EverGreen Industries builds practical AI systems for owner-operators in any industry: automations, custom agents, and governance. Every engagement opens with an AI Readiness Audit that shows exactly where AI fits and what to build first.
What we do
Most AI advice ends in a slide deck. We diagnose first, then ship the working system, and stay on to keep it running.
An AI Readiness Audit maps your workflows, finds the highest-leverage opportunities, and tells you what to build first. It qualifies fit honestly; sometimes the answer is "not yet."
Automations, custom agents, computer-vision tools, outreach engines: built, tested, and deployed into your business. Real software on a stack of Apify, Apollo, Supabase, Next.js, and Claude.
We build with AI governance from day one, grounded in the IAPP AIGP body of knowledge and the EU AI Act framework. Practical guardrails so the systems you adopt won't become liabilities.
Fully remote delivery, but EGI shows up, running live AI Decoded sessions in DC and working shoulder-to-shoulder with owner-operators who'd rather learn by doing than read another newsletter.
Selected work
A sample of systems EGI has designed and shipped across very different industries, with the same audit-first method underneath.
Home services · automation
Turns a site visit into a polished, sendable proposal in minutes. Live with a founding cohort of three contractors, with case-study data captured at every onboarding.
Legal · intake & operations
A full offer ladder for small MD/VA/WV firms: intake automation, an ROI value calculator, and an optional Edge Ops retainer, all paired with a compliance-aware scope-lock contract.
Public safety · computer vision
A computer-vision pool-safety prototype that flags drowning risk in real time. Built and demo-ready, positioned for a municipal pilot with DC parks and recreation.
Marketing · agents + human approval
A Claude-powered content system with a Discord approval flow: drafts on a schedule, a human says yes, it posts. Keeps a founder visible without the daily blank page.
Knowledge systems · RAG + agents
An AI-connected second brain that runs the agency: a searchable, agent-queryable knowledge base wired to live tools, so the right context is one question away. The same architecture EGI builds for operators drowning in their own documents.
Who's behind it
EverGreen Industries is led by Eli Smith-Bey, Founder & Chief Strategist, based in Washington, DC and working with clients anywhere. He pairs hands-on builder instincts with formal AI-governance training, so the systems EGI deploys are both practical and defensible.
The method is simple and stubborn: diagnose before prescribing, build the smallest thing that proves value, and stay close enough to keep it running. No buzzwords, no shelfware; just the next right system for where your business actually is.
And we teach, too
EGI runs live, in-person sessions in DC that turn AI from a headline into something owner-operators can actually use. Vol. 1 filled the room; Vol. 2 goes deeper.
Operators attended AI Decoded Vol. 1 at The Gathering Spot, DC.
"From Curiosity to Capability," in planning now.
Hands-on, in the room, the opposite of another webinar you'll never rewatch.
Companion e-book
A plain-language starter guide to using AI with confidence, written for the room at Vol. 1. No jargon, no gatekeeping, just a clear first step.
Where we've been
How it works
A focused session to map your workflows and find where AI actually pays off.
A clear, fixed-scope plan: what we'll build, what it costs, what it returns.
We build, test, and ship the system into your business, not a slide deck.
Optional retainer to monitor, tune, and extend the system as you grow.
Start with an AI Readiness Audit. Thirty minutes, no pitch deck, just an honest read on what's worth building first.
Free e-book
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