Built by people who were doing AI before it was news.
Smokestack is named for the industry that built this region: companies that make things, move things and fix things. We bring their way of working to every business we serve: practical, on site and measured by results.
John Mauldin
John brings more than two decades of experience in sales and business development, across technology, logistics, consumer products and construction. He has built and run businesses of his own, so he sees a client's operation the way an owner does. He spent four years with Silicon Valley startups and has lived and worked in China and Turkey. He has traveled to more than 70 countries, and is based on his farm in his native Alabama. At Smokestack Partners, he leads sales and client relationships, guiding each client from the first conversation through delivery.
Murat Deligoz
Murat is a serial founder with 20 years of experience building and shipping software. His first company served global brands, including Samsung and Burger King, before its sale in 2014. He then moved to Silicon Valley, where he built AI that raised ad revenue for AccuWeather and NPR. Every product he has built since has been AI-driven, well before AI entered the mainstream. At Smokestack Partners, he leads AI engineering and architecture, taking each solution from design into production.
Five things we won't compromise on.
We sell no software
No commissions, no reselling. Our advice is the only thing we're selling.
The work before the tool
We learn how your company works before we suggest anything. Most failed AI projects started with a product.
Measured, not promised
We take baseline numbers before we start and report against them after.
A person in charge
AI drafts and suggests. Your people decide.
Nothing held hostage
Your accounts, your data, your choice to continue or not.
Talk to us.
Twenty minutes about your work. No slides, no questionnaire.