Applied AI consulting for US businesses
AI Strategy Consulting and Assessment
Decide where AI is useful, what to test first, and what your business needs before investing in a build.
For business leaders sorting through vendor proposals, competing use cases, or pressure to adopt AI without a clear operational problem.
Discuss your workflow
Investment, timing, and scope
- Published investment (USD)
- Starting at $15,000
- Planning duration
- 2–3 weeks
A readiness assessment, prioritized options, and a written pilot plan with responsibilities and acceptance criteria.
The proposal defines the phases and deliverables you are buying. An assessment produces a decision and pilot plan; it does not include a build. For a pilot engagement, the proposal specifies whether work ends at evaluation or includes deployment and integration into an agreed environment. Wider rollout follows acceptance; a working prototype alone does not establish production readiness. Hosting, model usage, third-party licenses, and ongoing support are itemized in the scope. Published fees and durations are planning ranges, subject to data readiness, access, and integration complexity.
Is this the right starting point?
Do we need an assessment or a pilot?
Choose an assessment when the team has competing ideas, uncertain data access, or no agreed measure of success. If you already have one defined workflow, an accountable owner, and approved examples, discuss a pilot directly. An assessment is not a required purchase before every build.
Explore a scoped workflow automation pilot →Will the recommendation always be a custom AI build?
No. Compare a process change, conventional automation, tools you already license, and custom development. A useful assessment can recommend buying, configuring, postponing, or stopping work when the constraints outweigh the benefit.
Compare purchased tools and custom AI development →What should our team prepare?
Identify the decision maker and process owner, list the systems involved, and describe the current workload and known constraints. Begin with descriptions or synthetic examples; agree on access and handling before sharing confidential records. Missing baselines or permissions become explicit work items in the plan.
What the engagement produces
Examples illustrate possible deliverables and workflows, not client results. Actual outputs, measures, and integrations depend on the agreed scope.
Opportunity and readiness assessment
Map candidate workflows, available data, user needs, and operational constraints. Distinguish feasible opportunities from ideas that depend on missing data or access.
Example
A workflow inventory listing the task, owner, approved data sources, required system access, current measure, and blockers for each candidate.
Prioritized options
Compare automation, purchased tools, and custom development. Make the tradeoffs visible: expected value, evaluation effort, integration complexity, ownership, and recurring costs.
Example
An options matrix for recurring reporting that compares a spreadsheet change, a purchased reporting tool, and a custom prototype, including dependencies, recurring costs, and assumptions to test.
A written pilot plan
Define a bounded question, acceptance criteria, responsibilities, and dependencies. Give leadership a basis for deciding whether to proceed, revise the idea, or stop.
Example
A weekly reporting pilot brief defining approved ERP exports, a draft report for staff review, reconciliation checks, an exception owner, and the decision to proceed, revise, or stop.
How we work with your team
- We interview the people accountable for the workflow and the people doing the work. Your team shares existing process measures and approved examples.
- We assess feasibility with technical owners and compare options against your constraints. Uncertain assumptions become explicit questions for a pilot.
- We review the roadmap with decision makers and identify who owns the next step, including evaluation and adoption.
Scope and responsibilities
The assessment informs a decision; it does not guarantee ROI or obligate you to a subsequent build. Your team approves access and supplies business context. Procurement, security, legal, and regulated decisions remain with the responsible owners. Pricing and timing depend on the agreed scope.
Illustrative use case: choosing a reporting pilot
A team compares recurring reporting tasks, checks available exports, and chooses one report to evaluate. The assessment would define source access, acceptance criteria, and ownership before a prototype is built. This is a hypothetical workflow, not a client engagement.
Read the fictional assessment and decision brief →Prepare for the conversation
Bring the process you want to improve, the tools involved, and examples you are allowed to share. Leave confidential records out of the initial inquiry.
Use the AI readiness checklist →Working together across the US
Based in Detroit, we work with businesses across the United States. Before work begins, we agree on working sessions, access to approved examples, review milestones, and the people responsible for decisions. Delivery format, any on-site work, and support hours are specified in the proposal.
Plan a pilot with clear acceptance criteria →Explore related AI services
Start with one useful problem
Tell us what your team needs to do, where the current process breaks down, and who will own the result.
Discuss your workflow