The AI-enabled Product Opportunity Audit
Know where AI pays off in your business. In weeks, not quarters.
A fixed-price product discovery audit for founders and executives who know AI matters but don't know where to start. You get a clear, prioritized plan - from someone who ships AI products, not just talks about them.
- $999-$2,500, fixed
- Typically 1-2 weeks
- Yours to keep
The problem
Everyone says "use AI." Nobody says where and how.
You're hearing it from every direction - the board, the podcasts, your competitors' press releases. Meanwhile the practical questions go unanswered: Where would AI actually cut cost or grow revenue in our business? What would it take? What should we ignore?
Most companies get stuck in one of two places: chasing every shiny demo, or freezing because the whole thing feels expensive and risky. Both waste a year.
The audit replaces that uncertainty with a plan.
What you get
A plan you can run with. Not a deck that sits in a drawer.
In one to two weeks I dig into how your business actually works - where money and hours leak, what your customers experience - and deliver a concise written report:
The AI Opportunity Map
Every meaningful AI opportunity in your business, scored by business impact and effort to implement - so you can see at a glance what is worth doing, what can wait, and what to ignore.
A prioritized 90-day plan
The two or three opportunities to move on first, sequenced into a concrete plan: what to do, who does it, and what it should cost. Not a vision deck - a to-do list.
Build, buy, or wait - called plainly
For each opportunity, an honest recommendation: use a tool that already exists, build something small, or wait. With real numbers, so nothing leads you somewhere expensive by surprise.
Quick wins you can start this month
Two or three improvements your team can put to work immediately, usually with tools you already pay for - often enough to cover the cost of the audit on their own.
Delivered as a written report plus a live walkthrough with your leadership team - and it's yours to keep, whatever you decide next.
A look inside
What your report looks like.
Representative pages. Every report is written from scratch for your business.
How it works
Three steps. About two hours of your time.
A 45-minute working session
We walk through your business together: where the hours go, where the margin leaks, what you have already tried. No prep, no homework - and you leave the call with a fixed price and timeline.
I dig in
Typically one to two weeks: I map how work actually flows through your company and find the leverage. Total ask of your team: about two hours.
Your report, walked through live
You get the written report and a live walkthrough with your leadership team. We go through the map, the plan, and every recommendation until it all makes sense.
Why it's low-risk
Designed so saying yes is easy.
- Fixed price. Between $999 and $2,500 depending on the size and complexity of your business - agreed in the first call, before you pay anything. No hourly meter, no surprises.
- Typically one to two weeks. Larger or multi-team businesses can take a little longer - you will know your exact timeline before we start. Either way: weeks, not quarters.
- No lift on your side. I do not need your engineers, your IT team, or access to your systems.
- Yours to keep. The report stands on its own. Run it with me, your team, or anyone else.
- Credits toward more. If we keep working together, the audit fee credits toward the fractional engagement.
Why me
I build AI products. I don't just recommend them.
I build, not just advise
I founded Afterpath and took an AI-enabled platform from idea to shipped product. Every recommendation in your report is something I know how to deliver, because I have.
2x Chief Product Officer
Fifteen years setting product strategy for companies from venture-backed startups to Royal Caribbean, WD-40, and H&R Block.
Plain English, real outcomes
You will not hear jargon. Every opportunity is framed the way you run your business: cut cost, grow revenue, save hours.
Questions
The things people ask before booking.
We're not a tech company. Is this for us?
It is built for you. The best AI opportunities are almost never futuristic - they hide in ordinary operations: intake, scheduling, proposals, follow-ups, reporting. You do not need a technical team to act on the report; most quick wins use tools you already pay for.
Is this going to turn into a big, expensive project?
Only if you decide it should. The report is designed to stand alone - the quick wins are things your team can do this month, and every bigger recommendation comes with an honest cost so you can size it before committing to anything.
What does it cost, exactly?
Between $999 and $2,500, fixed before we start. Where you land depends on size and surface area: a single internal workflow sits at the low end; a business with several teams, or both internal operations and a customer-facing product, sits higher. You will have your exact number at the end of the first call, before any commitment.
What do you need from us?
About two hours total across the engagement: the opening working session, short conversations with one or two people on your team, and a look at how work currently gets done. No system integrations, no data handover.
What does "AI-in-the-loop" mean?
Pragmatic AI plus senior human judgment. AI is very good at some jobs and very bad at others, and the difference is not obvious from the outside. I have shipped it, so your plan is grounded in what actually works today - not the hype reel.
What if there is no good AI opportunity in our business?
Then the report says exactly that, and you just saved a year of expensive guessing. You still walk away with the map of where your operation leaks time and money, and a prioritized plan for fixing it - AI or not.
Two weeks from now, you could have the plan.
Book the audit, or start with a free 30-minute intro call if you'd rather size me up first.