Custom application development
Internal tools and dashboards for work that does not fit neatly inside your CRM, job software, or spreadsheet.
Discuss an app build
Fix the manual work slowing your team down.
We build custom software, AI agents, dashboards, and data layers for Central Illinois businesses that need cleaner follow-up, intake, reporting, and visibility.
Start with a free consult. If the workflow is not worth fixing, we will tell you before you spend money on an audit.
What we engineer
Custom application developmentWeb designAI workflow automationProduction AI agentsAI enablement & trainingOngoing support
AI workflow automation
Reminders, routing, summaries, and drafts around the handoffs your team already repeats.
Map an automationProduction AI agents
AI agents for bounded jobs like intake, follow-up, and document checks, with human review where it matters.
Scope an AI agentAI enablement & training
Workshops and playbooks for the tools your team will actually use.
Plan team trainingHow we engage
Not sure if AI is worth it? Start here.
Bring us the workflow your team keeps working around. We'll tell you what is worth fixing, what is not, and whether a $999 Strategy Audit makes sense.
Start01
Free consult
In 20-30 minutes, we learn how the workflow actually runs, where time gets lost, and what your team has already tried.
You get
- 20-30 minute fit call
- No cost or obligation
- Clear recommendation
- Audit only if it makes sense
Next02
AI Strategy Audit
$999, only after the consult confirms there is value to map.
If there is real value to map, a senior engineer turns the workflow into a practical plan for what to automate first.
You get
- Workflow and process map
- 3-5 automation opportunities
- Written report in 5 business days
- 30-minute walkthrough call
Audit fee credited toward any scoped build.
Not every business needs an audit. We'll be honest either way.
How we work
Five phases. No mystery at any of them.
From the first call to a running system, you'll know exactly where the work stands at every checkpoint.
What you can count on
- Weekly working code in your repo
- Direct line to the engineer who built it
- Stop or pivot at any phase boundary
Where it starts
Book a Free Consult 01
Listen
We discuss your processes and can even visit your facility to watch the work happen. Either way, we map the workflow as it actually runs — not as it's drawn on the org chart.
02
Scope
A written plan you can act on. Whether it's a strategy summary or a full build plan, the work, dependencies, and risks are documented — not stuck in an email thread.
03
Build
Production-ready code, weekly working builds, no slide deck handoffs. You see progress in your own repo every week.
04
Deploy
Observability, alerting, and rollback engineered in from day one. Not bolted on the week before launch.
05
Support
We stay accountable after launch. Direct access to the engineers who built the system, not a ticket queue.
Real work
Currently shipping for a regional mortgage lender.
A multi-month, multi-project data infrastructure engagement.
About
Built in Bloomington. Engineered for production.
Advanced Agritek is an engineering firm in Bloomington, Illinois. We build production software, AI workflow automation, and autonomous agents for the manufacturers, distributors, financial institutions, healthcare practices, and trades that keep central Illinois running. The work we ship is meant to outlast our involvement — clean architecture, tested code, your repo, your ownership.
Brandon Burnette
Founder · CTO
Nearly two decades engineering automations, production data layers, integrations, and AI agents for businesses that depend on them every day. Bloomington-based, from our door to yours in 90 minutes.
hello@advancedagritek.comBloomington, IL
From our door to yours
90minute radius
- Peoria
- Champaign-Urbana
- Springfield
- Decatur
- Illinois Valley corridor
Most work runs remote. On-site when it needs eyes on the floor.
Your repo, your ownership.
We work in your GitHub, your Slack, your stack. When the engagement ends, you keep everything.
Production from commit one.
CI/CD, monitoring, error tracking, infra-as-code from week one. Not bolted on at launch.
Built to outlast us.
Clean architecture, tested code, documentation your next hire can read.
FAQ
Questions we hear early.
If something here doesn't answer it, the free consult will. Send a note →
What does Advanced Agritek do?
Advanced Agritek is a Bloomington, Illinois engineering firm that builds custom software, AI workflow automation, and production AI agents, and trains teams to use AI as a skill multiplier, for small-to-medium businesses across central and north-central Illinois.
Where do you work?
We work in your facility and remotely. Our office is in Bloomington, IL, and we are within ninety minutes of most central-Illinois SMBs, including Peoria, Champaign-Urbana, Springfield, Decatur, the Illinois Valley corridor, and surrounding communities.
What does it cost to start?
The first consult is free. It is a 20-30 minute fit call about the workflow costing your business time. If the workflow is repeated, expensive enough to matter, and clear enough to map, the next paid step is usually our $999 AI Strategy Audit.
What industries do you work with?
We focus on small-to-medium businesses in central Illinois, including financial institutions, manufacturing and fabrication, distribution, healthcare practices and clinic groups, professional services, agriculture and ag services, logistics, regional retail, and the trades.
What is the difference between a free consult and the AI Strategy Audit?
The free consult is a short fit call to understand the workflow, tools, people, and handoffs involved. The $999 AI Strategy Audit is a paid working session that produces a written report with 3-5 prioritized automation opportunities, a priority matrix, annual-value estimates, and a walkthrough call.
Do you train teams that are not building anything new?
Yes. AI enablement engagements work for teams that want to use AI inside their existing tools and roles without building custom systems. Workshops are tailored to your industry, the tools you already use, and the governance you need.
What if it does not work?
The audit deliverable is yours regardless. For builds, we ship weekly working code in your repo from week one. You see progress, you own the work, and you can stop at any phase boundary.
Bring us the work
Book a free consult about the workflow your team keeps working around.
Bring the manual follow-up, intake, document collection, CRM cleanup, reporting, or AI-agent idea that keeps coming back. We'll tell you whether it is worth a paid audit, a smaller fix, or no project.
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