// crux_ai_llc · est. 2026

Find the one
workflow slowing
your business down.

No frameworks. No buzzwords. We identify the single most painful repetitive task in your operation — then automate it. Built by an engineer who actually ships.

// founderDylan Martinez
// credentialsUSAFA · BS CE · EIT
// basedFlorida, US
// nicheAEC + small biz
// stackClaude · n8n · MCP
U.S. Air Force Academy graduate BS Civil Engineering EIT · Passed F.E. Exam Florida LLC · Est. 2026 API costs stay with client. Always.

Three ways to start.

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// 01
AI Quick Start
$200 · 60 min

One-on-one walkthrough of Claude and ChatGPT, tuned to your job. You leave with three prompts you'll actually open tomorrow morning.

  • 1 session, 60 minutes
  • 3 working prompts
  • Recording + cheat sheet
// 02
Workflow Foundations
$700 · 4 weeks

Four sessions, four weeks. We pick the two or three things eating your week and stand up real automations you own.

  • 4 sessions over 4 weeks
  • 2–3 live automations
  • Loom recap each week
// 03
Built & Operated
Custom · monthly

We find the crux in your operation, I build the software, and I run it for you. You pay a flat monthly fee — no API markup, no hourly surprises.

  • Custom software, your spec
  • I host & operate it
  • Flat monthly · cancel anytime

Shipped, in production.

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// takeoff.run v0.4 · beta
line item
qty
unit
conf.
slab on grade
147.2
CY
0.94
grade beams
38.7
CY
0.88
footings
62.4
CY
0.91
// flagship · in beta

Concrete Quantity Takeoff

A web app for civil contractors. Drop in a stack of construction drawings (PDF) and get an itemized concrete takeoff in under a minute — with a confidence score on every line so the estimator knows exactly where to look.

// clientMartinez Western Constructors
// stackClaude · Python · Render
// outcome2h → 60s per drawing

Direct from the firms
using the work.

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Hi, I'm Dylan.

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Dylan Martinez
// founder · engineer · operator
  • backgroundU.S. Air Force Academy
  • trained asCivil Engineer · EIT
  • basedUnited States

I'm a civil engineer who learned to ship software. Crux is the company I wish my old firms could've hired — someone who'd actually sit at the desk with the team for a day before recommending anything.

I went to the Air Force Academy, came out with a civil engineering degree, passed the F.E. exam, and registered as an EIT. Then I taught myself to build production AI tools because the construction industry was drowning in repetitive paperwork and nobody was doing anything useful about it.

I don't run a slide-deck company. I'd rather watch how your business actually works, find the single task that's quietly costing the most hours, and either teach you to handle it yourself or build the software and run it for you. Whichever makes more sense for where you are.

If that sounds like a conversation worth having, book fifteen minutes. No pitch — I'll ask three questions and listen.

1
// flagship product shipped
2h → 60s
// per drawing, on the takeoff app
$0
// api markup. ever.
15min
// discovery call · no pitch
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Tell me what eats
your week. I'll listen.

15 minutes, on Zoom or the phone. Three questions, then I listen. If there's a crux worth solving, you'll know by the end of the call.