TetherLLMWorkflow automation
Back-office automation
Turn inboxes, forms, invoices, and recurring checks into clean handoffs without asking staff to keep another spreadsheet alive.
Inbox + forms to Rules + follow-ups to Clean handoffs
PDX Intelligence
AI and machine learning engineering for real business workflows
We help small businesses, administrators, and organizations turn repetitive work into reliable systems: automations, production ML systems, forward-deployed integrations, AI assistants, and custom apps that give teams time back.
About Us
Innovation Meets Expertise
PDX Intelligence is a Portland-based AI consulting firm specializing in workflow automation, machine learning engineering, forward-deployed implementation, AI assistants, custom apps, app repair, and technology consulting for teams that need useful systems instead of vague AI promises.
Our mission is to help you use the right technology at the right scale: a cleaner website, a safer assistant workflow, a repaired prototype, or a custom tool that removes repetitive work from the week.
Based in the heart of Portland, we combine local operator empathy with hands-on technical implementation so your business can launch, maintain, and improve the tools it actually depends on.
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Workflow Automation
Remove the copy-paste work, spreadsheet wrangling, day-to-day bookkeeping, and status chasing that quietly eats the week. We design automations that connect your existing tools, keep you in control, and make routine work happen consistently.
- Automate bookkeeping handoffs, receipt tracking, invoice reminders, and end-of-month spreadsheet cleanup
- Follow up with customers, vendors, or staff when forms, payments, signatures, or approvals are missing
- Move data between spreadsheets, CRMs, calendars, inboxes, and project tools without copying it by hand
Machine Learning Engineering
Build a machine learning system around the decision you actually need to make. We create new models and production pipelines, repair unreliable systems, and improve the data, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring work that keeps a useful model useful.
- Design end-to-end pipelines for data preparation, training, validation, deployment, and ongoing monitoring
- Diagnose inherited models and brittle data pipelines, then improve quality, reliability, speed, or cost
- Apply computer vision, LLMs, forecasting, ranking, and other advanced methods when they fit the business problem
Forward-Deployed Engineering
Bridge the gap between a promising technical product and the complicated workflow where it has to earn its keep. We work alongside your operators, adapt the system to real constraints, and stay close to the field until it works outside the demo.
- Map the actual process with the people doing the work, including permissions, exceptions, and informal handoffs
- Connect APIs, data sources, devices, and existing tools without forcing the team into a clean-room workflow
- Test in the field, learn from failures, and turn one-off fixes into a dependable implementation
Agentic Reasoning & AI Assistants
Give your staff a careful assistant for the questions and handoffs that do not fit neatly into a checklist. We build AI systems that draft, summarize, compare, route, and recommend while keeping judgment and approval with your team.
- Search policies, SOPs, contracts, estimates, or client notes and return answers with useful context
- Draft customer replies, proposals, status updates, summaries, and next-step recommendations for review
- Help staff reason through multi-step requests, edge cases, and admin decisions before work gets assigned
Custom Apps & Vibe-Coded App Repair
When off-the-shelf software is too clumsy and a quick AI-built prototype is too fragile, we turn the idea into a dependable tool your business can actually use. We build lightweight apps, document generators, templates, portals, dashboards, and repair existing prototypes so they can survive real customers and real staff.
- Replace spreadsheet chaos with focused dashboards, trackers, and admin tools built around your process
- Generate customer contracts, forms, estimates, invoices, or templated documents from a simple intake flow
- Repair vibe-coded prototypes so they are stable, secure, maintainable, and ready for real customers
TetherLLM
Give every model and AI agent one governed access layer. TetherLLM applies policy before spend, keeps provider choice open, and connects requests, retries, outcomes, and cost in one defensible record.
- Set budgets, model access, routing, token limits, and rate rules before a request leaves the gateway
- Trace AI work across teams, applications, agents, providers, retries, and fallbacks
- Keep deployment options open with dedicated hosting or a customer-managed environment
From friction to a working system
Concrete ways the work gets easier
The best projects usually start with a specific bottleneck: a handoff that breaks, a model nobody trusts, or a useful prototype that cannot yet handle the real workflow around it.
ML engineering
Model and data pipeline repair
Find the weak points in an inherited pipeline, repair brittle steps, and leave the team with releases they can monitor and trust.
Existing pipeline to Audit + rebuild to Reliable releases
Computer vision
Visual quality inspection
Use images from a line, workbench, or field process to flag defects and focus human review where it adds the most value.
Images + parts to Vision model to Faster QA
Applied ML
Forecasting and prioritization
Combine historical activity with current signals to plan demand, rank work, or surface the cases that need attention first.
