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Built-in AI · Issue 2026
Ask your
shop anything.

A six-chapter story about the owner who stopped exporting to a spreadsheet and hoping — and started asking the business a question and getting the answer straight from their own numbers.

0 jobs running in SlabOS · live data the AI can read

AI on your own data: ask where margin is leaking, then see predicted margin, close probability on every quote, and actual vs quoted job costing.

SlabOS — the platform tour

Chapter One
01
The question

Every owner has
the same question.

How's the shop actually doing this month? What's outstanding? Who's driving the work? The numbers exist — they're trapped inside your jobs and quotes.

Now you just ask. In plain English. On screen, right now.

Fig. 01 — One platform: draw, quote, run the shop — and ask it anything.

Chapter Two
Export and pray

Pull a CSV, reconcile, paste, repeat — for one number.

Pivot-table roulette

A formula, a filter, and fingers crossed you got it right.

Stale by the time you read it

The report is only as fresh as your last export.

One person owns the spreadsheet

And nobody else can answer a question without them.

02
The old way

Export it.
Hope it's right.

The data lives in your system — but answering a question means dragging it out into a spreadsheet and hoping the math holds up.

Chapter Three · The turn
03
The answer

Type the question.
Get the answer.

The built-in AI turns plain English into a real query against your shop's database — and answers in seconds. No export. No pivot table. No analyst on retainer.

"What's still outstanding on invoices this month?"
→ Outstanding totals, off your real invoices
"Show me every job by status right now."
→ A current snapshot, not a stale report
"How's my quote pipeline by salesperson?"
→ Grouped and summed for you
"Who are my top accounts by revenue this year?"
→ Ranked from your own database
"Which materials and colors am I quoting most?"
→ Your catalog, by the numbers
"What's my lead pipeline by status and source?"
→ Pipeline + KPIs, on demand

Fig. 03 — Boot up the shop: one system holds every number the AI reads.

Not a bolt-on

Found a $500/mo tool that does one slice of this?

Congrats — you found a tool. This analyst is built into the same platform that draws, quotes, nests slabs, schedules crews, tracks inventory to the piece, runs the portal, and syncs to QuickBooks. One flat fee, unlimited seats — see pricing.

2D + live 3D Auto-nest slabs Slab inventory Customer portal QuickBooks sync Built-in AI
Chapter Four · The proof
AI price-list import
Drop a vendor PDF, CSV, or Excel file
AI extracts colors, thicknesses & prices
Into your price list — preview, then confirm
04
The price list

Stop re-keying
every row.

The same AI loads your pricing. Drop in a vendor sheet and it pulls colors, thicknesses, and prices into your price list — so your live pricing stays current without hand-typing a single row.

“
UI, integrations, performance, pricing ROI, sales features, support, onboarding, AI, the quoting engine, KPIs. Nothing to dislike — it's everything we've ever wanted.
DS
Verified fabricator
Owner · via G2
G2 ↗
“
SlabOS clearly understands how to strike the right balance between fabrication and software. My only gripe: I didn't discover it sooner.
BL
Brian L.
President · via G2
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When you have a question · side by side
How you ask
SlabOS AI · Plain English, like talking to a person
—Export & hope · Build a filter, a formula, a pivot
Where the data lives
SlabOS AI · Already inside SlabOS — nothing to export
—Export & hope · Pull a CSV, reconcile, paste, repeat
How fresh it is
SlabOS AI · Live off your real jobs & quotes
—Export & hope · As stale as your last export
Revenue & outstanding invoices
SlabOS AI · Just ask — answered on the spot
—Export & hope · Manual report, manual math, manual errors
Jobs, pipeline & top accounts
SlabOS AI · Grouped, ranked & summed for you
—Export & hope · Sort, dedupe, re-check, second-guess
Leads & KPIs
SlabOS AI · Pipeline by status & source, on demand
—Export & hope · Another tab, another export, another hour
Loading a price list
SlabOS AI · PDF/CSV/Excel → colors + prices
—Export & hope · Type every color & price by hand
Who can actually do it
SlabOS AI · Anyone who can type a question
—Export & hope · Whoever owns the spreadsheet — and only them
Your numbers
SlabOS AI · Stay inside your shop, queried privately
—Export & hope · Scattered across a dozen exported files

This comparison is SlabOS's opinion of how its built-in AI assistant compares to working from manual spreadsheet exports — your own workflow and tools may differ. A dash (—) marks where SlabOS places its emphasis, not a claim about any specific competing product. The SlabOS AI assistant only queries your own data inside SlabOS; it has no internet access, and it does not provide financial, accounting, tax, or investment advice or replace a professional accountant. For decisions that depend on exact figures, confirm against your books.

Chapter Five
05
The boundary

It reads your data —
and only your data.

We call it your shop's analyst because it answers like one — fast, from the numbers. But it's honest about its lane. Here's exactly where the line sits.

