Where does AI actually help?
AI Opportunity Mapping
We map your product and workflows to where AI genuinely creates leverage — and, just as honestly, where it won't.
AI Strategy & Discovery
What we offer
Clarity before you
Clarity before you
commit anything
Tell us what you're trying to solve. We map where AI genuinely creates leverage, prove the risky parts early, and hand you an honest, costed picture of what's worth doing — before you spend big.
Why discovery first
AI projects rarely fail in the build. They fail in the guessing beforehand.
2–3
weeks to replace the guesswork with a costed plan.
5
questions we answer before you commit to a full build.
1
roadmap you own outright — whether or not you build it with us.
Discovery is the cheapest thing you'll do. Skipping it is the most expensive.
Core Services
Everything a discovery answers
Five pieces of work, run in order. Each one closes a question — until there's nothing left to guess.
Will it work, and what could break?
Feasibility & Risk Study
What's realistic today, what it will cost, and what could quietly go wrong — before you commit to the full build.
What do we build first?
Use-Case Prioritisation
Every idea ranked by impact over effort, so you start with the quick wins that actually move the numbers.
Is the data ready?
Data Readiness Audit
What you have, what's missing, and what to fix first — because AI is only ever as good as the data behind it.
What does it cost, and what's the payoff?
Costed AI Roadmap
What to build, in what order, at what cost — the sequenced plan you walk away with and own outright.
One sprint. One document. Zero guessing.
Tech We Use
Proven tools, chosen for the job
We stay model- and vendor-neutral - the recommendation is always what fits your problem, never what we happen to prefer.
Python
OpenAI
Anthropic Claude
Google Gemini
Hugging Face
Jupyter
Miro
Notion
Figma
Google Sheets
Case Studies
Case Studies
Where the plan became real
Real work, not a pitch. This is where an unsure “maybe AI” became a costed plan that actually shipped.
6 wks
Nythic — from discovery to its first shipped AI feature.
~50%
Nythic — daily operational load time cut by prioritising the right automation.
3 wks
from first call to a costed plan each team could build from.
Representative outcomes from recent engagements.
Real client, real impact
Don't just take our
Don't just take our
word for it
We came in unsure whether AI was even worth it. Externo gave us honest answers and a costed plan we could actually build. No hype, no guesswork — just a clear path, and a first feature that shipped on time.
AI Strategy FAQ
Good Questions, Clear Answers.
We look at where your team loses the most time or money, then score each idea on value, effort, and data readiness, so the first project is the one most likely to pay off.
We will say so. Sometimes a simple rule, a better form, or a workflow automation fix solves the problem faster and cheaper, and we would rather tell you that early.
We check what you have, how clean it is, and where it lives, and if there are gaps, our data & dashboards team can help get it into shape first.
It depends on how core the problem is. We compare building, buying, and combining both on cost and control, and recommend the option that fits your team and budget.
You get a clear map of use cases, a recommended first project, a rough cost and timeline, and the risks to watch, so you can decide with your eyes open.
Most take a few focused weeks with a fixed scope, so you get a plan you can act on quickly rather than an open ended study.
The usual ones are unclear goals, weak data, and cost creep, and we plan for each up front, so the project stays useful and affordable.
You own the plan and can run it with any team. If you want, we can build the first project through AI agents & assistants or workflow automation. Book a discovery call to start.
Let’s find where AI pays off for you
Tell us the problem you’re solving. We’ll map the smartest way in, and if AI is not the answer, we’ll say so.
