The Audit.

The audit is how we work out where AI actually fits in your business. We watch how your team works, measure where the time really goes, and hand you a written brief you keep, even if you never hire us again.

It can take an hour or it can take a month. That depends on how complex the problem is and how much detail you can give us upfront. Either way, you know the scope and the fee before we start.

Who it's for

Small and medium businesses in one of two situations: you have a complex problem and need it broken down to see where AI fits, or you're not sure how AI fits into the business at all. If you already know the problem, the cost and roughly what "better" looks like, skip the audit and we'll go straight to a proposal.

What actually happens

We sit with the people doing the work, not just their manager, and watch it happen. We measure rather than guess: how many hours a task eats each week, how often it breaks, what an error currently costs, and which tools are already sitting there unused. By the end you have a real baseline number, not an estimate, and everything that follows gets measured against it.

What you get at the end

A written brief covering how the work happens now, the baseline we measured, a target if automation is worth pursuing, an honest cost range and the reasoning either way. If the answer is "don't automate this", the brief says so plainly. You own it regardless. If you go ahead with the build, the audit fee is credited against it.

How long does the audit actually take?
Anywhere from an hour to a month, depending on how complex the problem is, how many processes and systems are involved, and how much detail you can give us upfront. You'll know the timeline and the fee before we start.
Do I always need an audit?
No. If the problem is simple enough to size up in a conversation, we'll say so and go straight to a proposal. No audit fee gets charged just to find that out.
Do I need to prepare anything?
No. Bring the problem, not a data export. Access to the people doing the work, and to the systems involved, matters more than tidy documentation.
Can the audit cover more than one process?
Yes. Scope is agreed and quoted upfront. A wider audit costs more and takes longer, and we'd rather quote it honestly than pad the brief with processes that don't need attention.

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Not sure if you need an audit? Send us the problem. We'll tell you plainly whether it needs one or whether we can go straight to building.

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