AI Production Pilot

One use case.Built to production.

Forward deployed engineers build one AI use case with your team, on your real data, in your accounts. You get a working system with evaluation and guardrails, and a clear go, pivot or stop decision.

AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner · OpenAI Partner · 5 certified engineersSystem / Evidence / Decision

Why it matters

A demo proves an idea can work. A pilot proves it works on your data, under your controls.

Starting point
One use case with an owner and a baseline. No use case yet? Start with the free AI Value Sprint.
Access
Your accounts, repositories and real data, inside a security boundary agreed before work starts.
Who builds it
Forward deployed engineers who work inside your team, alongside your engineers.
Cost
Quoted in writing once the scope is clear. We do not publish prices.

Forward deployed engineers from an OpenAI and AWS partner, with 5 certified engineers.

How it works

From a short list to a system people use.

We start from one use case with an owner and a baseline. Success is agreed first, so the pilot ends in a decision, not a demo.

  1. Frame

    Agree success first

    Confirm the use case, the owner, the baseline and the measure that decides go, pivot or stop. Agree data access and the security boundary.

  2. Build

    Build it on real data

    Our engineers work inside your team and repositories. The first version runs on your real data early, so the hard problems show up early.

  3. Break

    Test it before users do

    Build an evaluation set from real cases. Red-team prompts, permissions and failure paths. Fix what the testing finds.

  4. Decide

    Measure and hand over

    Compare the results with the baseline. Hand over the code, the evaluation set, the runbook and the monitoring. A typical pilot runs six to eight weeks.

Scope

What a pilot can be.

Most pilots fall into one of these shapes. We agree the exact boundary in writing before work starts.

  • Agents

    An agent that does real work

    An agent with its own identity and scoped permissions that completes a defined task in your systems.

  • Retrieval

    Answers from your documents

    Search and answers over your own content, with sources, access control and quality measures.

  • Models

    A fine-tuned or custom model

    Training or adapting a model when a general model cannot meet quality, cost or latency targets.

  • Safety

    Content and safety checks

    Automated checks on AI inputs and outputs, with human review for the cases that need it.

What you take away

Deliverables your team keeps.

Everything we produce belongs to your team and lives in your accounts and repositories.

  • Yours to keep

    Everything we make is yours.

    Every output stays in your accounts and repositories when we leave.

  • 01 / System

    Working code in your accounts

    The application, infrastructure as code and configuration, in your repositories.

  • 02 / Evaluation

    An evaluation set and results

    Real test cases, the scores against them and a way to run them again after every change.

  • 03 / Controls

    Guardrails and permissions

    The controls, test evidence and documentation your security team needs to approve production use.

  • 04 / Runbook

    A runbook and a named owner

    Monitoring, alerts and the steps to run and change the system. Ongoing support only when agreed.

Sample output

How the pilot ends.

One page that records what was agreed, what was measured and what was decided.

Pilot decision recordIllustrative format
Use case
[The use case agreed in the frame phase]
Owner
[A named business owner]
Baseline
[Today's measure, agreed with finance]
Success measure
[The measure that decides go, pivot or stop]
Evaluation set
[Real cases from your data]
Security boundary
[Accounts, data and permissions in scope]
Result against baseline
[Measured at the end of the pilot]
Hand-over
Code, evaluation set, runbook and monitoring
GoPivotStop

Illustrative format. The fields are filled with your own use case, measures and results during the pilot.

Useful answers

Before we start.

Discuss anything specific to your team or environment.

What does a forward deployed engineer do?

They work inside your team, in your repositories and your accounts, on your real problem. They ship code with your engineers rather than writing a report for them.

What if the pilot shows the idea does not work?

That is a useful result. The stop rule is agreed before we start, so a stop decision costs a pilot, not a programme.

Who owns the work?

You do. The code, the evaluation set and the documentation live in your repositories and accounts.

Can you work with our security team?

Yes. We agree the scope, controls and evidence with your reviewers. They make the approval and deployment decisions.

What does it cost?

We quote each pilot in writing once the scope is clear. We do not publish prices.

The next step

Bring us the use case.

Request a technical call

We’ll confirm fit and the scope in writing before any work begins.

AI Production Pilot — one use case, built on your data
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