The Source AI · Aspen, Colorado · Serving clients nationwide
Operator-Led AI Channel Representation

The most valuable person in AI adoption is not the one who understands the model best.

It's the one who understands the business. Twenty-five years across enterprise SaaS, wholesale distribution, hospitality, and manufacturing taught us things no engineering credential can replicate. One advisor for the full AI stack — enterprise agentic AI, workforce intelligence, hospitality robotics, energy management, and physical security.

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200K+
Enterprise users on the workforce intelligence platform we represent
40%
Of knowledge worker hours go untracked in most enterprises
1,000+
Properties running Tailos Rosie across hospitality, multifamily, and CRE
25
Years operating the businesses we now place technology into
Why Operator-Led Matters

The advisor has run a P&L, managed a labor shortage, and signed the vendor check.

Not studied it. Done it. That's the difference between technology that gets deployed and technology that gets demoed.

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Operator background

We've run the operations we now advise on — enterprise SaaS, wholesale distribution, hospitality, and manufacturing. That's not a differentiator. It's a prerequisite.

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Enterprise market access

Active relationships with COOs, CHROs, CTOs, and Heads of Digital Transformation in financial services, insurance, healthcare, and SaaS — plus GMs, ownership groups, and asset managers in hospitality and CRE.

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Enterprise sales experience

Enterprise deals don't close like retail sales. We've navigated procurement committees, legal review, and IT security evaluations for Fortune 1000 SaaS deployments. And closed.

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One trusted contact

We don't sell one product and move on. We build the stack, manage the vendor relationships, and stay accountable for every deployment we placed. One call. Not six.

Active Partner · Enterprise
Agentic AI & Hybrid Workforce

Wand.ai

The future of the workforce isn't replacement. It's augmentation.

Wand.ai is an enterprise-grade agentic AI platform that enables organizations to build, manage, and scale hybrid workforces — combining human talent with AI agents that work autonomously. Reports that generate themselves. Communications that go out without someone initiating them. Entire operational processes that run without waiting for a human to trigger each step.

SOC2-ready with on-premise, private cloud, or hosted deployment options. Enterprise partnerships include Franklin Templeton and a multi-year collaboration with Nityo Infotech to deploy agentic AI workforces at global scale.

SOC2-Ready On-Prem or Cloud Fortune 1000 Deployments Franklin Templeton Nityo Infotech
24/7
AI agents work continuously — no shift changes, no call-outs
SOC 2
Enterprise security — on-premise or cloud flexibility
F1000
Fortune 1000 deployments across financial services

Where agentic AI is changing enterprise operations

Automated Reporting

Daily, weekly, and monthly operational reports generated automatically — labor variance, revenue, ticket status, compliance documentation — delivered without anyone running a report.

Back-Office Automation

Vendor invoice processing, purchase order routing, compliance documentation, scheduling adjustments — workflows currently consuming manager attention handled by AI agents within defined parameters.

Financial Services Workflows

Client communications, document preparation, regulatory reporting, internal escalations — built for the procurement, compliance, and security standards Fortune 1000 financial firms require.

Enterprise Security & Compliance

SOC 2 certification and on-premise deployment option means data never leaves your infrastructure if you don't want it to. Built for regulated industries where data residency is non-negotiable.

Ready to see what agentic AI looks like for your operation?

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Active Partner · Enterprise
Workforce Intelligence

Sapience Analytics

You can't manage what you can't see.

Sapience Analytics provides automated workforce intelligence — capturing how work actually happens versus how it's scheduled. It reveals labor utilization, productivity patterns, and AI adoption metrics across both human and AI agent workforces. No manual data entry. No employee tracking apps. The data is captured automatically from existing systems.

200,000+ users across 50+ countries. For a financial services firm or healthcare system asking where knowledge worker hours are going — and whether AI investments are actually being used — Sapience answers both questions with real workforce data.

