AI Advisory & Delivery
Neither hype nor handbrake.
A fixed-fee AI readiness assessment for mid-market and PE-backed companies — what’s worth doing with AI, what isn’t, and what to do first. Delivered by a CISSP CTO who has run the infrastructure, not read about it.
The assessment
A straight answer in two to four weeks.
A fixed-fee engagement that tells you where you actually stand on AI, ranks the few opportunities worth pursuing, and names the ones that aren’t. You leave with a deliverable you can act on or take to your board — not a deck to file.
What you get
- Executive readiness report — board-ready, exec summary first
- Capability scorecard — data, infrastructure, security, governance, talent, use cases, change-readiness
- Prioritized opportunity map — 3–5 use cases ranked by feasibility × business impact
- Risk register — security, regulatory, vendor, and key-person risks, with mitigations
- 90-day action plan — with effort and cost estimates
- Optional Pilot Build proposal — for the highest-ranked use case
What you don’t
- Generic AI strategy decks
- Vendor recommendations dressed up as advice
- A 100-page tome no one will read
- Open-ended “we should explore X” hand-waving
Why Boundfast
Judgment, from someone who has run it.
Operator-led
Delivered by someone who has run production AI, security, and infrastructure at scale — not a methodology consultant.
Judgment over theater
Knowing AI is commoditized. The value is telling real opportunities apart from the hype — and saying which ones to skip.
Outcome-shaped
Every section answers “so what do we do about it.” No finding without a next step.
Build-capable
If you want the next thing built, the same operator can build it — not hand it off to another firm.
Who it’s for
Mid-market operators who have seen the hype cycle.
Companies roughly $50M–$500M in revenue — PE-backed, mid-acquisition, stalled in AI pilots that never reached production, or in a regulated industry where security and governance gate adoption. Leaders who want a straight read, not a glossy deck.
If you’re after the cheapest possible answer or a certification framework, it isn’t a fit — and I’ll say so early.
The operator
Boundfast is Michael Gray.
A CISSP CTO who has spent his career running production AI, security, and infrastructure — the seat his clients sit in. The assessment is delivered by that operator, start to finish.
Contact
Weighing AI? Start a conversation.
Boundfast takes on a small number of engagements at a time. If your company is weighing AI and wants a straight answer, get in touch.
hello@boundfast.com