Maine public universities on verge of closing $1.39M deal for first systemwide AI tool
PushButton AI Team ·
Maine public universities on verge of closing $1.39M deal for first systemwide AI tool
Maine's public university system just spent $1.39M on their first systemwide AI tool.
Notice what they did before spending a dollar — competitive bidding, vendor evaluation, a defined scope. They did
Maine's public university system just spent $1.39M on their first systemwide AI tool.
Notice what they did before spending a dollar — competitive bidding, vendor evaluation, a defined scope. They didn't just buy something because a salesperson called.
Most business owners I talk to did the opposite. They bought the tool first, figured out the use case later. Then watched $200/month disappear while the software collected dust. That's not a technology problem. That's a sequencing problem.
The universities started with one question: what specific problem are we solving? That question is worth more than any tool on the market.
You don't need a $1.39M rollout. You need that same discipline on a smaller scale — pick one repetitive task that costs you real time every week, then find the simplest tool that eliminates it. That's it. One problem, one tool, 30 days to prove it works.
No consultants required. No system overhauls. No team retraining.
Here's my question for you —
Have you bought an AI tool in the last 12 months that your team quietly stopped using? What was the reason nobody stuck with it?
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