What does a Columbus AI automation practice actually deliver?

A written, evidence-backed decision, not a slide deck, and where justified, a working, deployed system instrumented with logs that your team can run, across Columbus and its suburbs.

How much does it cost?

Both AI Production Systems and Airtable Exit/Rescue are paid engagements. The fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.

Why do most AI pilots and Airtable systems stall?

Usually ownership, data access, and handoffs, not the underlying technology.

Do you only work with Claude?

No; multi-provider across Claude, Gemini, Codex on Claude Code, Lovable, Supabase, n8n, MCP.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

Columbus AI Automation Agency

By Alex Cinovoj, Founder & CTO, TechTide AI · 13 years in US enterprise IT.

TechTide AI is a Columbus, Ohio AI-automation practice that turns stuck AI initiatives and outgrown Airtable systems into decisions you can defend, then implements only what the evidence justifies. Most agencies sell you the demo. We start with the decision: is this workflow worth shipping, fixing, redesigning, or stopping. Our founder's rule is simple: if your automation can't show a log, it isn't automation, it's theater. We run exactly two front-door offers. AI Production Systems is for a technical owner with one valuable AI workflow that works in controlled tests but can't be trusted in real operations. Airtable Exit/Rescue is for the accountable owner of one operationally important Airtable system facing a stay, stabilize, hybrid, or exit decision. Both are paid engagements, and the fee is confirmed in writing before work starts.

What TechTide AI does

We turn stalled AI initiatives and outgrown Airtable systems into evidence-backed decisions. That's the job. Not roadmaps, not strategy decks, not vendor short-lists. A written decision, and where justified, a deployed system with logs, an owner, and docs your team can run without us in the room.

Systems over hacks, proof over potential. If an automation can't show a log, it isn't automation, it's theater.

Our two offers

AI Production Systems. A Production Gate review for a technical owner with one valuable AI workflow that isn't trusted in real operations. The review returns a ship, fix, redesign, or stop decision, followed only by a bounded implementation when justified.
Airtable Exit/Rescue. A Continuity-First Decision Map for the owner of one operationally important Airtable system. It determines the safest justified future, stay, stabilize, hybridize, or exit, and defines the bounded path to act.

Why AI pilots and Airtable systems stall in Columbus

Pilots and legacy Airtable systems tend to stall for the same reason: ownership, data access, handoffs, and change management were never designed, not because the underlying tooling is broken.

We start there on purpose. Both reviews name the actual failure point, or the actual continuity risk, in writing before any implementation is scoped.

Our stack

Claude Code, Lovable, Supabase, n8n, and MCP for the plumbing. Multi-provider across Claude, Gemini, and Codex so the model matches the job.

Stack choices are downstream of the decision, not the other way around.

Service area

Columbus, Ohio plus the surrounding suburbs: Dublin, Westerville, New Albany, Powell, Hilliard, Worthington, Upper Arlington, Grove City. Remote engagements across Central Ohio and beyond.

About the founder

Founder & CTO Alex Cinovoj. 13 years of US enterprise IT across support, systems, cloud, architecture, and engineering, with recent years focused on AI implementation. Automation Vibes co-host, Lovable community-support volunteer, and Lovable beta user for over a year.

Frequently asked

A written, evidence-backed decision, not a slide deck, and where justified, a working, deployed system instrumented with logs that your team can run, across Columbus and its suburbs.