AI readiness advisory for small businesses.

New Mexico Lightning helps small business owners cut through the noise around artificial intelligence and identify what's actually worth adopting — then helps their teams adopt it in a way that sticks.

What we do

A structured, honest assessment — not a sales pitch.

Most small businesses know they should be using AI tools somewhere in their operations, but don't know where to start, what's worth paying for, or how to get a team to actually use new tools instead of quietly reverting to the old way. We provide a structured, honest assessment — not a sales pitch for a particular product.

Three focus areas

Workflow assessment

Identifying which parts of day-to-day operations are actually good candidates for AI-assisted tools, and which aren't.

Tool evaluation

Independent, vendor-neutral recommendations based on a business's actual needs and budget.

Adoption support

Helping teams adopt new tools in practice, not just in theory, by addressing the human side of change.

Who we work with

Owner-operators who want a clear, independent read.

Owner-operators who want a clear, independent read on where AI tools can help their operations — without the hype, and without committing to expensive systems that never get used.