Stop Googling "how to use AI for my business."
I help Lancaster County business owners stop losing hours to repetitive work — by building AI solutions that solve the specific problem in front of you. No jargon. No long contracts. Real outcomes you can measure.
Sound familiar?
You're buried in busywork
Renaming files. Chasing invoices. Copy-pasting between spreadsheets. You're losing 14–16 hours a week on admin work that doesn't grow your business.
You tried AI and it didn't stick
ChatGPT was cool for a week. Then it sat there. No one ever showed you how to point it at your actual work — so now it's another tool on the pile.
You don't know where to start
500 AI tools. 10,000 blog posts. A new "game-changer" every Tuesday. What you need isn't more info — it's someone who can tell you what's actually worth doing.
62%of small business owners work 50+ hours a week. Nearly half of that time goes to tasks AI could handle today.
What I won't do.
I won't try to automate your entire business in month one.
I've seen what happens when people go that route — they buy five tools, set up none of them right, and end up more frustrated than when they started.
I won't sell you something I don't think will work.
If you describe your problem and AI isn't the answer, I'll tell you that on the free call and we'll both move on.
I won't hand you a strategy deck and disappear.
When I build something for your business, I stay until your team is using it — and I keep it running after that.
What I will do: find the one thing that's costing you the most time this week, and fix it. Then we'll find the next one.
A real local result.
A local Lancaster County tax firm was renaming, sorting, and filing every scanned document by hand — every single day.
I built an AI workflow that reads each document, names it correctly, and files it in the right folder — automatically. Live in their business in four weeks.
Since launch: 5,000+ documents processed, zero misfiles, and the team got their Tuesday afternoons back.
Three steps. No wasted budget.
We talk
A free 30-minute call. No pitch. Just a real conversation about how your business runs and where time is being wasted. If AI isn't the answer, I'll tell you.
I build it
I design and deploy one targeted AI solution into your existing tools. Not a strategy deck — something that runs in your business starting now.
It keeps working
Monitoring, maintenance, and support are included. If something breaks, I fix it. If something can run better, I flag it. You don't have to think about it.
What this actually looks like.
AI solutions that connect the tools you already use. Information moves on its own. Repetitive work gets done while you sleep.
A new lead fills out your contact form. Their info hits your CRM, a welcome email goes out, and a task is created for follow-up — automatically.
An invoice comes in. It's read, logged, matched to the right project, and filed. You don't open it until you're ready to approve it.
A customer books an appointment. They get a confirmation, a reminder the day before, and a follow-up after — without your team typing a word.
Scanned documents get renamed, sorted, and filed into the right folders based on their contents. No more dragging files one at a time.
Your weekly report pulls data from three different tools, formats it, and lands in your inbox every Monday morning before coffee.
If it's repetitive and rule-based, there's a good chance I can build AI to do it.
Works with the tools you already use
Flat rates. No surprises.
No hourly billing. No long contracts. You know what you're paying before we start.
Single Solution
Targeted AI Workflow
One proven AI solution — chosen from workflows I've already built and battle-tested — configured for your tools, deployed in your business.
- Discovery call to map the workflow to your tools
- Configuration, deployment, and testing
- Hands-on team walkthrough
- Ongoing monitoring, maintenance, support
Best for: Owners with a specific pain point eating time every week.
Ongoing Partnership
Your Dedicated AI Partner
Your dedicated AI partner. Not one-and-done — an ongoing relationship where I'm in your corner, keeping your business ahead.
- New AI workflow or optimization every month
- Monthly strategy call — updates, recommendations, Q&A
- Ongoing support between calls
- Priority response time
Best for: Owners who want steady AI strategy without hiring full-time.
Not sure which fits? Let's talk it through.
Book a free callBuilt for the 717.
The contractors, the tax firms, the landscapers, the shops that have been here for decades — they're the backbone of a $40 billion local economy. They don't need an AI department. They need one solution that gives them their Tuesday afternoons back.
About 58% of small business owners have tried AI in some form. Only 9% have actually put it to work in their business. That's the gap 717 AI Works was built to close.
I'm not here to sell AI to people who don't need it. I'm here to build it for the ones who do — right here where I live.
The person behind 717 AI Works.
I'm Drew Dailey. I live in Manheim — I moved here after falling in love with Lancaster County. I'm a Shippensburg University grad, and I spend my time helping local business owners figure out where AI actually fits in their work.
I started 717 AI Works because I kept seeing the same thing: smart business owners drowning in repetitive tasks while the AI tools that could fix it sat unused or felt too complicated.
So I started building things for them. One solution at a time.
I'm not a big firm. I don't have a sales team. I'm one person who takes on a manageable number of clients so I can actually do the work well. When you call 717 AI Works, you get me.
No jargon
If I can't explain it in plain English, I haven't thought about it hard enough.
One thing at a time
We fix one problem, prove it works, then find the next. That's how AI sticks.
No hourly billing
Flat-rate work you can plan around. No watching the clock during our calls.
Honest answers
If AI isn't the right move, I'll tell you. Straight answers beat paid engagements.
Questions I actually get asked.
No. That's the whole point. You know your business — I know AI. We meet in the middle.
Most single-solution builds take four to six weeks from kickoff to live in your business. It depends on complexity, but I don't drag things out.
Then I'll tell you that. I'm not going to sell you something I don't think will work. The free strategy call exists so we can figure that out before you spend a dollar.
This is a real concern — and a good one. I build things that fit into the tools your team already uses, and I do a hands-on walkthrough before I hand anything off. If it's too complicated for your people to use, I haven't done my job.
The Single Solution is a single AI workflow — one specific problem, built and maintained. The Ongoing Partnership is exactly that — I'm building, optimizing, and advising every month. One pain point? Start with the Single Solution. Want a steady strategy without hiring full-time? The Ongoing Partnership.
No long-term contracts. The Single Solution runs month-to-month after setup. The Ongoing Partnership is month-to-month from the start. If it's not working, you can walk away.
Whatever you're already using. Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, QuickBooks, HubSpot, Jobber, Monday, Airtable — the list goes on. The idea is to connect the systems you have, not replace them.
ChatGPT is a great tool for writing and brainstorming. But it doesn't connect to your CRM, process your invoices, or file your documents. What I build are workflows — AI that runs across your systems without you touching it. ChatGPT is one ingredient. The solution is the meal.
You might be the perfect fit. Nearly half of all businesses in Lancaster County have fewer than five employees. The owners who benefit most are the ones wearing every hat — because every hour I give back is an hour you spend on the work that actually grows your business.
Let's figure out what's worth doing.
30 minutes. No cost. No pressure. Just a real conversation about how your business runs and where AI might actually help.
I'll give you an honest take — even if it's "you don't need this right now."
Or call directly — (717) 298-0318