Applications open · Cohort 1 starts Oct 26
One working AI system inside your business in six weeks.Built by your own people.
A live cohort for owners, operators, and innovators at small and mid-sized companies. Your owner and your operator come as one seat. You leave with a system that takes real work off the team, an operator who can build the next one, and a 90-day plan. Bring anyone else who wants in.
6 weeks · Live on Zoom · Owner + operator, one seat · 10 of 10 companies
Who this is for
We train owners, operators, and innovators. Every company brings the first two.
The idea in one line: turn someone already on your team into your internal AI operator, with the owner in the room so it sticks.
You already have these people. They have not been trained together.
Only 10% of small-business workers have had any formal AI training, and 41% say it is unclear how AI even applies to their business. U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, June 2026
Outsourcing all of it keeps you dependent. Hiring an AI person you cannot evaluate is a gamble. Training the people you already trust is how the capability stays.
- Included
The owner or integrator
Runs the business day to day and decides what gets built. Attends weeks 1, 2, and 6, plus a 20-minute check-in in week 3.
- Included
The operator
The one leadership already asks when something technical needs figuring out. Builds the system and keeps it running. Attends all six weeks.
- Optional, $997 each
The innovators
Anyone on the team already leaning into AI. They join weeks 1 and 6 live and work the use-it-in-your-lane track in between.
The payoff
What your company gets.
Real work off the team's plate
One system running by week six, chosen in week two because it removes the work that drains your people.
An operator who can build the next one
Claude Code and Codex, APIs, and structured data, learned on your own business. The skill stays in-house.
An owner who knows what to ask for
You see the landscape, scope the build, and learn what things cost, so vendors and hires stop being a guess.
No single point of failure
The owner knows the why and the cost, the operator knows the how, and it is all written down. Nobody becomes the bottleneck.
Systems that connect, not silos
The build works inside your CRM, your books, and your inbox, on your own accounts, so you keep it.
A 90-day roadmap
The next three builds, in order, with what each needs. Decided by the owner and the operator together.
The six weeks
One build, six weeks, laptops open.
- Week 1Everyone
The AI operating system
Models, agents, coding tools, context, projects, and where each tool fits. ChatGPT, Claude, Claude Code, Codex, set up and running on your company's real documents.
BuildSet up every tool. The owner and the operator each bring three candidate workflows from the company.
- Week 2Owner + operator
Finding leverage
How to read a business for repetitive work, bottlenecks, and information problems. What should be automated, and what should not. The owner picks the build.
BuildMap one process end to end. Write a one-page build scope together and lock it in a 1:1 with Daniel.
- Week 3Operator
Building with AI
Claude Code and Codex, hands on. A working first version of something useful, even for someone who has never written code.
BuildBuild v1. The owner's 20-minute check-in reviews the scope and the first demo.
- Week 4Operator
Agents, automations, integrations
APIs, webhooks, databases, structured data, agent behavior, and connecting the systems the company already runs.
BuildConnect the build to at least one real system.
- Week 5Operator
Shipping inside a real business
Guardrails, privacy and data rules, error handling, measurement, and rolling it out to the people who will use it.
BuildShip it to real users. 1:1 with Daniel to unblock.
- Week 6Everyone
Becoming the operator
Demos to the cohort and to each owner, the standards the company keeps for experimentation, and the 90-day roadmap.
BuildHand in the one-page write-up. The owner and the operator leave with the roadmap.
Mondays, 6:00 to 7:30 PM CT · Office hour Thursdays, 12:00 to 1:00 PM CT · Every session recorded, and the recordings stay with your company
The kinds of things participants build
Real systems, in your business, built by your people.
- Service company
A quoting assistant that turns the notes from a site visit into a priced estimate in your own format.
- Contractor
An intake agent that reads inbound requests and creates the job, the contact, and the follow-up in your CRM.
- Agency
A client report that pulls from the tools you already use and writes the summary in your voice.
- Professional firm
A document intake pipeline that summarizes, flags what needs a human, and files the rest.
- E-commerce
A daily operations brief built from sales, inventory, and support data, in your inbox by 7 AM.
- Any company
The SOP library nobody ever wrote, generated from recordings and reviewed by the people who do the work.
Every example here is a pattern from Tegrity's implementation work. The operator builds their own version for their company, and the owner picks which one.
Who it is not for
- Companies that want a vendor to do all of it. That is Tegrity's implementation work, and it is a different conversation.
- A company that cannot give its operator three to four hours a week, or its owner three Monday evenings.
- Anyone hoping for a lecture series. This is a build program with laptops open.
How it works
Apply, talk, enroll, build.
Apply
Five minutes. Your company, who your owner and your operator are, where you are with AI, and what you would want built first.
A 20-minute call
Daniel confirms fit, confirms the two people, and sets expectations on hours and tools. No pitch.
Enroll
$3,497 per company for cohort 1 (later cohorts are $5,000). Two seats: the owner or integrator, and the operator. Additional team members $997 each.
