AI Readiness Audit for SMBs: in two weeks you'll know what's worth doing
An AI audit for SMBs that starts with how your work runs, not with tools. After two weeks you have a written report on your three biggest AI opportunities: for each, how much time it costs today, what a solution would cost, and how many months until it pays for itself. Plus a plan for the next 90 days.
A report you can decide on.
Process map
Your main workflows, step by step, with the points where time gets lost.
8 to 12 scored opportunities
Each rated on benefit, feasibility, data readiness, and how well it fits your goals.
The top three in detail
With time spent today, cost to build, running costs and payback period.
A quick win, where there is one
Something that works in under four weeks.
90-day plan
What comes first, what comes next, with milestones.
Data protection and governance
What to settle before you start: nDSG and the rules of your industry.
Report and presentation
The report as a PDF, plus a 45 to 60 minute presentation.
Two weeks, two parts.
Week 1: understand
30 to 45 minute conversations with 3 to 5 people: management and the people who do the daily work. The process map comes out of these.
Week 2: calculate and decide
Scoring the opportunities, a check-in with you so nothing in the presentation surprises you, then the report and presentation.
Your effort: two weeks on the calendar, about 3 to 6 hours in total for your team. One conversation per person involved, a short check-in and the presentation.
Fixed price by company size.
The exact fixed price is in the offer before you sign anything. No hourly billing. Nielsen AI isn't registered for VAT, so these are final prices.
| Company size | Fixed price |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 people | CHF 3,000 |
| 10 to 30 people | CHF 4,000 to 5,000 |
| 30 to 50 people | CHF 5,000 to 7,000 |
| over 50 people | on request |
The first two audits: CHF 1,000 each
Nielsen AI is new, and references only come from doing the work. So I'm running the first two AI Readiness Audits, for SMBs of up to 50 people, at a pilot price of CHF 1,000 each, full scope. After that, the regular prices apply. In return, I may write about what we found, anonymised: no company name, no confidential figures, and only with your written approval. The two places go to the first two companies that say yes.
Why two weeks and not one day
One day is enough to size up a company from the outside. The numbers every calculation in the report depends on, how long things really take and where they get stuck, are known by the people who do the work. The two weeks are the calendar time for those conversations. For your team that's about 3 to 6 hours in total.
After the audit
Three options, all open: you build it with Nielsen AI, at a fixed price per layer. You build it yourself. Or you wait. The report is yours either way.
What to know first.
What if nothing's worth doing?
Then the report says so, with the numbers behind it. That's a result too: you'll know where not to spend money.
Do we need AI experience already?
No. The audit starts with how your work runs, not with tools.
What happens to our data?
I need interview notes and descriptions of your workflows, not access to your systems. For the analysis I use Claude from Anthropic (USA) under commercial terms with a data processing agreement. Your material isn't used for training and is handled separately from everything else. I only record conversations with your consent, currently with Fireflies (USA).
How does this fit with your job?
I'm building Nielsen AI alongside a full-time job, so we set the interview dates together at the start, including early mornings or late afternoons.
Is the audit right for you?
We'll find out in the free first call. Sixty minutes, no slides.