Palm Springs · California
Palm Springs AI
Bring us the AI you already use. Our engineers build skills, connectors, and plugins into it — or fix what is broken — and hand you a working AI system before you leave the lab.
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Palm Springs AI / Services
Four ways to work with us
01
Repair
Have an AI that stopped working, or never worked at all? Bring it in and we fix it with you.
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Consulting
One hour blocks working with an engineer on any problem you have. What would you like to get done next?
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Classes
A private hour with an engineer beside you. Any topic, any level, no syllabus. You pick the agenda.
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On-site
For valley businesses: we drive to your office, front desk or back room and work on the tools you already run.
Learn more →How it works
See it work, then pay
Book a time
Free, and it takes under a minute.
Come in
Face to face in Palm Springs, CA. Or a video call if that works better.
Work side by side
An engineer next to you, on your laptop, driving towards a solution.
Pay at the end
You see the result before you pay. No deposit, nothing up front.
Who comes in
All are welcome here
Most people who walk in aren't AI nerds: mostly normal people with one AI account and one thing they want it to do. That's a great place to start.
Retirees, entrepreneurs, snowbirds, students, parents, investors, freelancers, people who have never opened ChatGPT, and people already running their own agents. Same hour, same rate, same room. Businesses are welcome too.
Take your AI further
It works, but it is still just a chatbot. We connect it to the accounts you already use and set up instructions that stick, reusable templates, scheduled tasks, and agents that finish a job on their own.
Get it working again
Something broke, or it never worked. A connector, plugin, MCP server, API key, or automation that stalls halfway. Bring it in and we fix it next to you.
What we repair →Pricing
Hourly rates, with a satisfaction guarantee
Professional
$160 / hour
An engineer building or repairing your AI with you.
Educational
$60 / hour
Learn it hands-on in a private session at the lab.
On-site
$160 / hour
We come to your business anywhere in the valley. One-hour minimum.
Palm Springs AI is a software & agentic development studio.
Who you will work with
A real person, in the room
Noah MacDonald
Founder & engineer
Former Looker/Google engineer who has spent years building data tools, conversational AI, and helping people and AI work together.
Where we work
Coachella Valley only
Local by design. The lab is in Palm Springs, CA.
Questions
Common questions
How do I book?
Go to the booking page. We suggest a time, you add your name and email, and you are on the calendar. It takes under a minute and it is free.
What happens at my appointment?
You sit down with an engineer, show us the AI you already use (or none at all), and tell us what you wish it could do. Then we build it or fix it together, on your own laptop and accounts.
I am not a business. Is this for me?
Yes. Most people who come in are individuals with one account and one thing they are trying to do. No company, no technical background, and no minimum spend.
Which AI tools do you work on?
All of them: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Copilot, and the apps that have AI built in. We do not resell anything, so we have no reason to steer you to one over another.
Do you work remotely?
Yes. Every appointment can be made in person in Palm Springs, CA, at your business if you book on-site, or we can provide a video call link if that works best for you. If you are outside the Coachella Valley, we might not be the right fit for you.
Is there a subscription?
No. Everything is hourly and you pay after the work is done.
Ready when you are
Book a time and bring your laptop. We will take it from there.
Palm Springs AI is a software & agentic development studio.