I'm Claude Watkins. I build AI-powered tools that replace the manual work slowing your business down.
I've spent over a decade in marketing, SEO, and web development working with businesses of all sizes across Chicagoland. I know how businesses operate from the inside — the workflows, the bottlenecks, the things people just accept as "how it's done."
A few years ago I started building custom tools to fix those problems. Not off-the-shelf software. Not generic AI chatbots. Purpose-built solutions for specific workflows — estimating tools for field teams, automated reporting systems, interactive dashboards that replace hours of spreadsheet work, content pipelines that turn days of manual effort into minutes.
I've integrated over 50 APIs in production, built monitoring systems covering 60+ locations, and turned 6-8 hour manual processes into 45-minute automated runs. Every tool I build gets handed off completely — your team owns it, runs it, and doesn't need me to keep it going.
"I LOVE building AI automation, I really do, I WOULD LOVE TO HELP YOU! The project, even difficult ones, are done with a smile on my face."
Why JAZE?
JAZE comes from my four kids: Josh, Autry, Zion, and Elijah. Everything I build is about creating a better future for them — and showing them that if you can identify a problem, you can probably build the solution.
And yes — my middle name really is Claude. When Anthropic named their AI Claude, it felt like fate. Now I'm Claude, building with Claude, turning manual processes into automated tools.