← All Services
Fixed scope · 1–3 weeks · Front-door offer

Find the AI worth building. Skip the rest.

A fixed-scope AI Readiness Audit for healthcare and manufacturing teams that need clarity before committing budget. In one to three weeks you get a clear map of which AI opportunities are worth pursuing, what they would cost to build, what risks matter, and what to do first.

PhD

Computer science, medical imaging

Former CTO

Technical leadership

Histopathology

Medical-AI research

Production

Systems, not demos

The problem the audit solves

Most teams know AI matters but cannot tell a genuine opportunity from an expensive distraction. Vendors push tools, internal stakeholders push pet projects, and the first idea to get funded is rarely the one with the best payback.

The result is months spent on fragile prototypes that never ship, or compliance dead ends discovered far too late. The audit replaces that guesswork with a ranked, evidence-based plan you can actually commit budget to.

What you receive

Everything you need to decide what to build first — and what to leave alone.

Current-state review

An honest read on your data, systems, workflows, and team readiness — where AI can plug in today and where the groundwork is missing.

Opportunity map

Use cases ranked by impact, feasibility, risk, and effort, so the highest-value, lowest-risk work rises to the top.

Build-vs-buy recommendation

For each major use case, a clear call on whether to build custom, buy a tool, or wait — with the reasoning behind it.

Compliance and risk notes

Where relevant, GDPR, EU AI Act, and MDR/IVDR touchpoints flagged early — before they become rework. Awareness and readiness, not legal advice.

Prioritized roadmap

A sequenced plan with a clearly identified first quick win — the project most worth proving next.

Live readout session

A working session to walk through the findings with your team, answer questions, and align on next steps.

Two audit tracks

Same method, scoped to your context. Choose the track that matches your data and regulatory exposure.

Standard AI Readiness Audit

Manufacturing & SME · 1–2 weeks

For operations, quality, and digital-transformation teams that want to identify the first AI use case with measurable ROI before buying tools or hiring.

  • Opportunity map across quality, maintenance, and process automation
  • ROI framing for the top candidates
  • Build-vs-buy and pilot design for the first quick win
Manufacturing AI use cases →

Regulated / Health-Data Audit

Healthcare & medical AI · 2–3 weeks

For healthcare, medical-AI, and health-data teams that need regulatory awareness from day one — validation and traceability built into the plan.

  • EU AI Act, GDPR Article 9, and MDR/IVDR implications
  • Validation and traceability considerations per use case
  • Data-minimization and residency options, including on-premise
Healthcare AI approach →

Fixed scope, no surprises

Every audit is fixed-scope and fixed-fee, agreed up front in a short scoping call. You know exactly what is included and when you get it. Pricing depends on track and complexity and is shared in the scoping call.

The audit fee is credited

If you move forward, the audit fee is credited in full against the first month of a build or Fractional AI Lead retainer started within 30 days. The audit is designed to fund itself.

Where the audit leads

The audit is the front door. Most engagements follow a conservative, evidence-led path.

1

AI Readiness Audit

Decide what is worth building and what to do first.

2

Pilot / Proof-of-Value

Build the highest-impact quick win and prove the path before scaling.

3

Fractional AI Lead

Ongoing senior AI ownership as you scale the capability.

Audit questions, answered

Start with an AI Readiness Audit

Book a 30-minute scoping call to bound the work and get a fixed quote. No commitment, just a clear next step.

{# A self-contained answer passage: one question, answered completely in the first sentence, sized so an answer engine can quote it without the surrounding page. Mirrors the "answer block" rule the blog writing skill applies to article H2s. #}

What is an AI Readiness Audit?

An AI Readiness Audit is a fixed-scope assessment that decides whether an AI use case is worth building, before anyone writes code. It examines five dimensions: whether the data exists and can be reached repeatedly, whether the problem is feasible with current methods, what the return actually is once lifetime running costs are counted, where the system sits under the EU AI Act and GDPR, and whether to build or buy.

The output is not a technology recommendation. It is a ranked list of use cases scored on impact, feasibility, risk and effort, with a defined first project and the evidence behind the ranking.

A common and legitimate result is that nothing should be built yet, because the binding constraint turns out to be an undefined process or data that does not exist. Reaching that conclusion in weeks costs a fraction of discovering it halfway through a build.