Your data only No internet access No other shop's numbers Not financial advice Doesn't replace your accountant

The assistant surfaces what's in your books — it doesn't give financial, accounting, tax, or investment advice. For decisions that hinge on exact figures, confirm against your books.

Ask in plain English

Type the question the way you'd ask a person — the AI answers from your jobs, quotes, accounts, revenue, and leads in seconds, not an afternoon.

Straight from your own numbers

It reads your live data inside SlabOS — never the internet, never another shop's — same platform one shop used to pull 20,000+ jobs off legacy software, drawings included.

Chapter Six · The other side
06
The customer portal

Your AI runs the back office.
Your portal runs the front.

The analyst answers your questions — the numbers, the back office. The portal answers your homeowner's. Same platform, the outside view. Every job ships with one, built in.

Spin their own counter in live 3D
→ Their slab, their kitchen, theirs to explore
Track the crew on install day
→ Live status & ETA — Uber for countertops
Download the e-signed contract
→ Anytime, from their own branded link
A portal with your name on it
→ Built in — not a bolt-on add-on

Fewer "where's my counter?" calls. The kind of experience that earns five stars on every job — and an edge legacy shops simply can't hand a homeowner.

Branded link Live 3D Real-time crew ETA E-signed contract

Fig. 06 — The homeowner's view: spin it, track it, download it — the experience they won't forget.

07
Start asking

Stop exporting.
Start asking.

Book a demo and we'll point the built-in AI at the questions that actually keep you up — pipeline, outstanding invoices, top accounts — against the kind of data your shop runs on. Watch it answer before you've finished typing.

One platform · one flat fee · unlimited seats · see pricing

The SlabOS AI assistant queries your own data only, has no internet access, and does not provide financial, accounting, tax, or investment advice or replace an accountant. For big calls, confirm the numbers against your books.

Epilogue · the questions behind the questions
What can I actually ask it?

Anything about your own shop data — jobs by status, quotes and pipeline, accounts and revenue, materials and colors, leads by source, and KPIs. Ask in plain English and the built-in AI turns it into a real query against your database and answers in seconds. No export, no pivot, no waiting on someone else to run the report.

Does it use the internet or other shops' data?

No. The assistant only queries your own data inside SlabOS — it has no internet access and no view of any other shop. Your numbers are yours, and they stay yours.

Is this financial or investment advice?

No. It's a fast way to read your own business data and surface KPIs — it does not give financial, accounting, tax, or investment advice, and it doesn't replace your accountant. For decisions that hinge on exact figures, confirm against your books.

Can it help me load a new price list?

Yes. AI price-list import takes a vendor PDF, CSV, or Excel file and extracts colors, thicknesses, and prices into your price list — so your live pricing reflects the latest sheet without hand-typing every row.

Isn't a cheap point tool good enough?

A few-hundred-a-month tool does one slice of the job and stops there. This AI isn't a separate BI product or a bolt-on dashboard — it's built into the same platform that draws, quotes, schedules crews, tracks slab inventory, runs your customer portal, and syncs to QuickBooks. One system, one flat fee, unlimited seats. The fastest way to see it is to watch the 4½-minute tour.

What does SlabOS cost?

One flat monthly platform fee covers the whole system — drawing, quoting, scheduling, inventory, crew app, customer portal, and the built-in AI, with unlimited seats. See pricing or book a call and we'll set the right plan for your shop.

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SEE THE WORKFLOW.IN MORE DETAIL.

A closer look at the decisions, details and handoffs that make the work happen.

Command

Product tour of Command, the AI assistant on your own shop data: tap the glowing dashboard button, ask a question, and get the answer as numbers, charts or a video walkthrough.

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Before You Say Yes

Owner-only pre-send margin check: comparable past jobs (same material, similar size, last 12 months) give a predicted margin range with confidence, the 5 closest jobs, per-colour options and close probability, or n/a when data is thin.

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Monday Morning

Weekly Owner Report: every Monday a one-page PDF lands in the owner's inbox with sales won, the quote funnel, win rate and days to close, plus an AI summary written only from the numbers that says not enough data instead of guessing.

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How Many Miters

"How many projects did we do this month with miters?" Command checks the quote's line items AND the saved drawing's edges, then ends with "How I got this": what it searched, the date basis, what counted. Ask your shop anything. See the math. slabos.com

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Live job costing: actual versus quoted

Break a job into labor, material, equipment, fuel and overhead. Review actual versus quoted costs, override a figure and keep that override when the job recalculates.

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The AI permission check's second opinion

Follow a team member's financial question through the illustrated SlabOS AI permission checks, including a second review that withholds an answer when it cannot complete its check.

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Bank reconciliation to a zero difference — beta

Import a bank statement and match its lines to recorded payments and invoices. Review the zero difference, lock the workpaper and invite the accountant to their portal. SlabOS Finance is in beta. Review matches before signing off on the workpaper.

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