Westborough optical firm lands $36.5M in AI, defense deals - Worcester Business Journal

A small optical company just landed $36.5M by solving one specific AI infrastructure problem. Not by doing everything. One problem. You've probably got a tool collecting dust right now — something y

A small optical company just landed $36.5M by solving one specific AI infrastructure problem.

Not by doing everything. One problem.

You've probably got a tool collecting dust right now — something your team signed up for, used twice, and quietly forgot about. That's not a failure of AI. That's a failure of scope.

Here's what most business owners miss: the companies winning with AI aren't the ones chasing every shiny tool. They're the ones who identified a single, painful bottleneck — and built one targeted solution around it.

That optical firm didn't try to become an AI company overnight. They expanded into AI by doing what they already did well, just in a new market. Same principle applies to you.

Pick the one workflow that costs you the most time or money each week. Just one. That's where your first AI implementation belongs — not a platform overhaul, not a six-month rollout.

One problem. One tool. Thirty days to prove it works.

That's how you stop wasting $200/month on software nobody opens — and start building something your competitors are still trying to figure out.

What's the one business problem you wish someone would just hand you the right AI tool for?

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