History + signals to Forecast model to Better planning
Forward-deployed engineering
Embedded workflow integration
Adapt a technical product to the tools, devices, permissions, and edge cases your operators already work with every day.
Technical product to Field integration to Adopted workflow
AI assistants
Document and policy assistants
Ground answers in policies, contracts, SOPs, and case context so staff can move faster without giving up review and judgment.
Policies + cases to Grounded assistant to Review-ready answer
App repair
Vibe-coded app stabilization
Take a promising prototype through authentication, data integrity, testing, deployment, and the less glamorous work real users depend on.
Vibe-coded demo to Engineering repair to Production app
TetherLLM
AI cost and policy governance
Put model requests, agent work, policy, routing, outcomes, and provider costs into one governed and traceable path.
AI requests to Policy gateway to Governed spend
Start with a conversation
Not sure what the right first build is?
Bring us the workflow, model, or technical product that is slowing the team down. In a free consultation, we will help you identify the smallest useful next step and what it would take to ship it well.
Your workflow, model, or product leads to a scoped problem and the smallest useful next step.
Our Partners
Meet our diverse team of experts, each bringing unique skills and perspectives to deliver exceptional results
Shayan Jalalipour
AI/ML Specialist & Technology Consultant
Machine Learning Research Scientist and Technology Consultant specializing in end-to-end AI/ML solution development. Expert in computer vision systems, large language models, and generative AI applications. Proven track record with numerous research publications in designing and implementing scalable machine learning pipelines, from data engineering to model deployment. Combines deep technical expertise with practical consulting experience to deliver innovative AI solutions that drive business value.
Expertise
Machine LearningComputer VisionData EngineeringLarge Language ModelsGenerative AI
Aark Kodur
Software Engineer & AI/ML Specialist
Experienced Software Engineer with six years at Amazon working across e-commerce platforms and AI/ML initiatives. Expert in building scalable systems, databases, and machine learning applications with a strong foundation in mobile development.
Expertise
Software EngineeringDatabasesMachine LearningMobile AppsE-commerce SystemsAI/ML Development
Ploy Nitipiyaroj
Senior Data Scientist/Analytics Engineer
Senior Data Scientist with 6+ years of expertise in Python, SQL, and cloud architectures. Specializes in building scalable data pipelines and dashboards for pharmaceutical research workflows. Proven ability to translate stakeholder needs into actionable analytics solutions, having partnered with cross-functional teams to deliver production-level applications and clear, data-driven insights. Passionate about leveraging data to improve healthcare outcomes and drive operational performance.
Expertise
Data ScienceData PipelinesDatabase ManagementAnalytics EngineeringPharmaceutical ResearchChemoinformatics
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about automation, machine learning, AI assistants, or custom apps? Find answers below.
PDX Intelligence offers workflow automation, machine learning engineering, forward-deployed engineering, AI assistants, custom internal apps, app repair, data and reporting systems, and practical technology implementation. We focus on systems that reduce friction and improve day-to-day operations.
Automation can handle routine follow-ups, intake routing, reporting, CRM updates, document prep, invoice reminders, and other repetitive coordination work. The goal is not to replace judgment; it is to give your team more time for the work that needs people.
We work with small businesses, administrators, professional services teams, nonprofits, operational groups, and growing organizations across industries. If your team relies on recurring workflows, documents, forms, spreadsheets, or internal tools, we can usually help.
Yes. We can review vibe-coded apps, identify brittle logic, repair bugs, improve security, clean up data handling, add missing features, and prepare the app for real users. We can also advise when rebuilding is safer than patching.
Yes. We offer ongoing support, monitoring, optimization, feature updates, documentation, and team training so automations and apps keep working as your business changes.
Most projects start with a free consultation around the workflow, model, or technical product you want to improve. From there, we recommend the smallest useful first step, define the integrations and constraints, and provide a clear scope for implementation and support.
Absolutely. We can clean data, build dashboards, automate recurring reports, analyze market or competitor information, and create decision-support tools that make complex information easier to act on.
While we are based in Portland, Oregon, we serve clients throughout the United States. We offer remote consulting services and can travel to client locations when needed. Our team is experienced in working with distributed teams and remote collaboration.
We work across modern AI APIs, workflow automation platforms, cloud services, databases, dashboards, web apps, and machine learning tools. We choose the stack based on your requirements, budget, data, security needs, and existing systems.
Getting started is easy! Simply reach out through our contact form or schedule a consultation. We'll discuss your business needs, challenges, and goals. From there, we'll provide a detailed proposal outlining how our AI solutions can help transform your business operations.
Still have questions? We're here to help!
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Contact Information
Location
SW Market st. Portland, OR