Vancouver, BC
I am Gargi Thakur, a full-stack developer based in Vancouver, BC. I build AI automation for small businesses in Vancouver and Metro Vancouver — shops, studios, cafés, clinics, and operators whose week still lives in Shopify, Square, spreadsheets, and email. The $999 AI Tools Assessment is the on-ramp: a custom report of the 3–7 tools your business actually needs, and it identifies at least 5 hours a week of savings or you pay nothing. Implementation is where we scale.
Who I work with
What that looks like
For a Vancouver shop, studio, or café, AI automation usually means the boring jobs: a Monday briefing from last week’s export, review replies that actually sound like you, quotes that go out the same night, booking reminders that stop no-shows. I start by mapping the week. If a plain dashboard would do, I will say so — see the free diagnostic and the copy-paste guides.
What I build
A 45-minute discovery call, then a custom report: the 3–7 AI tools that fit your business, a priority matrix, a 4-day quick-start plan, and the dollar impact of each fix. $999. 5+ hours/week identified, or a full refund.
After the assessment: Zapier/Make automations ($1K–$3K), process redesign, custom workflows, knowledge systems, and full AI implementation ($5K–$10K+). Fixed price, scoped in writing before work starts.
Done-with-you retainer: two 45-minute calls a month, Slack between sessions, 12 business-hour response. We set up Claude co-work, projects per function, and skills for the workflows you already run.
Full scope and deliverables live on the implementation page.
What I do not do
You work directly with the person building the thing. That keeps scope small, honest, and tied to a problem you can name.
How it works
Reference build
NovaFit is a demo multi-location retailer. The dashboard puts stock, reorders, and transfer approvals on one screen with alerts and decision views, so a manager can scan it in under a minute instead of reconciling numbers by hand. It is working software you can open and click through.
Service area
Based in Vancouver, BC. Work happens remotely with calls on Pacific Time, so businesses outside the region are welcome as well.
FAQ
It is connecting the tools a shop, studio, café, or clinic already uses — Shopify, Square, spreadsheets, email — so restocks, reviews, quotes, and Monday numbers stop living in someone’s head. I am based in Vancouver, BC. Work starts with a $999 assessment, not a custom AI science project.
I find the repetitive work eating your week and map the 3–7 AI tools that actually fit — then I can build it with you if you want help. That might be automations, custom workflows, a knowledge system, or a full implementation. The assessment is the on-ramp; implementation is where we scale.
It starts with the AI Tools Assessment: $999 fixed, one week, refund-backed. Builds after that are a fixed project fee from the expansion menu ($1K–$10K+), confirmed in writing before work starts. The AI Concierge retainer is $1,200/month. No hourly billing.
The AI Tools Assessment takes one week: a 45-minute discovery call, then a custom report, then a 30-minute review call. For a build, the timeline is scoped and confirmed in writing up front, so you know the deliverables and dates before work begins.
Often the second one. Many small businesses do not have an AI problem, they have a visibility problem: the numbers exist but live in five places. That is why I start with an assessment. If a plain dashboard or a simple automation solves it, I will tell you that instead of selling you a model.
The ones you already use. Typically spreadsheets, POS exports, Shopify, email, and whatever internal tools your team lives in. I build the full system as a full-stack developer, so the dashboards and automations integrate properly and keep working as your business grows.
I am based in Vancouver, BC and work with businesses across Metro Vancouver, including Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, and the North Shore. Work is done remotely with calls on Pacific Time, so clients outside the region are welcome too.
Mention where your data lives today (POS, spreadsheets, Shopify) and what you keep checking by hand. I will reply with an honest next step, even when that step is not hiring me.