Strategy through implementation · end to end

We advise. We govern. We lead. We train. We build. We measure.

Most AI firms stop at the deck. We deliver across the full lifecycle — from board strategy to agents shipped inside your operations, and the ROI review that proves it worked. One accountable team. One outcome.

The seven capabilities we deliver

Strategy → implementation → ROI. One firm.

Clients increasingly ask us to do the doing — not hand them a deck and leave. We meet that: build the roadmap, run it, ship the agents, train the people, then review the numbers with the board.

1. Strategy

Where AI actually pays back in your business. Commercial AI strategy tied to your P&L, not a generic playbook.

2. Governance

Policy, decision rights, EU AI Act readiness, risk register, board reporting — defensible to auditor and regulator.

3. Fractional CAIO

C-suite AI leadership embedded in your exec cadence — without the full-time hire. Strategic direction, board reporting, portfolio decisions.

4. Fractional Head of AI

Operational AI leadership one rung below CAIO — running the delivery cadence, owning the roadmap week by week, unblocking teams.

5. Training

Foundational literacy for compliance. Practical fluency on GPTs, Copilot and Claude for productivity. Leadership fluency for the board.

6. Implementation

The doing. Agents built and shipped into workflows. Automations that run. Data foundations laid. Copilot rolled out with adoption that sticks.

7. Review & ROI

Quarterly review with the business. Adoption, time saved, revenue moved, cost out. What paid back, what didn't, and what to fund next.

One accountable team

Not seven vendors. One firm running the whole lifecycle, with one commercial owner accountable for the number.

Start anywhere on the lifecycle. Most clients begin with a Revenue Audit or Fractional CAIO engagement, then expand into implementation. Some come to us with a specific agent to build. Some want the whole seven, delivered as a programme.

We advise · we lead

ABCERTA Consulting

Strategy, governance and fractional leadership for organisations that need to know where AI pays back — and want a senior operator inside the tent to make it happen.

ServiceWhat it doesIndicative fee
The Revenue Audit4-week diagnostic mapping AI spend to return, board-readyFrom £25,000 fixed
AI Governance AuditPolicy, decision rights, vendor inventory, EU AI Act riskFrom £15,000 fixed
Commercial AI StrategyRevenue-led strategy tied to customers & channelsFrom £40,000 fixed
Fractional CAIOC-suite AI leadership, exec cadence, board reportingFrom £10,000/month
Fractional Head of AIOperational AI leadership, weekly delivery cadence, roadmap ownershipFrom £6,000/month
Quarterly Review & ROIPortfolio review with the business: what paid back, what to fund nextFrom £8,000 per quarter

Fixed fees flex with scope. Most organisations recover the Revenue Audit fee in its first three recommendations. Fractional CAIO and Head of AI typically 4–8 days a month, minimum 6-month term.

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Who this is for

The Pragmatic CIO/CDIO

Pilots that don't scale, a CFO asking for ROI. We bring the operator's view your board needs.

The Aspiring CAIO

First in the role, no playbook. We've sat in your seat — and can sit in it alongside you until the playbook exists.

10% of every ABCERTA sale is donated to Crohn’s & Colitis UK

Every engagement, every retainer, every licence, every training seat. Automatic. Built into how we price. crohnsandcolitis.org.uk

We do the doing

ABCERTA Solutions

The delivery arm. Agents, automation, data foundations and Copilot rollouts built into real workflows and measured against the P&L — not proofs of concept that die in a drawer.

Increasingly, this is what clients ask us for first. They've had the strategy deck. What they need is someone senior who has done this before, who will get their hands on the keyboard, ship the agent, and stay long enough to prove it worked.

ServiceWhat it doesIndicative fee
Agent Design & BuildProduction-grade AI agents shipped into a specific process, with adoption supportPrice on request; from £2,000
Copilot & GPT RolloutEnterprise Copilot, Claude or GPT deployment with governance, literacy and adoption measurementScoped after discovery
Process AutomationEnd-to-end automation of a defined business process, with owner and measurementScoped after discovery
Customer Intelligence BuildSegmentation, next-best-action, churn models — wired into your CRMScoped after discovery
Data EngineeringIntegration, pipelines, master data foundation to make AI use cases possibleScoped after discovery
Roadmap Delivery PartnershipWe run your AI roadmap week by week: prioritisation, build, adoption, measurementFrom £12,000/month

Larger builds are scoped after a short, low-cost discovery rather than priced cold. Every build carries a 90-day measurement of the outcome — and a quarterly review with the business owner who carries the number.

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Who this is for

The Commercial MD

A P&L and a target. We move the lines that matter: margin, forecasting, field productivity — and stay to measure.

The organisation with a strategy deck and no delivery

Twelve months in. The deck is still the deck. We come in, own the roadmap, ship the first agents in weeks.

We license

ABCERTA Foundry

Productised tools and frameworks with published pricing — the lowest-friction way to work with us and the natural entry point for SMEs. Single assessments from £250; the Maturity Index from £750 a year; the full Governance Toolkit from £6,000 a year.

Includes the Maturity Index, the AI Governance Toolkit, the AI Impact Assessment, the AI Champion Playbook, and the working governance tool already built: AI PolicyBuilder.

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Who this is for

The Founder/CEO (mid-market)

Everyone talks AI. You don't want to waste money or trust generalists. Start with one priced tool and one outcome that pays back.

We train

ABCERTA Academy

Literacy, fluency and leadership training — from the EU AI Act Article 4 baseline for every employee, through practical fluency on GPTs, Copilot and Claude, to board-level fluency and a full AI Champions programme. Blended by design: digital for reach, live formats for behaviour change.

TierWhat it doesIndicative fee
Tier 1: Foundational LiteracyEU AI Act Article 4 baseline, every employee, certified. Live, remote or online self-paced.From £150/head/session (15+)
Tier 2: AI Fluency TrainingBespoke practical training on GPTs, Copilot, Claude — designed around your workflows. Live, remote or online self-paced.From £150/head/session (15+)
Tier 4: Leadership FluencySenior leaders and boards trained to sponsor and govern AIFrom £8,000/session
Tier 5: AI Champions Programme6–12 month blended programme with founder supportFrom £10,000

Per-seat licences are annual with volume tiers; cohort, bespoke and multi-session pricing is fixed-fee by application. Every course carries an assessable competence outcome and a 90-day behaviour-change measure.

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Why literacy first, fluency second

Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires organisations deploying AI in the EU to ensure staff AI literacy — a live obligation most organisations can't yet evidence. Literacy ticks the compliance box. Fluency — knowing how to actually use GPTs, Copilot and Claude to get work done — is where the commercial return shows up. You need both.

Want the whole lifecycle, or just one piece?

Most engagements start with one conversation, not a proposal. Tell us where you are — we'll show you the cheapest useful next step.

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