AI · automation · software · digital experiences
865 Works designs and implements intelligent systems, custom software, automation, data platforms, and high-impact websites for businesses throughout Knoxville and the 865 area.
Eight animated alphanumeric blocks tumble down a slide and assemble into the name 865 Works.
Interactive system lab
Choose an operating problem. The model shows how 865 Works connects people, information, software, and AI into a complete workflow—not a disconnected demo.
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Capture the inquiry, qualify the need, route the right information, and maintain follow-up without replacing the human relationship.
What we build
Strategy is useful only when it becomes something people can use. 865 Works moves from operating problem to production system, with design quality strong enough to earn attention and engineering discipline strong enough to keep it.
AI agents
Websites & digital experiences
Data & dashboards
Workflow automation
Custom software
AI implementation
Selected implementation work
These projects are shown with explicit maturity labels. No fabricated testimonials, revenue claims, or ROI figures. The work must earn its proof.
Forecast demand, translate sales into meat production, respect smoker capacity, record leftovers, and show managers what changed before the next shift begins.
Explore restaurant automationSchedule the job, guide the inspector, capture field evidence, generate the document, and give the office a reliable final record.
Explore field-service automationKnoxville Distribution Center
Help prospects choose a venue, understand capacity, estimate pricing, check availability, and move toward a real conversation.
Explore hospitality automationWhat are you planning?
The local advantage
AI implementation is not a software shopping exercise. It requires observing the operation, understanding the employees, connecting existing systems, testing failure conditions, and staying accountable after launch.
How the work moves
Every project advances through a controlled path from business constraint to working system and measured adoption.
See the actual work, people, systems, exceptions, and cost of the current constraint.
Define the smallest complete solution, information flow, controls, and success measures.
Create the interface, automation, integration, software, and digital experience.
Test real scenarios, train users, measure adoption, and expand only what creates value.
Founder-led implementation
Archer Bagley combines graduate engineering training, economics and business education, data and database experience, sales, entrepreneurship, and more than a decade of direct restaurant ownership and operations.
He built and operated five restaurants and a commissary, managed approximately 50 employees, and worked through the same constraints 865-area owners face: labor, capacity, customer response, reporting, cash flow, technology adoption, and daily accountability.
“The objective is not to show a business what AI can do. The objective is to put it to work responsibly.”— Archer Bagley
Build something that works—and gets remembered
Bring the operating problem, the growth goal, or the website that no longer represents the company. 865 Works will determine the most practical path from idea to implementation.
