AI Readiness / Ship Audit
A fixed-scope, fixed-fee read on whether you’re actually ready to ship AI.
- A written readiness report
- A risk register with severity and mitigations
- A scoped pilot plan
Pricing
How we price engagements.
Every engagement starts with a fixed-fee diagnostic: what it buys is below. The fee itself is confirmed on a first conversation, scoped to your problem.
Book a Ship Audit → Engagement path
Diagnostic. Build. Retain.
One motion, three stages: each priced differently because each buys something different.
- Stage 01
Fixed-fee diagnostic
A scoped, fixed-fee assessment before you commit budget to a build. The fee is confirmed on a first conversation.
AI Technical Diligence
An investor-grade read on a target’s AI claims, before you commit capital.
- A written diligence report suitable for an investment committee
- A risk register with severity and mitigations
- A go / no-go recommendation
- Stage 02See how we build →
Phased build
MVP to production, value/outcome-priced and scoped per phase. Sequenced off the diagnostic roadmap, in priority order, and handed over in full: you own every line.
- Stage 03See our eval methodology →
Evals & roadmap retainer
Continuous eval coverage and a maintained roadmap once something real is in production. Fixed monthly fee, scope reviewed each quarter, no lock-in.
How we price
What drives the cost.
The diagnostic is fixed scope, fixed fee, because its job is narrow: tell you, in writing, whether you’re actually ready to ship. The fee is confirmed on a first conversation, before any work starts. We never quote a number before we understand your problem.
Once the diagnostic roadmap is agreed, we price the build phase by phase, by value and outcome. Time-and-materials rewards slow work; outcome pricing doesn’t.
Diagnostic-first isn’t a sales gate: it’s how we self-qualify a real fit before either side commits real budget. Everything after the diagnostic is priced against something we’ve actually assessed.
You own every line.
Explicit handover terms — this is what transfers to you when we're done.
- All source code transfers to you at handover.
- Infrastructure-as-code for the whole system transfers to you.
- The eval suiteAn eval suite is a versioned set of test cases that measures whether outputs are good. and tests transfer to you.
- Credentials and accounts we provision transfer to you.
Questions
Pricing, answered plainly.#
The questions that come up most before an engagement starts.
01 Why do you charge for the diagnostic?
It’s real work: a written, board-ready assessment. Charging for it also filters serious buyers from people fishing for a free scoping session.
Link to this answer: Why do you charge for the diagnostic?02 Can we skip it and just build?
No. Every engagement starts with the diagnostic. It is the only reliable way to establish your starting point before we scope and price a build. It also protects you from paying for a build against an untested plan.
Link to this answer: Can we skip it and just build?03 Do we own the code?
Yes. Every line, every credential, every runbook transfers to you at handover. No retainer is required to keep the system running, and there’s no vendor lock-in.
Link to this answer: Do we own the code?04 Why isn’t there a fixed build price?
Builds vary too much by scope to price honestly upfront. We price the phased build by value and outcome once the diagnostic roadmap is agreed. We sequence it to match the roadmap’s priorities. We don’t quote a number before we know what we’re building.
Link to this answer: Why isn’t there a fixed build price?05 How fast do engagements move?
The diagnostic runs on a fixed, short timeline. A phased build is sequenced in priority order off the diagnostic roadmap. The retainer, once you’re in production, runs monthly with scope reviewed each quarter. There are no open-ended timelines at any stage.
Link to this answer: How fast do engagements move?