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Levelingthe playing field.

Turning what people know into AI for the rest of us.

I’m Manav Thaker. I spent the first decade of my career in hospitality operations, then built three companies. Now I build AI tools on my own, for people who don’t have an AI team.

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Each one is about who gets to use AI, not just companies with an AI team. Under each, the work that backs it up.

  1. The caller is an AI now. What does the small business on the other end do?

    Assistants are starting to phone businesses to book, cancel and ask. Big companies will have a plan for that call. I talk about the inn and the cafe that answer it, from over a decade in hospitality operations and from building an assistant that makes those calls.

    Proof:Dial Zero Watch it call a cafe Busy Lobby

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  2. I run a show with a team that doesn’t exist.

    In 2019 the cheaper quote to film one episode of a show I wanted to start was $1,400. I never made it. Now a team of scheduled AI roles researches, drafts and checks my shows. I run it as one person and approve what ships. Who gets to make a show now, and what still needs a person.

    Proof:See the org chart How I set it up MP in the PM The Operator Economy

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  3. Write it down first: your experience is the real input.

    AI didn’t make experience worthless. It made looking busy cheap. What someone has learned on the job is the part a model can’t guess, and it only helps once it’s written down. The first useful thing I made with AI was a list, not an app.

    Proof:Grapevines The first thing I made with AI wasn’t an app

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  4. AI at the kitchen table: what families actually need from it.

    Most AI is sold to companies. I build for my own family: storybooks made around one child, a shared family chat that keeps the calendar and the grocery list, and a dashboard that says what changed this week and what to do about it. What helps at home, and where a parent stays in the loop.

    Proof:Little Fables Canairy Dial Zero’s family chat

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Let’s talk about one of these Bios and questions for hosts

Built for the rest of us.

  • Grapevines

    Does the prep before each coaching session, so a career coach can work with more people. Coaches run every session.

    grapevines.ai

  • Dial Zero

    An assistant you text. It runs on your own Mac, keeps the calendar straight and can phone businesses for you.

    dialzero.dev

  • Little Fables

    Storybooks written, illustrated and narrated around one child. I first made them for my son.

    littlefables.app

  • Busy Lobby

    Audits independent inns’ websites and booking paths, and builds each one a homepage demo before we talk.

    busylobby.com

  • Canairy

    Watches dozens of public economic and safety signals and tells a family, in plain English, what to do this week.

    canairy.news

  • The Operator Economy

    Research and episodes on what one person can build and run with AI.

    theoperatoreconomy.com

  • MP in the PM

    One idea about work and AI in about a minute, made with an AI version of me and labeled on every episode.

    Watch on YouTube

Where I’ve spoken.

My first episode of Productize Me with Henry LauerWatch on YouTube

All the press, on the speaking page