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Mike Moore

Founder, Strategic AI Architects

Licensed insurance producer turned builder — he grew his own ACA book past $1 million a year, then built the technology agencies now use to get found.

Strategic AI Architects was founded by Mike Moore. He started out as a CBOE/CFE/CBOT market maker, but the part that matters to you started in 2017: he got his insurance license and grew his own ACA book past $1 million a year in production as a personal producer. Then he started building the technology that agencies now use to get found by Google, cited by AI, and called by clients.

That's the difference: we're not marketers who discovered insurance, we're an insurance producer who learned to build. We've sat in your chair, so the thesis is simple: agencies that get cited by AI in the next five years win. We build that, from a $97 per month community all the way to Ambrose, the custom AI infrastructure you own.

Track record

Before 2017

CBOE / CFE / CBOT market maker — pricing risk on the floor.

2017

Got licensed and started writing ACA business as a personal producer.

Peak production

Grew his own ACA book past $1 million a year in production.

Now

Builds AI and marketing infrastructure for insurance agencies — from a $97/mo community up to Ambrose, custom AI infrastructure the agency owns.

Why this matters for your agency

We're not marketers who discovered insurance — we're an insurance producer who learned to build. Every tool here was designed against a real book of business.

Work with the systems Mike builds

Voice AI that dials, qualifies, and warm-transfers — built by someone who carried a book.

Articles by Mike

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing Medicare Supplement lead calls spread across a 12-month calendar rather than a single enrollment season, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Lead Follow-Up 21 min read

Medicare Supplement Leads: Why They Don't Wait for AEP

Medigap has no annual enrollment period. 16 states run birthday-rule windows year-round, and leads don't wait for AEP. What they cost and how to follow up.

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing a stack of outbound auto insurance lead calls and connect status, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Lead Follow-Up 22 min read

Auto Insurance Leads: Why Nobody Answers the Phone

Auto insurance leads run $0.50 to $90 each and often reach several agents at once. Here's the real 2026 pricing, market data, and how to fix low answer rates.

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing outbound life insurance lead calls and warm transfer status, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Lead Follow-Up 22 min read

Life Insurance Leads: Why the First Call Wins

Life insurance leads run $0.60 to $160 each, and they decay fast. Here's what 2026 pricing and sales data actually show, and how to fix follow-up.

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing outbound annuity lead calls and warm transfer status, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Lead Follow-Up 20 min read

Annuity Leads: Why Speed to Contact Still Wins

Annuity leads cost $12 to $275 each and decay fast. Here's what slow follow-up costs, what NAIC's Best Interest rule requires, and how to fix both.

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing outbound insurance calls with STIR/SHAKEN attestation labels A, B, and C, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Compliance 21 min read

STIR/SHAKEN Attestation: Why Insurance Calls Show as Spam

Carriers score every call by its STIR/SHAKEN attestation level. Here's how that decides whether your insurance agency's calls say Spam Likely in 2026.

Mike Moore, founder of TheAffordableAI, at a wood desk reviewing a call dashboard showing a homeowners insurance non-renewal lead queue with a 75-day countdown timer, an emerald voice waveform on the screen

Lead Follow-Up 21 min read

Homeowners Non-Renewals Are Surging: What Agents Do Now

Homeowner non-renewal rates jumped up to 216% since 2018, per NAIC. Here's how P&C agents should follow up before a lapsing policy runs out.