The Applied AI Insider
Free AI help for small businesses, every morning.
The Insider is our free library for owners and office staff. A five-minute daily brief, plain-English articles, short courses, books and quick tools, all written for a business of a few dozen people, not a corporation. It is how we show our work: you can read what we know before you ever talk to us.
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Latest from the Insider
Today's brief · Oct 13
Gemini Swaps Gems for Skills; First Change Nov 17
Google's Skills, the replacement for Gemini Gems, start reaching the Gemini app today, and fake Claude download ads are hiding behind real Bing links to trick people into installing malware.
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Article · Oct 13
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Daily brief · Oct 12
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Article · Oct 11
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What is inside
Everything a small business needs to get started with AI.
The daily brief
Five minutes every weekday morning: what changed in AI and what it means for a small business. Read it or listen to it.
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Articles
Plain-English explainers and how-tos, from picking a tool to writing the rules for what AI may do in your office.
Short courses
Step-by-step courses for owners and office staff, including how to get the most out of the AI you already pay for.
Books
The Applied AI Playbook and the rest of the shelf, readable right on the site. The Playbook is free.
Quick tools
Checks you can run in minutes: the AI Finder, the Agent Permission Planner, the AI Law Check, a staff AI rules kit and more.
Trade starter packs
Where to start with AI in your line of work: what to try first and the prompts to use.
Two quick checks
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AI Opportunity Score
Eight questions, two minutes, no email. See where AI would save your business the most time.
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Copilot readiness check
For Microsoft 365 businesses: is your setup ready for Copilot, and what to fix first.
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About Applied AI Technology
Applied AI Technology sets up Claude for Business for small and mid-sized companies: Claude configured around how the business actually runs, the team trained role by role on their own work, and data rules put in writing. When Claude alone is not enough, we design and build the custom apps, AI agents, and integrations around it. A human approves anything customer-facing before it goes out. Based in Northeastern Pennsylvania, working with companies across the United States. Founded and led by John E. Martines. Free companion library: Applied AI Insider (books, guides, and a daily AI brief).
Services
- AI Workflow Review: a free 45-minute workflow session with a written go or no-go recommendation within 48 hours.
- Claude for Business Implementation: Claude set up around how the company actually runs, with a workspace per role and data rules in writing.
- AI Training for Your Team: role-by-role training on each person’s real work, growing an in-house AI champion.
- AI Pilot Build: one workflow, fixed price, live in 30 days, with a human on the approve button.
- Custom builds: custom software and integrations in fixed-price phases, with code the client owns.
- Applied AI Monthly: the month-to-month operating partnership: monitoring, fixes, new features, and training refreshers.
- AI Consulting in Scranton & NEPA: local AI consulting for small businesses across Northeastern Pennsylvania and the Lehigh Valley, based in Scranton.
- AI Consulting in Wilkes-Barre: in-person AI help for Wilkes-Barre and Luzerne County small businesses, about 25 minutes from Scranton.
- AI Consulting in Clarks Summit: in-person AI help for Clarks Summit and Abington-area small businesses, about 15 minutes from Scranton.
- AI Consulting in Stroudsburg & the Poconos: AI help for Monroe County and Pocono small businesses, built for seasonal swings.
- MSP Partners: AI setup, policy, training, and workflow builds delivered for MSP clients, by referral or alongside the MSP team; the MSP keeps the client and the IT account.
- AI Opportunity Score: a free eight-question diagnostic, no email required.
What we build
The Applied AI app library covers the front desk, money, paperwork, and team sides of a small business:
Contact
Every engagement starts with a conversation, not a contract. Start the chat and a real Applied AI specialist follows up within one business day.