How it works

From first call to a running systemWhat does manual work cost you?

Cases

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AboutContactAI Operating System
Discovery call

Do less.
Grow more.

I build an AI system that knows your business and takes over the recurring work. Live in 1 to 4 weeks, so you and your team have time left for growth.

1-4 weeksfrom first call to a running system
1 builderyou talk to me, not an account manager
Your toolsbuilt on what you already use
Discovery call · 30 min · Google Meet
What we cover
  • Where your time goes now
  • Which work an AI system can take over
  • Whether it fits, and what the next step is

You talk to me directly, in Dutch or English. You leave with a clear next step, whether we work together or not.

Pick a day and time →

The calendar opens right here. You get the invite by email.

The problem

You're the bottleneck in your own business.

Quotes, invoices, follow-ups, planning, reporting. All by hand. You know it can be different, but you don't have the time to figure it out.

Most of your week is operations

You work hard, but it feels like putting out fires. Nothing is left for strategy or growth.

Your competitor is already automating

Every month you wait, the gap grows. Businesses that run on AI serve more clients with the same team.

The same work, every week

Tasks that take no thinking but cost hours. Exactly the work a system takes over.

19%

of the workweek goes to searching for and gathering information, and another 28% to email.

Source: McKinsey Global Institute (2012)
1 day

a week managers lose to administrative work. That leaves little time for the real work.

Source: McKinsey (2023)
What I build

How the AI system works.

From loose tools to one system that knows your business and takes over work. Four layers, built from the bottom up.

Layer 01

Knowledge

Who your clients are, what you sell, how you work, what's been agreed, how you write. Captured once.

Layer 02

Connections

Email, calendar, CRM, bookkeeping and files connected. Live, no exports.

Layer 03

Ask anything

Questions in plain language, answered with today's numbers and the source.

Layer 04

Work taken over

Briefings, draft emails, invoices and reports that write themselves. You approve.

See the AI system at work
How it works

From first call to a working system, in four steps.

Book a discovery call →
0130 minutes

Discovery call

I ask questions, you tell me how your business works. Thirty minutes to understand where your time goes and where things get stuck.

02Second call

Proposal

On a second call you get a proposal: what we build, in what order, what it delivers and what it costs. Price agreed upfront.

03Weeks 1 to 4

Build

First the foundation: the system learns your business and connects to your tools. Then the tasks that take the most time go live. You see it working along the way.

04Every month

Live and growing

The system runs in your daily work. If you want more, every month one or more automations are added, from a list we keep together. We measure what it delivers.

Cases

AI systems already running.

From real client work, anonymised.

Real estateLive

Automated listing matching

Problem Hundreds of new-build leads were matched to the listings by hand.

Solution The system reads each buyer's search profile, picks the listings that fit and drafts the follow-up.

Before30 min per lead
After3 min per lead
Professional servicesLive

Automated invoicing

Problem Invoices and engagement letters were typed by hand from the hours log every month.

Solution The system drafts them in the firm's own house style; a partner checks and sends.

Before8 hours per month
After30 min per month
MarketingLive

Automated dashboard

Problem A marketing agency pulled call and lead data together by hand to see who got called and when.

Solution The dashboard collects it automatically and shows per lead the time to the first call.

Before3 hours per week
After15 min per week
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Savings calculator

What manual work costs your team.

A rough estimate, not a promise. Fill in your own numbers.

What you could save per year, at 52 weeks
EUR 52.000
Example: you take back half of itEUR 26.000
What one task of an hour a week costs your teamEUR 13.000
Hours a year on work a system can take over or shorten1.040

Per year. In the Discovery Call we do this sum with your real numbers.

See if this applies to you →
About

I understand your business. And build what works.

I'm Edgar Stuiver, entrepreneur and AI builder, with a Master's in Finance. Since 2026 I build AI systems for businesses full time.

For two years I analysed businesses from the inside: where the value is, where money leaks, how processes really run. I bring that lens to every project. I don't start by building, I start by understanding.

You work with me directly. No account manager, no junior doing the work.

MSc Finance, TilburgBusiness analysisAI systemsRemote
Edgar Stuiver, 5c Agency
FAQ

Questions you probably have.

Work it out: if one task takes 5 hours a week and your time is worth €50 an hour, that one task costs you €13,000 a year. What a system costs depends on what we build. You get the price in the proposal, agreed upfront, before anything is built.
One to four weeks, depending on how big the project is. It all starts with a clear scope; after that the timeline is predictable.
Then I fix it. We agree upfront what the system has to do, and I test it on your own data before it goes live. You see it working during the build, so there are no surprises at the end.
Thirty minutes in which I ask how your business works: what takes the most time, which tools you use, what you would like to run on its own. After that call we decide together whether there is a concrete next step.
Remote by default: video calls, screen sharing and updates via WhatsApp. That works for almost every project and keeps things moving. In person is possible on request, for example for a kick-off or the handover.

Ready to do less and grow more?

Book a discovery call. We look at your business together and I tell you honestly what an AI system can take off your plate.

Book a discovery call →

Want to come in prepared? Share some context up front and we dive straight in. Optional.

Thanks, talk soon.

I've got your message and will get back to you within one working day.

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