200K+ Users 50+ Countries SOC 2 + ePrivacy SapienceIQ Platform Top Workplace Analytics 2025
1T+
Work hours analyzed across the platform
18
Countries with active enterprise deployments
0
Manual data entry or employee-facing apps required

Why workforce intelligence is the next enterprise category

Hybrid Workforce Visibility

For CHROs and COOs asking where knowledge worker hours actually go — Sapience answers that question automatically. No manual reporting. Just a clear view of how labor dollars are spent across remote, hybrid, and in-office teams.

AI Adoption Measurement

As enterprises deploy AI tools, Sapience tracks whether they're actually being used — and how much time they're saving. The ROI case for every AI investment becomes measurable, defensible, and reportable to the board.

Outsourced IT & Contractor Validation

For companies managing global IT contractors and managed service relationships, Sapience validates billed hours against actual work activity — directly addressing the cost overruns endemic to offshore IT models.

Human + AI Workforce Analytics

Built for the hybrid workforce era — tracking productivity and utilization across both human staff and AI agents in a single view. As agentic AI takes on back-office tasks, Sapience captures the impact in real time.

What does your workforce data actually show?

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Active Partner
Autonomous Cleaning Robotics

Tailos Rosie

The housekeeping robot that doesn't call out sick.

Rosie is an AI-powered commercial robot vacuum that automates more than 2 hours of vacuuming labor per staff shift. Using the same LiDAR navigation technology as a self-driving car, Rosie navigates any indoor commercial space — hotel corridors, condo amenity floors, multifamily hallways, office common areas — without mapping or advanced setup. Press Play. Walk Away.

Backed by SharkNinja. Deployed at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Keystone Lodge and Spa, The Willard Washington DC, DoubleTree by Hilton, Embassy Suites, Residence Inn, AC Hotel, InnVest Hotels (Canada), Royal Caribbean cruise ships, MotorCity Casino Hotel, and 1,000+ properties across 12 countries. Subscription at $479/month or purchase at $7,999.

1,000+ Properties 12 Countries Backed by SharkNinja Hospitality · Multifamily · CRE
2+hrs
Vacuuming labor automated per staff shift, per robot
18–21
Rooms cleaned daily per attendant with Rosie (vs. 14–16)
$13
Daily cost per robot — less than one hour of labor
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Luxury Hospitality

Hotels, resorts, and private clubs where housekeeping labor pressure, high ADR, and guest expectations make Rosie's ROI immediate. The same robot is running at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess, Keystone Lodge, and The Willard DC — and at private clubs and golf resorts where labor scarcity is acute.

Hotels Resorts Private Clubs Golf Resorts
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Multifamily

Luxury apartment communities, garden-style and mid-rise multifamily portfolios. Vertically integrated owner-operators with thousands of units across multiple states can deploy fleets of Rosies across hallways, lobbies, and amenity floors — daily clean, no labor coordination, no overtime, no call-outs.

Luxury Apartments Owner-Operators National Portfolios Class A
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Luxury High-Rise & Commercial Real Estate

Manhattan luxury condos, co-ops, and mid- to high-rise residential buildings. Class A commercial office and mixed-use towers. Long carpeted corridors, multiple floors per building, amenity programming, and 24/7 staff coverage — exactly the environment Rosie is built for.

Manhattan Condos Co-ops High-Rise Residential Class A Office Mixed-Use

"The robots have become a part of our daily operations. I don't know how we'd go forward without them."

Jaap Boleans · The Willard, Washington DC

"I've had a Roomba, and I don't want to own one anymore. They're frustrating. Rosie goes to an edge and cleans it really well."

Michael Ortiz · Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

"After only three days of using Rosie our team noticed significantly cleaner hallways. Rosie is the best associate — doesn't call out, doesn't come in late, and no drama."

Laurie Thomas · Residence Inn Atlanta

Start with one Rosie. See the results. Scale from there.

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Active Partner
AI Energy Management

Verdant

The thermostat that pays for itself before the year is out.

