FEDERATED STUDIO

Software consulting
for the age of AI.
Rooted in the Twin Cities.

Your partner
in your corner

Federated Studio is a boutique software firm based in the Twin Cities. We help businesses connect with the people who need them, automate repetitive work, and build virtual teams around the way they operate. Focus on the work you do best, with a real technology partner to guide the way.

Let's talk about your business A couple ideas on how we can help your team grow your impact
Federated StudioYour online team
Example chat

Sunday brunch. A coordinated update.

You

We've decided to open for brunch on Sunday. Can we update the site?

Federated Studio

Yes. What hours, when does it start, and is this every Sunday? Should I also prepare your Google Business Profile hours and a brunch announcement?

You

Every Sunday, 9–2, starting next week. Yes to Google too. I'll send the menu and a photo.

Federated Studio

I'll prepare the website and Google updates for review. Want a draft for Instagram or X too? I'll include sample text, a link, and a short checklist for you to post.

Illustrative conversations. Connected tools and work are scoped to each engagement.

01 / What we do

A real partner.
A new way to work.

Start with a focused online team,
or bring us into your business to connect the people, systems, and decisions behind the work.

01

For growing companies

Building, together

We work with your team, ask better questions, and turn decisions into working systems. We coordinate the people and agents doing the implementation, with on-site collaboration when it helps.

Explore a partnership

AI & software consulting

  • Choose the workflows worth improving and map the next steps.
  • Coordinate implementation throughout the week.
  • Connect business data so answers can point back to evidence.

A focused engagement with defined delivery capacity. Additional implementation is scoped together.

02

For local businesses

Updates, a text away

New hours? Upcoming holiday? A new service to add to your site? Tell your Federated Studio team what you need. People and AI agents work together to turn your requests into updates and outcomes.

Talk about your business
A simpler way to keep things moving

“We've decided to open for brunch on Sunday. Can we update the site?”

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Draft the changes. Review together.
Publish when approved.

  • A clean website, maintained and kept up to date.
  • Google Business Profile details kept aligned.
  • Analytics setup and regular trend reports, explained in plain language.
  • Updates and marketing drafts requested in plain language.

A standardized package with a defined update allowance. Setup and scope agreed before we begin.

One request. The right next steps.

Brunch is on.
Keep the details together.

Your team prepares the website and Google Business Profile changes, asks for anything missing, and helps you remember the other places customers look.

See an example plan, social drafts, and checklist

We prepare and manage

  • Confirm the start date, recurring Sunday hours, menu, and photo.
  • Preview website hours, menu, and a brunch announcement.
  • Prepare Google Business Profile hours and an announcement for approval; check the public listing after submission.

You can share

Instagram draft: Sunday plans, sorted. Join us for brunch every Sunday, 9am–2pm, starting next week. Bring your appetite—and a friend. Menu at the link in our bio.

X draft: We're opening for Sunday brunch! Every Sunday, 9am–2pm, starting next week. Take a look at the menu: example.com/brunch

Illustrative copy and mock link: example.com/brunch. Replace with your live menu URL. Social publishing is handled by your team unless separately scoped.

Your checklist

  • Approve the website and Google drafts; send the menu and a photo.
  • Post to Instagram and X, and update your Instagram bio link.
  • Tell staff and check printed signs, booking tools, and other listings.
  • Check your website and Google listing after launch; tell us when hours or services change.

Minneapolis · St. Paul · Twin Cities

Local understanding.
More possibilities.

Software consulting, website design, and online marketing consulting for businesses across the Twin Cities. Bring your goals. We'll help you build the team and systems to reach them.

AI & software consulting

Connect your systems, automate repetitive workflows, and turn business information into useful answers. Start with the work that will make the biggest difference to your team.

Find your first useful step ↗

Websites that work for you

Give customers a clear picture of what you do and an easy way to reach you. Website design, cleanup, and ongoing updates keep your online presence working as your business changes.

Make your website work harder ↗

Online marketing consulting

Help the people who need you find you. Build a practical plan for local search, Google Business Profile, and useful content. See trends in visits, discovery, and inquiries—with a virtual team to help you decide what to do next.

Build your local presence ↗

02 / A clearer view

Ask your business
better questions.

Where are inquiries getting stuck? What's taking the team too long? What changed this week? We help connect the right information so you can ask—and see what an answer is based on.

01 — Get close

Understand the people and the work before deciding what to automate.

02 — Show the evidence

Trace answers to connected records. Make gaps and uncertainty visible.

03 — Move it forward

Give people and agents clear work, with review at the right moments.

03 / AI, in plain language

Time for your why

Why do you do what you do? You know what you want to do better and what's taking you away from it. You know your business. The right tools should help you do more of what makes it yours.

What is AI—and what would it do for us?

AI is software that learns patterns from examples. Today's tools can draft a customer email, summarize information, or turn a request into steps for connected software to carry out. A virtual team brings those tools together around specific jobs in your business.

Think fewer hours updating pages, chasing routine reminders, and copying information between systems. You set the direction. We help choose the tools, connect them, and check the work. AI can make mistakes, so review matters.

What does AI mean for our people?

AI takes its direction from the people using it. Growing a business with it takes people who understand the customers, know the work, and can judge what good looks like. Their experience gives the tools a purpose.

Think of a contractor trading a bike for a truck, or a neighborhood shop reaching customers online. The tool expands what's possible. AI can do the same: help a small team take on work, reach customers, and pursue opportunities that used to be out of reach.

Some businesses will use AI to cut costs or reduce staff. We build for growth: less repetitive work, more room for people's skills, and the capacity to serve a bigger business. As that business grows, so can the opportunities for people.

Explore the research on AI and work ↗
Will we still be in control?

Yes. We agree on what your virtual team can access, what it can do, and which changes need approval. Start with drafts and previews, then expand as the process earns your trust. Your team includes people and AI agents. Agents can answer questions and carry out agreed tasks directly, with a real person available when judgment or a conversation is needed.

04 / Build your next chapter

Cut out the grind

Help the right customers find you. Take the repetitive work off your plate. Make room for the business you want to grow.

Tell us what a great virtual team would take care of. We'll help you choose a useful first step and build from there.


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