Custom AI software for small and mid-sized businesses
Custom AI software built around your business
The Professor Inc. is a university spinout with a technology background. We build custom AI-driven software for small and mid-sized enterprises, designed around how each business actually works.
- Led by a former tenured professor of entrepreneurship and strategy
- Engineers trained in computer science at McMaster University and Wilfrid Laurier University
The challenge
From AI potential to working software
Many businesses recognize AI’s potential but lack the in-house expertise to determine where it can create value and how to implement it.
We translate operational needs into working software.
What we specialize in
Agentic AI: software that carries out multi-step tasks across the systems you already use
Processing documents and invoices
Coordinating scheduling
Turning operational data into usable information
What we build
All designed around how each business actually works.
Key benefits
Built for how your business runs
Software built around your operations
Software is designed around how the business works. Where appropriate, agentic AI carries out multi-step tasks across the tools the business already uses, integrating AI directly into operational workflows.
Less repetitive work. More productive work.
Solutions can automate repetitive tasks, streamline workflows, connect systems, and reduce administrative burden, allowing employees to spend more time on higher-value work.
How we work
From business need to working software
We begin with the business problem. Through a focused strategic needs assessment, we identify the requirements, define the solution, and manage development through to delivery. You receive finished, working software.
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01
Assess
Understand the business and identify the operational problem.
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02
Define
Set requirements and design the solution.
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Build
Develop and integrate the software.
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Deliver
Provide finished, working software.
Two ways to work with us
For businesses and for IT providers
For businesses
Custom AI software built around your business
For small and mid-sized enterprises. We take you from the business problem to finished, working software.
- Assess
- Define
- Build
- Deliver
- Handling orders and inquiries
- Processing documents and invoices
- Coordinating scheduling
- Turning operational data into usable information
For IT providers
Custom AI software delivered under your brand
We work inside your client relationships, never around them. You approve every scope and price, and the client stays yours.
48%of MSPs rank AI and automation as their clients’ top need for 2026
13%are generating meaningful revenue from these services
Source: Kaseya, 2026 State of the MSP Report
Explore the partner programWho you’ll work with
Strategy and engineering, all in one place
Leadership
The Professor Inc. is led by Dr. Jeffrey Overall, a former tenured professor of entrepreneurship and strategy. He has worked at six international business schools in four countries. He is an expert in why organizations fail, and what helps them succeed.
For more than two decades, he has worked with entrepreneurs in a strategic management capacity. He has worked with and mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs, and has founded several organizations across different sectors.
He has consulted widely across government, industry and universities. His consulting includes projects with the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and the Government of Canada.
- 20+years working with entrepreneurs
- 60+scholarly and professional publications
- 6international business schools, in 4 countries
Engineers
Our software is built by engineers trained in computer science at McMaster University and Wilfrid Laurier University. Our engineers bring professional experience from one of the world’s largest technology organizations, a major global pension investment organization, and Silicon Valley, including applied AI work with the Stanford Accelerator for Learning alongside researchers from Stanford and UC Berkeley.
- Enterprise automation
- Cloud data infrastructure
- Full-stack web and mobile
- Computer vision
- AI voice and language systems
- Cybersecurity
Free consultation
Book a free consultation with Dr. Jeffrey Overall
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A 45-minute video call
We assess your main problems, the inefficiencies, and what you want to improve.
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We brief our engineers
Everything is captured and presented to our software engineers.
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You receive a proposal
We send you a proposal for a custom software solution.