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AI automation in Minneapolis that you actually own

Search for AI automation in Minneapolis and you'll find agencies selling a receptionist bot for $2,500 plus a monthly fee, hosted on their platform, that you can't change without calling them. 1771 does it differently. We build the automations with you, in the tools you already pay for, in live sessions, so you understand every one of them and keep them if you stop working with us.

$1,999/month · 2 working sessions a month · unlimited async support · billed monthly

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What we've built with clients

Three automations we've built with Minneapolis clients. Each one started as a task the owner was doing by hand, at night.

A weekly SEO digest with next steps — Every Monday, a plain-language note on what moved in search for your site and the three things to do about it. Pulled from Search Console and your analytics: which pages gained, which slipped, which new questions people are typing, and a short list of actions ranked by payoff. No dashboard to log into. It reads like a note from a colleague who checked so you didn't have to.
After-hours follow-up for texts, calls, and emails — A message that lands at 9 p.m. gets a useful reply in your voice within minutes, and you find it logged and queued in the morning. Missed calls get a text back. Emails and texts get an answer that covers the common questions, sets expectations, and offers a booking link. Everything is logged with context, so your first job in the morning is a two-minute review, not a pile of cold replies.
From sales call to finished proposal — Record the prospecting call. By the time you're back at your desk, a proposal PDF in your template is waiting for your edits. The transcript becomes scope, options, pricing, and terms drafted from what was actually said, in your voice, laid out in your branded template. You correct a few lines and send it the same afternoon instead of next week.

What we'd automate first, in most businesses

After a hundred intake conversations, the highest-payoff automations are boringly consistent. Here's where we usually start, in order.

After-hours lead response: the text back, the email reply, the booking link. Lost leads are the most expensive thing on this list.
Intake and re-keying: form submissions and inbound emails summarized and filed into your CRM or spreadsheet.
Proposals and quotes: from a call transcript or a few bullets to a finished document in your template.
Follow-up sequences: the second, third, and fourth touch that never happens when you're busy.
Weekly reporting: what happened, what changed, what to do, delivered as a note rather than a dashboard.
Meeting notes to action items: recorded, summarized, assigned, and logged without anyone typing.

What we wouldn't automate yet

Anything that touches money movement, regulated communications, or a decision that needs a human to own it. Our partner Dan Roseman built compliance programs at Coinbase, Circle, Square, and Robinhood, and he's the reason we're careful here. We automate the drafting, the routing, and the summarizing. A person still presses send on the things that matter.

We also won't put a voice agent in front of your customers on day one. Text and email first, where a person reviews before it goes out, then voice once you trust it.

Agency or retainer: which one you need

If you want a single product installed, like a phone-answering bot, and you're fine renting it, a Minneapolis automation agency is a reasonable choice. If you want your business's actual workflows automated, one after another, in tools you control, with someone who shows you how it works, that's the retainer.

$1,999 a month, billed monthly, no build fees
Two 45-minute working sessions a month, unlimited Voxer in between
Everything runs in your accounts and is yours to keep

Minneapolis since 2013

251 N 1st Ave #400, Minneapolis, MN 55401 · (612) 424-0509 · [email protected]. 50+ projects for organizations like Cargill, Adobe, NetApp, Snap-on, Optum, and Blue Cross Blue Shield, plus two AppExchange apps rated 4.98 across 51 reviews.

Partners: Ben McDermott (founder) and Dan Roseman, CAMS. See about and clients & results.

Questions people ask

Do I need to buy an automation platform?

Usually not. Most of what we build runs on Claude plus the tools you already have: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, your CRM, your phone system. If a workflow needs a connector service, it's typically under $50 a month and it's in your name.

How fast do I see something working?

The first session ends with one automation running. That's the rule. Bigger ones take two or three sessions.

What happens if it breaks at 9 p.m.?

Voxer us. We answer within 12 business hours and usually much faster. Because it runs in your accounts, you can also turn it off yourself in thirty seconds.

Is this the same as hiring an AI automation agency?

No. Agencies build for you on their platform and charge build fees plus hosting. We build with you in your tools for a flat monthly rate, and you keep everything.

Tell us the task you do by hand every week

That's the first automation. The 30-minute call is free and you'll leave knowing whether it's a one-session build or a bigger one.