AI STRATEGY AND ADVISORY

AI Strategy

Most AI decisions are made by people who do not have time to evaluate twenty vendors or read the latest paper. We sit on your side of the table, read the field daily, and help you pick the bets that will still look smart in eighteen months.

WHAT IS INCLUDED

The work, in detail

Fractional CTO

A senior technical partner in the room for architecture calls, hiring, vendor selection, and any question that starts with 'are we doing this right?'

Readiness assessments

A structured two-week review of your data, team, and tooling. Output is a plain-language report on what you can build now, what needs to come first, and what is not worth your time.

Roadmaps

A quarter-by-quarter plan tied to business outcomes, not a backlog of AI experiments. Revisited on a cadence so it stays honest as the field moves.

Future-proofing reviews

Pointed critique of systems already in production: where they will break under model changes, where compliance is exposed, where to invest to buy optionality.

Board-level advisory

Briefings and memos written for non-technical stakeholders. We translate the frontier into decisions the board can actually make.

Vendor and build calls

Honest second opinions on whether to buy, partner, or build. Grounded in what we ship ourselves, not pitch decks.

IN PRACTICE

How this shows up in real engagements

Sacred Story InstituteSix-month advisory engagement, roadmapped a content-to-product pivot with AI as the enabling layer.Read the case study →

WHAT AN ENGAGEMENT LOOKS LIKE

A shape we have used many times

Phase 1

Discover

Two-week scoped review. Data, team, tooling, risks. One conversation a week.

Phase 2

Advise

Ongoing sessions on your cadence (weekly, fortnightly, monthly). Written summaries after each.

Phase 3

Evolve

Roadmap revisits on a quarterly rhythm. The plan stays current with the field.

ENGAGEMENT MODELS

How we structure the work

Specific numbers come from an intro conversation. The shapes below cover most of what we do.

Readiness review

Scoped project, two weeks, fixed fee. Output is a written assessment plus one walkthrough.

Retained advisory

Monthly rate, capped hours, rolling quarter. Best for teams making ongoing architecture and vendor decisions.