Practical AI for small businesses

I'm Kevin Burke. I'm an operator by day and build AI tools for small businesses at night, including the software my wife's boutique uses to save her hours per week. This is where I share what I'm doing, what works for me, and how I can help it work for you.
Things I've built
BoutiqueOS
Software for women's boutique retailers: purchase-order import, advanced analytics and insights, Shopify product publishing, and an AI advisor that knows your store.
Read the story →Sentinel
My own competitive-intelligence agent. Every Sunday it scans what competitors are launching and changing, then emails me a short brief: what moved, what it means for us, and the one or two things worth my attention this week.
Read the story →Browser automations
Agents that do the repetitive clicking in web portals with no API, like reconciling daily sales deposits into QuickBooks, so it's done by morning.
Featured
Who's in? A what-if playoff bracket for 2026 TSSAA Division II-AA Football
Pick the final week of 2026 TSSAA Division II-AA region games and watch the playoff seeds, tiebreakers, and first-round matchups update.
Late nights, purchase orders, and how BoutiqueOS started
We bought a boutique franchise and found out how much back-office work came with it. Here's how one order import tool turned into BoutiqueOS.
Recent Posts
Why I built my own AI agent instead of just asking ChatGPT
Most people use AI like Google 2.0. Here's why I built a small agent that emails me a competitor brief every Sunday, and the simple test for when you should too.
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If something here would help you or your business, I take on a few clients at a time. See how I can help →
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