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Artificial intelligence·5 min read·August 15, 2026

How do you build a business that won't be replaced by artificial intelligence?

Instead of swimming against the wave, grab a board and surf it. What our mentor told us, and how we rebuilt our offers around it.

Mathieu Morin-Lamy

Co-founder, Oriana Solutions Inc.

At our annual meeting with our mentor, we shared our fear of being replaced by artificial intelligence.

How do you build a business that won't be replaced by artificial intelligence?

His answer stuck with us

“Instead of swimming against the wave, grab a board and surf it.”

The reality is that AI now lets you work far faster and at a fraction of the cost. Anyone who uses AI and adapts their offers to this new reality will find a way to succeed, and to outpace those who refuse to adapt.

There will always be room for experts

There will always be entrepreneurs and business owners who don't necessarily want to learn every new technology or handle it themselves. They'd rather delegate to experts. And that's normal.

Even today, many businesses run on old processes, outdated tools and websites that haven't been modernized in years.

So the problem isn't the arrival of AI. The real risk is failing to adapt. What matters is adjusting your offer and rethinking the value you bring to your clients.

AI is still underused

Today, many businesses still barely use artificial intelligence. For some, usage comes down to Microsoft Copilot or a few content-generation tools.

Our prediction? Over the coming years, AI consulting, integration and implementation services will take up more and more space.

Businesses will need people able to understand their operations, spot automation opportunities and genuinely embed AI in their processes.

At Oriana Solutions, we chose to adapt

On our side, one of the things we put in place is three offers built for this new reality: speed and lower costs.

We completely rethought how we deliver our services so we could use artificial intelligence to be faster and more efficient.

Our three offers

1. Custom website, $1,500 in 7 days: a professional, tailored and optimized website, delivered quickly at a fixed price.

2. Web application MVP, $5,000 in 14 days: a first working version of your web application or internal tool, built to measure.

3. Digital visibility, SEO and GEO: a $250 audit, an action plan and implementation at $750, then ongoing optimization at $250 a month.

A new reality

Before, this kind of offer could have cost ten times more and taken several times longer to build.

Today it's possible because we adapted how we work to a new reality: artificial intelligence.

AI may not replace your business. But someone who uses it better could certainly replace a business that refuses to adapt.

The takeaway

So instead of swimming against the wave, grab a board and surf it.

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