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Alternative to AI Consulting

Enterprise AI Strategy Without the Consulting Bill

Consultants interview 1% of your workforce and leave with their expertise. Your organization keeps a PDF. AI Readi captures what everyone knows — and the knowledge stays.

The Consulting Dependency Trap

You need AI strategy. The traditional path — hiring McKinsey, BCG, or Deloitte — means a $200K to $2M engagement. Consultants interview 20 to 50 executives, produce a static report, and walk out the door with all their expertise. That report covers roughly 1% of your organization's knowledge.

It misses what hundreds of employees who actually do the work know about processes, bottlenecks, and where AI would genuinely help. S&P Global's research shows 80% of AI projects fail — and the root cause is usually an information gap between strategy and operational reality. Consultants can't close that gap by interviewing executives alone.

And when your next AI initiative comes around? You start from zero. The knowledge didn't stay. The consultants moved on to their next client. Your board asks why you keep spending six figures for insights that don't compound. Meanwhile, enterprises are spending $644B on AI in 2025 — and most of that spend is guided by the same narrow-visibility consulting model that keeps producing static reports.

Why Traditional AI Consulting Falls Short

Cost That Excludes Most Organizations

$200K-$2M per engagement puts systematic AI strategy out of reach for mid-market companies. You shouldn't need a Fortune 500 budget to understand your AI opportunities.

Expertise Walks Out the Door

When the engagement ends, the knowledge leaves. Your organization keeps a PDF, not a capability. Every new initiative starts from scratch — no institutional memory compounds.

99% of Your Workforce Never Gets Asked

Interviewing 20-50 executives misses the distributed knowledge of everyone who actually does the work. The people closest to processes and bottlenecks — the ones who'd know where AI helps most — never contribute.

The AI Readi Alternative

Bottom-Up Organizational Knowledge

AI Readi collects insights from across your organization through structured contributor evaluations. The people who do the work identify where AI creates the most value — not just executives.

Knowledge That Compounds Over Time

Unlike a static report, AI Readi is a living platform. Every evaluation builds on what came before. Your organizational intelligence grows — it becomes institutional memory for AI decisions.

Weeks and Thousands, Not Months and Millions

Complete your AI discovery in 2-6 weeks at $6K/year. Same structured methodology that large enterprises use with consultants, at a price point that mid-market companies can actually afford.

$6K/yr
vs $200K+ consulting engagement
99%
more workforce coverage than consultants
2-6 wks
to complete AI discovery

Get AI Strategy Your Whole Organization Contributes To

Structured AI discovery at a fraction of consulting costs. Knowledge that stays and compounds.

See How AI Readi Works