You ran the AI pilot. Nothing changed. Let's fix that.
The $5,900 audit fee is credited toward implementation if you move forward.
Built for operators at
Professional services · Operations-heavy businesses · Web3 & creator-led B2B firms
Why most AI projects stall
"We ran a pilot. It worked fine in the demo. Then nothing changed in how we actually work."
This is the pilot-to-nowhere pattern. You spend weeks or months with a vendor or freelancer. The proof-of-concept is fine. But the system never touches your real workflows, no one adopts it, and you can't point to a dollar saved or an hour freed.
Enterprise consultants hand you a 60-slide strategy deck and leave. Freelancers build without understanding your operations. Neither is accountable for what happens after the handoff.
A practice built for operators, not for optics
Edge AI Advisory is a hands-on implementation practice. We start by identifying which AI systems are actually worth building for your specific operation — not which tools are trending.
Then we build them. Then we drive adoption. Then we measure what changed. We stay accountable to outcomes, not deliverables.
How we work
Three phases. One accountable practice.
No black-box methodology. Each phase has a clear deliverable and a clear exit — you know exactly where you are.
Edge Audit
Starting at $5,900 · 2 weeks
We spend two weeks in your operation — interviews, workflow observation, toolstack audit. The output is a ranked list of AI opportunities with concrete ROI estimates, a build vs. buy recommendation for each, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap.
Implementation
Custom scoped · 6–12 weeks
We build the highest-value systems from the audit roadmap — custom AI agents, workflow automations, agentic pipelines — and integrate them directly into your existing stack. We handle change management and train your team, because a system nobody uses is a system that failed.
Ongoing Measurement
Monthly retainer · Optional
After implementation, we track outcomes against the baseline captured in the audit. Monthly reporting on what changed — hours recovered, error rates, throughput. If a system underperforms, we fix it. We stay accountable to results, not retainers.
5–50
person teams we work with
No enterprise bloat. No freelancer roulette.
$5,900
Edge Audit, all-in
Credited toward implementation.
90 days
to first measurable outcome
From kickoff to before/after data.
100%
hands-on implementation
We build it. We drive adoption.
What operators say
Results, not testimonials
These are real engagements. We've changed names where clients requested it.
We'd tried two automation tools and a freelance developer over eighteen months. Nothing stuck. Edge AI Advisory spent two weeks with us, built a client intake and project-briefing system in another four, and within three months we'd recovered about eight hours a week across the team. That's a real number. They showed us the before and after.
Sarah M.
COO, Brand Strategy Firm · 22 employees
Outcome
8 hrs/wk
recovered across team
I was skeptical. I'd been pitched on AI three times and nothing delivered. The Edge Audit was the first engagement where I felt like someone actually understood my operation before proposing anything. The audit alone reordered our priorities — we stopped chasing the wrong automation. Implementation came later and it ran clean.
David K.
Founder, Operations-Led B2B · 11 employees
Outcome
Priorities reset
before a dollar spent on build
We run a Web3 advisory firm and our workflows are genuinely complicated. They didn't pretend otherwise. The agentic pipeline they built for our due diligence process cut our analyst hours on initial reviews by 60%. Our team was actually using it within two weeks — that's never happened before with a new tool.
Marcus T.
Managing Partner, Web3 Advisory · 8 employees
Outcome
60% less
analyst hours on due diligence reviews
How to start
Start with the Edge Audit
flat fee
2-week engagement
The Edge Audit is a two-week, structured investigation of your operation. We identify exactly where AI can move your numbers, rank the opportunities by ROI and implementation effort, and hand you a 90-day build roadmap.
Risk reversal
If you move to implementation, the $5,900 audit fee is credited in full toward your implementation engagement. You don't pay for discovery twice.
Book the Edge Audit
We take a limited number of audit engagements per quarter. If the timing is right, let's talk.
Request an AuditWe respond within 1 business day
Common questions
What operators usually ask
Do we need to have tried AI before to work with you?
No — but it helps if you have a genuine operational challenge you're trying to solve. We work equally well with teams that have never touched AI and teams that have been burned by a failed pilot. The audit surfaces what matters regardless.
What size of company is the right fit?
We work with companies between 5 and 50 employees. Smaller than that and there usually isn't enough workflow complexity to justify the investment. Larger than that and enterprise tools and in-house teams make more sense.
How is this different from hiring a freelance AI developer?
A freelancer builds what you specify. We identify what's worth specifying — and then build it. We're also accountable to measurable outcomes after the build, which freelancers generally aren't. The audit-first model means we're never guessing at what to build.
What industries do you work in?
We specialize in professional services firms, operations-heavy businesses, Web3 and crypto companies, and creator-led B2B businesses. The common thread is that these are knowledge-work operations with high-volume, repeatable workflows — exactly where AI moves the needle.
What happens if the audit doesn't surface anything worth building?
That would be very unusual — most operations we've worked with have clear, high-value AI opportunities. But if the audit genuinely shows no compelling ROI case, we'll tell you that plainly. You'll still have a detailed picture of your operation and a prioritized opportunity list — that has value regardless of whether you proceed.
Can we just get the audit without doing implementation?
Yes. The audit is a standalone engagement. Many clients use the roadmap to run their own implementation or bring in-house talent. If you do proceed with us, the audit fee is credited toward implementation.
Done with pilots that go nowhere?
The Edge Audit is two weeks. At the end, you have a ranked list of AI systems worth building and a concrete 90-day roadmap — or we tell you nothing is worth building and you've lost two weeks of access fees, not eighteen months of misallocated engineering time.
$5,900 flat. Credited toward implementation. We respond within 1 business day.
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