Local Business AI use cases

Business OperationsPrototyping & Design+1

Keyword-to-store setup workflow where a merchant describes a store and AI generates complete editable store layouts with copy and imagery.

Outcome: A merchant can move from a rough store idea to several reviewable storefront directions before doing the slower work of editing, brand refinement, product setup, and launch checks.

Business OperationsLocal Business

Use agentic workflows to help small businesses move from sales data to action: analyzing performance, updating a store, creating payment links, and completing operational tasks inside the Square ecosystem.

Outcome: Shows how AI agents can support small-business operations by connecting analysis to execution. Instead of only summarizing sales data, the workflow can help identify what needs to change, update business systems, and create the next customer-facing action.

Life SystemsLocal Business+1

Uses AI agents to help run home and family operations, including homeschooling support, custom small apps, and physical inventory workflows for managing real-world objects and routines.

Outcome: Shows how AI agents can move beyond chat and into everyday household systems: planning learning activities, organizing physical items, remembering context, and creating small tools around recurring family needs.

Local BusinessBusiness Operations

Used AI as a practical planning partner to launch Tabletop Library, a physical board game social club in Berkeley, including business planning, local research, game classification, retail curation, and a text-based member concierge.

Outcome: Shows how AI can make a real-world passion project feel more doable by reducing the unknowns: planning the business, organizing hundreds of games, designing customer personas, and creating lightweight systems for members to find games and people to play with.