AI that moves the numbers.

For franchise and multi-site companies and the investors behind them: car wash, home services, automotive, restaurants, fitness.

PerformAI Partners

A growth advisory firm for franchise and multi-site businesses.

Our partners bring over sixty years of private equity and operating experience, together with the founders of a production AI company. We audit a business to find the waste, then build the AI systems that take the cost out and free up capital to grow.

How we work with you

The problem

Everybody has a chat window. Almost nobody has the data underneath it.

Most companies are investing in enterprise AI and not seeing a measurable return. The tools were not built for their business or on their data, so the value never reaches operations or the P&L.

The foundation

A unified database.

One storage location for your company's key data, encrypted at rest and processed under zero data retention. This layer gives AI the context to work for your business.

The engagement

Cost saving solutions.

AI-powered systems and technology to save money and increase efficiency. Using data-backed discovery processes, we architect solutions to increase the value of your company.

The engineer

An engineer inside your company.

You don't need a senior AI engineer to manage your company's implementation. Our engineers embed with your team for a first-hand look at how your business operates to execute our custom solutions.

How we work with you

Our phased engagements.

Our engagements begin with a complimentary consultation, where we look for work that is expensive and repetitive: reporting, contracts and renewals, inventory and working capital, software spend. Discovery follows on the areas that matter most, and we come back with a scope for the pilot build: a first high-value system, built on a data foundation you own.

01

Complimentary consultation

We come to you. A partner leads and we listen: your leads on operations and finance, and whoever actually touches the data. No charge for this session.

02

Discovery

We go deep on the two or three areas that came out of that room. Independent sessions with each leader, then back together. We map where your data lives and how the work runs end to end.

03

Findings and scoping

One document: your data map, your workflow map, what we would build and in what order, what it looks like and what it costs. You approve it line by line, cut anything, or stop here.

04

Foundation

Your documents, systems and numbers land in a database inside an account you own. This becomes your business's AI context layer.

05

Pilot build

The first system from discovery, configured to how you actually work, staged and tested with your team before anything goes live company-wide.

06

Ongoing

After go-live one of our engineers stays with you on a monthly engagement: maintenance, updates and the next items on the list. You can end it at the close of any month, and the database, the systems and the IP are retained by you.

Track record

01 / 04Value creation

Carved an automotive company out of a national brand.

Carved out of a national brand and stood up in about a year. The partners hired the CEO, CFO and head of HR, implemented the ERP, and established the operating processes the company runs on today. Thirty-eight centers at acquisition, fifty today.

02 / 04Discovery and diagnosis

Streamlined working capital for a home services consolidator.

The partners worked with management to streamline working capital and inventory management across the platform. The AI engagement builds on that operating knowledge, starting with reporting, contract monitoring and due diligence.

03 / 04Software implementation

Ran post-close integration for early-learning centers.

Contract intelligence to track renewals and permits across every location, and an integration command center to run post-close project management in one place. A partner works alongside operations leadership through the integration.

04 / 04Software implementation

Integrated reporting for a multi-country car wash group.

A site-monitoring dashboard covering location performance and the issues behind it, for a group operating several hundred sites across multiple countries. Executive reporting at group level, and site-level dashboards with action items for the regional managers.

The partners

Operating partners and AI engineers, working the same problem.

PerformAI Partners is a growth advisory firm for franchise and multi-site businesses. Its partners bring over sixty years of private equity and consulting experience, together with the founders of a production AI company.

01
MK Value Creation Advisors
Private equity and growth advisory. Operating partners who have worked inside portfolio companies, franchises and private equity groups. They find what the work is actually costing you, and advise on where to grow the business. Tim and Chris are its principals.
Tim MillerOperating partner.
Franchise and multi-site private equity. Chairs boards in home services and automotive, where he has hired the leadership teams, implemented technology and set operating processes.
Chris UngererIntegration lead.
30 years of experience working inside franchise and multi-site businesses. Identifies waste and works to integrate AI solutions across enterprises.
02
Straterai
Production AI, built on your data. A business AI company with enterprise implementation experience across multi-site franchises, manufacturing, financial services and education. It builds the custom systems that grow the business. James and Charlie are its founders.
James FinneganAI architecture.
Leads data science and cloud architecture. Builds the business foundation that powers your AI systems.
Charlie StonerEmbedded engineering.
AI engineering lead with extensive architecture experience. Inside your business through our engagements: hands-on advisory, discovery, customization and education.

Contact

Request a consultation.

The first conversation is free. A partner replies within a business day.

inquire@performaipartners.com