AI CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Some of what our ai consultants do starts as an AI strategy that goes to the board, where does an AI implementation change something, what would it cost to be wrong, what order should this happen in. Sometimes it starts with a founder wanting to know if their business is compliant, or a team asking whether they need a policy written before their staff carry on using Ai tools with client data in it.

We hold and run readiness assessments, we train teams who are terrified of the technology into people who use it every day and where a client needs to see artificial intelligence working before they will commit a large budget, we build the proof of concept ourselves.

Security, sovereignty and the EU AI Act come up in most of these conversations now, A lot of UK businesses trading into Europe still don’t know if the Act applies to them and we help them with all of these.

Lets Talk

OUR AI CONSULTANCY SERVICES

Strategy

Process mapping, opportunity scoring and a fully defined roadmap. we look at your entire business to determine what an AI implementation could realistically return and which of your existing systems it has to work with.

Governance

Data classification, access controls, retention and a written policy your team can both understand and follow. Then where AI sovereignty matters we ensure all processing is handled inside your own infrastructure. Then lastly where the EU AI Act applies we tell you how it applies to you and what you need to be aware of.

Proof

We provide training built around the AI tools your team will use, or build you a proof of concept built on Sonae for when an ai automations decision needs evidence. We agree the scope so the cost efficiency and revenue impact as close to real as we can get them.

AI and Digital Transformation in Action

AIME

Your AI Companion

AiME needed an AI strategy as their product was cleanly placed in a regulated and compliant world. Our consultancy what all around the data capture, the stress testing of various ai models for quality of responses in a series of rapid phototypes and defining the clinical boundaries for what would be later classified as software as a medial device before moving into product build.
aime ai chatbot companion app

CYSIAM

Making cybersecurity assessments simple

CYSIAM work in cyber security and compliance and they came to us because their consultants were spending half their time copying text between spreadsheets and documents. Our consultancy work found the real opportunity was not automating that admin but rethinking how the whole assessment process could work before we then designed and built the platform in the new way.
AI-driven digital platform by artificial intelligence agency Ronins in Surrey

IFFO

AI Policy Workshops and Creation

For IFFO we ran a series for interactive workshops, design to explore and tease out where artificial intelligence was already used in the business and what other activities could be automated to help with the workload. Once all the activities we defined we created them an AI policy that was compatible with the EU ai act and one that not too onerous to follow but had all the control the business needed to be in control over the AI adoption.
ai policy workshops and creation

Getting agentic products to market faster and cheaper

SONAE – OUR AGENTIC AI PLATFORM

We have already built the hardest part. Sonae is our own agentic platform with the authentication, orchestration, knowledge pipelines, approvals, cost control and audit trail already done and proven on live projects, so when you come to us your budget goes straight on the part that is specific to your business which translates into a lower cost and a shorter route to market.

Tell us about your idea
sonae ai automation software

FAQs

Questions we are asked before we are hired?

What would our business look like if designed today?

This is the common question our AI consulting practice gets asked today. So instead of create a list of things that you do now, to find jobs for a ai model, we look at what your companies market would let you offer if the cost of delivering it dropped to near zero. Usually there is a product you don’t sell or a service you couldn’t afford to run, and that is where our innovation is.

Will you tell us not to build something?

Yes we would. If a specific tool you already pay for covers it, or the honest answer is a fixed process, we say so and our AI consultancy engagement ends there. Good consultancy is worth more for what it stops than what it starts, and we would rather keep the relationship than sell you AI driven solutions you did not need.

Does the EU AI Act apply to us?

We have found that most UK businesses have not checked and assume it doesn’t as its the EU right. But i you trade into Europe or use AI in ways the Act classes as higher risk it applies regardless of where you are based. We tell you what and how it applies to you and help you write the policy your team and your IT department can work to.

Who owns everything at the end?

We make this one simple and you do, including the code, the prompts and the documentation. Where AI sovereignty matters we keep processing inside your own cloud infrastructure on models that do not train on your data. Plenty of our clients take our deliverables in house and run it themselves, which is a fair outcome and one we plan for.

What does a proof of concept actually prove?

Ultimately we prove a new process, a new way of working is possible before we build a product. We agree the scope first and the POC proves the cost efficiency and revenue impact.

Our staff already use AI. Is that a problem?

Don’t worry, this is a common starting position. Someone uses AI powered chatbots on personal accounts with client data in them or experiments with one workflow automation . Part of our assessment is finding all of it and giving people a policy they can follow.

How quickly can we see something working?

Most AI consultancy runs between two and six weeks and the project timeline depends on how many people we need to speak to and your business goals. Where software development is needed for a proof of concept thats included inside this window too.

What does it cost?

We like to keep the decision making simple and always operate on a fixed fee that start from £3,500 and always agreed before we start. A readiness assessment and roadmap sits at the lower end and a full AI strategy with policy work and a working prototype costs more.

Do we need our own AI team first?

No not at all and most of our clients have no internal technical expertise when they arrive. Part of what any good consultant hands over is the ability for your own people to have judgement and not be afraid of the technology or the artificial intelligence solutions we build.

What if the model we choose becomes obsolete?

Unfortunately things are moving so fast it will, which is why we build to be agnostic. We build in evals into our machine learning solutions so a swap of model can easy prove the seamless integration of another model whilst comparing costs and quality standards. This way your business needs and existing system do not need to change.

Where does this show up in the numbers?

This depends what we find. Operational efficiency and efficiency gains show up almost everywhere and they are worth having, but the larger benefit is usually inside customer satisfaction or something you can now sell that you could not before with measurable outcomes.

What happens after the engagement ends?

This is entirely up to you, some clients move into build with us, whilst others take it in house. We offer ongoing supportwhere it is useful, and all our work is documented so you are not dependent on us going forward. If you want more infobefore any of this, the first conversation is free and usually happens over a couple of phone calls.

We were going in circles until Ronins stepped in, they got us focused, showed us what mattered, and built a solution that didn’t rip out everything we’d already invested in.

Neil Rafferty

Partners who rely on us for AI strategy and delivery

vista health logo
kennel club logo
national extension college logo
catch logo
Hurtwood House logo
mei logo
Invictus Games logo
korda logo
hitachi logo
orbus software logo
fight or flight logo
upright mri logo

OUR AI SERVICES

Consultancy

Most people think that AI strategy begins by asking what could be automated. We believe it is by asking how the business should work now that ai powered automation exists to find the operations where changing that creates you the most value.

AI Agents

Automating the way you already work only gives you a faster version of the same thing and sometimes thats OK. We rethink how the work could be reshaped, then build the automated workflows and ai agents too deliver on that new promise.

Automations

AI Systems

Sometimes the new strategy doesn’t fit inside an existing tool. This is when we build from scratch to design and build the ai systems and bespoke platforms for where your business wants to be.

Development

Let’s talk

Not sure where to start with AI?
020 3026 0345 hello@ronins.co.uk
hrough your goals and sketch out the first steps