Discovery
Fixed-scope ways to get a straight answer before you commit to a build.
Three narrow engagements, each answering one question honestly: is this worth building, is it surviving production, or is the data even ready. Discovery is the first phase of every engagement — start here, and if we proceed the findings become the build's foundation.
The discovery family below is a proposed offer structure. Every discovery is fixed-scope and fixed-fee; the fee is set on a short expert call once scope is clear, rather than posted here.
AI-Readiness Discovery
Who it’s for. Teams considering a first AI build and want a straight answer before committing.
What you get. A look at one candidate use case, your data, and your workflow — ending in a plain recommendation: build it, fix these things first, or do not build it.
Fixed scope · one candidate use case
Talk to an expertAI Production-Readiness Discovery
Who it’s for. Teams that already built something with AI and it is not holding up under real use.
What you get. An honest look at latency, failure modes, evals, and guardrails — what is actually breaking under real load, and what it would take to fix.
Scope depends on what is already built
Talk to an expertData-Readiness Discovery
Who it’s for. Teams who suspect the data is not in shape to build on, before they spend on a model.
What you get. A review of your sources, data quality, and structure, and the specific gaps that would block a build.
Scope depends on the sources involved
Talk to an expertWhich discovery is right for me?
If you have not built anything yet, start with the AI-readiness discovery — a fixed-scope look at one candidate use case. If something is already built and struggling in production, the production-readiness discovery examines latency, failures, and guardrails. If you are unsure the data itself is ready, the data-readiness discovery checks that first.
A discovery is the front door to a forward-deployed build, not a substitute for one. See forward-deployed engineering for how the work continues once a discovery points to a build.