ongoing support as your business grows and the next opportunity emerges.

Operators who build — not consultants who advise

Kara runs operations for a global foundation. Two years ago she started automating her own work — connecting tools that didn't talk, eliminating the manual processes that were eating time, adding AI where it opened up new possibilities.

That work became Zacky. We work with growing businesses who are ready to move from manual to intelligent — and we understand their world from the inside, because we live in it too.

No coding knowledge required on your end
We use your existing tools where possible
Every build is documented and handed off running
Developer network available for larger builds
Kara and Evelyn Dedert
Kara & Evelyn Dedert
Grand Rapids, MI

Ready to find where you're losing time?

A 90-minute Discovery Session maps your workflows and tells you exactly what's worth automating first — and what it would cost.

Book a Discovery Session

Let's talk about your operations

Tell us what's eating up your team's time. We'll tell you if we can help and what it would look like.

Email kara@zacky.co
Location Grand Rapids, MI