Aventide Gives You the Analytics. I Help You Run the Operations.
Aventide is a genuinely smart business hub: strategic frameworks, planning, and AI-powered analysis, all in one workspace. If you're a solopreneur juggling multiple businesses, it's worth joining the waitlist tonight.
But analytics tells you what's true about your business. Operations is what happens with your analytics. That's things like building the actual workflows, training your staff, deciding which tools fit, and implementing the change on the ground. Analytics is one piece of operations, not the whole picture.
That's where I come in. I look at your whole business and help you operate effectively on what the analytics tell you. Aventide might be part of that picture, but it's rarely the only piece.
I'm Leila Kaneda, an AI strategist and educator based in Hood River, Oregon.
- You've got the data and the insights - now you need help turning them into actual operational change
- You want your staff capable and trained, not just you looking at a dashboard
- You want an unbiased read on which tools fit your operations, instead of being sold one platform
- You need a custom build, a technical feasibility check, or an AI expert in the room for a real decision
- You need help with the parts of your business that don't live on a screen: workflows, staff training, physical processes, etc.
- You want expert guidance as you build things out within your business
- You just want analytics, planning frameworks, and reports from one dashboard — that's exactly what Aventide is for, go join the waitlist
- You're not looking to invest time or budget into operational change right now
- You want a magic solution that you don't want to invest time or resources learning
Book a free 30-minute call
No pitch deck, no pressure. Tell me about your business — not just your software stack.
We discuss where AI may fit
And what some first steps will look like. Sometimes that's a tool like Aventide. Sometimes it's a simpler piece of software or automation that doesn't need AI at all. Sometimes it's just making sure you and your team actually understand the technology well enough to use it with confidence. I look for the simplest option that works, not the most impressive one.
We get to work, on your terms
You and your team stay in control of your business and your AI. I'm not interested in making you dependent on me — I'm interested in making you capable of running this yourselves.
AI Business Optimization Plan Most popular
In two weeks, you get a custom plan mapping where AI can actually help your business — your operations, your team, your product. Sometimes that means a tool like Aventide. Sometimes it's something else entirely, or a combination. You walk away with a plan you understand and can run yourself.
View the plan →PoC Scoping + Advisory
Have an AI/ML idea for your product or operations? I'll help you define the use case, assess technical feasibility, flag the risks, and hand you a vendor-ready brief.
Expert in the Room
Real-time AI expertise for a critical meeting, pitch, or planning session.
AI Policy & Roadmap
Need an AI use policy for your team, or a clear roadmap for what to adopt and when? I'll help you build one that actually fits how you work.
- Automated a client's data entry with a single $250 device — no software subscription, no recurring cost
- Built a DIY solution to automate license compliance tracking, so nothing slips through the cracks
- Automated newsletter creation and formatting end-to-end, cutting hours of manual work every issue
None of these came from a dashboard. They came from sitting down with the business and finding the actual bottleneck.
10 years as an AI/ML engineer. 20 years teaching, including as an adjunct AI instructor at Portland State. Runner-Up, 2025 Technology Leader of the Year — Gorge Technology Alliance. I work with business owners and their teams to find real AI opportunities across the whole operation — not just behind a screen — so the people doing the work actually own it.
"I have already shared her contact information with multiple people who are ready to get serious about AI in a way that keeps them in the driver's seat. I highly recommend Leila to anyone who wants to use AI more intentionally and turn big ideas into practical systems."
— Small business owner & consultant
"Working with them has completely changed my approach — everything is more efficient, more intentional, and honestly on a whole different level. It has saved me hundreds of hours and streamlined so many parts of my work."
— Client
"Her session on AI Fluency for Creative Entrepreneurs was clear, practical, and really approachable... making complex ideas feel simple, usable, and actually fun to work with."
— RAIN Rural CREATOR Accelerator Facilitator
Are you going to try to sell me products or services instead of recommending Aventide?
No. If Aventide is genuinely the right fit for part of what you need, I'll say so. My job is to find what actually works for your business — owner and staff — not to push my own services.
What if I don't know exactly what I need yet?
That's normal, and exactly what the call is for. Most of this work starts fuzzy.
Do I need to be technical to work with you?
No. I work with non-technical founders and operators as much as engineers — that's most of my work, actually.
Is this just for the owner, or can my staff be involved?
Both. A lot of the value comes from getting your team comfortable and capable with AI too, not just you.
Want to do this yourself, with a guide along the way?
That's what AI Lessons are for — recurring 1:1 sessions where you build real AI skills at your own pace, on your actual work. Not a replacement for the call above, but worth knowing about if you're the DIY type.
Learn about AI Lessons →