Six weeks, one build
Weekly live sessions, a weekly office hour, two 1:1s, and one working system by week six.
What the owner does, and gets
- Week 1: the landscape, with your team.Ninety minutes on what these tools actually are and where they fit, so you can lead this instead of delegating it blind.
- Week 2: you pick the build.A one-page scope, written with your operator: what it builds, which system it touches, what it replaces, and how success is measured.
- Week 3: a check-in with Daniel.Twenty minutes. You see the first demo and hear where your operator is strong and where they need cover.
- Week 6: the demo and the roadmap.Your operator presents the working system. You leave with a 90-day plan and the recording.
- After: the write-up.What was built, what it runs on, what it costs to keep running, and what comes next.
Taught by someone who does this for a living
Daniel Mongillo
Founder, Tegrity · Franklin, TN
Daniel builds AI systems inside real companies: a lawn-care company's review and referral engine, a personal-finance publisher's content tools, an events company's pipeline from meetings into its CRM, a geospatial startup's product. Tegrity is an implementation company, not a course company. This cohort is that work, taught to the people who will own it.
Ten companies, because I read every scope and sit in on every build.
Cohort 1
October 26 to November 30, 2026
Mondays, 6:00 to 7:30 PM CT
Live on Zoom. Six weekly 90-minute sessions, a weekly office hour, two 1:1 calls with Daniel. Every session recorded, and the recordings stay with your company..
Applications close Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
10 of 10 companies
What you need
- An owner or integrator who can give three Monday evenings and a 20-minute call.
- An operator with a laptop, admin access to at least one system the company runs on, and three to four hours a week between sessions.
- Paid Claude and ChatGPT plans for the operator during the six weeks, about $40 to $60 a month. We help pick the right ones in week one.
- One real problem worth solving. We find it together in week two if you are not sure.
Full refund on request through the end of week two. If two sessions in you do not believe this will produce your operator, say so and the money comes back.
Questions
The things leaders ask before they apply.
Who comes from our company?
Two people are included: the owner or integrator, the person who runs the business day to day and decides what gets built, and the operator, the person who will build it and keep it running. Anyone else on the team who is leaning into AI can be added as an innovator seat.
What if our people are already tapped out?
That is usually why the build is worth doing. In week two the owner and the operator pick the one thing that drains the team most, and that is what gets built. The operator gives it three to four hours a week for six weeks; the owner gives three evenings. After that the system gives time back, which is the whole point.
Why not just hire an AI person?
You can, and some companies should. Two honest cautions. Someone who can really build agents and integrations costs more than a small company usually budgets, takes months to find, and takes the knowledge with them when they leave. And an owner who has never seen the work cannot tell a builder from a prompt writer. Six weeks and $3,497 gives you an operator who already knows your business and an owner who knows what to ask for. If you still want to hire after that, you will hire well.
Does the operator need to be technical?
No. They need to be comfortable with the systems your company runs on and willing to learn by doing. Claude Code and Codex let a non-developer build real software; we teach that from zero in week three.
Why is cohort 1 cheaper than $5,000?
Because it is the first one. You get a smaller group and more of Daniel's time, at a lower price, in exchange for honest feedback along the way and a short case study if it goes well. Later cohorts are $5,000 per company.
What does it cost beyond the $3,497?
Two paid AI subscriptions for the operator during the cohort, about $40 to $60 a month. Innovator seats are $997 each for cohort 1. Anything a specific build needs beyond that is named in the week-two scope before it is spent. Whatever they build runs on your accounts, so you keep it.
How much time does it take?
The operator: six live sessions of 90 minutes, an optional weekly office hour, two 1:1 calls, and three to four hours a week of build work. Call it five to six hours a week for six weeks. The owner: three of the six sessions, a 20-minute check-in, and the scope conversation in week two.
Is it live? What if someone misses a session?
Live on Zoom, and every session is recorded. Your company keeps access to the recordings after the cohort ends. A missed session gets watched before the next one, and the office hour covers the questions.
Can we bring more people?
Yes. Innovator seats are $997 each for cohort 1, up to five per company. They join weeks 1 and 6 live, get every recording, and work a lighter track between sessions: use AI on one recurring task in their own role and show it in week six.
What if the operator leaves the company?
The owner was in the room for the scope and the demo, the build runs on your accounts, and the write-up says what it does and what keeps it running. That is the point of training the two together: nobody becomes the single point of failure.
Will Tegrity try to sell us implementation work?
No pitch inside the program. Some companies ask afterward, and the answer is yes, with your operator as the internal counterpart. The point of the cohort is your own capability.
What about our data?
Your systems, your accounts, your rules. Week five covers privacy settings, what never goes into a consumer tool, and when a business plan is worth it.
What is the refund policy?
Full refund on request through the end of week two. If two sessions in you do not believe this will produce your operator, say so and the money comes back.
Application
Apply for cohort 1
Five minutes. Daniel reads every application and replies within one business day.
Not ready to apply? Talk to Daniel first or email daniel@tegritywork.com.
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