Verdant is an AI-powered occupancy-sensing thermostat system that reduces HVAC runtime by up to 45% in unoccupied rooms. Deep learning models learn how each room responds to heating and cooling — adapting setbacks in real time so the room is always ready when a guest arrives, and never wasting energy when they're not there.

Approved vendor for IHG Hotels & Resorts and Alliance Partner of Preferred Hotels & Resorts. Deployed at Hyatt Place, Le Méridien, Hampton Inn, Holiday Inn, and Great Wolf Resorts. PMS integrations with Opera, Fosse, OnQ, LightSpeed, HotelKey, and Mews. Door lock integration with Onity, Dormakaba, and Assa Abloy. Self-install under 10 minutes per room. Utility rebates can cover up to 100% of hardware costs.

IHG Approved Vendor Preferred Hotels Alliance Wyndham Preferred Supplier Universal HVAC Compatibility
45%
Maximum HVAC runtime reduction in unoccupied rooms
15–20%
Annual reduction in total hotel energy costs
12–18mo
Typical payback period, with rebates covering up to 100%

Where Verdant changes the energy P&L

Dynamic Intelligent Recovery

Calculates exactly how long it takes to heat or cool each individual room, then selects the ideal setback temperature. Guest-chosen temperature always restored within a predetermined time — no surprises at check-in.

PMS & Door Lock Integration

Integrates with Opera, Fosse, OnQ, LightSpeed, HotelKey, and Mews. When a guest checks out, the room temperature adjusts automatically — no staff intervention required.

Universal HVAC Compatibility

Compatible with PTACs, Heat Pumps, FCUs, Split units, VRF systems from LG, Mitsubishi, and Carrier. Works on existing infrastructure — no HVAC replacement required.

Water Leak Detection

Optional wireless leak detection sensors integrate directly with the energy management platform — a single dashboard view of both energy waste and water risk. Undetected leaks cause tens of thousands in structural damage.

Ready to see Verdant's ROI for your property?

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Active Partner · Authorized Reseller
AI Physical Security

Rhombus

Cloud-managed security, unified.

Rhombus replaces legacy DVR/NVR infrastructure with a cloud-native AI security platform — cameras, access control, sensors, and alarm monitoring unified under a single dashboard. AI analytics on-device: people detection, motion heatmaps, facial recognition, license plate recognition.

Backed by NightDragon. Strategic partnership with Honeywell announced March 2026 — Rhombus products now available through Honeywell's global channel network, with bi-directional integration to LenelS2 access control. For multi-building campuses where security needs to be managed remotely and audit-ready, Rhombus is the platform we deploy.

Authorized Reseller Honeywell Partnership LenelS2 Integration Cloud-Native

Replacing a legacy security system or planning a new build?

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Target Markets

Where the operator stack actually deploys.

Five complementary technologies. Multiple verticals. One trusted advisor managing the full deployment.

Enterprise · Primary

Financial Services & Insurance

Banks, insurers, investment firms, and capital markets businesses with large knowledge worker populations, outsourced IT relationships, and distributed teams that need real workforce visibility and agentic AI deployment.

Wand.ai Sapience Analytics Nationwide

Healthcare, SaaS & Outsourced IT

Healthcare systems, technology companies, and global managed-service operations where billing verification, productivity measurement, and AI adoption tracking are non-negotiable enterprise priorities.

Hybrid Workforces Compliance Global IT Teams
Hospitality, Real Estate & CRE · Primary

Luxury Hospitality — Hotels, Resorts & Private Clubs

Ski resorts, full-service lodges, golf resorts, independent boutique properties, and private clubs where labor pressure, seasonal staffing, and high ADR make AI ROI immediate and defensible.

Aspen · Vail Scottsdale South Florida Private Clubs

Multifamily — Luxury Apartment Communities

Vertically integrated owner-operators and luxury apartment developers with thousands of units across multiple states. Garden-style, mid-rise, and Class A multifamily where amenity programming and corridor maintenance matter.

