Know what to automate. Know what to keep human.
Most AI advice starts with the tool. We start with your business. Known Constraints helps teams find where AI genuinely fits, and where your people still matter most.
AI is an ally, not an answer.
The hype says put AI in everything. The truth is narrower, and far more useful. Some work should be automated. Some work should stay human. The advantage is knowing which is which before you spend a dollar.
Where machines earn their place
- Repetitive, high-volume tasks that drain hours
- Rules-based work with clear inputs and outputs
- Well-documented processes ready to scale
- Analysis that is slow by hand and fast by model
Where people stay in the loop
- Judgment calls that carry real consequence
- Relationships, trust, and the hard conversations
- Context and nuance no model actually holds
- Accountability for the decision at the end
Three layers. One clear map of where AI belongs.
3 Layer Mapping is how we partner with you to see your business the way it actually runs, across three layers: Process, Technology, and Why. We place AI only where it earns its place, and over time, the map compounds into something far more valuable.
Process
We map how the work actually happens today. Every handoff, every bottleneck, every task your people quietly dread. This is where the real opportunity hides.
Technology
We trace the systems and data underneath the work. What you run on, how clean it is, and what a model could actually stand on. Technology only helps where the ground is solid.
Why
We map the reasons behind the work. The intent, the judgment, the purpose that has to stay human. Knowing why keeps AI in service of the business, never the other way around.
Four ways we help you move.
Discovery Sessions
We start by finding the real problem. Working sessions that surface where technology, AI included, can actually move the needle, and where it cannot.
Frontier AI Implementation
We put leading AI platforms to work inside your team, configured for your data, your workflows, and the outcomes you actually care about.
On-Prem & Closed AI Solutions
For organizations that need control, we build private, closed AI that runs on your terms and never leaves your walls.
AI Adoption & Enablement
Tools only matter if people use them. We help your team understand, trust, and genuinely adopt what we build together.
Founder, Known Constraints
Grimes, Iowa
Led by Chase Pals.
Chase has spent his career delivering complex programs and implementing AI across multiple client engagements, from software and product delivery to enterprise program management.
He started Known Constraints on a simple conviction: companies deserve clear-eyed AI strategy that fits how they actually work, without the hype and without the bloat.
Built to handle real growth.
Strategy is easy to talk about. These are engagements where it had to hold up under pressure.
Let's find where AI fits.
A discovery session is the fastest way to see what is worth doing. No pitch, no jargon. Just a clear look at your business and where AI can help.