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AI built for small business · Austin, Texas

Unlock the value already inside your business.

Missed calls, slow replies, and hours lost to busywork add up. Drop in your website and see where AI can win back revenue, time, and happier customers.

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Business value scan

See where revenue, hours, and customers are slipping away.

Engineering philosophy

Start with the problem, not the model.

Useful AI begins with the language, exceptions, and decisions unique to a vertical. We combine that domain depth with rigorous AI engineering so every system fits the real work — not a generic software pattern.

  1. 01

    Observe

    We follow the real workflow — conversations, handoffs, exceptions, and workarounds — before deciding what AI should do.

  2. 02

    Frame

    We define the decision points, business rules, tools, safeguards, and human judgment that shape a useful solution.

  3. 03

    Make

    We build and test the complete interaction — voice, text, reasoning, integrations, and operational response.

  4. 04

    Learn

    We measure real outcomes, study edge cases, and improve the system with the people who use it every day.

Selected work

Real workflow problems. Working AI solutions.

Each system begins with a stubborn vertical workflow and is engineered through production — combining industry context, conversation, reasoning, data, and action.

Selected work · 01Automotive

Vehicle diagnostics company

AI transformation of vehicle diagnostics and repair guidance

Technicians relied on printed manuals and tribal knowledge to diagnose complex vehicle faults. Diagnostic errors were costly, and repair times varied widely across service locations.

Modernized the diagnostics platform with ML models trained on vehicle telemetry, fault codes, and repair history. Delivered an AI copilot that guided technicians with ranked root-cause recommendations and step-by-step repair instructions.

  • 35% faster average diagnostic time
  • 28% reduction in repeat repairs
  • Consistent repair quality across franchise locations
Selected work · 02Real Estate

Real estate management firm

AI operations for resident services and on-site workforce

Property managers were overwhelmed by resident complaints, maintenance requests, and manual insurance checks for contractors. Response delays hurt retention and compliance risk was rising.

Deployed an AI phone agent to answer and triage resident complaints, an intelligent work-management system to route and schedule maintenance, and automated insurance verification for on-site workers before each shift.

  • 60% of resident calls resolved without human handoff
  • Average work-order completion time cut by 40%
  • 100% contractor insurance verification at shift start
Selected work · 03Automotive

Automotive marketing company

AI-powered automation of vehicle marketing campaigns

Campaigns for hundreds of dealerships were built manually. Creative, targeting, and media spend were inconsistent, and vehicles stayed on lots longer when listings missed the right buyers.

Built an AI marketing engine that auto-generated listings, personalized creative by audience, and optimized media spend across channels. The platform ingested inventory, pricing, and local buyer signals to launch campaigns automatically.

  • 3x faster campaign launch time
  • 22% improvement in lead-to-sale conversion
  • 40% lower cost per qualified lead
Selected work · 04Technology / Startups

AI customer-support startup

AI-native support MVP from concept to launch

A seed-stage startup had a strong idea for an AI support agent but needed a working product in market fast. They had no AI team, no data infrastructure, and limited runway to hire.

Designed and built the MVP in eight weeks: a RAG-based agent integrated with Slack and email, an evaluation harness, a feedback loop for answer improvement, and a cost-tuned inference architecture.

  • MVP live with paying design partners in 8 weeks
  • 78% of routine questions resolved without human escalation
  • Architecture ready to grow with the business

Our engineering

AI systems engineered for the realities of each vertical.

001

Vertical voice AI

Natural voice agents that answer, understand intent, handle routine requests, and hand off with full context when a human is needed.

  • Inbound call handling
  • Scheduling & triage
  • Contextual handoff
002

Context-aware text AI

Text-based interactions across web, SMS, email, and team channels that answer questions and move the workflow forward.

  • Customer conversations
  • Document intelligence
  • Multichannel support
003

Agentic workflow systems

Purpose-built agents that reason across business rules, connect to existing tools, and complete multi-step work with appropriate controls.

  • Workflow orchestration
  • Tool integration
  • Human approval points
004

Industry data foundations

Connected, reliable information foundations that give every interaction the history and business context needed for a useful response.

  • Operational data
  • Knowledge retrieval
  • Governance & evaluation
005

Custom vertical AI products

Focused MVPs and production systems for workflows that off-the-shelf software cannot solve well enough.

  • AI-native MVPs
  • Custom interfaces
  • Production engineering

From the field

Built closely. Owned confidently.

Operator note · 01

They did not just build us dashboards. They rebuilt how we think about data, shipped production models, and made sure our teams could run it without them. That is rare.

VP of Analytics

Automotive services network

Operator note · 02

Our resident calls, maintenance requests, and contractor checks finally operate as one workflow. The system handles the routine work and keeps our team in control.

VP of Operations

Property management operator

Operator note · 03

The best part was the handoff. They documented the models, trained our engineers, and left the code in a state we could actually own.

Head of Engineering

AI software startup

Vertical expertise

Built for the operating reality of small and medium businesses.

  • Automotive services & dealerships
  • Property management
  • Home & field services
  • Insurance agencies
  • Local healthcare practices
  • Specialty retail
  • Small manufacturers
  • AI-native startups

About SAMBA labs

SAMBA labs is a deep vertical AI engineering firm founded in Austin in 2012. Our name stands for Small and Medium Business Automation. We combine domain-specific workflow knowledge with voice, text, data, and agentic engineering to build production systems for the work that generic software leaves behind.

2012
Founded in Austin, TX
13+
Years engineering data systems
Vertical depth
Domain workflows to production AI

Bring us the hard workflow

Tell us where the workflow breaks down.

Bring us the calls, messages, handoffs, or repetitive decisions that slow the business down. We’ll respond within two business days with an engineering perspective on what AI can automate, where domain judgment matters, and what a production system requires.

Austin, Texas

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