Nate Price — Practical AI for the auto service industry
Nate Price Wells, Maine Est. 2026

Practical AI for the auto service industry.

Built by someone who's written the estimate, run the bay, and shipped the code. I help shops and ownership groups use AI as a tool — not a trend.

Navy veteran · 13 years Former oilfield engineer Auto service operator
Three places I work

Operations, strategy, and writing.

01 / Operations

Automation for the front counter

Vendor receipts, declined work follow-ups, customer comms, training tools. Built around how service writers actually work — not how org charts say they should.

02 / Strategy

AI advisory for ownership

Translation between AI vendors and franchise leadership. Honest assessment of what's worth buying, what's worth building, and what's worth ignoring.

03 / Writing

Field notes from the bay

Plain-English writing on AI in the auto industry. Written from inside the work, not from a conference stage.

Latest field note

Writing from inside the work.

AI. Field Note 01
April 2026 4 minute read

Your next customer might not Google you. They'll ask an AI.

A field guide for shop owners on why AI search matters now, what llms.txt is, and the difference between quality content and AI slop. No hype, no jargon — just what's changing and what to do about it.

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Most AI tools sold to shops were built by people who've never written an estimate. I write the estimate first.

Working on something at your shop?

If you're an owner, GM, or franchise leader trying to figure out where AI actually fits in your operation — and where it doesn't — I'd love to hear what you're working on.

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