Why ants?

Ants are small, they work together, and they carry an absurd amount for their size. That's the whole idea. Consult Ants is a small agency that uses a colony of AI helpers to do the repetitive parts of running a business online, so a real person's time can go to the parts that need one.

We work with the businesses the big agencies don't call back: the family restaurant, the weekend pop-up, the painter with a shop on Etsy, the electrician whose website still says 2019. You deserve a good website and someone who answers your email. You shouldn't have to pay a big-company price for it.

Who's behind it

Consult Ants is run by Julian Kingman, a full-stack developer who has spent years building web apps for companies large and small. Julian thinks of software like Legos: every project is a chance to build something that fits exactly the person it's for. That's the attitude behind every site we make, whether it's for a taco truck or a tattoo studio.

The AI helpers do the repetitive work. Julian does the listening, the design, and the judgment calls. You'll always be talking to a person.

Becoming a co-op

We're setting Consult Ants up as a co-op. A co-op is a business owned by the people in it. Everyone gets one vote, and the profit is shared among them instead of going to outside investors. It's how a colony works, and it's how we think an agency for tiny businesses should work too.

Today it's Julian and the AI helpers. The co-op is still being set up, and we'll say more here as it takes shape.