What does AI automation consulting cost?

Ongoing engagements start at a $5,000/mo retainer. Fixed-scope automation builds run $10,000–$50,000, with final scope fixed after the diagnostic.

Why hire a consultant instead of building this in-house?

An in-house hire takes months to source and ramps on your tools from zero. We arrive already fluent in the automation patterns that work, embed directly in your existing stack, and leave you with documentation your team can maintain.

What should we automate first?

Whatever is manually repeated across the most people, most often — usually lead routing, reporting assembly, or status updates between tools. The diagnostic identifies the highest-leverage target before any build starts.

Who maintains the automations after the engagement ends?

Your team does. Every automation ships with documentation and a handoff session, and we remain reachable for the first stretch after we step back.

What is a forward-deployed engineer?

A forward-deployed engineer works inside your operation rather than handing you a generic tool. We sit with your team, build against your actual data and workflows, and stay until the automation runs without us.

AI Automation Consulting

For growth-stage executives ready to hand repetitive work to an automation, not a headcount line.

Forward-deployed AI operators for growth-stage executives. We embed with your team, build the automations, and stay until they run themselves.

This is the same forward-deployed model behind our Growth Systems work, aimed at the repetitive operational work sitting between your tools. See it applied in our case studies .

The work between your tools.

We automate the manual steps a growth-stage team keeps reassigning to whoever has time this week.

01Lead routing and CRM data entry
02Reporting and dashboard assembly
03Customer-service and inbox triage
04Order, invoice, and fulfillment handoffs
05Internal status updates and follow-ups

Diagnose, build, and hand off, in that order.

01
Diagnostic
02
Automation build
03
Embedded operation
04
Documented handoff

Diagnostic → automation build → embedded operation → handoff, with documentation your team keeps.

AI automation engagement specifications

Retainer floor: $5,000/mo
Project range: $10,000–$50,000
Scope: Final scope fixed after the diagnostic.
Primary contact: Kevin directly
Ownership: You own every automation we build
Starting point: Diagnostic, single automation, or embedded team

Questions we hear before scoping.

What does AI automation consulting cost?: Ongoing engagements start at a $5,000/mo retainer. Fixed-scope automation builds run $10,000–$50,000, with final scope fixed after the diagnostic.
Why hire a consultant instead of building this in-house?: An in-house hire takes months to source and ramps on your tools from zero. We arrive already fluent in the automation patterns that work, embed directly in your existing stack, and leave you with documentation your team can maintain.
What should we automate first?: Whatever is manually repeated across the most people, most often — usually lead routing, reporting assembly, or status updates between tools. The diagnostic identifies the highest-leverage target before any build starts.
Who maintains the automations after the engagement ends?: Your team does. Every automation ships with documentation and a handoff session, and we remain reachable for the first stretch after we step back.
What is a forward-deployed engineer?: A forward-deployed engineer works inside your operation rather than handing you a generic tool. We sit with your team, build against your actual data and workflows, and stay until the automation runs without us.

Ready to scope your first automation? Get in touch.