Assessment
2 to 4 weeks · fixed fee
Readiness, use-case prioritisation or a compliance gap review, ending in a written roadmap and estimates.
- Stakeholder interviews and data review
- Scored use-case portfolio
- Roadmap, budget and risk view
Four ways to work with us
Pick the entry point that matches where you are. Most clients start with an assessment, move into a fixed-scope build, and keep us on for operations.
Fixed-scope build
6 to 16 weeks per phase · fixed fee
A production-grade application, model or agent delivered in phases with written acceptance criteria.
- Evaluation set agreed up front
- Guardrails and monitoring included
- Documented hand-over to your team
Managed operations
Monthly retainer · SLAs
We monitor, maintain, improve and report on your models, agents and LLM workloads after launch.
- Named service levels
- Monthly health and cost report
- Continuous improvement backlog
Fractional Chief AI Officer
2 to 6 days a month
Senior AI leadership that owns your roadmap, vendors and governance without a full-time hire.
- Monthly leadership cadence
- Board and investor reporting
- Hiring and vendor decisions
| Assessment | Fixed-scope build | Managed operations | Fractional CAIO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duration | 2 to 4 weeks | 6 to 16 weeks per phase | Monthly, 3-month minimum | 2 to 6 days a month |
| Pricing | Fixed fee | Fixed fee per phase | Tiered retainer with SLAs | Retainer by days |
| Best for | Deciding what to do first | Shipping a validated use case | Keeping live systems healthy | Leadership without a full-time hire |
| You get | Roadmap, budget, risk view | Working software, evals, docs | SLAs, monthly report, backlog | Owned roadmap, decisions, hiring plan |
| Team | Senior lead + specialist | Lead + 2 to 4 engineers | Service lead + on-call | One named leader |
Included in every engagement
- Written scope and acceptance criteria before we start
- A named senior lead who stays for the whole engagement
- Weekly demos or reviews, never a big reveal at the end
- Your IP, your environment, your data, documented on hand-over
- NDA, security questionnaire and vendor onboarding support
- An honest stop recommendation if something is not worth continuing
Tell us the problem. We'll tell you if AI is the answer.
A 30-minute call, no deck, no obligation.