Real Minds AI works with small business owners and solo founders who are ready to use AI but don’t know where to start. Co-founded by Tracy Anthony — who ran Australia’s first community-owned wind farm, built businesses from scratch, and spent 35 years in the spaces between systems — RMAI offers accessible, practical AI guidance for businesses of any size. From one-on-one coaching sessions to community workshops and free Exploring AI webinars running since November 2024. 16 organisations across 7 industries. 4.9 Google rating, 23 reviews.
You don’t need an IT department. You need someone who gets it.
AI isn’t just for corporates with six-figure budgets. If you’re running a business, wearing every hat, and wondering what’s real versus hype — we’ve been where you are.
We know what it actually looks like
You’re doing the books at 10pm. The compliance stuff eats your mornings. You’ve got three systems that don’t talk to each other and everything important lives in your head. You’ve tried ChatGPT — maybe it helped with an email, maybe it didn’t — and you’re not sure what’s real and what’s hype.
We know this because we sit across the table from people like you every week. A trades business owner juggling his ops platform and his accounting system, lying awake at 3am because “everything is in my brain.” A solo creative building a brand while drowning in invoice reconciliation. These aren’t hypothetical personas — they’re people we’ve worked with.
Why we built this for you
Tracy built herself from scratch — technical writer to CEO to AI founder, 35 years of self-taught capability. She ran Australia’s first community-owned wind farm. She knows what it’s like to build something from nothing with no safety net.
That’s why Real Minds AI exists: because AI genuinely levels the playing field for people who’ve never had the resources of big enterprise. The same tools that a $100M organisation uses to transform their operations? You can use them too. The difference isn’t the technology — it’s knowing what to point it at.
We’ve been running free Exploring AI webinars since November 2024 — open to anyone, no jargon, no hype. Tracy presents at BNI every fortnight, does one-on-ones with local business owners, and runs sessions in community settings. Dennis has delivered workshops to 100+ students in the Philippines, proving the format works for audiences starting from zero. We’re not consultants who fly in and invoice. We’re in the community, building capability one conversation at a time.
What we actually do for small business
We don’t sell you a platform or a subscription. We sit with you, understand your business, and show you what AI can actually do for your specific situation — then we build it with you.
For one business owner, that meant a web app for timesheet management and a plan to get the knowledge out of his head into repeatable systems. For another, it was a custom AI assistant built around her brand voice that handles the tasks she used to lose weekends to. Not hypotheticals. Real tools, for real businesses, that keep working after we leave.
AI is good at
Handling the dross — invoice reconciliation, email drafting, data entry, scheduling, document summarisation. Turning your voice notes into structured information. Answering the phone while you’re on the tools. Doing the 10pm bookkeeping so you don’t have to.
You still lead on
Your expertise. Your client relationships. Your judgement about what matters. AI doesn’t replace your brain — it frees it from the admin that’s been stealing your best hours.
Who we’ve worked with
A solo creative entrepreneur
Came to us through a local networking presentation. Started with a capability roadmap session, now in fortnightly coaching building AI tools around her brand and business operations. Custom AI assistant for her brand voice. Invoice reconciliation strategy. Pattern recognition for where she was overstepping into project management instead of staying in her zone of genius.
A trades business owner
Running two brands across cleaning, forensics, and handyman services. Doing everything — quoting, scheduling, payroll, invoicing — and still on the tools. “Everything is in my brain. I’ve got to get it out.” We built a web app for time tracking, tuned his existing platform, and started getting the knowledge out of his head into repeatable systems.
Community: Free Exploring AI webinars running since November 2024. 100+ participants across community workshops in Australia and the Philippines. Fortnightly presentations and one-on-ones with local business owners through BNI.
How we work with you
AI Capability Roadmap
A one-on-one session to map where AI fits in your business. Not a sales pitch — a genuine assessment of what’s worth doing and what’s not.
The Walkthrough →Hands-on AI Coaching
Ongoing sessions where we work on your actual business — your systems, your workflows, your data. Fortnightly cadence, practical outcomes every time.
AI Training →Exploring AI Webinars
Free community sessions running since November 2024. No jargon, no hype — just honest exploration of what AI means for real work.
Learn more →Custom AI Tools
Lightweight AI tools tailored to your business — assistants, automations, workflows — so the capability stays with you after we leave.
Start a conversation →Questions we hear from small business owners
I’m not technical — is this for me?
That’s exactly who it’s for. Most people we work with started by having a play with ChatGPT and not knowing what to do next. You don’t need to code. You don’t need to understand machine learning. You need to know your business — we handle the AI part.
What can I actually afford?
We offer one-on-one capability roadmap sessions, fortnightly coaching, and free Exploring AI webinars. This isn’t enterprise consulting priced for enterprise — it’s designed for people building businesses on real margins.
Will AI replace me or my staff?
No. AI is the accelerant, not the replacement. We help you spend less time on the dross — the data entry, the compliance admin, the 10pm bookkeeping — so you can spend more time on the work that actually grows your business.
How is this different from just using ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is a tool. Knowing what to do with it is a skill. We help you develop the skill — starting with your actual business, your actual workflows, your actual problems. It’s about your ability to say yes to possibilities, not deep technical knowledge.
Ready to see what AI can do for your business?
No jargon. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what’s possible.
Start with a conversationResponsible AI
Tracy holds the Responsible AI certification from the Institute of Applied Technology and BABL AI. We don’t just talk about ethics — we’re credentialed.
We work with your compliance team, not around them. Australian Privacy Principles guide everything we do. Your data never trains third-party models without explicit consent.
If you use 0% of AI, you’re missing out. If you use 100%, you end up with slop. We find the right balance — AI that augments your people, not replaces them.
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