Introduction to Ask DaVinci

Ask DaVinci is your AI business advisor inside Profit Academy.

Unlike a generic chatbot, DaVinci already understands your business context — including your services, customer avatars, and offers — so it can provide guidance tailored specifically to your business.

The more context you provide, the more useful and actionable the responses become.

DaVinci is designed to help service business owners solve real business problems quickly.

“How should I introduce a price increase to existing clients?”

“What’s the best way to ask customers for referrals without sounding awkward?”

“What should I look for when hiring my first employee?”

“What are my local competitors charging?”

“How do I get my team to consistently use upsell scripts?”

If it’s a business question, DaVinci can usually help you think through it.

To access DaVinci:

This opens a new AI conversation.

To start fresh at any time, click the + New button at the top of the page.

The best results come from giving DaVinci clear context.

Instead of asking:

“How do I get more referrals?”

Try:

“I run a residential lawn care company in Austin serving homeowners aged 40–60. What’s the best referral strategy for this type of customer?”

The more specific your situation is, the more personalized the response becomes.

Above the message input, you’ll see two optional settings.

When enabled, DaVinci can search the web before responding.

This is useful for:

Use this setting whenever fresh or location-based information matters.

The Smart Model toggle enables a more advanced AI model for deeper reasoning tasks.

Use this for:

If the question requires nuance or deeper analysis, Smart Model is recommended.

When you open Ask DaVinci, you’ll see several prompt shortcut cards beneath the greeting.

These shortcuts launch structured workflows for common business tasks.

Examples include:

See the related article below for a full breakdown of each shortcut.