em8studio
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Accepting · Q3 2026
Accepting new engagements · Q3 2026

AI systems for
mid-market B2B,
shipped in weeks.

em8 is a founder-led AI studio. We build sales automation, RevOps, and internal tooling for mid-market B2B companies. Embedded, not a vendor, in your Slack, on your stack.

Previous clients & collaborators
EA Games Hazelight Studios Supermassive Games The Dark Pictures Anthology
Note№ 01

Want to scale with AI, but stuck between vendor tools that don't work, a 6-month hire cycle, and ideas that never ship?

If you're like most B2B leaders deciding about AI right now, you're probably stuck doing manual work across 3 to 5 platforms that should talk to each other. Already using Claude or ChatGPT ad hoc, but nothing is systematic or repeatable.

You've hit the wall between "we know AI can help" and "who's actually going to build it." Watching the team burn hours on work that should be automated by now. Staring at a 6-month hire cycle for an AI engineer you're not sure you need full-time.

We're embedded, not a vendor. We work with your team, in your Slack, on your stack. Credentials, code, and data stay on your infrastructure. We start with AI sales systems because the ROI is clearest there. Then we expand into RevOps, customer success, and internal tooling.

Discovery
30 min
Proposal
Same day
Shipped in
Weeks

Recent builds.

Plate 02 · Case rail
№ 01 · Mid-market B2B sales team Live · Scaling

~50 hours per week automated. ~$150K+ per year in unlocked sales capacity.

Built outbound AI systems in 3 weeks. Cadence generator and proposal automation shipped to production, running daily. The team's sales expertise captured as systems they control, not tools they rent.

Salesforce · SalesLoft · Claude
№ 02 · B2B podcast advertising agency Live · Running

Sales data in PDFs, turned into a 4,000-row database powering daily deal flow.

Rate cards and pipeline intelligence lived in PDFs, PPTs, and scattered spreadsheets. Built into a structured database powering outbound and sales. Months of manual matching replaced with a system that runs in the background.

Airtable · Claude · Custom UI
№ 03 · B2B SaaS company Live · GTM motor

$45K in deal value, first live week of launch.

Built AI-powered outbound from scratch. Warm-up phase ran 3 weeks. Generated $45K in qualified pipeline in the first live week. Now a core part of their go-to-market motor.

Apollo · HubSpot · Claude
Emil Hjorth, founder of em8
The operator · № 001
"20+ years building businesses across 5 countries. Founded 6 companies, one 13-year exit. Previous clients include EA Games, Hazelight Studios, Tomorrowland, and 2 of Denmark's top-recognized D2C brands. Started em8 in 2021 as a paid media and growth agency. Pivoted to a full AI studio in 2025 to build what agencies couldn't."
Emil Hjorth, Founder · em8

How we work.

Plate 03 · Engagement flow
  1. 01 · Discovery

    30 minutes. No pitch.

    We map where AI fits in your business. You come with the challenge, we leave with 1 or 2 concrete builds scoped. You get a plan whether we work together or not.

  2. 02 · Same-day proposal

    Fixed price, fixed scope.

    If it's a fit, you get a written proposal the same day. Clear deliverables. No surprise invoices. A scope you can actually say yes or no to.

  3. 03 · Shipped in weeks

    MVP in days. Production in weeks.

    We build, test with your real data, hand off with documentation. Then we scope the retainer around what's actually working. You own everything.

Common questions.

Plate 04 · Reference
What size company is em8 built for?
Mid-market B2B companies. Usually services, SaaS, media, education, or consulting. If you've got an established GTM motor and enough scale to feel the operational drag, you're in the zone.
How fast can you actually ship?
MVP in days. Production in weeks for most engagements. We've shipped full sales systems in 3 weeks. Discovery call to proposal loop is same-day.
Who owns what we build?
You do. Credentials, code, data, infrastructure. Everything lives on your stack. We're fractional, not a vendor you depend on.
Where do we usually start?
AI sales systems. Cadence generators, proposal automation, outbound engines. The ROI is clearest there. Then we expand into RevOps, customer success, and internal tools.

Come with the challenge. Leave with a plan.

30 minutes. Free. No pitch. Tell us the one thing your revenue org spends too many hours on. We'll map where AI fits and identify 1 or 2 concrete builds. You leave with a plan whether we work together or not.

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