Process

How an engagement works.

Seven steps from a 20-minute call to a system your team runs without us. The same shape for every offer, so you know what happens next before you've spent a dollar.

1
Day 0 · 20 minutes

Intro call

You describe the workflow that hurts. We ask what it costs you and what data you have on it. Then you get a straight read: AI problem, data problem, operations problem, or none of the above. If it's real, you hear the fitting offer and its price on the call.

2
Within 48 hours

A two-page proposal

Your situation in your words, what gets delivered, the schedule, what we need from your team, how data is handled, and a fixed price. Every proposal has an expiry date and written acceptance criteria, so "done" is defined before anything starts.

3
On signature

Deposit and kickoff

Work starts when the deposit lands. Kickoff is 45 minutes: we restate the acceptance criteria, name one point of contact on each side, collect access and data on the call, and put the mid-point demo and the final readout on both calendars.

  • Sprint and Diagnostic: 50% to begin, 50% on delivery
  • Workflow Build: 40% at signing, 30% at mid-point demo, 30% at acceptance
  • Retainer: monthly, in advance
4
Days 1–3

The honesty checkpoint

On the Sprint and the Diagnostic, if by day three the work clearly won't pay for itself in findings, we say so and refund the deposit. It rarely happens. It's in writing so you can plan around it.

5
Every week

Build, with a written update every Friday

Five lines: done, next, blocked, decisions needed, on track or not. Anything outside the agreed scope becomes a written change order before it's built. Nothing is called finished until it has been watched working on your real cases.

6
Final week

Acceptance demo and readout

We walk the acceptance criteria one by one, live, on your data. For the Sprint and the Diagnostic, the readout is a board-ready document with three paths forward and an honest recommendation, including "you don't need us for the next step" when that's true.

7
Handoff

Documentation, training, and thirty days of fixes

Your team gets the documentation, a recorded training session, and thirty days of defect fixes after acceptance. Optional maintenance runs $500 to $1,500 a month. The goal is your team running the system on their own.

What we need from you

  • One point of contact who can make decisions
  • About three hours of interview time in week one, across two or three people
  • System access or data extracts by the dates in the statement of work
  • Answers to batched questions within two business days
  • A named owner for the number we're moving

What you always get

  • A fixed price and written acceptance criteria before work starts
  • Tyler Kent doing the work, not a rotating team
  • A statement of how and whether AI tools touch your data
  • A weekly written update
  • Everything demonstrated on your real cases before it's called done
  • Documentation and training as deliverables
Questions

What clients ask first.

Do you bill hourly?

No. Every engagement is a fixed price or a monthly retainer, with written scope and acceptance criteria agreed before work starts. Scope changes are priced as written change orders, never absorbed silently or billed by the hour.

Do we have to share protected health information?

By default, no. Early engagements are structured to be PHI-free: architecture, roadmaps, de-identified or synthetic data, and operational workflows. When PHI is genuinely required, we work under a signed BAA with active E&O and cyber insurance and documented security basics.

Who actually does the work?

Tyler Kent, personally. AI development tools are used under his review to move fast, and every client-facing deliverable is his. Each statement of work states plainly how and whether AI tools touch your data.

How soon can you start?

Usually within two to three weeks of a signed agreement and deposit. We run a small number of engagements at a time so each one gets senior attention, so start dates are confirmed in the proposal.

What if our problem doesn't need AI?

You'll hear that on the first call. Many problems are data problems, operations problems, or policy problems. We say which one it is and point at the cheaper fix when there is one.

Do you work outside healthcare?

Yes. Healthcare is the deepest specialty, but AI strategy, data platforms, analytics, and AI-enabled applications apply to any serious organization. Most non-healthcare work arrives by referral.

What does the deposit guarantee on the Sprint and Diagnostic mean?

If by the end of day three the engagement clearly won't pay for itself in findings, we say so and refund the deposit. The goal is engagements that are obviously worth it in hindsight.

What do you need from us?

One point of contact, about three hours of interview time across two or three people in the first week, and system access or data extracts by the dates in the statement of work. Access delays are the most common reason timelines slip, so they're agreed up front.

Where are you based, and do you work on site?

San Diego, California. Engagements run remotely across the United States, with on-site sessions by arrangement when a kickoff or readout benefits from being in the room.

What happens after the engagement ends?

Documentation and training are deliverables, so your team can run what was built. Thirty days of defect fixes are included after acceptance. Optional maintenance runs $500 to $1,500 a month, and many clients continue with a fractional AI lead retainer.

Contact

Start with step one.

Twenty minutes. Bring the workflow that hurts and what you think it costs you.

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