Mandrake builds AI systems that take over slow, expensive work. We ship in weeks, measure results in dollars, and keep your team in the loop.
§ 01
The pattern is familiar. A great prototype stalls in pilot, nobody owns the tool, and the project quietly dies. The technology rarely fails. The scoping does.
We start where your business loses hours and dollars, then check whether automation pays there. If it does not, we tell you.
We scope one workflow and put it in production quickly. You see working software and results, not a deck in month three.
Your team runs the system after we leave. We document, train, and hand it over, so the value keeps compounding. If you prefer, we stay on for maintenance.
§ 02
Every engagement ends with something your team uses daily, not a recommendation to do more discovery.
Core engagement
We find the process that quietly burns hours and build a system that does the work. Your team reviews and approves. The system handles the grind.
Working sessions
Hands-on sessions built around your team's real work, from prompt fundamentals to agentic workflows. They leave having shipped something.
Optimization
The same output often costs ten times more than it should. We right-size models, add caching, and tune prompts. The quality holds while the bill drops.
§ 03
Live engagement, anonymized
A mid-size e-commerce company receives thousands of supplier invoices a year. Finance could only spot-check them, so they asked us a simple question. Are we billed what we agreed to pay?
We are building a system that reads every invoice on arrival, checks each line against contracted pricing and billing history, and routes discrepancies to finance with the evidence attached.
Invoice #8841 Supplier C
Auto-checked| Checked | Line item | Qty | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freight, zone 4 | 112 | $1,904.00 | |
| Packaging, custom | 2,400 | $3,120.00 | |
| Widgets, medium | 1,850 | $2,238.50 | |
| Fulfillment fee | 1 | $1,475.00 |
$222.00 over Rate drift. Billed $1.21 per unit against a contracted $1.09.
Routed to AP for dispute
Invoices land and the system structures every line item.
Each line is checked against contracted pricing and history.
Discrepancies route to finance with the evidence attached.
The team disputes the charge and puts the money back.
§ 04
Championing AI inside a company puts your credibility on the line. We are built for that moment, so your next budget conversation starts from results.
One workflow at a fixed scope and a fixed price
You always have something real to show the people you answer to.
We document hours saved, dollars recovered, and cost per run.
§ 05
Mandrake is led by Josh Anderson. Josh has automated work with frontier technology since before ChatGPT was a household name, bringing startup techniques into businesses where outcomes are measured in dollars.
When you work with Mandrake, you work with Josh. There is no rotating bench of juniors.
§ 06
Walk us through one process that eats your team's time. We'll tell you whether it can be automated, what it would take, and what it would save. If the math does not work, we say so.
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