AI foundations without the theatre

Turn AI into a capability, not a bolt-on.

We help product teams identify where AI can create direct business value, build the technical and operational foundations to support it, and enable teams to use AI in ways that improve outcomes instead of just increasing spend.

AI foundations
Roadmap-integrated
Principal-led
Value over hype
Cost discipline
Team enablement

Find the real value

Identify where AI belongs in the product, workflow, or operating model.

Build the foundations

Fix the data, systems, and workflow gaps that stop useful AI from compounding.

Keep it commercial

Focus on real impact, not expensive pilots that move a few KPIs and little else.

Common signalsthat AI needs a better foundation

There is pressure to 'do AI'

but no shared view of where it adds value to the roadmap.

AI pilots are not compounding

because they are being treated as add-ons rather than product capability.

AI spend is rising faster than return

with tools, tokens, and experiments adding cost without changing the economics.

Teams are experimenting in pockets

but not in ways that improve delivery, decision quality, or customer value at scale.

If this sounds familiar, the problem is usually not ideas. It is foundation, prioritisation, and execution.

Pricing

Start with clarity, then build the right AI foundations.

Begin with a focused diagnosis week to identify where AI belongs, what foundations are missing, and where spend should or should not go. Then move into execution if the path is clear.

Entry point

Diagnosis

£1,499.00/day£7,495.00 total

A focused week to assess delivery constraints, map genuine AI opportunities, and identify the technical, data, and workflow foundations needed before investing further.

  • 5 working days of technical and product diagnosis
  • Review of roadmap pressure, current tooling, and team workflows
  • A clear view of where AI can create direct value and where it should wait
  • Written recommendations on foundations, priorities, and guardrails
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Full engagement

Execution

£999.00/day£19,980.00 total

Includes the diagnosis week, plus another three weeks of hands-on technical leadership to embed AI into the roadmap in a commercially disciplined way.

  • Everything in the diagnosis phase
  • 15 days of hands-on technical leadership
  • Foundational changes to systems, workflows, and team operating rhythm
  • Enablement for teams to use AI where it improves delivery or product value
  • Guardrails to reduce wasted spend and avoid shallow KPI theatre
  • Weekly written updates and decision log
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Contact

Start with the pressure you are feeling.

Tell me where AI pressure is building, where pilots are stalling, where spend is rising without clear return, or where the team knows AI matters but does not yet have the foundations to use it well.

Althane Tech

Principal-led technical diagnosis and execution for teams that want AI to become a real capability, not an expensive side project.