Strategy
AI Consulting
Senior engineers who tell you what your team needs to hear.
Strategy without engineering depth is PowerPoint. We've built and shipped the systems we advise on — AI products, cloud architectures, and enterprise platforms. Our consulting engagements deliver specific artifacts: architecture diagrams, build-vs-buy cost models, and 90-day roadmaps your team can execute against on Monday.
1–5 wk
Typical engagement
100+
Strategy engagements
3 days
Fastest turnaround
94%
Client NPS
What's included
AI readiness assessment
Where AI can move the needle in your product and operations — ranked by ROI, build complexity, and data availability. Not a vendor pitch, a decision framework.
Architecture review
Senior staff audit of your current architecture — identifying the top three risks and a prioritized remediation roadmap your team can act on.
Build vs. buy analysis
Detailed cost models for build, buy, and hybrid options so you make the decision with numbers, not opinions or vendor sales decks.
Fractional CTO
Embedded senior engineering leadership for seed and early-stage companies — technical hiring, architecture oversight, and vendor negotiations.
Executive AI workshop
Half-day or full-day session with your leadership team: AI landscape, internal opportunity mapping, and a prioritized initiative list you can take to the board.
Technical due diligence
Architecture, code quality, and team assessment for M&A, investment, or strategic partnership decisions — delivered with the rigor investors expect.
How we work
Day 1
Kickoff & discovery
We interview your team, review existing documentation, and map the current state in structured detail.
Day 2–3
Analysis & benchmarking
We compare your situation against what we've seen work — and what we've seen fail — across similar companies and verticals.
Day 4
Draft & review
Findings shared as a working draft for your team to pressure-test before final delivery. No surprises at the final presentation.
Day 5
Deliverable & roadmap
Final report, architecture diagrams, and a 90-day action plan. Designed to be actioned, not filed.
From Evolve Edge
“The best strategy is the one your engineering team can actually execute. We've worked on both sides of that divide — and we close it.”
FAQ
What makes this different from typical consulting?
We've built the systems we advise on. When we recommend a Temporal-based workflow orchestration approach, it's because we've shipped a dozen of them — not because it's in our methodology deck.
Can you help us evaluate AI vendors?
Yes. We run structured vendor evaluations with defined criteria, benchmark tests on your data, and a clear recommendation with documented trade-offs.
Do you do ongoing fractional CTO engagements?
Yes. Monthly retainers for architecture oversight, hiring support, and technical leadership — common for seed-stage companies that need senior engineering judgment without the full-time cost.
What deliverables can we expect?
Architecture diagrams, build-vs-buy cost models, risk registers, and a prioritized 90-day roadmap — all in formats your board and engineering team can actually use.
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