WHO WE ARE
A two-person specialist shop. Not generalists.
We find the AI opportunities that actually pay off in owner-led operations — and we help you act on them.
Why GuildHall Exists
Owner-led shops in manufacturing, trades, and services are being sold AI tools they don't have the bandwidth to evaluate. Vendors promise transformation. The actual result is another monthly subscription that doesn't get used, and a team that's skeptical of the next pitch because the last three didn't deliver.
GuildHall started from a simple observation: the tools exist. The gap is mapping. Nobody was sitting down with a 15-person machine shop and figuring out which of the twenty AI tools on the market would actually reduce their quoting cycle or recover their overdue invoices. We do that work. The Audit is the mechanism. The report is the answer. What happens next is up to you.
The Team
Kyle Haworth
Co-Founder
Chris Lozo
Co-Founder
How We Work
Outcome-first, always.
We measure success in dollars recovered, hours freed, or risks avoided — not in tools installed or features shipped. If an AI implementation can't be tied to a real operational gain, we won't recommend it.
We quantify it before we build it.
The Audit comes before any implementation work. No project starts without a dollar-quantified case for why it's worth doing. This protects your budget and keeps us honest.
No lock-in until you've seen the findings.
The Audit is a standalone engagement. You receive the report, the findings, and the roadmap. Then you decide what to do with it — with us, without us, or on your own timeline.
GET IN TOUCH
Want to talk through whether this fits?
No sales process — just a direct conversation about your operation. If GuildHall is the right fit, you'll know within 30 minutes. If it's not, we'll say so.
Talk to Kyle or Chris