Independent AI decision advisory
For leaders considering AI but unsure how much to invest—or where to begin. We do not sell software. We help you make a decision worth standing behind.
We are based in the United States. What Silicon Valley is testing today often becomes standard market capability six to twelve months later. Seeing it early tells you what is worth paying for—and what may soon become a commodity.
Berkeley Haas MBA · Wharton MBA · AI for Business
Our team brings experience from leading technology companies including Google and TikTok, alongside current Silicon Valley product leadership building and scaling AI products from zero to one. We also bring deep market and growth expertise, including leading AI governance and implementation for a 5,000-person U.S. multinational.
Diagnostics and interviews are designed around your operating cadence.
Remote-first · on-site when it mattersWorkshops and executive sessions happen when real alignment is needed.
AI governance and rollout for a U.S. multinational · 5,000+ people · 4 months
Employees were already using third-party AI tools, yet the company did not know who was using them, where, or what data was leaving the business. Internal approval still took four to six weeks. A blanket ban was beginning to look like the only option.
Mapped live AI use cases across the company as a risk and frequency heat map.
Reset usage and approval boundaries: what is permitted and what requires review.
Put a governance agent and security gateway in place so the rules can run.
For AI to create real value, information, incentives and execution must all line up. If those three gates are not designed into the work, the system is likely to sit unused.
There may be only one or two use cases that fit your business and are worth doing now. Without clear priorities, money goes to the wrong place.
For the same AI support requirement, a general tool, industry SaaS and bespoke build can differ in cost by an order of magnitude.
Without acceptance criteria, training and usage rules, the day a system is delivered can be the day it starts to be ignored.
One more truth: a capability that commands a costly custom build today may be a free feature in a mainstream product next year. Knowing what to buy now—and what to wait for—is expertise in its own right.
We take no software sales fees, implementation revenue or supplier referral commissions. Our only income is the advisory fee you pay us.
Foundation models, industry solutions, open source or ready-made SaaS: we use what fits. Breadth of choice comes from independence.
Decide → select → deliver → keep current. Vendors own implementation. We stay on the side of your decision.
Map the business, data, processes and people. Rank opportunities by return and tell you where capital belongs—and where it does not.
Roadmap · opportunity listScreen options, compare quotes, review contracts, set acceptance criteria and train teams; define data boundaries and exit terms as well.
Options report · acceptance planAsk us before major decisions; let us filter market and competitive signals; refresh the governance through quarterly reviews.
Executive counsel · quarterly reviewFive of the most common, highest-return starting points for mid-sized companies. The right first move depends on your industry, budget and team.
Repeated questions → human judgment
Individual expertise → institutional asset
Slow outsourcing → strategy and review
Manual work → structured automation
Fragmented data → grounded decisions
Start a conversation
A 30-minute initial conversation. Tell us about the business; we will give you an honest view on what merits the next step, and what does not.
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Contact:aochi.ai.llc@gmail.com