The AI Business Case
The straight case for AI in your business, built in two weeks.
Two weeks to a verdict on AI in your business: cost, revenue, and fit, in dollars.
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Fortune 500 rigor, sized for the middle market.
From $7,500
fixed fee, agreed at signing, invoiced then
2 weeks
from your documents arriving to the deck
3
lenses on every move: cost, revenue, and fit
Who typically buys this.
Four typical buyers. The door is wider than the list.
The CEO pitched AI every weekEvery vendor has a deck. You want one number you trust before any of them get a contract.
The CFO who will not fund a vibeEnthusiasm is not a business case. Cost, revenue, and fit, with a verdict on each.
The board that asked the questionA director wants to know what AI is worth here. The answer needs numbers behind it.
The buyer in diligenceYou are acquiring, or being acquired, and what AI does to this cost base is now a live question.
You get six things back.
The cost of standing stillWhat the status quo runs you today, in dollars a month, drawn from your own volumes and loaded rates. The case starts from your baseline, and it names the vendor pilots already circling and whether any of them has produced a number.
Where AI saves money, the cost lensThe workflows AI can take off your team, ranked by payback, each sized from your numbers with a build-or-buy call and named vendors.
Where AI earns or defends revenue, the revenue lensThe moves that grow or protect the top line, sized against the pipeline and win rates you brought to the table.
Whether each move fits your data and brand, the fit lensA clear read on the data, security, and brand risk of every move, and what to leave to people. Often the most valuable lens.
The ROI in one picture, and the verdictA value bridge from spend to net return with a sensitivity check, then a go, wait, or leave call on every move, each carrying its basis on the same line.
The first ninety daysA week-by-week sequence with an owner, a cost, and the baseline you measure against, so it becomes a plan the Monday after the readout.
You send five things.
Your numbers and your busiest workflowsThe P&L and the handful of workflows that eat the most hours, so cost savings get sized in dollars, not adjectives.
Your current AI inventoryEvery AI tool, pilot, and subscription already in the building, what it costs, and who actually uses it. Most teams find line items here they forgot they were paying for.
The competitive pictureWho you compete with and where you win or lose, so the case reflects where AI is moving in your market, not AI in the abstract.
Your goals and your hard linesThe revenue and margin targets you are chasing, plus the data, security, and brand lines you will not cross. The fit lens is built from these.
The people who run the workShort conversations with the two or three people closest to the workflows in question, because the real friction never shows up in a deck.
Three pages from the deck.
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Illustrative sample. Meridian Supply Co. is a fictional company and every figure is dummy data. Full example deliverables are available upon request.
Get the straight case for AI in your business.
Two weeks, a fixed scope, and a clear case across cost, revenue, and fit. It starts with a free 30-minute call.
Book a scoping call → From $7,500 · invoiced on signing
The person you pay is the person who reads your numbers and builds the case.
Ryan King · RLK Consulting