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Know where AI pays off — before you spend.

A structured look at your operation, a shortlist of AI moves ranked by return, and hard numbers behind each one. That's the deliverable. Not a 40-page deck.

2 weeks
from kickoff to a ranked, costed roadmap
2–3
AI moves worth making this year — what most businesses actually have
1 in 5
businesses we look at get told to wait — and why that's free

The deliverables, plainly.

AI readiness assessment

A structured review of your workflows, systems, and data — where the hours go, what's automatable today, and what isn't. You get a written scorecard, not vibes.

A ranked roadmap

Your AI opportunities in order of payback: what to do first, what it costs, what it returns, and what to skip. Most businesses have 2 or 3 moves worth making this year — not 10.

The business case

Numbers for each move — hours saved, error rates, payback period — so the decision is easy to defend to a partner, a lender, or yourself.

Straight answers

We don't resell software and we're not paid by any vendor. If the right answer is an $89-a-month off-the-shelf tool, that's the recommendation you'll get.

Three steps, no mystery.

1

Free 30-minute call

We learn how your business runs and tell you straight whether a full assessment is worth it. About half the time, the call itself answers the question.

2

The assessment

Usually 2 weeks, mostly asynchronous, minimal disruption. We dig into your workflows, your systems, and where the hours actually go.

3

Roadmap review

You get the findings, the ranked plan, and the numbers. Build it with us, build it yourself, or don't build it at all — the plan is yours either way.

Ongoing engagement

Want the plan owned, not just handed over?

For businesses that want AI led, not just planned, we take the strategy seat: a part-time Chief AI Officer, a few days a month, with one person accountable for making the roadmap real. You get executive-level AI leadership without the executive salary.

Ask about it on a free 30-minute call →

It's a fixed monthly retainer scoped to a set number of days, month to month — no annual lock-in. And the honest part: the goal is to work ourselves out of the job by building your team's ability to run this without us.

Fractional Chief AI Officer — what it covers
The roadmap, owned

We run the plan from the assessment — sequencing, budgets, and course corrections as your business and the tools change. When something slips, it's our job to catch it.

Vendor and build-vs-buy calls

Every tool pitch and proposal crosses our desk first. We don't take vendor commissions, so the recommendation is whatever is actually right for your business.

An AI policy sized for an SMB

What your team can use, what data stays private, and what gets a human check — a working policy your people will actually follow, not a Fortune 500 legal binder.

Monthly numbers on your desk

Hours saved, dollars spent, what shipped and what's next — reported against the roadmap, so you always know whether it's paying off.

  • Owners who keep hearing about AI and want a straight answer on what it means for their business
  • Teams buried in manual work but unsure what's actually automatable
  • Businesses that tried a chatbot or a copilot and didn't see the point
The honest part

If AI isn't a fit for your operation yet, the assessment says so. Roughly 1 in 5 businesses we look at should wait — we'd rather tell you that in week 2 than bill you for a year.

Find out where you stand.

A free 30-minute call. We'll tell you if a full assessment is worth it — and if it isn't, that's a useful answer too.