Otranto.aiAI consulting
A.J. Otranto · AI consulting and enablement

Welcome to Otranto.ai,
an AI consulting practice.

Otranto.ai is an AI consulting and enablement practice run by A.J. Otranto, based in New York and working both in the city and remotely. I teach teams to build with AI, build custom tools when off-the-shelf software does not fit, and advise the people making the call. I spent a decade inside enterprise systems and I ship every week, so the advice comes from current work. This site is also where I keep what I am building, what I have learned, and what I teach.

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What I can do for you

Three ways I work with a team. All of them start with a conversation, and I'll tell you if what you need is none of these.

AI enablement01

Train your team to build with AI

Hands-on training for people who don't write code. Your team goes from beginner to a working application they built themselves, with a method they keep using after I leave.

Shape
Course or cohort
Timeline
Half-day to 4 weeks
Output
Each person ships
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Custom builds02

Build the tool you actually need

Internal tools, dashboards, workflow apps and prototypes, built for you when off-the-shelf software does not fit. Scoped in one conversation and in your hands in two to six weeks.

Shape
Build partnership
Timeline
2 to 6 weeks
Output
Working software
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Advisory03

Help your leadership decide what to do about AI

Leadership sessions, working groups and all-hands talks. Where AI fits in your operation, what to try first, and what to ignore. I sit in the room and answer the real questions.

Shape
Session or retainer
Timeline
One-off or ongoing
Output
A decision
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See how an engagement actually runs →
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Examples of client work

Five engagements, described by vertical. Clients are not named. Pick one to see what was built.

Proposal flow, end to end

Custom metal fabrication, New York

A fabrication shop was writing every proposal by hand from a spreadsheet of pricing. Now a quote becomes a client-ready proposal in minutes, and the shop can see which ones got read.

Proposal builderWeb app

Pick the line items, set the quantities, and the proposal assembles itself from live pricing tables with the shop's own layout and terms.

Send, sign and trackWorkflow

Proposals go out as a link. The shop sees when it was opened, and the client signs on the same page instead of printing a PDF.

Template importOnboarding

Their existing Word and PDF proposals were read in and turned into templates, so day one looked like the documents they already trusted.

Described by vertical, client unnamedTalk about something like this →
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Personal projects

Products I built and run myself. Not client work, and not case studies. This is what I ship when nobody is paying me to.

Live · 2026WedVis

Couples upload a photo of their venue and see it transformed into their actual aesthetic in seconds. Pros use it to close clients faster.

wedvis.com ↗
Side projectCall Yo Momma Now

A reminder app for calling your mom. Built for the fun of it.

callyomommanow.com ↗
Coming soonTreasure Trove Finds

A site for my parents' antique booth.

Not public yet
Side projectChoreo

Connects to Spotify, syncs the lyrics, and generates illustrated dance moves that land on the beat. Built because my niece wanted to learn routines to her favorite songs.

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Free · OpenVibe Coding Course

Zero to a real working application with two platforms. Written for people who have never opened a terminal.

otranto.ai/learn →
Behind the portalThe Otranto.ai workbench

Four tools I built for my own gaps and still use: Status Doc, Dashboard Mock (a data dashboard visualization tool), New Business Researcher and the AEO Audit. Clients get accounts on them.

Client portal →
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Blog

What I am learning as I build, written up so it is useful to someone else.

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Common questions

The things people ask before they get in touch. If yours is not here, ask it below.

What does an AI consultant actually do?
Three things, in my case. I train teams to build with AI themselves, I build the tool when off-the-shelf software does not fit, and I sit with leadership to work out where AI belongs in the operation and what to ignore. Often it is one of the three, sometimes a mix.
Do you work with teams in New York City?
Yes. I am based in New York and do in-person work in the city, and remote work elsewhere. In-person tends to be worth it for training sessions and worth less for builds.
My team does not write code. Is this still for us?
That's the group I most want to work with. The enablement work is built for people who have never written code and it ends with each of them having shipped something that runs.
How long does an engagement take?
Training runs from a half day to about four weeks depending on how many people and how deep you want to go. A custom build is usually two to six weeks. Advisory can be a single session or an ongoing arrangement.
What does it cost?
It depends on the shape of the work and the size of the group, so I quote it after we talk rather than off a rate card. Tell me what you are trying to do and I will give you a number.
How do we start?
Send me a note through the form below or email ajotranto@gmail.com. The first step is a conversation about what is actually in the way. If what you need is not something I do, I will say so.
06 · Get in touch

Tell me what you're building.

A project, a question, or just saying hi. I read everything.

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What brings you here?

Pick whatever fits. No wrong answer.