Is the $7,500 a deposit toward a larger engagement?

No. It is a complete deliverable. If larger work follows the audit, such as an Enterprise AI build, AI Sales setup or AI Education, we apply 50% of the audit fee as a credit toward your first month or first project invoice.

How is the audit different from ChatGPT giving me a strategy?

ChatGPT does not see your stack, your data shape, your team skill levels, your regulatory context, your existing tooling spend, or your competitor moves. The audit looks at all of that and ranks the AI bets that fit your specific situation. The output is yours, not generic.

What if you find AI is not the right move for my business right now?

That is one of the possible outcomes. The report says so plainly, with reasoning. You walk away with a clear answer instead of a vendor pushing you into a project that will not pay back.

Who actually does the work?

Rajat Gautam does the audit himself, start to finish: the discovery call, the stack review, the written assessment, the follow-up call. Nothing is outsourced and nothing is pooled across junior associates. What you get is senior judgment from the one person who runs the audit, not a team assembled for the engagement.

Can the report be shared with my board or investors?

Yes. It is licensed for internal use, including board decks, investor updates, and sharing with your existing vendors. Not for public republication.

AI Readiness Audit

The problem this solves

Most AI strategy decks die in a drawer because they recommend everything for everyone. The AI Readiness Audit does the opposite. Scope is fixed, the deliverable is written, and the whole thing takes two weeks. You walk away with three specific AI moves your team can ship in 30 days, ranked by payback, with the math behind every recommendation shown, not asserted. No deck theatre. No retainer trap.

When to book it

You have heard "we need AI" from the board or leadership and want a real-numbers answer instead of vendor demos.
You are a 50 to 500 person company with messy data, real workflows, and budget reality.
You have tried one or two AI pilots that fizzled and you want to know whether the next one is worth the spend.
You want a written deliverable you can share with your CFO before signing any vendor contract.
You are evaluating a six-figure implementation and want a low-risk first step.

What is included

A 60-minute discovery call, recorded, transcribed and indexed.
Stack and workflow review across up to three departments. Operations, sales, marketing, support, finance and HR are the common ones.
A written assessment delivered as PDF and Notion, 12 to 20 pages. It names three ranked AI quick wins with effort and payback estimates, plus the risks and what NOT to do.
A 90-day action plan your team can run without outside help.
One follow-up call of 30 minutes to walk through the report and answer questions.
Optional: a 30-day async Slack channel for clarifying questions, a $500 add-on.

Total turnaround is 14 calendar days from kickoff call to delivery.

Money-back guarantee

The guarantee is conditional. If the audit does not surface at least three AI quick wins your team can implement in the next 30 days, you get a full refund. The conditions: you attend the kickoff call, share access to the workflows we agreed to review, and respond to clarifying questions during the assessment window. We earn the fee or you keep the money. No fine print.

Pricing

Two tiers, chosen by scope:

Tier	Price	Turnaround	Who it's for
Standard Audit	$7,500 USD fixed	14 days	Mid-market companies, 50 to 500 employees, single jurisdiction, standard regulatory profile. Most engagements fit this tier.
Enterprise Audit	$15,000 USD fixed	21 days	500+ employees, multi-jurisdiction, regulated industry (BFSI, healthcare, government, pharma), or 3+ business units to review. Same deliverable structure, deeper coverage.

Paid upfront. Includes everything listed above. No scope creep, no surprise add-ons. The money-back guarantee applies to both tiers.

INR pricing on request for India-based clients.

Who should skip this

Companies under 10 employees with no formal workflows yet. The audit needs something to audit.
Founders earlier in their evaluation. The free 30-minute strategy call is a better starting point.
Teams that have already chosen a vendor and want post-decision justification. The audit is for genuine evaluation, not after-the-fact rationalization.
Anyone expecting a generic 200-page McKinsey-style deck. The output here is shorter, sharper and action-ready.