# Imhauser Technologies

> Imhauser Technologies offers AI search optimization, an AI voice receptionist and website development in McLean, Virginia, plus Azure cost optimization for companies on Azure. AI Search Optimization gets established local businesses in McLean, Tysons and Northern Virginia recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity, on the website they already have. The AI Voice Receptionist answers a business line in a natural voice; Text Receptionist is the text alternative. Senior-led, with 35 years of software engineering behind it. Phone 240-670-3459, info@imhauser.net.

We did it for ourselves first: on September 11, 2026 no AI engine we asked mentioned Imhauser Technologies; on September 23, 2026, asked "where can I do AI optimization for my business here in McLean", ChatGPT named Imhauser Technologies and linked the AI Search Optimization page. The steps are in [How we got our own McLean business recommended by ChatGPT](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/how-we-got-recommended-by-chatgpt.html).

## Services

- [AI Search Optimization](https://www.imhauser.com/ai-search-optimization.html): also called GEO or AEO (generative or answer engine optimization). Gets a local business recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity. Structured data, an answer-first content hub on the client's own domain, Bing and IndexNow indexing, Google Business Profile consistency, weekly tracking of 15 to 25 customer questions across five AI engines, one new article a month and a one-page monthly report. Works with any existing website (WordPress, Squarespace, Wix or custom). Price: $299 setup, then $149 a month, month to month, cancel anytime; the content written is the client's to keep. No guarantees: AI answers vary by engine, by wording and over time.
- [Website Development](https://www.imhauser.com/website-development.html): websites for local businesses, built to be read by Google and by AI from day one, hosted on Microsoft Azure. A [Managed Website](https://www.imhauser.com/managed-website.html) built, hosted and looked after on a monthly plan, or a [custom build on Umbraco](https://www.imhauser.com/umbraco.html) for businesses with their own editors. Priced after a short call.
- [Azure Cost Optimization](https://www.imhauser.com/azure-cost-review.html): for companies already on Azure. Starts with the free Azure Cost Review, one day of read-only Cost Management Reader access and a written findings memo within five business days that names each cost driver, its annualized dollar impact and the effort to fix it. Remediation is scoped after the memo; the client's own team can implement it instead.

- [Claude Implementation](https://www.imhauser.com/claude-implementation.html): Claude set up for businesses and nonprofits with 2 to 150 people: the right Claude plan and admin settings, connectors to Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace and other business tools, Anthropic's Claude for Small Business workflows tailored to the client's tools, shared projects and custom skills built around the firm's recurring work, a one-page AI use policy and hands-on training on real tasks. On site across the Washington DC metro, remote anywhere. Price: free readiness call; Quick Start $2,450 fixed (2 to 15 people, two weeks); Rollout from $7,900 fixed (15 to 30 people, four to six weeks; 31 to 150 people quoted); optional Claude Care $395 a month, month to month; add-ons: custom MCP connector from $4,500, developer setup (Claude Code) from $1,950, extra workshop $400, hourly $125. Claude licenses are paid by the client directly to Anthropic, never resold or marked up, no commission. Independent; not an Anthropic partner or affiliate.

## Free ways to start

- [Free AI visibility check](https://www.imhauser.com/ai-visibility-check.html): send a website address and within two business days get a short written report of what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and Perplexity say about the business and two competitors.
- [Free homepage concept](https://www.imhauser.com/contact.html?subject=Website%20Development#contact-form): a homepage concept built from the business's own words, brand and photos, before anything is committed.
- [Free Claude readiness call](https://www.imhauser.com/contact.html?subject=Claude%20Implementation#contact-form): 30 minutes on the team, its tools and its most time-consuming work, then a one-page note within two business days with the recommended Claude plan, the top three use cases and a fixed price.
- [Free Azure Cost Review](https://www.imhauser.com/azure-cost-review.html): one day of read-only access, a findings memo with dollar figures, no obligation.

## Products

- [Imhauser Front Desk](https://www.imhauser.com/front-desk.html): an AI front desk for appointment businesses (spas and salons, barbers, studios, massage and physiotherapy, dentists and small clinics, optometrists, vets, tutors, fitness studios). It answers every call and text from an owner-approved profile, books and reschedules across several staff, keeps one customer record, sends reminders, puts callers through to a person live, and connects to the calendar, CRM and other software the business already runs through custom connectors built on Microsoft Azure.
  A Healthcare tier is built for HIPAA, with a Business Associate Agreement signed with every practice; it is not a practice-management system. Price: scoped on a 15-minute call; the AI Voice Receptionist plans below are the voice-only starting point.
- [AI Voice Receptionist](https://www.imhauser.com/voice-receptionist.html): an AI receptionist that answers a business's calls in a natural voice, 24 hours a day, and can be connected to the business's own systems through custom connectors (order, appointment, ticket or job status). Tells every caller it is an AI, answers from an owner-approved profile, sends the caller a confirmation email and the owner a note with the transcript, logs calls in HubSpot and books into Microsoft 365 calendars, and puts calls through to a person live when asked or urgent, with call screening. Voice only, English. Our own line, 240-670-3459, is answered by it. Price: from $99 a month; setup free with 6 months paid in advance, otherwise $499; standard connectors (Google Workspace, Zapier, Teams, Slack) from $99 one time; Clio and Jobber quoted on request; custom connectors quoted per system.
- [Text Receptionist](https://www.imhauser.com/text-receptionist.html): the text alternative to the AI Voice Receptionist: an AI text line for a local business (formerly Missed Call Text-Back). Every missed call gets a text back within seconds that answers from an approved profile, books a time from the owner's real availability or holds it for confirmation, and sends the lead by text and email. For home-service businesses in Northern Virginia and the DC metro, on the business's existing phone number.
- [FlowPilot](https://www.imhauser.com/flowpilot.html): planning software for organizations that run the same kind of project many times (opening a branch, launching a store, onboarding a client, organizing a yearly event). The planner defines the project once as a template of activities placed relative to a key date; for each run, FlowPilot computes every date from one reference date and keeps stakeholders informed by email notice, a personal read-only page and a calendar subscription, with no account for them to create. The rebuild, as a multi-tenant service, of Project Engine. Status: in private development, not available yet; the waiting list is open at [flowpilot.net](https://www.flowpilot.net/waiting-list.html) and a free beta is planned.