Tailos Rosie National Portfolios Class A

Luxury High-Rise & Commercial Real Estate

Manhattan luxury condos and co-ops, mid- and high-rise residential developers, Class A commercial office, and mixed-use towers. The same Operator Stack scaled to vertical real estate environments.

Manhattan Condos High-Rise Residential Class A Office Mixed-Use
Michael Gurtman — Founder, The Source AI
Michael Gurtman · Founder, The Source AI · Aspen, Colorado
About the Founder

I founded The Source AI on a simple premise: the most valuable person in AI adoption understands the business best, and uses the model as a tool.

Twenty-five years running businesses taught me things no engineering credential can replicate. Enterprise SaaS. Wholesale distribution. Hospitality. Manufacturing.

I represent enterprise AI and automation technology for clients across the US. Wand.ai (agentic AI) and Sapience Analytics (workforce intelligence) for financial services, insurance, healthcare, SaaS, and any enterprise with a large knowledge worker population or outsourced IT. Tailos Rosie (hospitality robotics) for luxury hospitality, multifamily, and high-rise residential — including Manhattan condos and Class A commercial. Verdant (energy management) and Rhombus (physical security) for hospitality, CRE, and high-end residential.

I evaluate every technology as an operator first — because I have been one. That is the difference.

Field Notes from the Operating Table

Sharp takes from someone who has been on both sides.

Not vendor briefs. Not research summaries. Observations from operating real businesses — and now placing AI into the markets we have worked in.

On AI Fatigue

The problem isn't that operators don't trust AI. It's that they've been burned by people who do.

Every CHRO and every GM has sat through a vendor demo that looked incredible and deployed poorly. The solution is not a better demo — it is a different kind of advisor. AI fatigue is a trust problem. Trust is built by operators, not salespeople.

On Workforce Intelligence

You cannot manage what you cannot see. In 2026, most enterprises still cannot see their workforce.

I managed labor across six branches without real visibility into how work actually happened — decisions made on instinct and weekly reports that were already stale. Workforce intelligence changes that equation. Not surveillance. Measurement.

On Agentic AI

2026 is the year agentic AI moves from pilot to P&L. Most enterprises are not ready for that conversation.

Agentic AI is not another chatbot. It is software that autonomously executes complex workflows without waiting for human initiation. The conversation is not "should we explore this." It is "who is the right person to have that conversation with."

For Vendors & Technology Providers

Channel access to markets traditional enterprise sales struggles to reach.

Enterprise financial services, healthcare, SaaS, luxury hospitality, multifamily, and commercial real estate. High-trust, relationship-driven markets where operator credibility opens doors that pure sales engineering cannot.

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Warm market access

Active relationships across enterprise financial services, healthcare, SaaS, and luxury hospitality — built over decades of operating in these markets, not a sales cycle.

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Operator-to-operator credibility

We don't lead with features — we lead with P&L. That's the language buyers trust, and it dramatically shortens the enterprise sales cycle.

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Bundled stack advantage

Your product enters a relationship already in progress. Buyers see an integrated AI stack, not a single-point vendor pitch — increasing average deal size and close rates.

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Proven enterprise process

Channel representation for Wand.ai, Sapience Analytics, Tailos, Verdant, and Rhombus — we manage pipelines, qualify opportunities, and close consultative Fortune 1000 deals.

We partner with technology companies that have a clear ROI story for either enterprise knowledge worker operations or property-level deployments. If your product fits that brief and you need channel representation, we want to hear from you.

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Get in Touch

Let's have a conversation between people who understand how businesses actually run.

Whether you're an enterprise evaluating AI, a property operator scoping technology, or a vendor seeking channel representation — tell us what you're working on.

Location
Aspen, Colorado
Serving clients nationwide
Focus
Enterprise Financial Services · Healthcare · SaaS
Luxury Hospitality · Multifamily · CRE
Email
michaelgurtman@thesourceai.com
Phone
(970) 618-5727