AI strategy consultant and Kansas City marketing agency in one.
I'm Mychal Shaw - a Kansas City based AI strategy consultant, engineer, and marketer. I help founders, brands, and civic organizations decide where AI actually belongs, then build it and market it. Nine years of agency-grade brand work, three shipped AI platforms, one person accountable for both.
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AI Strategy Consulting & AI Product Development
An AI strategy consultant who builds the AI product, not the pitch about it.
Most AI strategy stops at a roadmap. Mine ends in a shipped product. I've built three full-stack AI platforms from scratch - UWAZI.AI, KOVA, and 1Flock - so when I scope your AI strategy, it's grounded in what's actually buildable: model selection, RAG pipelines, data architecture, cost per query, and the honest version of your timeline. Engagements start with an AI opportunity audit and end with working software.
What this looks like:
AI opportunity audit & roadmap·AI product architecture·RAG & LLM systems·AI copilot / chief-of-staff builds·technical feasibility scoping·team AI enablement
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Kansas City Marketing Agency Services
Nine years of Kansas City marketing, done in-house.
This is the Kansas City marketing agency work: brand strategy, positioning, campaigns, and activations for local brands and national ones that want a Kansas City point of view. 85+ events produced. $200K+ in client revenue. Campaigns for Google, Academy Bank, Anheuser-Busch, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Marketing designed to move culture in KC and beyond - not just fill a content calendar.
I built the platform that turns community sentiment into data cities can act on. This is AI and engagement strategy for public-sector and nonprofit organizations that need to actually hear the communities they serve - and prove it - with responsible AI adoption baked in from the start.
What this looks like:
civic engagement program design·community listening infrastructure·public-sector AI adoption strategy·responsible AI policy & governance·coalition & network building
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Full-Stack AI Product Build
The strategy, built.
Every product on this site - I built it end to end. Front end, back end, AI integration, deployment. If you need the actual thing built and not just scoped, this is that: one person accountable for the strategy and the code.
What this looks like:
MVP development·AI integration & deployment·custom internal tools & CRMs·technical implementation of an existing strategy
Questions people ask first
What does an AI strategy consultant actually do?
An AI strategy consultant decides where AI creates real value in your business, scopes what's technically buildable, and designs the architecture behind it. I do that as an engineer who has shipped three production AI platforms, so the strategy ends in working software instead of a slide deck.
Do you work as a Kansas City marketing agency?
Yes. The marketing practice is Kansas City based and built on nine years of brand and campaign work - 85+ events, $200K+ in client revenue, and campaigns for Google, Academy Bank, Anheuser-Busch, and Big Brothers Big Sisters - serving KC clients and national brands alike.
Can you handle both AI strategy and the marketing that launches it?
That's the whole point. The same team defines the AI strategy, builds the product, and runs the brand and go-to-market campaign, so nothing gets lost in the handoff between consultant, agency, and dev shop.
Who do you typically work with?
Founders building AI products, Kansas City brands that need marketing strategy with teeth, and civic and public-sector organizations adopting AI responsibly.