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ServicesOne catalog · Four stages · Scoped before you commit

Every engagement starts with a fixed-fee diagnostic and ends with a system your team uses every week.

Diagnose, Build, Adopt, Run. Four stages, one catalog, priced before any build.

The journeyFixed-fee start
2 weeks

Stage 01 · Diagnose

Two weeks to prove the system is viable before you build.

Forge Diagnostic

Two weeks to map the workflow, size the opportunity, and prove the system is viable before you build.

Term

2 weeks

Fee basis

Fixed fee

Agreed up front.

Eval and Reliability Audit

For AI systems your company already built. Deliverables: an eval harness, reliability gates, a fix plan.

Term

2 weeks

Fee basis

Fixed fee

Agreed up front.

10 to 14 weeks

Stage 02 · Build

Kickoff to a live production system in 10 to 14 weeks.

Forge Sprint

10 to 14 weeks from kickoff to a live production system. Every Sprint ships with an eval harness and reliability gates.

Term

10 to 14 weeks

Fee basis

Scoped in the Diagnostic

Agreed before any build.

Ongoing

Stage 03 · Adopt

The team uses it every week, or the work is not done.

Forge Scale

The Adoption Mile: a named operator, a weekly working cadence, and a live adoption scoreboard.

Term

Ongoing

Fee basis

Monthly retainer

Scoped to the system.

Fractional Chief AI Officer

The top tier of Forge Scale. Standing AI leadership across the whole company.

Term

Ongoing

Fee basis

Monthly retainer

Top tier, scoped to the engagement.

Ongoing

Stage 04 · Run

Monitored, evaluated, and upgraded after the build.

Forge Run

Monitoring, production evals, SLAs, and model upgrades for every system we built.

Term

Ongoing

Fee basis

Monthly retainer

Per system, after the build.

For sponsorsScoped with the sponsor

PE Portfolio Pack

01

Portfolio AI scan

02

Diagnostic multipack across portfolio companies

03

Sponsor-level adoption scoreboard

Pricing: scoped with the sponsor.

How portfolio work runs

Third-party research

98%
of sponsors have mandated AI adoption
about50%
of portfolio companies are actively implementing

Source: Accordion, The PE AI Adoption Benchmark, May 2026, n=150

Next stepFixed fee · 2 weeks

Start with the fixed-fee Diagnostic.