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Get your hours back
Do more of what you love

Every business has work that runs on repeat: the same emails, questions, and follow-ups. We find solutions that take that off your plate.

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Your AI assistant

assistant@yourbusiness.com

7:02 AM

to me

Your morning brief, Tuesday

Good morning, Emma! Today's priorities are two client meetings and a quote going out. Full details below.

Your calendar

  • 9:00, walkthrough with the Hendricks. Talking points are ready.
  • 2:00, catch-up with the Barretts. Notes are ready.

Needs you

  • Two new inquiries came in. Replies are drafted.
  • The Calloway invoice is 12 days overdue. Just say the word and I’ll nudge them.

Our mission

Bend is a place where small businesses thrive. We want AI to be part of that story.

We started Bend AI Labs because the businesses that make Central Oregon what it is (breweries, vacation rentals, real estate firms, and more) deserve access to AI that answers customer questions, shows you how your business is running, and takes repetitive work off your hands. It saves you hours, brings in more customers, and leaves you more time for the parts you enjoy.

What we build

Here's how we can make your business move faster and free up time.

Automating redundant tasks

Guest messaging, appointment booking, lead intake, review responses. Whatever your team does on repeat every day, we put it on autopilot. You get the hours back.

A brain for your operation

Your business has rules, processes, and know-how living in your head or scattered across emails and spreadsheets. We build an AI that holds all of that. Anyone on your team can ask it anything, and because it knows how you work, it can draft the documents and decks you would otherwise build from scratch.

Custom websites and apps

We build websites and apps shaped around exactly how your business works. Booking forms, client portals, intake flows. AI-powered, so we get them live fast and keep improving them as your business changes.

Not sure where to start?

That's where most people we work with begin. A few things we hear a lot:

  • “We answer the same handful of questions every day.”
  • “A lead slipped through because we replied too late.”
  • “Half of how this place runs is in one person's head.”
  • “We're paying for tools that don't quite do what we need.”

If any of that sounds familiar, the assessment is how we find out what's worth doing. We'll tell you where AI fits your business and where it doesn't.

How it works

It starts with one assessment. Everything else follows from what we find.

Assess

A working session in person or over a call, whichever is easier. Then a full report we go through together: your pain points, the solutions we found, and where to start, beginning with the low-hanging fruit. That may be an existing tool or something we build or set up for you. The report is yours whether you build with us or not.

$999

Credited toward your build

Book an assessment

Build

We build what you need, whether it came out of the assessment or you already know what you want. Each solution has a fixed price and 30 days of support after launch. And if you started with an assessment, what you paid for it comes off your build.

What clients say

“Edward built me a second brain that saves me hours every week. It reads my texts and inbox, hands me the day already sorted, and writes my listing updates in my voice using the real numbers.”

Nick Holmboe, Holmboe Real Estate, Keller Williams

“The app worked great, no issues that we encountered at all. We will definitely keep you in mind for the future, it was a pleasure working with you.”

Producer, television production client
A custom app built for use on set.

“Edward built our AI assistant around the way we actually run House of Milo. It knows our projects, understands how we communicate, and helps us stay on top of emails, schedules, and all the little details that come with running a design firm. It feels less like learning new technology and more like having another really organized person on our team.”

Who we are

Built in Bend, for Bend.

Edward Esslemont founded Bend AI Labs after 15 years building products and AI solutions for hundreds of millions of people at Meta, X, and Plaid.

The opportunity we keep seeing: the same AI tools powering the world's biggest companies are available to every business in Bend. We're here to help the Bend community seize it.

Edward Esslemont, founder of Bend AI Labs

Get in touch

Book your assessment.

The assessment is $999, credited toward your build. You pay once it's delivered.

Tell us a little about what your business needs, and we'll schedule a session. If you'd rather just talk first, say so below.

Or email directly: hello@bendailabs.com