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Five years ago, custom software for a small business meant a six-figure budget and a six-month timeline. That world is gone. The economics of building tailored AI solutions have changed so dramatically that what used to require a Silicon Valley budget is now within reach for a contractor in Bend or a law firm in Medford.

For most of the software era, small business owners faced a frustrating choice. You could buy off-the-shelf software that sort of fit your business — paying monthly for dozens of features you'd never use while the three things you actually needed worked halfway. Or you could hire a developer to build something custom — and watch the invoice climb past $50,000 before you had anything to show for it.