Real tools for real businesses.

Tates finds the friction in your day-to-day and builds something that actually fixes it — not a pitch deck, a working tool.

See how it works

Most small businesses don't need "AI" — they need the five-minute task that eats an hour, gone.

Tates works with owner-operators — painters, bars, salons, independent shops — to find the specific thing slowing you down, then builds a simple tool that fixes it: a booking form that stops the back-and-forth, a pricing calculator that stops the guesswork, a follow-up that happens automatically instead of falling through the cracks.

No retainers you don't understand. No jargon. Just something clickable, built for your business, handed to you to use.

How it works

We look, before we talk.

Before any pitch, Tates does the homework — your reviews, your online presence, a look at how your business actually runs day to day — to find real friction, not guesses.

We build the fix.

Once there's a real problem worth solving, Tates builds a working prototype — something you can click, test, and try, not a slide about what it might look like.

It's yours.

Once it's built and working, it's handed off to you to run. No ongoing lock-in, no confusing dashboard you didn't ask for.

Case studies

Matt Cranmer Painting

[One-line problem statement — e.g. "Quoting new jobs was eating X hours a week."]

[What was built — e.g. "A quick-quote intake form that turns an enquiry into a ready-to-send estimate."]

[Result, once validated]

Drizzle Bar

[One-line problem statement]

[What was built]

[Result, once validated]

Got a friction point worth fixing?

Tell us what's slowing your business down — we'll tell you honestly if it's something worth building.

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