## Towns served

Based in McLean, Virginia, on-site across Northern Virginia and the Washington DC metro.

- [For Local Businesses](https://www.imhauser.com/local-business.html): AI Search Optimization, the AI Voice Receptionist, Website Development and Azure Cost Optimization for local businesses, plus Text Receptionist, IT and AI coaching and a technology audit.
- [McLean, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/mclean-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for McLean businesses; we are based here.
- [Tysons, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/tysons-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for Tysons businesses near the malls and the Silver Line.
- [Vienna, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/vienna-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for Vienna businesses on Maple Avenue and Church Street.
- [Great Falls, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/great-falls-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for Great Falls home-service and concierge firms.
- [Falls Church, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/falls-church-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for businesses in the City of Falls Church and Seven Corners.
- [Arlington, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/arlington-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for Arlington businesses, neighborhood by neighborhood.
- [Reston, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/reston-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for Reston Town Center and village-center businesses.
- [Fairfax, VA](https://www.imhauser.com/local/fairfax-va.html): Web design and AI search optimization for City of Fairfax businesses in Old Town and near the courthouse.

## Also offered

For companies running .NET on Azure, in the Washington DC metro and remote. Priced after a short call.

- [Architecture and Modernization](https://www.imhauser.com/azure.html): rightsizing, reservations and savings plans, and the architecture behind recurring Azure spend; aging .NET estates brought to a state where they can be changed safely (security and identity, infrastructure as code, CI/CD, observability, migration).
- [AI Implementation](https://www.imhauser.com/ai.html): AI features shipped into systems that already exist. Retrieval over your own data, private LLM deployment inside your tenant, MCP servers, agent workflows, Semantic Kernel on Azure OpenAI, and per-feature cost tracing.
- [From MVP to Production](https://www.imhauser.com/mvp-to-production.html): hardening a working prototype into a production Azure system.
- [Solution Design and Fractional CTO](https://www.imhauser.com/architecture.html): architecture decisions and a monthly fractional-architect retainer.
- [Microsoft 365 Setup and Migration](https://www.imhauser.com/ms365.html): Microsoft 365 setup, migration (from Google Workspace, GoDaddy email or on-premises Exchange), security (MFA, Defender, Intune, conditional access), licensing review and ongoing support for small businesses in Northern Virginia and Washington DC.
- [Private LLM](https://www.imhauser.com/private-llm.html): AI on your own Azure infrastructure for organizations handling sensitive data.
- [Azure Architecture Assessment](https://www.imhauser.com/azure-assessment.html): fixed-scope senior review of an Azure estate, 2 to 4 weeks.

## Case studies

- [TheraDesk](https://www.imhauser.com/case-study3.html): a regulated, AI-native, multi-country healthtech SaaS on Azure (.NET 10, Azure OpenAI, Entra External ID, Bicep), built and run end to end.
- [Project Engine](https://www.imhauser.com/case-study1.html): template-driven project management for BNP Paribas Fortis; the engine FlowPilot rebuilds as a product.
- [Repair Tracker](https://www.imhauser.com/case-study2.html): global after-sales repair management for Ice-Watch.
- [Repair Tracker AI (concept)](https://www.imhauser.com/repair-tracker-ai.html): the Ice-Watch after-sales repair system redesigned with photo recognition at intake, an AI voice line and text line for status and questions, and a HubSpot ticket per claim; a worked example of AI implementation on an existing business system, not a product for sale.

## Insights (answer-first articles)

- [Insights index](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/)
- [How we got our own McLean business recommended by ChatGPT](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/how-we-got-recommended-by-chatgpt.html)
- [Who can help a small business in Northern Virginia get found by ChatGPT and Perplexity?](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/get-found-by-chatgpt-northern-virginia.html)
- [What does AI search optimization cost for a small business?](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/ai-search-optimization-cost.html)
- [Cytd pricing, what it does, and the alternatives](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/cytd-alternatives-local-business.html)
- [Who builds websites for small businesses in McLean, Virginia?](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/websites-small-business-mclean.html)
- [Where mid-market Azure bills actually leak money](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/azure-bill-leaks-mid-market.html)
- [Azure reservations vs savings plans for .NET workloads](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/azure-reservations-vs-savings-plans.html)
- [Put a validator in front of your AI agent](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/ai-agent-validator-decision-model.html)
- [Who can build an MCP server for a SaaS product?](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/mcp-server-for-saas.html)
- [What does it cost to set up Claude for a small business?](https://www.imhauser.com/insights/claude-setup-cost-small-business.html)

## About and contact

- [About](https://www.imhauser.com/about.html): Eric Imhauser, founder; 35 years of software engineering; former CTO of TheraDesk, an AI-native healthtech platform built end to end on Azure.
- [Contact](https://www.imhauser.com/contact.html): 240-670-3459, info@imhauser.net. Imhauser Technologies, McLean, VA 22101. On-site across Northern Virginia and the Washington DC metro, remote worldwide.
- [Google Business Profile](https://share.google/HAanLmJr8Pe2pzYxW): Imhauser Technologies LLC on Google, a service-area business in McLean, VA.