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Software for business owners

Your client experience should be as beautiful as your work.

Software for business owners who want to run the whole thing from one place, and take it anywhere. Your clients stop hunting through email and start feeling the care you put in. A command center, an AI assistant, and a client portal on your brand, built for you and simple to use.

Done for you
On your brand
Secure by design
You stay in control
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Williams & Co. Brand Build

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Everything your business does, in one place.

You run it from one command center. The busywork runs itself. Your clients get a portal with your name on it. Here is what that actually looks like.

Band A

Your side: the command center

You run the business

Contacts, straight from email

Turn any email into a client. It reads the message, pulls the name, company, and details, and creates the contact for you. One click.

Meetings that take their own notes

Hop off the call and the notes are already on the client's card: summary, action items, your next step. You didn't lift a finger.

An inbox that schedules

Reply, book the meeting, and send a branded invite without leaving the thread. It even flags when a client is trying to meet.

Deliverables, collected and sent

Upload, store, and hand off every final file from one place. Clients download from their portal. No more giant email attachments.

Invoices that get paid

Send a real invoice, get paid by card, and watch it clear on your dashboard. The chasing is handled, the AI does the nudging.

One board for everything

Every lead, client, and project on a single pipeline. Leads → active → paid, so nothing slips through.

Band B

Their side: the client portal

They get the experience

Your brand, their login

Clients get a calm space with your logo, not ours. They track the project, see what's next, and message you.

Sign and approve in a tap

Contracts get e-signed, deliverables get approved, all tracked, all in one thread.

Pay in the portal

The deposit, the balance, the invoice, paid by card right where they already are.

Answers after hours

A private assistant, trained on your business, answers in your voice day or night, and hands off to you when it matters.

Media review & approvals

Clients review draft photos, films, and assets inside their portal. They comment and tap to approve, instantly triggering owner card syncs.

One system. You get the control room, they get the red carpet, and the busywork does itself.

See How It Works

Versatile by Design

Our app works for anyone with a business.

Whether you run a high-touch advisory practice, coordinate on-site home renovations, or welcome guests to a local café, you serve clients. Story by AI gives them a single, professional door and frees you from Outlook alerts.

See it on your business
01

Service Agencies & Studios

For design studios, software agencies, and consultants who manage multi-stage project files, feedback approvals, and milestone invoicing.

Payoff Impact: 94% invoice auto-pay rate & -12 hours admin time
Client PortalE-SignForecasting
02

Professional Trust Practices

For law firms, accounting practices, and advisors requiring end-to-end encrypted vaults, secure document exchange, and strict client privacy.

Payoff Impact: 100% compliance rate & instant vault handoffs
Secure VaultAI AssistantEncrypted Listening
03

Local Shops & Services

For boutiques, wellness studios, and local services sync-connecting real-time bookings, payment scheduling, and auto-reminder notifications.

Payoff Impact: 0% client booking dropoffs & -3 hours daily phone time
Booking SchedulerSmart SearchLead Capture
04

Builders & Contractors

For construction, trades, and home services managing on-site signatures, mobile work orders, and automatic invoice reconciliation.

Payoff Impact: 2.5x faster change orders & zero lost print specs
E-SignPaymentsClient Portal

How it works

Low-risk to start. Yours to grow.

01
$500

Audit

We map how your clients move through your business today, where the friction is, and exactly what a portal would change. You leave with a plan, whether you build with us or not.

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Quoted from the audit

Custom build

We design and build your portal on your brand: your colors, your language, your workflow. Done-for-you. You review it before a single client sees it.

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From $400/mo

Managed license

We host it, secure it, keep it running, and improve it. You get a beautiful system that stays maintained. Own it outright later if you'd rather.

Pricing

Plain numbers. No surprises.

Managed plans are a flat monthly fee plus pass-through usage, so you only pay real cost for what the AI actually does. Own it outright whenever you're ready.

Audit

$500 one-time

The map before the build. Keep the plan either way.

  • Client-journey teardown
  • Friction + opportunity report
  • A clear build recommendation
  • Fixed scope and quote
Start with an audit →

Managed Chatbot

$400 per month

Your AI assistant, trained on your business and always on.

  • RAG assistant on your docs
  • After-hours answers in your voice
  • You approve every draft
  • Hosted, secured, maintained
  • Usage billed at pass-through
See How It Works →

Own It

from $36k one-time buyout

Take the whole system in-house, yours to keep.

  • Full proprietary buyout
  • Your infrastructure, your keys
  • Optional care plan
  • Handover + training
Talk it through →

Pass-through usage means AI costs are billed at what they actually cost us. No markup on the meter.

The other room

Need the film, the photos, or the site too? That's the Studio.

Our camera work makes people feel it. While Story by AI builds client portals, the Studio handles our award-winning documentary filmmaking, brand campaigns, and high-fidelity photography assets.

Cinematography
Curated Brand Photos
Wedding Documentaries

Give your clients an experience worth remembering.

Start with a $500 audit. We'll show you exactly what your client experience could be, and you keep the plan either way.