You've decided to go AI‑native. Now get everyone there.
Most AI rollouts stall on adoption, not on the tools. AlphaSMB builds a playbook for your company across mindset, skill set and tool set, then coaches your leaders until it runs. Phase one takes 12 weeks and starts where you can measure the return.
- Tool and model agnostic
- Your data and IP protected
- Your team keeps what it builds
How ready does your company look for AI?
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AI rarely fails on the tools. It fails on adoption.
Your leaders have bought in. A few people get great results on their own. But the company as a whole still works the way it did last year. That gap is a people and habits problem first, and it is where we start.
Wins stay in pockets
A clever prompt here, a script there. They live with one person and never become how the company works.
One tool, one lock
Leaning on a single AI product feels fast, until the pricing, the model or the data terms change under you.
Waiting on a hire
Months go into finding a Head of AI, who then has to learn your company and earn trust before anything moves.
One playbook, built for your company, across three layers.
Every company starts from a different place. We show you where you stand on each layer and write the plan for that spot. No templates.
People who want it
Change management for the AI era. Leaders who use AI themselves, early adopters found and put to work, and a team that sees AI as their advantage.
People who can do it
Your people learn by solving real problems in your business, so they can build and improve their own AI workflows long after we leave.
Tools that fit
The right models and tools for each job, set up so your data stays protected and nothing locks you into a single vendor.
12 weeks from decision to AI that runs in your operation.
We start with 1 to 3 operational problems your team already feels. That gives everyone a real win to point to and a return you can measure.
- 1Start
Pick the work
Choose 1 to 3 operational problems and set a baseline, so the return is measured, not guessed.
- 2Kickoff
Run an internal hackathon
One day or one week. Teams take on those problems with AI. You get early wins and you find out who your AI champions are.
- 3The middle weeks
Build and coach
Your people build the workflows. We coach your leaders and champions, and help clear the red tape that slows adoption down.
- 4Week 12
Measure and hand off
Results against the baseline, the playbook for what comes next, and a team that knows how to keep going.
Built to last through whatever AI does next.
The technology changes every month. Your systems shouldn't have to start over every time it does.
Use the best, never get stuck with one
We design every system so you can take advantage of the newest models and tools without being locked into any single provider or ecosystem.
Put your data to work, safely
We build protection for your intellectual property and trade secrets into the system, so you can bring your data to AI without handing your edge to anyone else.
Spend where it pays
Some jobs need an off-the-shelf tool. Some need something of your own. We help you make each call on the evidence, and we say so when a tool you already pay for will do.
Your next Head of AI may already work for you.
The person your team already trusts knows where work gets stuck. We coach them into the role over 12 weeks, alongside your search or instead of it.
How the insider path works →Outside hire
- A search that can run for months
- Learns your company from zero
- Has to earn trust first
Coached insider
- Can start right away
- Knows where work gets stuck
- Already has the team's trust
Each leader wants something different from AI. We speak to all of them.
Send your leadership team the page written for their seat.
Stay ahead
Move the whole company before competitors reset the cost of doing business.
CFOMore return per person
Margin and output per head you can measure against a baseline.
COOScale and speed
Take on more work, faster, without adding the same headcount.
CTO / CIOSecure and flexible
A setup that protects your data and can switch models as the field moves.
Built for companies that are past "should we?"
- About 50 people to a few thousand, in the US
- Leadership has already decided to become AI-native
- Healthcare, manufacturing, product, software and SaaS companies first
- You want a measurable return in the operation before the big bets
Probably not a fit yet if
- You are still deciding whether AI matters to your business
- You want one tool installed and left alone
- There is no appetite to change how people work
Not sure where you land? The fit call exists to answer exactly that, and you leave with a next step either way.
Zach Henderson
Zach leads AI work as Fractional Head of AI at Aurora WDC, a human intelligence agency that serves Fortune 1000 clients. Before that: Epic Systems and healthcare IT consulting, industrial engineering, management consulting, and building product companies from scratch.
“Thanks to Zach’s guidance, I went from experimenting with AI to actually deploying it. We’re now automating real QA work, and I’m finding new use cases every week.”
Know where you stand before you talk to anyone.
AI readiness read
Enter your website and see how your company looks to AI search, how safe it looks, and the public signs of AI adoption. Scored, with your top 3 fixes.
Leadership team assessment
12 questions on mindset, skill set and tool set. Invite your other leaders to answer on their own, then see where your team agrees and where it doesn't.
Start the assessment →What leaders ask first
What happens on the fit call?
A short, free conversation with Zach. We ask where you are with AI, what you want from it and what's in the way. If there's a fit, we talk about what phase one would look like for you. If there isn't, we tell you, and you still leave with a next step.
Do you sell software or a platform?
No. We are tool and model agnostic. We recommend what fits each job, set it up in accounts you control, and say so when something you already pay for will do.
Who does the work?
Your people do, with us coaching them. That is the point: the skills and the systems stay in your company after the engagement ends.
Is our data safe?
Protecting your data and your trade secrets is part of the design from day one, including which models see what, and under which terms.
How long does it take?
Phase one runs 12 weeks. After that, the bigger question is what new products or markets AI opens up for you.
What does it cost?
Every engagement is scoped to your company. We cover it on the fit call, once we know what you need.
Find out in one short call whether we can get you there faster.
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