Test the AI idea before you build the AI system.
I help Aberdeenshire businesses find out whether an AI idea is worth building — by building it. A working prototype in days, not a strategy deck in months.
This calculator took about twenty minutes to build.
That's roughly the size of thing a Sprint produces — small, working, and useful straight away. Try it with real numbers from your own business.
You might recognise one of these.
If any of this sounds familiar, that's usually where the useful AI project is.
"We're copying data between three systems every morning."
→ I'll automate it.
"We've got a spreadsheet nobody trusts."
→ I'll turn it into a live dashboard.
"Our team's using ChatGPT but getting inconsistent results."
→ I'll build the workflow and train the team.
"We've got an AI idea but don't want to spend £30k finding out it doesn't work."
→ I'll prototype it first.
The AI Prototype Sprint
Have an AI idea? I'll build a working prototype before you spend serious money finding out if it's worth it.
Scope it
A short conversation about the actual problem, not the technology. Usually 30 minutes.
Prototype it
A working version, built fast, that you can put in front of real users this week.
Decide
Keep it, kill it, or hand it to a dev team to build out properly.
Things I've built
One I can show publicly, plus the kind of corporate work that stays behind the login.
Also delivered for corporate clients (under wraps):
- Operational dashboards
- KPI & management reporting
- Invoice & billing automation
- Spend analysis
I'm James. I lead commercial work for a maritime technology company, and build AI prototypes and automation for Aberdeenshire businesses alongside that — based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
Aithan takes its name from the River Ythan, which runs through Aberdeenshire. Everything I build is judged on whether it actually gets used, not on how it looks in a pitch.