AI Advisory
AI, without the mess.
A security-minded AI operator in your corner, so you know exactly which AI to adopt, how to deploy it safely, and what to ignore, without hiring a full-time AI leader.
"Adopt AI now" is on every leadership agenda. Almost nobody has someone making sure it gets done right. So it gets bought on hype: a tool here, a copilot there, an agent wired into real systems because the demo looked clean. Six months later most teams cannot say which tools actually earn their cost, what data those tools can reach, or who owns the risk when one makes a bad call.
The gap is not more AI. It is having someone in your corner who has actually put this into production and thinks about what breaks.
$2,500/mo design-partner rate · $4,500/mo standard · 3 seats · 6-month term
A guided AI journey, not just access
Advisory retainers usually sell you a phone number. This one has a structure, so you always know where you are and what comes next.
- 01
AI Readiness Snapshot
Onboarding. A structured look at what you're using, your data, access, and logging posture, and your biggest opportunities and risks. You get a one-page baseline, so you're oriented from day one.
- 02
Your AI Roadmap
A living, prioritized map: adopt now, adopt next, avoid, watch, with a security guardrail on each. Updated every cycle. You keep it.
- 03
Biweekly working sessions
You, and your team if it helps: review progress, work a live decision (tool evaluation, vendor, rollout, "are we behind"), and set the next two-week focus.
- 04
On-demand decision support
Between sessions, reach me over one shared channel, with advisory questions answered within one business day. "Should we buy this, is it safe, how do we roll it out."
- 05
Quarterly reset
Step back, measure against the roadmap, re-prioritize.
Every recommendation runs through a security and governance lens, so you adopt AI without creating risk you pay for later.
Who it is for
Leaders at any size company, in any industry, who have AI landing on their plate and no one steering it. You do not need a technical background. You need someone who does, on your side.
What this is not
- Not build or implementation labor. I advise, design, and pressure-test. Hands-on builds are a separate scoped project.
- Not 24/7 on-call.
- Not a course or a chatbot. Direct access to a human operator who does this work.
Need the build itself? See engagements
Design-partner terms
Design-partner rate
$2,500/mo
Against the standard rate of $4,500/mo, for the three clients who build this practice with me.
Cohort
3 seats
In exchange: honest feedback and, when the work earns it, a case study and reference. When the seats fill, new clients join at the standard rate.
Term
6 months
Then the engagement continues at the standard rate if it is working for both of us.
Why an operator
I am a security and infrastructure operator. I run AI in production every day, and I look at every tool the way an attacker and an auditor would before I trust it. My lens is simple: adopt AI for real results, without creating risk you pay for later.
Izzet Labs is an OpenAI Services Partner.
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Tell me where AI is landing on your plate and we'll talk it through. If I can help, we get started. If I can't, I'll tell you honestly.