Kansas City AI consultants who build AI, not just talk about it

Who we are

AI Consulting KC is a Kansas City AI consulting firm built on a simple belief: AI should pay for itself. We help organizations across the KC metro and the wider Midwest cut through the hype and put practical AI to work — strategy, automation, copilots, AI agents, and custom AI software tied to outcomes you can measure.

We're headquartered in Kansas City and serve the whole metro on-site, plus businesses across Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa — St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, Wichita, Topeka, Omaha, and Des Moines — delivered remotely with on-site workshops whenever they add value.

We're also part of a family of Kansas City brands: our sister company Kalre Technologies handles managed IT, cybersecurity, and cloud, and Catapult Creative Media handles digital marketing, branding, and web. That means when an AI project touches infrastructure or go-to-market, you already have trusted partners in the room.

Led by David Maples

AI Consulting KC is led by David Maples, an AI keynote speaker and one of the sharpest voices on applying artificial intelligence in business. David is the host of The Buck Stops Here and AI: The Podcast, and a co-founder of multiple Kansas City companies. He brings deep, cross-functional experience across marketing, sales, finance, and AI — and a relentless focus on the ethical, practical application of innovation.

Under David's leadership, our clients get more than advice; they get a strategic partner thinking several moves ahead about where AI is going and how to capture value from it responsibly. Learn more about David Maples →

"AI should give business owners time, leverage, and confidence back — not add another shiny distraction. The job is to find what actually moves the needle, and then build it. That's the standard we hold ourselves to."

What we stand for

• Vendor-neutral — we recommend the right model and tools for the job and your budget, not a sales quota. GPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini, open models — whatever fits.
• ROI-first — we start with measurable wins, not science projects. If it doesn't earn its keep, we don't build it.
• We build, not just advise — we ship and operate real AI products, so our recommendations are grounded in what truly works in production.
• Privacy & data sovereignty — when data can't leave the building, we can run AI on hardware we control.
• Plain English — no jargon, no hand-waving. You'll always understand what we're doing and why.

AI on private, local silicon

Here's something almost no one in the region can say: we build and operate AI on our own local hardware. That's a big deal for your data. It means we can put real artificial intelligence to work — assistants, automation, content — without shipping your sensitive information off to someone else's cloud. Privacy, control, and data sovereignty aren't add-ons; they're the foundation. It's the same approach behind our private AI assistant, AllieChat.

We build, not just maintain

Most consultancies only make slides about AI. We ship it. Our team has built and operates real products — including EasyPrompter.ai, Ministry Maximizer, AllieChat, WebRamp, and QRMyCard. That depth means our advice is grounded in production reality: what scales, what's secure, and what quietly fails.

A note on marketing

Need help getting found online too? While AI Consulting KC focuses purely on AI, we work alongside our sister digital-marketing company, Catapult Creative Media, so clients who want web, branding, and lead generation have a trusted partner for that as well.