Shear Joy
An all-in-one platform for salons: booking, clients, staff, payments, marketing and admin. In-salon card payments run on the processing the salon already uses.
Custom applications · Managed AI operations
Custom business software, built in weeks, not months.
AltoSky is the development team behind the applications companies run on. We design and build your software, then run and monitor the AI that handles the work behind it. Your people approve the key actions. You get the outcome; we take care of the technology.
Design · Build · Managed AI operations · Host · Support · One team
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The problem
Off-the-shelf software doesn't fit. Traditional custom builds take too long.
Five tools, none of them yours.
SaaS forces your operation into someone else's workflow, and spreadsheets fill the gaps.
Months before anything works.
Traditional agencies quote long timelines and large budgets before you see a single working screen.
"Add AI" isn't a plan.
Software that is reliable, secure and actually used takes engineering discipline, not a chatbot.
Two pillars
We build it. Then we run the AI behind it.
PILLAR 01
Custom applications.
Platforms, portals and internal systems designed around how your business actually works, shipped through staged, backed-up, rollback-ready releases.
PILLAR 02
Managed AI operations.
After launch, we run, monitor and tune the AI that does the daily work inside your app: triage, drafted replies, scheduling, reporting, QA and data imports. This is ongoing, and your people approve what matters.
What we've built
Real platforms, running real operations.
Each one was designed, built, released and supported by AltoSky.
Furlytic
A separate product for groomers, built on the Shear Joy platform instead of from scratch. Pricing by dog size, pet profiles with vaccine records, and groomers managed as staff. Two markets, one codebase.
Frisco Brands
Recipes and formulas, costing, production runs, allergen rollup, inventory and wholesale in one system. It replaced five tools and saves 30+ hours a week on lot tracing alone.
Websites and managed hosting
Marketing sites, plus managed hosting on AltoSky's own servers: updates, backups, SSL, monitoring and email.
Five tools replaced with one portal.
30+hours a week saved on lot tracing alone
How we work
From discovery to software that keeps running.
Discovery & AI plan (optional, paid).
We map how you operate, decide what to build, buy or leave alone, and deliver a written plan with a fixed quote. You can buy it as a stand-alone engagement or use it as step one of a build.
Design & build.
An AI-driven development cycle, directed and reviewed by senior engineers. Working software within days, then tight feedback loops.
Release with discipline.
Staging, a backup before every change, written rollback plans, and QA on desktop, tablet and phone.
Managed AI operations.
We switch on the AI that runs the back end, then monitor and tune it month to month. Humans approve key actions.
Host, support, evolve.
Hosted on our own servers and monitored, with 24/7 support and a guaranteed four-hour response.
Many kinds of AI, working together
One AI is a tool. Many, working together, is an operation.
There are hundreds of AI systems, and each is good at a different job. You don't need to know which is which. Choosing them is our job. The power comes from the right ones working together inside your software. In our current work, we combine AI that:
01
Writes and tests code
which is how we ship in weeks, not months.
02
Designs images and video
for product, marketing and social content.
03
Reads email and drafts replies
triaged and routed for a person to approve.
04
Reads documents and imports data
from legacy records, spreadsheets and PDFs into the new system.
05
Monitors and QAs
checking every release across devices and watching the apps we host.
06
Handles customer service
every AltoSky support ticket gets an immediate AI response, and a person follows up within four hours.
07
Helps run the schedule
supporting online booking and appointment management in the platforms we build, like Shear Joy and Furlytic.
No reseller fees. Vendor-neutral.
We pick the right AI models for each job and never mark up vendors. You pay for the work, not for a commission on someone else's software.
Humans approve what matters.
Payments, customer-facing messages and anything irreversible wait for sign-off from your team.
Why AltoSky
The judgment is the product. AI is how we deliver it faster.
Senior judgment.
What to build, what to reuse, what to leave alone. We extended one platform into a second product instead of building it twice.
AI-driven development.
AI does the volume work. Engineers set direction, review every change and own what ships.
Vendor-neutral, no reseller fees.
The right model for each job, with no markup on vendors.
One accountable team.
Design, build, managed AI operations, hosting and support, all on our own infrastructure. You own the code. In technology since 2010, based in Omaha.
Services
Discovery & AI plan (optional, paid) · Custom application development · Managed AI operations · AI features and automation inside your apps · Portals and internal systems · Websites · Managed hosting and 24/7 support
24/7 support. Every request gets an immediate AI response, and we guarantee a response within four hours, day or night.
FAQ
Questions we hear
How can you be this fast without cutting corners?
AI handles the volume work. Senior engineers make the decisions and review everything, and every release goes through staging, backup, rollback planning and device QA.
Do I need to understand AI to work with you?
No. You tell us the outcome you want, and we choose and combine the right AI for each job.
What is Managed AI operations?
After we build your app, we keep running the AI behind it. We monitor it, tune it and update it as models and your business change, and your team approves the key actions.
Do you resell AI tools?
No. We're vendor-neutral and charge no reseller fees or markups on vendors.
Can we start with just a plan?
Yes. Discovery and the AI plan is a paid stand-alone engagement, and it also serves as step one of a build.
Who owns the code?
You do.
Can you import from our existing system?
Yes. Moving data out of legacy software, spreadsheets and documents is part of the plan.
What does it cost?
Each engagement is quoted after discovery, with a fixed written quote before the build starts.
What about sensitive data?
Before anything is switched on, we tell you which services touch your data. We sign HIPAA BAAs with medical clients once the right safeguards are in place.
Our team is based in Omaha and works with clients across the US and around the world. The people you talk to are the people doing the work.
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