How it works
Assess. Prove. Build. Operate.
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Assess
Free, 30 minutes. Tell us what you're trying to achieve. We'll understand the problem, pressure-test the opportunity, and tell you honestly whether AI is the right approach. If it isn't, we'll say so.
30 minutes. No sales pitch. No obligation.
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Prove
A fixed-scope, fixed-price Proof Sprint. We take the highest-risk part of the proposed system and build a working proof. You see the system, the evaluation results, the economics, and the limitations before deciding whether to proceed.
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Build
Once the evidence supports the business case, we turn the proof into a production system. Clear milestones, measurable progress, no nine-month black box.
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Operate or hand over
Choose what works for your organisation. Operate with Nikola for monitoring, reliability, evaluation, and cost optimisation, or take it in-house with the documentation, architecture, evaluation suite, and operational runbook to run it yourself.
Every client starts here
Don't commit to an AI system you haven't seen work.
AI projects shouldn't require a leap of faith. Before you commit to a major build, we take the highest-risk part of your proposed system and build a working proof against real or representative data. Not a proposal. Not a slide deck. Something you can actually evaluate.
- —A working technical proof
- —Evaluation results against measurable criteria
- —An architecture recommendation
- —A cost model for model, infrastructure, and operating spend
- —Documented failure modes and security considerations
- —A production roadmap
The Proof Sprint is a focused, fixed-scope, fixed-price engagement that answers the questions that matter before production. Does it work? How accurate is it? What will it cost? Where does it fail? What will production require? You own the output whether or not you build with us. Then you decide.
Have a use case worth solving?
Tell us what you're trying to automate, improve, or build. We'll tell you whether AI is a good fit, what we'd recommend, what it would take to build, and what it's likely to cost.