[ AI OPPORTUNITY AUDIT ]
A structured pass through your operation: interviews with the people doing the work, a map of where time and money go, and a ranked list of AI opportunities with the numbers attached.
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CONSULTANTS WHOACTUALLY BUILD.
Most AI consulting ends with a deck. Ours ends with a build order. Lucid AI consultants are the same people who design, ship and operate production AI systems, so every recommendation is something we know how to build, and are willing to build ourselves.
The engagement starts with a fixed-price AI opportunity audit: we map your workflows, find where hours and margin leak, and rank every AI opportunity by return, feasibility and risk. You leave with a sequenced roadmap where the first build pays for the next.
CAPABILITIES.
[ WHAT WE DELIVER ]
[ AI STRATEGY + ROADMAP ]
A sequenced plan, not a wish list. Each build is scoped, priced against the hours or revenue it returns, and ordered so early wins fund the later ones.
[ VENDOR + MODEL SELECTION ]
Independent advice on models, platforms and tools. We run these systems daily and have no reseller margins, so the recommendation is what works, not what pays us.
[ DATA + RISK REVIEW ]
What any model may see and do, where your data lives, and what needs guardrails. Practical AI governance sized for a New Zealand business, not an enterprise compliance theatre.
[ BUILD OVERSIGHT ]
If your own team or another vendor builds, we scope, review and quality-check the work. If you want it built, the same people who wrote the roadmap deliver it.
[ TEAM ENABLEMENT ]
Documentation, playbooks and live sessions so AI becomes part of daily operations. Adoption is planned from day one, not bolted on at handover.
GO DEEPER.
[ SUB-SERVICES ]
SUB/01
[ WORKFLOW MAPPING ]
How we document your operation step by step before recommending anything, so the roadmap is built on the real process, not the org chart version.
[ LEARN MORE >> ]SUB/02[ OPPORTUNITY SCORING ]
How every AI use case is ranked on return, feasibility and risk, so the shortlist is defensible and the order of building is never a guess.
[ LEARN MORE >> ]SUB/03[ COSTED AI ROADMAP ]
The final deliverable: every build priced, sequenced and scoped tightly enough to hand to any competent builder, including us.
[ LEARN MORE >> ]SUB/04[ VENDOR + MODEL SELECTION ]
Independent advice on which model and platform actually fit your use case, with no reseller margins on any recommendation.
[ LEARN MORE >> ]USE CASES.
[ WHERE IT PAYS FOR ITSELF ]
- USE/01
WHERE DO WE START
You know AI matters but not where it pays. The audit turns a vague mandate into a ranked, priced list of builds.
- USE/02
STALLED PILOTS
Tools were bought, a pilot ran, nothing stuck. We find why adoption failed and re-sequence around a build that earns its keep.
- USE/03
BOARD-LEVEL MANDATE
The board wants an AI position. You get a plain-English strategy with costs, risks and a delivery sequence you can defend.
- USE/04
SECOND OPINION
A vendor has quoted you a large AI programme. We review the scope against what the work actually requires.
CASE STUDIES.
[ LIVE SYSTEMS / REAL-WORLD APPLICATION ]
AUTOAPPRAISE
CONSUMER AI PLATFORM
A live valuation platform for the New Zealand vehicle market. A driver enters their car's details and receives a structured AI-generated report: market position, price range and selling guidance. Free report to paid unlock, with the report engine, payment flow and hosting built end to end.
RECONCILIATION AGENT
FINANCE OPERATIONS AGENT
An agent that reads live bank transactions, matches every credit against outstanding invoices, records the payments and flags exceptions for human review. Real money and real ledgers, reconciled automatically.
[ FREQUENTLY ASKED ]
Q/01HOW MUCH DOES AN AI CONSULTANT COST IN NZ?+
The opportunity audit is a fixed-price engagement with a defined deliverable: a ranked, costed AI roadmap for your business. Build work is then scoped per project, so you only pay for what the audit shows will pay for itself. Ask for the current audit price when you get in touch.
Q/02HOW IS LUCID AI DIFFERENT FROM A BIG CONSULTING FIRM?+
We build and operate production AI systems every day, so advice comes from delivery, not frameworks. You deal with the people doing the work, engagements are priced for New Zealand businesses, and the roadmap is written to be built, not filed.
Q/03WE ARE NOT TECHNICAL. CAN WE STILL USE AI CONSULTING?+
Yes, most of our clients are not technical. We interview your team in their language, translate the operation into systems, and hand back a plan in plain English with the technical detail kept where it belongs.
Q/04WHAT DO WE GET AT THE END OF THE AUDIT?+
A written roadmap: every AI opportunity found, each ranked by return, feasibility and risk, priced at high level, and sequenced into a delivery order. It is specific enough to hand to any competent builder, including us.
[ START HERE ]
THE ROADMAP IS ONE AUDIT AWAY.
COMMISSION IT.
30 minutes, no pitch deck, no obligation. Tell us what's eating your team's time and we'll tell you straight whether AI is the answer, and roughly what it would take.
WHAT YOU GET
A straight answer on whether AI pays off in your business, and what it would take.
RESPONSE TIME
Within one working day