Do you only work with Brooklyn businesses?

No. The service area covers all of NYC metro: Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Jersey City, and Long Island. Most engagements happen over Zoom. In-person visits to the actual location are available for Brooklyn and Manhattan clients on Thursday and Friday afternoons.

How long does an AI consulting engagement take?

The audit takes two weeks and ends with a written list of three to five automations ranked by ROI. The sprint phase takes four to six more weeks and results in one or two live automations deployed and handed off to your team. A full deployment of the complete operator stack takes eight to twelve weeks total.

Do you require an office visit to start?

No. You can book a 30-minute call at calendly.com/negodiuk/30min and start remotely. For physical operations like retail stores or warehouses, an in-person walkthrough during the audit phase is offered for Brooklyn and Manhattan clients because seeing the actual workflow beats guessing over Zoom.

What industries do you work with in NYC?

Physical retail and specialty shops, Amazon and multi-channel ecommerce sellers, B2B distribution and wholesale operations, and professional services including law firms, CPAs, and agencies. The sweet spot is $1M to $10M revenue businesses where AI stops being a fad and starts replacing payroll.

How much does AI consulting cost for a NYC small business?

The audit is free: two weeks of workflow mapping and ROI analysis at no cost. If it finds nothing worth fixing, you spent time, not money. The sprint is $5,000 to $8,000 for four to six weeks of building and deploying one or two automations. There is no monthly retainer: every install is scoped, with training and handoff to your team. Full deployment of the complete stack is $10,000 to $15,000.

AI Consulting in Brooklyn NYC: What a Local Fractional AI Officer Actually Does

April 25, 2026 · 7 min read · by Dmytro Negodiuk

Based at: 213 Columbia Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
Service area: NYC metro (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Jersey City, Long Island)
Typical client: $1M-$10M revenue SMB owners in NYC / NJ
In-person availability: Brooklyn + Manhattan, Thursday + Friday afternoons

If you run a $1-10M revenue small business in New York and you keep hearing "use AI" but don't know who to hire for it, this post is for you. I'm a Fractional AI Officer based in Brooklyn. Here is exactly what the local engagement looks like.

Why "local" matters even for a remote-capable service

Most AI consulting happens over Zoom. I do too, most of the time. But for NYC businesses, a couple of things make local useful:

In-person audit for physical operations. If you're a Brooklyn paint store, a Queens auto shop, a Manhattan law firm, I can walk through the actual workflow rather than guess from a Zoom call.
NYC-specific regulatory knowledge. NYC has weird rules (commercial lease assistance, ICAP abatement, NYCEDC programs) that a general AI consultant misses. Having someone who's already navigating those matters.
Same timezone, same coffee spots. Replies in 20 min, not 4 hours. Helpful when something's broken.

What an engagement looks like

Step 1. Audit (Week 1-2, free)

I come to your location if possible. Walk through the operation. Talk to whoever's doing the manual work. Look at what breaks when volume spikes.

End of week 2: you get a written audit with 3-5 specific automations ranked by ROI. Each one includes: estimated hours saved per week, estimated cost to deploy, estimated cost to run monthly. No frameworks. No fluff. Just the numbers.

Step 2. Sprint (Week 3-8, $5K-$8K)

We pick one or two automations from the audit. I build them. Deploy them. Train whoever will live with them daily. Hand over the code, access, monitoring.

Typical first-sprint targets:

Voice agent for inbound or outbound sales calls
Customer review / support response automation
Daily P&L across multiple accounts into one Slack or Telegram
Automated competitor monitoring (price, inventory, reviews)
Email triage + first-response drafts

Step 3. No monthly retainer

I don't sell a retainer. Every install is scoped, with training and handoff, so your team runs the system without paying me to babysit it. If you want something new built later, we scope a new sprint.

Step 4. Full deployment (all-in, $10K-$15K)

For businesses that want the whole operator-layer stack: voice, outreach, customer service, P&L, social content, ad watchdog, all deployed together. 4-8 week build. Same stack that runs my own five businesses.

Who this is NOT for

Pre-revenue startups looking for "AI strategy." You need traction, not a roadmap.
Enterprise companies at $50M+ revenue. You need a full-time CIO, not a fractional.
Founders who want a PowerPoint. I don't make decks. I ship systems.
Anyone whose first question is "what's the ROI." If you can't identify the manual work that's eating your team's time, you're not ready.

NYC-specific angles I cover

Physical retail in NYC (paint stores, boutiques, specialty shops)

One of the businesses in my portfolio is a Ukrainian paint distributor with a brick-and-mortar location in Brooklyn. Everything I've learned about in-store AI (inventory, customer re-engagement, foot traffic analytics) was built and tested there first. I know what works.

Amazon + multi-channel sellers

Our photo-mosaic business Mozabrik has 700+ verified Amazon reviews at 4.6 stars with zero customer service headcount. AI handles the entire customer-facing layer. If you're a $1-10M Amazon or multi-channel seller in NYC, this is my most dialed-in playbook.

B2B distribution / wholesale

OD Granite imports Ukrainian stone into US commercial construction. The voice agent cold-calls 100-200 contractors a day. If you run a small distribution or wholesale operation in NYC, same playbook works.

Professional services (law firms, CPAs, agencies)

I've built automated intake, conflict-check, and document-triage systems for service businesses. Compliance-sensitive work is where a lot of generic AI consultants fail. I keep humans in the loop where the regulators require it.

How to start

Book a 30-minute call via calendly.com/negodiuk/audit. No prep needed. I'll ask you 5 questions about your operation and tell you straight up whether there's a fit. If yes, we'll schedule the audit. If no, I'll tell you who to look at instead.

If you prefer in person and you're in Brooklyn or Manhattan, I can meet Thursday or Friday afternoons. Propose a coffee spot.

Credibility / context

Forbes feature April 15, 2026: "Meet The Entrepreneur Helping SMBs Build Practical AI Applications"
Brooklyn-based since 2022, operating out of NYC metro
13+ years in B2B distribution operations before AI
Run five small businesses on the same stack I sell, no employees

NYC small business owner? Book a 30-min AI audit call.

I'll tell you exactly which workflows to automate first and which ones to leave alone.

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