AI Consulting · Bigfork, Montana

IF IT NEVER
SHIPS, IT NEVER
HAPPENED.WE SHIP.

AI consulting for small business teams that need a clear next step: an AI-ready website, a custom automation system, or a practical readiness assessment. We turn business goals into data-driven decisions, select AI tools that fit the work, and design AI solutions that reduce repetitive tasks while supporting customer satisfaction. For teams seeking AI strategy consulting in Montana, every build is led by Colter Mahlum personally from discovery through production deployment.

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NOW TAKING PROJECTS

He builds it himself.

Website builds from $1,200. Custom AI platforms starting with a discovery call. No handoffs. No offshore dev teams. Every line of code written by the same person you spoke to.

Website builds·AI platforms·Bigfork, MT
12
Platforms in production
1
Engineer, every build
$1,200
Website builds from
5+
Years in business

Instrument 01 · What we build

Website builds.

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01

AI answer engines

Your business gets cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. A structured entity graph makes it machine-readable from launch.

02

Conversational AI built in

A grounded AI that knows your pricing, services, and FAQs. Not a third-party widget. Built from your own content so it cannot hallucinate about you.

03

Lighthouse 90 or above

Performance and SEO built in from day one. Mobile and desktop. Not retrofitted. Every build is tested before it ships.

04

Voice and agents

Inbound calls handled around the clock. Admin tasks that connect to the tools you already use. Optional add-on to any build.

05

Ongoing care

Hosting, maintenance, SEO work, and content production. The site keeps working for you after the first invoice.

Instrument 02 · Production work

Twelve platforms shipped.

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Instrument 03 · Custom platform builds

Custom AI systems.

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01

AI strategy and roadmapping

Prioritized investment plans sequenced by ROI, risk, and data readiness. Starts with a written success definition before any code is written.

02

Machine learning development

Custom forecasting, classification, NLP, and computer vision models. Trained on your data. Deployed into your production environment.

03

Data analytics platforms

Modern data warehouses, executive dashboards, and AI-powered reporting built from your existing sources.

04

MLOps and cloud deployment

Production deployment, monitoring, and ongoing model operations. The system keeps running after the project closes.

Founder

He builds it himself.

Colter Mahlum founded Mahlum Innovations in 2020 after a decade in regulated hardware manufacturing. Mechanical engineer by training, quality director in FAA-regulated avionics, now building AI systems and websites for businesses that need them to actually work.

If the AI strategy never ships into production, it does not count.

Specification

10 YRSEngineering and operations background
B.S.Mechanical Engineering, Gonzaga University 2016
CERT.Cornell AI Strategy · IBM · Microsoft Azure · ISO 9001
BASEBigfork, Montana
NOWFounder and CEO, Mahlum Innovations

Common questions

Straight answers.

Direct access

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Start with a free 45-minute call. No deck, no sales team, no proposal. Just a direct conversation about whether this is the right move for your business, and what it would actually take to ship.