Lean Built: Manufacturing Freedom
Sep 7, 2026 · 34 min · 13 segments
AI is starting to change the shop in ways that go far beyond ChatGPT. Andrew and Jay compare notes on the AI tools they are actually using, from automating invoices and administrative work to the…
Yes.
So I've got some tools.
First of all, I love using the tools that anyone can use.
I would say that Cloud Code, which I've been in and currently employ a full-time, full-stack senior software developer.
It's pretty amazing to build out, obviously, Stoke Forge Production and the other suite of products that we're going to be launching over the next year.
But really like we have so many projects, software projects in house, like just managing things.
I want to be like, I want to see if we can actually push like HR issues to some type of AI engine, you know, just for general feedback, that type of thing.
Like one guy said, well, you know, my new software developer, he said, Hey, I'm coming over.
I have this paperwork for my old 401k.
How do I bring it over? And I said, wow, that's a good question.
Let me do some poking around.
In our particular case, there's two entry points, July 1st or January 1st.
But that's something that if they're an AI agent and that's in a document somewhere, it could just surface that.
The other thing which has been pretty awesome is, I don't know, have you heard of Grokbot? I have not used it.
Okay.
All right.
So it's fairly new.
I'd say it's about a month old.
So it's kind of a newborn.
But it's really mature.
So here's what I've been doing.
We get invoices emailed to us.
We get invoices mailed to us, which I don't like.
Yes.
So I've got some tools.
First of all, I love using the tools that anyone can use.
I would say that Cloud Code, which I've been in and currently employ a full-time, full-stack senior software developer.
It's pretty amazing to build out, obviously, Stoke Forge Production and the other suite of products that we're going to be launching over the next year.
But really like we have so many projects, software projects in house, like just managing things.
I want to be like, I want to see if we can actually push like HR issues to some type of AI engine, you know, just for general feedback, that type of thing.
Like one guy said, well, you know, my new software developer, he said, Hey, I'm coming over.
I have this paperwork for my old 401k.
How do I bring it over? And I said, wow, that's a good question.
Let me do some poking around.
In our particular case, there's two entry points, July 1st or January 1st.
But that's something that if they're an AI agent and that's in a document somewhere, it could just surface that.
The other thing which has been pretty awesome is, I don't know, have you heard of Grokbot? I have not used it.
Okay.
All right.
So it's fairly new.
I'd say it's about a month old.
So it's kind of a newborn.
But it's really mature.
So here's what I've been doing.
We get invoices emailed to us.
We get invoices mailed to us, which I don't like.
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