Stop debating AI. Start a paid trial.
Most companies are stuck in pre-decision purgatory on AI. Endless internal meetings. Vendor pitches that all sound the same. Slack threads about “should we hire someone?” The cost of indecision compounds every quarter — competitors ship, your data debt grows, and the strategic window narrows.
The AI Readiness Audit is a fixed-scope, fixed-fee engagement designed to break that loop in four weeks or less. You get a written deliverable you can take to your board, your investors, or your next consultancy interview — and a working prototype of the single highest-leverage AI system in your business, so you actually know what shipping feels like before you commit to a longer engagement.
How it works
Step 1: Discovery sprint (week 1)
We interview your executive team, your operators, and your data/engineering leads. We inventory your existing systems, data sources, vendor contracts, and prior AI experiments (what worked, what didn’t, what’s stuck). We read the runbooks. We look at the actual numbers.
Step 2: Opportunity mapping (week 2)
We score every candidate AI use case across four dimensions — value, feasibility, data readiness, and risk. We produce the AI Opportunity Map: a ranked list of where to invest, where to wait, and where to walk away. We name vendors, models, and rough budgets.
Step 3: Prototype the top opportunity (weeks 3–4)
We build a working prototype of the #1 ranked opportunity. Not a slide. Not a Figma mock. A running system. You see what production AI feels like inside your business before signing a longer-term engagement.
What you get
- Written AI Roadmap — 12–24 month plan aligned to your business goals
- AI Opportunity Map — ranked use cases scored on value, feasibility, data, risk
- Capability Gap Analysis — what you have, what you need, build vs. buy recommendations
- Vendor & Model Recommendations — named tools, models, and estimated costs
- Governance & Risk Framework — security, compliance, data residency, model audit
- Working Prototype — the top opportunity, built and demoed at the final readout
- Executive Readout Deck — board/investor ready
- 30 days of follow-up Slack access for clarifications
Pricing
Fixed-scope engagement, fixed fee. No hourly billing, no surprise change orders. Contact us for current pricing — typically scales with company size and number of business units in scope.
Who it’s for
- Companies that have run pilots but nothing made it to production
- Executive teams that need a board-ready AI narrative — fast
- Operators evaluating whether to hire an internal AI leader or work with a fractional one
- PE/VC investors auditing portfolio companies’ AI readiness
What happens after
Most clients convert the audit into a Fractional CAIO retainer or a Custom AI Build engagement. You’re under no obligation — the deliverables are yours to keep regardless. Some clients take our roadmap to their internal team and execute themselves. That’s fine. That’s the point of a real audit.