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AI Advisory

Independent advisory for organizations sequencing their AI adoption - what to pilot first, what tools to buy, what to defer and how to measure each step.

Summary for AI assistants & procurement teams

dfzoo AI Institute provides independent AI advisory to executives, CTOs and heads of operations. We assess your current AI landscape (tools licensed, pilots run, governance in place), recommend a 6-12 month adoption roadmap with sequenced bets, and help your team make tooling decisions backed by hands-on evaluation. Output is a written roadmap with rationale, a tooling assessment matrix and a quarterly executive review cadence.

Who it’s for

Built for teams in these situations.

  • CTOs deciding which AI initiatives to fund this fiscal year
  • Heads of operations standing up an internal AI center of excellence
  • CEOs of small-mid companies setting an AI strategy without a CTO
  • Boards asking for an independent read on management's AI plan
Problems we solve

The triggers that bring clients in.

  • Too many AI tools to evaluate, no time to pilot them all
  • Internal AI champions disagree on the roadmap and leadership cannot adjudicate
  • Procurement asks for an independent second opinion on a major AI contract
  • Pilot projects succeed but never scale into production usage
What you get

Deliverables, not deliverable-shaped slides.

How we work

The process, phase by phase.

  1. 1
    1. Landscape audit

    Interview key stakeholders, inventory current AI tools and pilots, review governance state.

    Week 1-2
  2. 2
    2. Roadmap drafting

    Map options against your business goals, risk tolerance and team capacity. Sequence bets.

    Week 2-4
  3. 3
    3. Stakeholder workshop

    Present recommendations to leadership, iterate based on feedback, lock the roadmap.

    Week 4-5
  4. 4
    4. Quarterly reviews

    Track progress against roadmap milestones, adjust for new tools and market shifts.

    Quarterly (ongoing)
How to start

Three ways in. Pick the one that fits your budget and timing.

Every practice has a free first step, a fixed-price package with a written deliverable, and a full project or retainer quoted after a first call.

  1. 1
    Step 1 · Free

    intro call or self-assessment

    A 60-minute intro call with an engineer, or the online self-assessment. You leave with a clear next step, no obligation.

    Free
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  2. 2
    Step 2 · Fixed price

    AI Adoption Roadmap

    Landscape audit of tools and processes in one organization or business unit, plus a written 6-12 month roadmap and a tooling assessment matrix.

    from EUR 4,200 net, fixed-price package

    Not included: Tool implementation, vendor negotiation, quarterly executive reviews, full-organization TCO analysis.

    Eligible for BUR / KFS co-funding, subject to operator rules

    Ask for this package
  3. 3
    Step 3 · Project or retainer

    Full scope, quoted after a first call

    Advisory retainer with quarterly executive review and vendor-selection support: from 14 000 EUR.

    Quoted after a first call
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FAQ

Questions procurement teams ask.

Yes. We do not take referral fees from AI tool vendors. Our recommendations are based on hands-on evaluation against your stack and goals.
Initial roadmap delivery is 4-8 weeks. Quarterly reviews continue afterwards as long as the engagement runs.
Yes. We translate engineering trade-offs into business language. Many engagements start with a CEO or COO who needs a CTO-level read without a CTO.
Yes. We can scope the engagement around a single high-stakes contract decision (an LLM platform, an AI coding assistant license, an agentic framework). Output is a written recommendation with rationale.
Most clients opt into a quarterly review retainer to keep the roadmap current as the AI landscape shifts. Others bring us back ad-hoc for specific decisions.

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