AI automation for small business

Do less.
Accomplish more.

We identify the repetitive work eating your week and automate it — using AI tools built specifically for your business. No code required from you.

Intake form → CRM
Automated on submission
Live
Client follow-up emails
Drafted & queued in 30s
Live
Invoice data extracted
12 files processed
Done
Staff assistant
47 questions answered today
Active
10+ hrs
Saved per week, on average
~2 weeks
From kickoff to live tool
No code
Required from your team
Hoboken, NJ
Serving the tri-state area
The process

Built around
your business.

Every engagement starts with understanding how you actually work — not how a generic template assumes you do.

1
Discovery call
We walk through your operations together. You describe your day; I identify the tasks worth automating and the ones that aren't.
2
Scoped proposal
You receive a plain-English proposal — what gets built, what it connects to, how you'll use it, and a fixed project price.
3
Build & test
I build the tool, test it against your real data and scenarios, and refine until it's ready. Typical build time is two weeks.
4
Handoff & support
You get a working tool, documentation your team can actually follow, and a support window to make sure it sticks.
What to expect
"I want to spend less time on admin and more time on the work that actually matters."
That's the starting point for most engagements. By the end, the repetitive stuff runs itself — and you're back to doing the work you built this business to do.

First call Free, 30 min
Typical project 2–3 weeks
Pricing Fixed-price per project
Technical lift from you Zero
What we build

Four ways to get your
time back.

Every tool is built around your specific workflow — not a generic template dropped into your business.

Workflow Automation

Map and automate the repetitive tasks eating your week. When something happens in your business, the right things happen automatically — no manual follow-through required.

Scheduling Follow-ups Data entry Reporting
AI Customer Communication

Smart tools that handle incoming inquiries, draft responses in your voice, and route the right things to the right people — so nothing falls through the cracks.

Email drafting Inquiry routing Response templates
Document & Data Processing

Stop re-typing information that already exists somewhere else. We build tools that extract, organize, and act on data from invoices, contracts, forms, and files.

Invoice processing Contract review Form extraction
Custom AI Assistants

A Claude-powered assistant that knows your business — your products, your policies, your FAQs. Staff get instant answers; customers get consistent ones.

Staff Q&A Customer-facing chat Knowledge base
About

Built by someone who
runs systems for a living.

Center Seat Solutions was founded by Dave Lucas — a former U.S. Navy flight engineer and technology leader.

In the P-3C Orion, the flight engineer sits in the center seat. At the controls. In the middle of the action. Running the systems that keep the mission on track.

After the Navy, Dave spent years inside large tech and e-commerce organizations — building and managing systems at a scale most small businesses never get exposure to. He's seen what operational discipline looks like when it works, and what it looks like when it doesn't.

Center Seat brings that experience to small business. No generic templates. No buzzwords. Practical tools that solve real problems — delivered in about two weeks.

Dave Lucas
Founder & Principal

Former U.S. Navy P-3C flight engineer (VP-40 Fighting Marlins). Now building AI-powered tools for small businesses and professional services firms in the tri-state area.

U.S. Navy Veteran VP-40 Fighting Marlins Enterprise Tech & E-commerce Hoboken, NJ Anthropic / Claude API
Get started

Let's find an hour of your day
to give back.

The first conversation is free. We'll talk through what you're spending time on and whether there's a build worth doing.

Book a free consultation dave@centerseatsolutions.com →