You've heard the buzz about AI. What you actually need is someone to sit down, look at how your business runs day to day, and show you where the right tools save real time and real money - without the jargon. That's what I do.

I lead the AI Consulting for Small Businesses practice at Made Manifest LLC. We listen first, then build a plan around what your team actually needs: an AI readiness assessment of your workflows, help choosing and setting up the right tools (Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot), hands-on team training, and ongoing support as the tools keep changing.

By day, I'm an AI Engineer at Neuro Building Systems, leading the AI integration strategy and quality assurance for NeuroCore, a commercial building-monitoring platform used across 20+ hotel properties in the U.S. and the Caribbean. My job is turning what's possible with tools like Claude, GPT, and the Model Context Protocol into what's actually usable - and that's the same lens I bring to small business clients. Less theory, more "here's what to do Monday morning."

My path here is an unusual one. I grew up as a professional actor - on Broadway (Newsies, Big Fish, Chaplin) and on screen (Kevin Rhoades on Showtime's Billions) - then studied philosophy at SUNY Purchase. My senior thesis, "Co-Agency: The Human Responsibility in an AI-Integrated World," argued that AI should work alongside human judgment, not replace it. That belief is the whole point of how I consult: good questions before shiny tools.

Curious where AI could actually help your business? Let's talk in plain English.

Reach our team at Made Manifest: Zach Unger - mail to: zach@mademanifest.com - call or text 914-479-8908.