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Aerial view of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, with the town grid and small boat harbor at the head of Resurrection Bay.

Seward from the air. Photo by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Public domain

AI on the Kenai Peninsula

Elyisius is based in Soldotna, in the middle of the peninsula, and we help small businesses from Nikiski to Homer bring AI into how they already work. We run a small business here too, so we know what a peninsula summer does to your week. AI is one of the tools we use, but it's not all we do. Branding, websites, marketing and lead follow up are a big part of it, and we connect all of it into one system.

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Ways we help peninsula businesses use AI

You won't need to add another monthly bill. We get the tools you already have talking to each other, AI picks up the follow ups and the small stuff, and the decisions stay with you.

Systems and Digital Evaluation

We start by going through your social media, your Google Business Profile, your website and the way leads and handoffs move through your business. You tell us what's been frustrating, and we find the one fix that's worth doing first.

AI Automation

The steps that happen the same way every week can run on their own, so your team isn't redoing them by hand. AI covers the ones that take a bit of judgment, like figuring out what a message is asking and who it belongs with.

Custom AI Agents

Somebody reaches out while you're on the river or on a job site, and they still get a real answer. Their details get taken down and a time gets set, so you're caught up the moment you check in.

Business Systems

Leads, jobs, who's handling what and your numbers all sit in one system. You can tell how the business is doing without digging through texts and sticky notes.

Intelligent Software

We connect the programs you're already paying for, so the same information doesn't get typed in three places. If nothing out there fits how you work, we build intelligent software that's custom to your business. It does the tasks and the duties so you don't have to.

Who we help across the peninsula

Guides and charters

From drift boats on the Kenai at Sterling and Soldotna to halibut charters off the Homer Spit, a lot of the peninsula's fishing trade books its summer from far away. Those messages tend to show up while you're on the water. We can help get them answered, the date held, the deposit taken and the gear list sent.

Lodging and cabins

Tourism is one of the borough's biggest industries, and visitors spread out from Cooper Landing to Seward to Homer. Every stay starts with a question about dates or directions. We help get those answered and the stay confirmed with all the details, so you're not doing it between check ins.

Contractors and trades

Oil and gas is one of the big industries in the borough, and the trades around it cover a lot of road between Nikiski and Homer. Calls usually come in while you're driving between jobs. We help make sure they get answered, the details get written down and the next step gets booked.

Clinics and health practices

Health care is the fastest growing industry in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, and a practice in Soldotna, Kenai or Homer often has one front desk doing a lot at once. We can help with reminders, filling canceled appointments and the routine questions, so your staff can stay with the patient in front of them.

Home services

Kalifornsky is the most populated community in the borough without being a city, and a lot of the peninsula lives out along roads like K Beach. So if you run a service company, you spend a good part of the day driving between homes. We help catch the calls that come in while you're on the road and book them in an order that makes sense.

About the Kenai Peninsula

The peninsula runs from Nikiski down to Homer and around to Seward, and Soldotna is the borough seat. Oil and gas, commercial fishing, tourism and government carry the economy, and health care is the fastest growing piece of it. It's spread out, too. Kalifornsky, out along K Beach Road, has more people than any city in the borough, and most businesses here hear from customers by phone or text long before anybody walks through the door.

We're based in Soldotna, and Kenai, Sterling, Kasilof and Nikiski are all close by. Homer's a longer drive, and a lot of our work happens online anyway. So wherever you are on the peninsula, we can meet you at your business, or we can get on a video call.

Since most of the work happens inside your own tools, we also work with businesses in Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley.

Based in Soldotna

How we work

This is how every project goes for us, anywhere on the peninsula and beyond it.

  • We fix the biggest problem first

    Before we bring up any software, we figure out which part of your week is costing you the most. Then the tool gets picked to fit that. Going the other way around is how a lot of owners, us included, end up with a pile of logins and nothing really different.

  • It's taught your services and your terms

    It learns what you offer, how you handle pricing, your policies and how you like to talk to customers. A tool that sounds like it could belong to anybody doesn't get used for long.

  • The rules are set with you first

    We work out with you what it can read, what it can change, what it never sends without you, and who it checks with. Nothing gets turned on until you're good with all of it.

  • It fits into the tools your team already uses

    It shows up in your inbox, your CRM and your calendar. When something lives off in its own window, it tends to get forgotten by the middle of summer, and that's just how busy weeks go.

Common questions about AI on the Kenai Peninsula

  • Is there an AI company on the Kenai Peninsula

    Elyisius is based in Soldotna, on the Kenai Peninsula, and we help small businesses here bring AI into their work. That means using it where it actually helps and building AI systems around the way you already run, inside the tools you're paying for now. We don't only do AI, though. We also help with branding, websites, marketing and lead follow up, and we connect all of it so it works as one system.

  • Which peninsula towns do you work in

    We work with businesses all over the peninsula. We're based in Soldotna, with Kenai, Sterling, Kasilof and Nikiski close by, and Homer is about an hour and twenty five minutes down the highway. Soldotna, Kenai, Sterling, Nikiski and Homer each have their own page if you want the local detail.

  • How can AI help a business on the peninsula

    AI can help a peninsula business keep up when there's more coming in than one person can handle. It can reply to an inquiry while you're on the water or on a job, follow up on a quote, and help move work from booked to done to invoiced. You're still the one making the calls. It just takes some of the work off your plate.

  • Does the summer season change what you build

    The summer season mostly changes the order we do things in. A lot of peninsula businesses make most of their year in a few busy months, and that's when nobody has an hour to spare. So we try to get things built in the slower months, and we make sure they keep up once it's slammed.

  • Do we need somebody technical on staff

    No, you don't need somebody technical on staff. You just need to know your business and what's getting in the way, and we take it from there. We take responsibility for what we put in, and we agree with you up front on exactly what it can and can't do.

  • How does a peninsula business get started

    A peninsula business gets started with a presence and system evaluation. We look at your social media, your Google Business Profile, your website, and how leads, handoffs, software and ownership move through your business, and we listen to the things you're having problems with. Then we find the one problem that's worth fixing first, and we tell you the truth about where your business is at before you spend anything on a fix.

  • Can we meet in person

    Yes, we can meet in person. We can meet you at your business, or we can get on a video call.

  • How much does it cost

    What it costs depends on what your business needs, and there are a lot of options, which is why every job starts with discovery and a system evaluation. We build the smallest thing that removes the problem, and it's measured against what that problem already costs you every month. That way you can weigh the work against the time and money you're already losing to it. We're glad to give you some price ranges if that helps. Even better, if you let us know what you'd like to spend and what you need done, we'll put together the best options we can for that.

  • How long before we see something working

    You'll see something working once the first process is built, because we start with the issues that are costing you time, money and frustration. Starting small means you're not waiting on a big project to finish before anything changes. You get to watch it work on your real messages before we build the second one, and if something needs adjusting, that's when we find out.

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