How long does an AI consulting engagement take?
Discovery Sprint: 2-3 weeks. Custom Build: 6-8 weeks to MVP. Strategic Advisory: ongoing quarterly. Most firms start with a Sprint to validate the opportunity, then move to a build for the highest-priority use case. Total time from first call to working AI system is typically 8-12 weeks.
Compare that to 6-12 months for a Big 4 engagement that may or may not produce a working system at the end. Or 6-12 months to hire and onboard an internal AI team before they build anything. The speed difference is not marginal. It is the difference between having AI working for your next fund raise and not.
Speed matters in PE because the market does not wait. Every quarter you spend evaluating is a quarter your competitors spend deploying. We built our engagement model around that reality.