your AI acceleratorFor PE-backed & enterprise portfolio companies

From AI uncertainty to a board-ready roadmap in six weeks.

Fixed price, fixed scope. AI and organisation-change experts — without the big-four overhead.

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  • Six weeks
  • Fixed price, fixed scope
  • Senior experts, not a pyramid

The pressure

Under investment, the clock is already running.

Portfolio companies are under pressure to integrate, grow, and hit hard EBITDA targets — and AI adds another layer of uncertainty on top. Standing still has a cost, measured against the board's timeline.

  • Pilots that don't pay back

    POCs and pilots consume budget and attention without returning value the board can see.

  • Teams pulling in different directions

    People need realigning around where AI actually helps — not another tool bolted onto old processes.

  • A board that needs answers

    On a timeline measured in quarters, not years — with a clear view of value, risk, and what to fund next.

The AI Firestarter

A fixed-price, fixed-scope engagement — from curious to ready to act.

In six weeks we take one business unit, team, or location from curious about AI to ready to act. Five foundations, converging on a single outcome.

  • 01

    Training & AI literacy

    Your exec and board fluent in what AI is — and what it isn't.

  • 02

    Competitor benchmark

    Your AI maturity, measured against your peer group.

  • 03

    Policy, regulation & governance

    Reviewed against the EU AI Act; written where it's absent.

  • 04

    Process & agent readiness

    The easy wins, and the processes to redesign first.

  • 05

    Data & technology readiness

    AI-readiness, tooling, and shadow-AI risk — optional, with your IT team.

The outcome

A board-ready AI roadmap you can lead and invest behind.

One fixed price for the full scope, agreed before we start — the number's for the call.

After the roadmap

The roadmap is the start, not the finish.

The roadmap opens a managed path — so the engagement isn't a diagnosis you're left to act on alone.

  1. 01

    Embed adoption

    Turn the plan into new ways of working, function by function, until AI is part of how the business runs.

  2. 02

    Measure the returns

    Track the value AI actually returns against the roadmap, so the board can see the payback.

  3. 03

    Keep it current

    Refresh the competitor benchmark and governance as the market and the regulation keep moving.

Proof

Real engagements, named when they're ready.

You've just identified £1.2m in cost savings!
Jon, CFO

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Let's light the fire.

From AI uncertainty to a board-ready roadmap in six weeks.

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