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Hiring for AI? Skip it.
Your AI hire, without the hiring.
Skip the job post, the interviews and the 90-day ramp. Get an AI and automation lead for your West Michigan business, working this week, for less than a part-time hire.
Based in Grand Rapids. Not in West Michigan? We work with companies anywhere, remotely.
The math
Two ways to get an AI person.
One takes months and a six-figure salary. The other starts with a phone call.
Post the job
- Weeks of posting, screening and interviews before anyone starts
- A six-figure salary, plus benefits, taxes and equipment
- Months of ramp-up while they learn your business
- You pay the same whether there is 5 hours of AI work or 50
- If they leave, you start over
skipthehire.ai
- Starts this week, after one 20-minute call
- A flat project price or monthly retainer, with no payroll
- A team that has already done this inside working companies
- Scale the hours up or down as the work changes
- Everything is documented and yours to keep
Experience
The résumé you were hoping to find.
AI-powered websites, knowledge-base agents and automations, built for working companies since 2023. Not slides about what AI could do someday.
AI rollout
Rolled out Claude across a company
Set the rules for safe use, trained each team on their own work, and built a rollout plan people followed.
Usage rulesTraining by role
Integration
Connected the CRM to everything else
Built a headless CRM integration so data moves between systems without anyone retyping it.
Systems connectedNo retyping
Automation
Automated the executive briefing
The weekly leadership summary now assembles itself from live data and is ready before Monday.
Live dataReady by Monday
Operations
Built a scheduling dashboard
Replaced a patchwork of spreadsheets with one live view the team uses every day.
One live viewUsed daily
What comes with it
You get a whole AI desk.
A person to call, agents built for your business, and a clear view of what it all costs.
A dedicated agent for your business
An AI agent set up around your company: your terms, your customers, your way of working. It runs on playbooks we have been refining since 2023.
Every dollar, itemized
A client portal that breaks down exactly what you spend each month: our fee, your AI subscriptions, and what each one is for.
Custom agents, designed for you
When a task keeps coming back, we design an agent for it, test it with your team, and hand you the keys.
A real person to call
You get Patrick and the team behind him, by phone, email or video. When something breaks, you know who to reach.
How it works
From first call to working AI.
STEP 1
A 20-minute call
You tell us what is eating your team's time. We tell you plainly whether AI can fix it.
STEP 2
One fixed quote, in writing
A list of exactly what is included, one price and a timeline. Nothing starts until you approve it.
STEP 3
Work that stays yours
We build, train and document. You own every account and everything we make, and you can keep us on month to month.
The savings
What the hire costs before any work gets done.
Published figures for the Grand Rapids area. The sources are in our cost guide.
$96,880Median salary for a data scientist in the Grand Rapids area
+43%Added on top of wages for benefits
$138,000About what that hire costs a year, by our arithmetic from those two figures
6 weeksAbout how long a role takes to fill, before the ramp-up even starts
Our mid-level retainer costs less than half of that. The reason is efficiency: you pay for the AI work you have, not for a 40-hour week, a recruiter or a ramp-up.
See pricing →Read the cost guide →Who it's for
Built for companies of 10 to 250 people.
Big enough to feel the manual work, too small to justify a full-time AI department.
Questions
What owners ask first.
Is this cheaper than hiring an intern?
Per hour, no. Per result, usually yes, and the reason is efficiency. An intern needs someone to manage them, takes months to learn the business and leaves at the end of the term. We have done this work before, so you get finished, documented results from the first week.
Which AI tools do you use?
Claude is our main platform, and we think it is the best choice for most businesses. We also work with OpenAI's tools and with Microsoft Azure. For your company we recommend one platform, so your team learns one tool well. If you already pay for another one, we can start there.
Is our data safe?
The rollout includes written rules for what can and cannot go into AI tools, and business accounts that keep your data out of model training. You own every account and can remove our access at any time.
Do we have to sign a long contract or pay a big fee up front?
No. Projects are fixed price and retainers run month to month. Nobody here will ask you for a $20,000 or $30,000 commitment before any work is done. Start small, see it work, then decide what is next.
What if we want something that was not in the quote?
The quote lists exactly what is included. If you ask for something that is not on the list, we price it separately in writing, and it starts only after you approve it. You never get a surprise invoice.
Where do you work?
In person across Grand Rapids and West Michigan, and by video anywhere else. We do not keep a public office. Locally we meet at your place, at a coffee shop, or at a coworking space such as Bamboo in downtown Grand Rapids.
Insights
AI news, read for owners.
When something big ships, we write what it means for a company your size and what to do about it this week.
About
Meet the hire you skipped.
I'm Patrick Moody. I started Skip the Hire, and I run a small team of people and AI agents. The agents have never once asked for PTO.
Since 2023 I have been building AI-powered websites and knowledge-base agents for working companies. Skip the Hire is how West Michigan businesses get that work without adding a salary.
Based inGrand Rapids, Michigan
In personWest Michigan
RemoteAnywhere
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