Your operations
shouldn't need you.
AI systems that run your business the way you would, so you can stop being the bottleneck.
Start a conversation→8 figures
Revenue under management
10+
AI systems in production
30 days
Fastest time to ROI
100%
Systems still running
Three ways to start
The Conversion Engine
8 Claude Code skills built from running a $13.8M DTC brand. Install them, point them at your store, and get operator-level thinking on email CRO, ad spend, retention, and more. The fastest way to start.
See what's inside→AI Ops Audit
I map your operations end to end, identify where AI creates the most leverage, and hand you a prioritized implementation plan. Most founders start here.
Book an audit→AI Ops Sprint
Once we know what to build, I implement it. Each sprint takes the highest-priority item from your audit and turns it into a working system. Fully yours, no ongoing dependency.
Get started→The Conversion Engine
8 Claude Code skills that turn generic AI into your e-commerce growth team. Built from running a $13.8M DTC brand, not from reading about one.
Funnel X-Ray
DiagnosticRevenue Radar
EmailRetention Architect
LifecyclePage Doctor
CROBrief Machine
AdsSpend Strategist
AdsConversion Copy
CopyMargin Guard
StrategySystems in production
SG AI Grants Calculator
Helps Singapore businesses find the AI funding they actually qualify for. Matches your company profile against EDG, PSG, MRA, and other government schemes in minutes.
BattleBot
Competitive intelligence for e-commerce teams. Tracks competitor pricing and positioning, surfaces changes that matter, filters out the noise.
Klaviyo Revenue Recovery
Suppressed 29K dead profiles, rebuilt segmentation from scratch, recovered email revenue within 30 days. Sender reputation fixed, not patched.
Kids Cam
Point at something, hear the word in English, Mandarin, or Cantonese. A camera app helping kids learn languages naturally.
Ways to work together
Every engagement starts with understanding your operations. The right format depends on where you are.
Implementation Sprints
A specific bottleneck, a working AI system in two weeks. The fastest way to see results.
Ongoing AI Ops
Fractional AI operations for founders scaling past the point where manual processes break.
Collaborations
Joint ventures and co-builds with companies where AI changes the core economics.
Advisory
For founders who want a thinking partner on where AI fits, before committing to a build.
Most "AI consultants"sell frameworksthey've never usedon a businessthey've never run.
I've operated an 8-figure company. I built the AI systems myself. I use them every day. That's the difference.
Built by a founder, for founders.
I'm Ben. I co-founded and bootstrapped an e-commerce company to eight figures. At that scale, every operational bottleneck costs real money, and every decision still ran through me. I know the feeling.
AI changed that. I rebuilt our operations from the ground up: inventory forecasting, competitive pricing, customer segmentation, email flows. Not as experiments. As the systems my team relies on every day.
Most founders I talk to know AI can help. What they don't have is someone who understands both the technology and the operating reality of running a company at scale. Someone who can go from “we need this” to “it's live” in weeks, not quarters.
Background
8-figure co-founder
E-commerce, bootstrapped
Firstpress.ai
Founder
AI operations
Builder and implementer
Singapore
Home base
Signals Before Noise
Common questions
What is AI operations consulting?+
AI operations consulting is the practice of identifying, designing, and implementing AI systems that automate core business processes. At firstpress.ai, this means working directly with founder-CEOs to replace manual operational bottlenecks with AI-powered systems, from inventory forecasting to customer segmentation to email automation. Not strategy decks. Live systems your team uses every day.
How can AI help Singapore SMEs?+
AI helps Singapore SMEs by automating repetitive operational work that currently depends on the founder or a small team. Common applications include automated customer segmentation, competitive pricing intelligence, inventory demand forecasting, and email flow optimization. For SMEs doing $1M to $20M in revenue, these systems typically free up 10 to 20 hours of founder time per week while improving accuracy over manual processes.
What does an AI Ops Audit include?+
An AI Ops Audit is a 2-week deep dive into your business operations to identify where AI will have the highest impact. It includes a full process map of your current workflows, identification of the top 3 to 5 automation opportunities ranked by ROI, a technical feasibility assessment for each, and a prioritized implementation roadmap. You get a clear picture of what to build first and why.
How long does an AI implementation sprint take?+
An AI implementation sprint typically runs 4 to 8 weeks, depending on the complexity of the systems being built. Each sprint delivers live, production-ready AI systems, not prototypes or proof-of-concepts. Most engagements start with a single high-impact system and expand from there based on results.
What industries does firstpress.ai serve?+
firstpress.ai primarily serves Singapore-based SMEs across e-commerce, retail, professional services, and B2B companies doing $1M to $20M in annual revenue. The common thread is founder-CEOs who are operationally bottlenecked and want to use AI to scale without proportionally scaling headcount.
Who is behind firstpress.ai?+
firstpress.ai was founded by Ben Huang, who co-founded and bootstrapped an e-commerce company to $13.8M in revenue. After rebuilding that company's operations with AI, from inventory forecasting to competitive pricing to email automation, he started firstpress.ai to help other founder-CEOs do the same. The consultancy is based in Singapore.