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Pathfinder Prototyping is taking on a small number of founding clients: businesses that want custom AI tooling and automation built for their actual workflow, not another subscription. Tony scopes the problem, builds the system on the same production line that shipped the plugin catalogue, and hands it over. Clients own everything he builds, with no lock-in and no rent. He is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, and works in person around the Twin Cities and remotely beyond that.
Questions a client asks first
- What does an AI systems integrator do for a small business?
- He connects AI models to the software a business already runs, so the repetitive work gets done without a person copying between windows. In practice that means custom automation, agents that can drive desktop applications, document pipelines, and the documentation that keeps it all running after he leaves.
- Where is Tony Sharon based, and does he work remotely?
- He is based in St. Paul, Minnesota. He works in person around the Twin Cities and remotely beyond that.
- What does a first engagement look like?
- It starts with a scoped problem and ends with a working system and a handover. He plans it in writing, builds it the same way he built the plugins, documents it, and hands over the source.
- Do clients own what he builds?
- Yes, all of it: the system, the source, and the documentation. No subscription is required to keep it running, and nothing is rented back.
- What kinds of businesses are a good fit?
- Small teams with a real workflow problem and no engineer on staff: shops, studios, trades, and professional practices. If the problem lives inside software you already pay for, that is the sweet spot. The 33 plugins he has live on the Elgato Marketplace were built for exactly that kind of software, and they are the proof.
- Why is a plugin catalogue on a consulting page?
- Because it is public, reviewed, and paid for. Anyone can install one and judge the work before a first call.
- Is Tony Sharon an AI engineer or a developer?
- He is a builder and a systems integrator. He holds Anthropic and IBM generative AI certificates and ships production TypeScript, but the value is in knowing which tool to apply and what done looks like.