AI consulting for Colorado companies. Built around how your business runs.
Modern Thesis helps owners and CEOs of Colorado non-tech companies with $10M+ in annual revenue get measurable ROI from AI. We're based in Denver, we work on site along the Front Range, and one team covers strategy, change management, implementation and ongoing stewardship.
At a glance
- Who it's for: owners, CEOs and COOs of Colorado non-tech companies with $10M+ in annual revenue, usually without a CTO.
- What Modern Thesis does: AI strategy, change management, implementation and ongoing stewardship, from one team.
- How it starts: a strategic assessment that ranks where AI pays first. See the assessment.
- Where: based in the Denver area, with an office at 11001 W 120th Ave, Ste 400, Broomfield, CO 80021. On site along the Front Range, remote across the rest of Colorado and the United States.
- Pricing: priced to each engagement's scope after a first conversation. No rate card.
Who is this page for?
This page is for people who run established Colorado companies outside the tech industry: firms where the work depends on skilled people, the backlog is real, and adding headcount is slow or expensive. Many of these companies already pay for AI tools. What's usually missing is a plan for where AI fits the actual work, and a team to build it and keep it running.
Where does AI help Colorado companies most?
AI helps most where skilled people spend hours on work that can be drafted, checked or routed by software. These are examples of what can be built, not past results:
- Professional services: first drafts of proposals, reports and client updates from the firm's own past work, for a professional to review.
- Engineering and water rights consultancies: monitoring public filings and pulling public state records for a first pass before an engineer's review.
- The trades: turning job notes, photos and emails into estimates, work orders and follow-ups in the systems the office already uses.
In each case, a person stays in charge of the decisions that matter, and the system shows its sources so review is fast.
What does this look like on real Colorado data?
We built the Water Right Snapshot, a working demo on public Colorado Division of Water Resources data. Enter a structure's ID, and in about a minute it returns the structure, its decreed rights, its diversion records with data-quality flags, and nearby wells and gauges. It's a first pass, not a substitute for an engineer's review, and it shows the kind of tool a company can have on its own records.
How does Modern Thesis work with a Colorado company?
One team covers four disciplines. In strategy, we map how work moves through the company and rank where AI pays. In people, we line up incentives and train the team, because a system nobody uses returns nothing. In implementation, our AI specialists and Forward Deployed Engineers build the workflows and connect them to the tools you already run. In stewardship, we stay to monitor accuracy, keep the system current as AI models change, and report the return against the baseline. Our guide to measuring AI ROI explains how that baseline works.
How does an engagement start?
Every engagement starts with a strategic assessment. It measures the baseline on the workflows that matter and ends with the first build defined. If AI won't pay for itself somewhere in your company, we'll tell you.
How Modern Thesis handles this
We put AI to work inside xFusion, the 70-person company Jim co-founded, and then for several of its clients. We bring that operator approach to Colorado companies: start with the assessment, build what pays first, and stay to keep it running. Your company owns its data, accounts, code and documentation throughout.
Questions
Does Modern Thesis work with companies outside Denver?
Yes. We're based in Denver and work on site with companies along the Front Range. For companies elsewhere in Colorado and the rest of the United States, most of the work runs remotely, with on-site time planned where it helps, such as during the assessment.
Which Colorado industries does Modern Thesis work with?
Non-tech companies with $10M+ in annual revenue. That includes professional services firms, engineering and water rights consultancies, and the trades. The common thread is skilled people spending hours on work that AI can draft, check or route, so they can take on more of the work that needs them.
What does a Colorado water rights firm get from AI?
Water rights work is record-heavy and deadline-driven, which suits AI well. Examples include watching the monthly water court resumes for filings near a client's rights and pulling decree and diversion records from the state's public data for an engineer to review. A licensed engineer stays in charge of the work.
How does a Modern Thesis engagement start?
With a strategic assessment. We map how the work really moves through your company, measure a baseline on the workflows that matter, and rank the opportunities by return. The assessment ends with the first build defined. If AI won't pay for itself somewhere in your company, we'll tell you.