About
Blue-collar AI.
Built from Bali.
We build AI infrastructure for small businesses who can't afford to miss a call — and can't afford agency pricing.
Lee Swanson
Founder, 9th Island AI
The builder
From jobsite to AI agency.
Lee spent years on construction sites — dealing with missed calls, lost subs, vendors going to voicemail. He saw what every small-business owner knows: the phone is the business. Miss a call, lose a job.
When AI voice got good enough to actually answer a phone — not in a robotic, script-bound way, but actually answer— Lee left the site and started building. No agency gloss, no enterprise pricing. Just infrastructure that works for the people who can't afford to be the ones who miss calls.
9th Island AI is Hawaii-based, built from Bali, deployed across the U.S. Chiropractors, dentists, law firms, med spas, real estate. Nova answers every call, 24/7, in the caller's language.
“We don't replace teams. We amplify them.”
— Lee Swanson
Mission
Infrastructure for small business.
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Blue-collar AI
No jargon. No fluff. No 6-month enterprise rollouts. Nova goes live in days.
02
Transparent pricing
Flat monthly. No overage fees. No call-volume surprises. You always know what you're paying.
03
We win if you win
30 days free after go-live. If Nova isn't good enough, we don't charge. Our job is to make you unstoppable.
Team
Small team. Real engineers.
Lee Swanson
Founder
Rogelio Mauyao
Engineering
Krizel de los Reyes
Design
Let's build yours.
15 minutes with Lee. Bring your scripts, your calendar, your biggest headache. We'll tell you straight whether Nova fits.