AI consulting · Minneapolis · North Loop, since 2013

An AI consultant in Minneapolis who builds it with you

1771 is a Minneapolis AI consulting practice for owner-led businesses. We don't hand you a strategy deck. Twice a month we sit down with you, on a screen share or at our North Loop office, find the repetitive work eating your week, and build the AI tools that take it over.

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

What we've built with clients

These are three automations we've built with clients, not a menu of what's possible. Yours will look like your business, but this is the shape of the work.

• 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.

Who this is for in Minneapolis

Our clients run businesses where the owner still does much of the work: professional services firms in the North Loop and downtown, trades and home-services companies across the metro, nonprofits, medical and dental practices, agencies, and small manufacturers. Typically two to twenty-five people, no IT department, and a founder who answers email at 10 p.m.

If you're a larger company with an IT team and a Microsoft or Salesforce roadmap, we can still help, but you may be better served by a strategy firm. We'll tell you that on the first call.

Why a local consultant matters for AI work

AI consulting is mostly listening. The useful automations come from watching how you actually run a Tuesday, not from a template. Being in Minneapolis means we can sit in your office for a session when the workflow is physical, meet the person who does the intake, and show up when something breaks.

It also means we know the market. We've built software for Minnesota organizations since 2013, from Cargill and Optum down to two-person shops in Northeast, and we know which tools the local accountants, banks, and vendors already use.

What you get each month

Two 45-minute working sessions with screen share. Unlimited Voxer voice and text between sessions, answered within 12 business hours. A short intake before we start. A shared Notion hub with recordings, transcripts, action items, and a running list of everything built. Everything runs in your own accounts and stays yours.

• $1,999 a month, billed monthly, one plan for everyone
• You work directly with the partners on every session
• The first 30-minute call is free and useful even if you don't hire us

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 you meet in person in Minneapolis?

Yes. Most sessions are screen shares because that's faster, but we're at 251 N 1st Ave in the North Loop and will come to you anywhere in the metro when the work calls for it.

How is this different from the other AI consultants in Minneapolis?

Most either sell strategy decks to mid-size companies or sell a product, like an AI receptionist. We build with you, in your accounts, in live sessions, and the price is on the website. Thirteen years in business and public five-star reviews of the software we ship are the proof.

What does an AI consultant cost in Minneapolis?

Hourly consultants in the Twin Cities run roughly $150 to $300 an hour. Agencies quote projects from $2,500 to $25,000. Our retainer is $1,999 a month for two working sessions, unlimited async support, and everything built along the way.

Which AI tools do you use?

Mostly Claude, plus whatever you already run: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, your CRM, your phone system, your forms. We'll tell you on the first call exactly which subscriptions you need.

Can you help with Salesforce too?

Yes. 1771 has done Salesforce consulting, integration, and managed services in Minneapolis since 2013. It's scoped separately from the AI retainer.

More from 1771

• AI consulting for Minnesota businesses, wherever in the state you are
• AI consulting for St. Paul businesses and nonprofits
• AI automation in Minneapolis that you actually own
• AI training for your Minneapolis team that ends with something built
• A Claude consultant who builds your workflows with you
• Salesforce consulting

Book a free 30-minute call

Come with the one task you'd most like to never do again. We'll spend the call on that and tell you honestly whether the retainer is the right way to fix it.