About
A hands-on technology partner for small firms in Houston.
Small firms lose clients to slow replies, not bad work. OpenIntel exists to fix that.
Most small professional firms are excellent at what they do and stretched thin on everything else. Calls get missed, follow-up slips, and staff spend hours on intake and paperwork. Meanwhile, everyone is told they need AI, without a clear plan for where it helps.
OpenIntel combines data strategy, technology advisory, and engineering in one partner. We start with a low-risk audit, recommend only what pays for itself, and then build it. No hand-offs between consultants and developers.
Over time, the systems we build again and again for clients will become a deployable AI platform made for small professional firms.
Nate Austen
Founder and Principal
OpenIntel is founder-led. Nate runs every engagement personally, from the first audit call through the final build and the monthly check-ins after it.
That means the person who studies your intake process is the same person who builds the fix. Recommendations stay practical because whoever makes them has to deliver them.
Solid boxes show the team today. Dashed roles are planned as the firm grows; today the founder leads all three service lanes.