Supply chain · Operations · Finance · People ops

Know what's worth building. Then get it built.

A trusted read on AI for operators at $50M–$100M brands, a room of peers putting it to work, and a builder on call when you'd rather not build it yourself.

Join the founding cohortSee the Operator Desk
Why this exists

Operators are past "should we use AI." They're stuck on what's next.

Noise

Too many tools, no verdicts

Executives don't have time to sort what moves the needle from lipstick on a pig.

Ceiling

Chat fluency stops short

Teams get comfortable in the chat app, then hit the wall: agents, connected data, workflows the business owns.

Follow-through

Found the problem, no solve

Most sessions end at "here's what you could do." The next step is where the leverage is.

Operator Desk

Every member works from a desk that reads the noise first.

Supplier emails, carrier notices, 3PL bids, tariff news. An Operator Desk asks the same plain questions of every item and sorts it by rules you set. It reports the odds; your rules make the call.

01 · Situation

Say what matters, in words

What you ship, from where, and your deal-breakers. Thresholds go in plain words; the desk does the math in code.

02 · Questions

Ask the same questions every time

Yes or no, pick one, or rate it. Relevant to us? Already on the board? Hype, fact or signal? Touches a supplier we depend on?

03 · Rules

Set the line yourself

Decide what comes to you, what gets watched and what gets skipped. Changing a rule re-sorts the board without another AI call.

Sample board · fictional items
  • Factory pushes your spring PO ship date out three weeksSupplier email · 92% relevant · signal
  • Carrier rate increase notice on your main ocean laneCarrier notice · 78% relevant · fact
  • New tariff ruling on a parts category you importTrade news · 64% relevant · fact
  • Forum post claims a West Coast port slowdown next monthSocial post · 38% relevant · hype
  • 3PL bid resubmitted with no changesRFP inbox · 12% relevant · duplicate
Move the slider: the verdicts change instantly, with no new AI calls. The odds were already computed.

It drafts and flags; it doesn't commit. Anything that spends money, makes a commitment to a supplier or changes production stops and waits for a person.

Desks we're starting with

Each one is the same system with a different profile, feed and set of questions.

Sourcing

Sourcing desk

Supplier quotes and factory emails screened against your spec and risk rules.

3PL

3PL RFP desk

Fulfillment bids normalized into one comparison and screened against your requirements.

Disruption

Disruption desk

Tariff, port and carrier news sorted into hype, fact or signal for the products you actually sell.

From your workflow to a running desk

Builds start from the same base desk instead of from scratch.

  1. Initialize

    The base desk

    Start from the empty desk: the board, the rules, the approval points and the logs.

  2. Configure

    Your brief

    A short written brief: what it works on, what it produces, what it may touch and when it stops to ask.

  3. Specialize

    Your feed

    Point it at your inbox, files or news, then tune the questions until the board matches your judgment.

Eight short lessons, one lab each

Written for operators, not engineers. Each lesson ends with a lab on a live desk.

  1. Meet your deskBeginner
  2. Write your situationBeginner
  3. Ask good questionsBeginner
  4. Set your rulesIntermediate
  5. Where it goes wrongIntermediate
  6. Let it run without youIntermediate
  7. Keep a person near the loopAdvanced
  8. Stamp your own deskAdvanced
See the pattern running

Deal Desk, built for DealCon

The same system screening M&A deal flow against an investment thesis: typed questions, owner rules and an agent that keeps working. The supply chain desks are being built with the founding cohort.

Open Deal Desk ↗

How it works · Pricing

Three steps up, priced so each one feels like the next one.

Start with the briefing. Most members stay in the cohort. Some ask for a build.

Read

Operator Briefing

For anyone in ops, supply chain or finance at a brand.

  • What's relevant in AI for operations this week
  • Tool deep dives with a clear verdict
  • A supply chain teardown every issue
$100per month
Learn with peers

Executive Cohort

For heads of supply chain, COOs and CEOs who want to apply it themselves.

  • Group working session every two weeks
  • Open Q&A once a month on what's changing
  • Recordings, plus the Operator Briefing
  • Bring your own workflow; leave with a next step
$1,000per member, per month
founding rate held while you stay
Hand it off

Build & Deploy

For members who say "I don't have time to build this. Can you?"

  • Scoped, built and shipped for a customer of one
  • Or we take your vibe-coded prototype to production
  • Your stack, your data, your ownership
~$5Kfirst working version
see how builds work
How builds work

A first working version should cost about $5,000.

Everything after that is scoped once we both know what we're dealing with. No open-ended retainers on day one.

  1. Scope

    Conversation or audit

    What you want built, or a review of what you've already built and need to take further.

  2. Working prototype

    ~$5,000

    A first version out the door, built for your process instead of a generic one.

  3. Maintenance

    $1,500–$2,000 / mo

    Infra, security and upkeep if we run it. We decide up front who maintains it.

  4. Build-out

    $400 / hr

    Later phases quoted once the audit shows what's needed. A bench of devs for larger work.

Where we fit

Fluency training gets your team comfortable. This picks up where it stops.

Fluency-only programsOrganized AI for Operators
CeilingChat apps for non-technical teamsChat apps, then agents, connected data and workflows you own
DepthEvery department, a session eachSupply chain and operations first, led by a domain operator
After the sessionTemplates to copyA builder on call to scope and ship it
FormatVideos, live calls, a SlackCohort sessions plus in-person build nights in Austin
Who's running it

Jordan Hill, founder of Organized AI

Ten years building measurement and marketing infrastructure for brands, and two years building agentic systems. Runs the Organized AI community and build nights in Austin.

Supply chain sessions are shaped with an operator who has built and run companies in the space.

~10 yrsmeasurement and data infra
300Austin community members
$5Kto a first working build
Case studies

Published from the founding cohort

Each one names the workflow, what it cost before, what changed, and what still needs a person. Nothing goes up without the member's sign-off.

Questions

What operators ask first

Do I need to be technical?

No. The cohort is built for operators. You'll see real workflows run end to end, and you decide what's worth doing yourself versus handing off.

Is this a course?

There's a short course: eight lessons, each ending with a lab on a live Operator Desk, written for operators rather than engineers. There are also recorded lessons from real builds. But the core is the live cohort: your problems, your data, peers at similar brands.

Does the desk act on its own?

It reads, sorts, flags and drafts. You set the rules for what reaches you. Anything that spends money, commits to a supplier or changes production waits for a person.

Why not just buy an AI tool?

Some are worth buying, and the briefing will say which. When your process is the advantage, a build shaped to it usually beats a generic product.

Who owns what gets built?

You do. Builds run in your accounts with your data, documented so your team or ours can maintain them.

Is the price fixed?

The founding cohort rate is held for as long as you stay. Later cohorts may be priced differently.

Founding cohort

Get a seat in the first cohort.

Small group, supply chain and operations leaders first. Tell us where you sit and we'll follow up.