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The Altari method

Diagnose. Prove. Run.

Three phases, named deliverables, and a decision you control at the end of each one. It's how every Altari engagement works, from a single finance process to a company-wide AI program.

01

Diagnose

2 weeks

We interview the people doing the work, check your systems and data, and value every workflow we find.

What happens
  • Stakeholder interviews
  • Systems and data check
  • AI usage inventory
  • Value model built from your numbers
What you get
  • Workflow Blueprint, ranked by value and effort
  • Systems and data map
  • Costed roadmap with the first build scoped

Credited toward the build if you go ahead.

02

Prove

4 to 8 weeks

One workflow, fixed scope, built in your own cloud and tested on your real records before it goes live.

What happens
  • Acceptance criteria written with you
  • Built in your accounts
  • Shadow run on real records
  • Live with a person approving exceptions
What you get
  • A working system in production
  • Signed acceptance against the criteria
  • Runbook, handover and training

Gates written into the agreement. You decide at each one.

03

Run

Ongoing

An embedded team works down the blueprint while we keep what's live healthy and measured.

What happens
  • You set priorities from the blueprint
  • Senior engineers embedded in your team
  • Monthly value review
  • Monitoring and support for what's live
What you get
  • New workflows shipped every cycle
  • Value tracked against the baseline
  • Your team trained to extend it

No lock-in. You own the code, the data and the accounts.

Gates you control

We prove it before you carry the risk.

Every engagement has its gates written into the agreement before work starts. Here's how they work on our two flagship builds.

Day 5

The value gate

On the finance install, we verify at least $50,000 in conservative annual value from your own records. If it isn't there, your deposit comes back and we stop.

Day 21

First reviewable output

On a revenue build, you review real output from the workflow on your own data before it goes anywhere near production.

Live

The acceptance gate

The final payment is due only after the agreed live cycle passes, signed off in writing by your process owner.

Engagement models

Start small. Scale what works.

2 weeks

Diagnostic

A fixed-scope assessment that ranks every workflow by value and scopes the first build.

4 to 8 weeks

Fixed-scope build

One workflow, written acceptance criteria, a fixed price agreed before we start.

30 days

Guaranteed install

The finance install: value verified by Day 5 or your deposit back, final payment after a live cycle.

Monthly

Embedded team

Senior engineers and delivery management inside your team, working your priorities.

Ongoing

Managed operations

We run, monitor and extend what's live, and report the value every month.

Principles

What doesn't change from client to client.

You own everything

We build in your cloud accounts. The code, the data and the documentation are yours, with no licence fees.

Model-agnostic by design

Your knowledge is written down in files any model can use, so you can switch providers without starting over.

A person approves what matters

Automation handles the volume. Exceptions land in front of someone with the authority to decide.

Outcomes in the contract

Every engagement has acceptance criteria and gates written into the agreement before work starts.

Partners

The AI arm of your program.

For firms that already own the client relationship. We run the same Diagnose, Prove, Run method for your clients or your cohort, with one team accountable for the engineering.

Talk about a partnership

Accelerators and venture studios

We run the AI build for every company in your cohort: a Diagnostic per company and a dedicated team across the program.

Fractional CFO and accounting firms

Your clients' finance operations, checked and connected. Refer the work, or deliver it under your brand with us behind it.

Agencies and consultancies

Add AI engineering to your offer without hiring a team. We build, you own the relationship.

Start with a Diagnostic.

Two weeks, a ranked roadmap valued in dollars, and the first build scoped. You decide what happens next.

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