HAeX Professional AI Strategy And Consulting
AI Strategy Consulting Services That Turn AI Ideas Into a Clear Plan
AI can create real value, but only when it has a clear role in your business. Our AI strategy consulting services help you identify where AI can improve operations, customer experiences and growth, then turn those opportunities into a prioritised roadmap. HAeX gives your leadership team a clear view of what to do, what it could cost and where to start.
- A roadmap, not a 90-slide deck you will never open
- Costed and sequenced, so sign-off is a formality
- Independent recommendations, based on fit not commission
The real gap
The problem is not a lack of ideas. It is a lack of sequence.
Most businesses do not need convincing that AI matters. They have plenty of ideas. What they lack is a way to order them, cost them, and decide which one to do on Monday.
Without that, one of two things happens. Either nothing moves, because every option feels equally uncertain and no one wants to bet the budget on a guess. Or everything moves at once, a tool here, an experiment there, none of it joined up, and six months later there is spend to account for and very little to show.
A strategy fixes the sequence. It tells you what to do first, why that one, what it depends on, and what it should return, so the decision stops being a gamble and starts being a plan.
The deliverables
AI Strategy Consulting Services That Help You Build the Right AI Roadmap
A prioritised opportunity map
Every realistic AI opportunity in your business, scored on value, effort and risk, so the priorities are obvious and defensible.
A costed, sequenced roadmap
What to do first, next and later, with rough costs and expected returns against each step, and the dependencies made clear.
A build-versus-buy view
For each priority, whether you should buy an existing tool, build something custom, or do nothing yet, with the reasoning attached.
A board-ready summary
The whole thing in plain English, framed for the people who approve budgets, so sign-off is a formality, not a fight.
How it is built
How we build your strategy
No hidden day rates
What AI strategy consulting costs
Pricing depends on the size and complexity of your business, and is agreed as a fixed price after a free scoping call. Smaller businesses that need a lighter plan can start with the audit and build from there.
Full AI strategy & roadmap
- £3,000 – £8,000
Lighter-touch opportunity audit
- from £1,500
First scoping call
- free
Why HAeX
Strategy from people who have delivered, not just diagrammed
A strategy is only as good as its grip on reality. Ours comes from having placed more than 200 AI specialists and watched what actually works inside UK businesses. We know which ambitions are realistic on which budgets, and we sequence your roadmap so the first step is a genuine, confidence-building win, not a moonshot that stalls at the first committee.
Where this fits
Related services
- AI Consultancy
The full service this strategy sits within, from audit to delivery.
- AI Readiness Assessment
Not sure you are ready to plan yet? Start here, free.
- Custom AI Development
Ready to build once the plan is set? This is the delivery arm.
- AI Governance & Compliance
Need the risk and compliance side covered as you scale?
Client words
What working with HAeX feels like
Honestly answered
Frequently asked questions
AI consultancy is the broad service, from auditing opportunities to selecting tools and overseeing delivery. AI strategy is the planning layer within it: the prioritised, costed roadmap that decides what you do and in what order. If you already know AI matters but cannot agree on where to start, strategy is usually what you need.
For most small and mid-sized businesses, about two weeks from the first workshop to a presented roadmap. Larger or more complex organisations can take longer, mostly because there are more people to talk to and more systems to understand.
Yes. For each priority we give a clear build-versus-buy recommendation and, where buying is right, the specific type of tool to look for. Because we are independent, those recommendations are based on fit, not on anything we resell.
Either. Some clients take the roadmap and run with it using their own team. Others ask us to oversee delivery or build the first projects ourselves. The strategy is designed to be acted on, not filed.
Turn the ideas into an order of play
Book a free 30-minute call. Bring your list of AI ideas, or just the pressure to have some. We will help you turn it into a plan with a clear first step.