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Consulting / AI Agency & Advisory

AI Consulting From Operators Who Run AI Every Day

We don't just talk about AI — we ship and run it. Our agency runs on a stack of AI agents we built ourselves: a website framework, a CRM, a receptionist, an ops system, and an agent-hosting platform. This page is for founders, operators, and agencies who want our heads on the problem (or our hands on the build).

Not CPAs. Not attorneys. Not financial advisors. Business consulting only. We refer out for tax, legal, or accounting work.

Aura Media Studios LLC and howtostart.consulting are a business consulting and software engineering shop that builds AI systems for operating businesses. We are NOT a registered investment advisor, NOT a CPA, NOT an attorney, and NOT a healthcare, regulated finance, or compliance auditor. Nothing on this page is legal, tax, regulatory, or investment advice, and we do NOT guarantee specific revenue, cost-savings, or business outcomes from any AI deployment. AI systems are probabilistic — outputs require human review for any regulated, safety-critical, or legally binding decision. Engagement is a business consulting and engineering engagement only.

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Who this is for

SMB and mid-market operators ($1M-$25M) evaluating where AI actually adds margin — not where it adds buzzwords.

Agencies and consultancies looking to add AI as a real revenue line, white-label our stack, or get unstuck on a build they started.

Founders shipping an AI product who need architecture review, model selection, RAG vs fine-tune calls, and production hardening.

Executive teams who need a senior outside voice for board-level AI strategy without committing to a full-time hire.

What we cover

Engineering and operating consulting around AI. Not life coaching. Not securities advice. Not ML academic research.

What we cover

• AI strategy and roadmap — where AI adds margin, where it doesn't
• Agent design — single-agent, multi-agent, tool-use, memory, evals
• RAG and GraphRAG architecture — chunking, embeddings, retrieval evaluation
• Edge AI on Cloudflare Workers, Workers AI, Workflows, Durable Objects
• Model selection — Workers AI vs Gemini, when not to use AI at all
• AEO and answer-engine strategy — show up in AI answers, not just blue links
• AI ops automation — replacing manual workflows with agents
• White-label reseller setup so partners can layer our products into their stack

What we refer out

Sector-licensed work — specialists only.

• AI legal advice, IP filings, model-licensing negotiation — IP attorney
• Healthcare, regulated finance, regulated insurance use cases — sector-licensed specialists
• Securities offerings or AI-startup capital raise — securities attorney + investment banker
• Pure ML research, novel model training from scratch — research lab partners
• Generic life or career coaching — try a coach, not us
• Get-rich-quick AI schemes, MLM AI products — we don't do this work

Why us

Aura Media Studios LLC operates an AI-first agency. The principal consultant ships agentic systems into production every week — for our own agency, for paying clients, and for partners reselling our products. The stack we recommend is the same stack we run.

That means our advice is built on what's actually deployed and load-bearing — not on slide decks. We've felt the pain points in retrieval tuning, agent observability, cost overruns, and edge-case failures, and we'll tell you where the rakes are.

Pattern recognition from inside live AI deployments — packaged into engagement options below.

Engagement options

Productized engagements + senior block hours + white-label reseller setup. All four ladder into a long-term partnership if there's mutual fit.

Productized engagement

AI Strategy & Roadmap

Where to apply AI in your business — and where not to.

$2,500–$7,500

1–2 weeks

Audit current workflows + tooling
Identify 3-5 AI leverage points ranked by ROI
Build a 90-day implementation roadmap
Vendor + model selection (Workers AI, Gemini, RAG vs fine-tune)
Risk + compliance review
Final read-out with executive team

Productized build

Custom Agent + RAG Implementation

We build the agent or RAG system. You own it after.

$10,000–$25,000

4–8 weeks

Architecture design (Cloudflare Workers / Workflows / Durable Objects)
Custom agent build with tool-use + memory
Knowledge base ingestion + chunking + embeddings
Retrieval evaluation + tuning
Production deploy on your account
30-day post-launch tuning + handoff

Block hours

Hourly Senior Advisory

Designated lead direct access. Strategy, architecture review, decision mediation.

$250/hr — 5-hour minimum block

On-demand

1:1 working sessions with the principal consultant
Architecture + vendor review
Hiring + team structure for AI ops
Board-ready strategy memos
Investor + buyer diligence response
Refresh every quarter or burn down on demand

Partner setup

Magic Family White-Label / Reseller

Layer our products into your stack and resell under your brand.

Continuous

White-label setup of Magic Sites / CRM / Receptionist / CloudClaw
Tenant scoping + branded deploy on your DNS
Reseller pricing + commission model
Onboarding playbook for your clients
Co-delivery on first 1-2 client engagements
Ongoing partner support + quarterly product updates

Resell our products under your brand

The Magic Family white-label and reseller program lets agencies and consultants add our website framework, CRM, receptionist, agent-hosting, and ops products to their own stack. You set the price, we deliver the work. Reseller partners earn commission and tenant-scoped revenue without rebuilding the platform.

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Other consulting tracks

Consulting / Digital Business

Build a Digital Business

Engineering and operating consulting from the team that ships agentic SaaS, CRM, receptionist, and ops every day.

Consulting / Puerto Rico Act 60

Act 60 Consulting

Strategic consulting on Puerto Rico Act 60 from operators with direct experience. Strategy + vetted referrals.

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Before you reach out: Not CPAs. Not attorneys. Not financial advisors. Business consulting only. We refer out for tax, legal, or accounting work.

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Disclaimer

Not CPAs. Not attorneys. Not financial advisors. Business consulting only. We refer out for tax, legal, or accounting work.