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AI strategy & operating model design for organisations.

We run our own business and engineering operations on the same AI systems and patterns we design for clients. We work from what we have already shipped.

Most AI spend never reaches the operating model. Tools get adopted, teams get trained, and the way your organisation allocates capital, assigns ownership, and manages risk stays exactly as it was.

Changing that is a C-level decision. We work with you to name who owns AI outcomes, choose which part of the business gets redesigned first, and implement inside a contained scope, so you have measurable proof before committing the whole organisation.

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Built for executives who can change the structure

This is for CEOs, COOs, CFOs, and board members who can move budget, change reporting lines, and hold people accountable for outcomes. When a structural decision needs someone else's sign-off, the work stalls at the recommendation stage.

Whether the change starts in engineering, in operations, or across both, the question is the same: what has to be true about how the company is run for AI to show up in performance.

Where an engagement includes implementation, the output is a working AI system running in a live part of your business, with a before and after readout you can take to the board.

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For executives who want clarity before committing further capital or structural change.

  • Where AI can genuinely create leverage and where not
  • Where organisational risk is increasing
  • Where initiatives are fragmented or duplicating effort
  • What must change at operating-model level
  • Executive diagnostic session
  • AI capability and risk assessment
  • Written strategic clarity report
  • 30-minute review session

$2,900

£2,200 / €2,400

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The full fee is credited against any Blueprint or Scale programme started within 60 days.

Blueprint

For leadership teams ready to define how AI fits into their operating structure.

  • Clear AI ambition and scope definition
  • Defined ownership and accountability
  • Investment and prioritisation framework
  • Operating model changes required for execution
  • Phased execution plan
  • Executive and functional interviews
  • Cross-functional capability assessment
  • Operating model design workshop
  • Executive-ready execution blueprint

From $12,500

£9,300 / €11,000

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Scope and pricing tailored to your organisation.

Scale

For organisations ready to implement and prove AI value in a defined business area.

  • A working AI-enabled workflow implemented in a live business environment
  • A tangible proof of value, not a pilot in isolation
  • Measurable commercial, operational, or efficiency gains
  • Leadership oversight embedded into delivery
  • Clear decision point for wider rollout
  • Everything in Blueprint
  • Selection of a defined business initiative
  • Hands-on implementation within a contained scope
  • Working output delivered into live operations
  • Before/after impact readout
  • Refined operating model for expansion

From $40,000

£30,000 / €34,000

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Pricing based on project scope, timeline and complexity.

AI operating partnership

For organisations where AI is a long-term strategic capability, not a one-off initiative. Whitesmith acts as your ongoing AI operating partner, providing AI operating model optimisation, quarterly strategic recalibration, and executive-level guidance as tools and practices evolve.

From $14,500 / month

£13,500 / €12,500 / month

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