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AI consultancy

The AI consultancy that builds what it recommends.

Most AI consultancy ends in a report and a handover to someone else. We start with a working first workflow on your own data, measure it against a baseline we agree with you, and tie our fee to the result. The advice comes from what worked.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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What will be running

One real workflow, running on your own data.

  • The working thing

    One of your real workflows, rebuilt around agents and running on your own data, with a person signing off what matters.

  • Where it runs

    In Microsoft Azure, in your tenancy or ours, with your data kept in-country and never used to train a model.

  • How it is measured

    Against a baseline we agree with you first, such as time per case or cases per person. Our fee is tied to at least 3x on that measure.

The offer

Start with a working prototype.

The way in is a working version of one real workflow, built on your own data. If you would rather not build yet, a readiness review ranks your processes and picks the first one.

What is included

  • One workflow chosen and scoped with you
  • A working prototype on your own data in Azure
  • The measure and the baseline agreed in writing
  • A person in charge of every outcome, with every action logged
  • A readiness review instead, if you want to start there

What you provide

  • A named owner for the process
  • Access to the data and systems the workflow uses
  • Time with the people who do the work today

What you are left with

  • A working workflow your people can use
  • The specification it was built to
  • The measured result against the baseline
  • A short list of what to take on next
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Today and rebuilt

Why AI consultancy so often ends in a report

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Today

Many AI consultancies hand over a report and leave the building to someone else. The people who advised you are not the people who have to make it work.

You are left to find a second supplier, explain the first one’s thinking to them, and hope the plan survives contact with your real data.

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Rebuilt

An AI consultancy that builds what it recommends, with a working first workflow and its fee tied to the result.

How a first engagement runs

The first four stages

There is no long programme to sign up to. Each stage ends with something you can see working.

  • 01

    First, choose one workflow

    We agree which workflow to start with, who owns it, and the measure and baseline we will be held to.

  • 02

    Then, specify and build

    A written specification, then agents build a working version on your own data in Azure.

  • 03

    Next, put it to work

    Your people use it on real cases, with a person signing off what matters and every action logged.

  • 04

    By the end, measure and decide

    We compare the result with the baseline and agree what to take on next.

Data and AI architecture

How your data, models, retrieval and agents fit together

Enterprise AI works or fails on its architecture. We design how your data, models, retrieval and agents fit together before anything is built, so the result can be run, governed and extended.

  • Data

    What data the workflow needs, where it lives, who may see it, and how it is classified and protected before any model sees it.

  • Models

    The right model for each step, from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and open-weight models, accessed through Microsoft Foundry on Azure. We never train models on your data.

  • Retrieval

    Answers drawn from your own documents and systems by meaning, by exact terms and by the connections between them, with the source shown.

  • Agents

    Agents that read, check and draft, connected to your systems through their own APIs, with limits, approvals and an audit trail.

Every service

Every way we work, in one place

AI consultancy is the hub. Start where you are, and follow a link to the service that fits.

We also serve organisations in London and across the UK. Delivering for a client? See partner delivery.

Start here

  • First Workflow Live
  • Working AI prototype
  • AI readiness review

Connect

  • AI integration and MCP
  • AI knowledge base (RAG)

Build

  • AI agents and automation
  • AI development
  • AI software factory
  • Azure AI

Advise

  • AI consultancy
  • AI strategy and governance
  • AI implementation

Ready-made services

  • Assessment as a service
  • Chat and voice agents
  • Meeting agents
The work, rebuilt

What our AI consultancy delivers

  • 01

    Advice you can run

    Direction, controls and a ranked list of processes, written so a team can act on them.

  • 02

    Software that does the work

    The agents, connectors and interfaces that run the process, built to a written specification.

  • 03

    Governance that operates

    Owners, limits, approval points and logging, written as working policy and not as a document.

  • 04

    A handover that sticks

    Training, documentation and support, so your own team runs and extends what we built.

Four steps

How it works

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  1. Step 1

    Agree

    We agree the workflow, the measure and the baseline with you.

  2. Step 2

    Build

    We build a working version on your own data, inside the controls.

  3. Step 3

    Measure

    We compare the result with the baseline, in the open.

  4. Step 4

    Extend

    We hand over what we built and take on the next workflow with you.

Run and improve. After go live we keep the work running and keep improving it with you.

3×
At least 3x

What 3x is measured against

For consultancy work, 3x is measured on the first workflow we take on, such as cases handled per person or the time from request to completion, against the baseline we agree before we start.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

How we charge →
Proof from our own products

AI consultancy from a team that runs AI itself.

These are Sendient’s own products, built and run by us. They are not client work.

  • Our own product

    SmartAssessor

    Checks evidence against any standard, clause by clause, and shows the exact evidence behind every finding. A qualified person confirms every outcome.

  • Our own product

    SmartRetriever

    Gives answers from your documents and systems, current, cited and permission aware, with every source shown and every query logged.

  • Our own product

    SmartEducator

    Marks written and typed work against your rubric, drafts feedback for the teacher to review, and runs oral assessment in Microsoft Teams.

  • Our own product

    SmartRecruits

    Runs first interviews in Microsoft Teams, matches CVs to jobs on meaning and screens candidates, with people making every hiring decision.

Safe by design

Controls and governance

  • A person in charge

    Every system we build keeps a person in charge of the outcome, and every action is logged.

  • Data protected first

    Data is classified and protected before any model sees it, and access follows each user.

  • Your cloud, in country

    Built on Microsoft Azure, in Sendient’s tenant or your own, with data kept in-country.

  • Never trained on your data

    We never train models on your data. What you share stays yours.

Sendient holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Investors in People. See our certifications

Cyber Essentials PlusISO 27001ISO 9001Investors in People
See it working

Our own AI products

  • SmartAssessor

    Testing, inspection and compliance. Any standard, more than 100 integrations and a mobile app for inspections on site.

    See SmartAssessor →
  • SmartEducator

    For schools, universities and professional bodies. Marks written and typed work, detects AI, tailors learning and runs oral assessment in Teams.

    See SmartEducator →
  • SmartRecruits

    Agent-led interviews in Teams, CV and job matching on meaning, screening and shortlisting, working around the clock.

    See SmartRecruits →
  • SmartRetriever

    The right context for every person, department, location and country, with security and privacy built in.

    See SmartRetriever →
Good to know

Questions

Something else on your mind? Ask us directly and a person will reply.

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Do you only advise, or do you build too?

We do both, and the building comes first. Most engagements start with a working workflow, and the advice follows from what we learn by running it.

Where does the work run?

Built on Microsoft Azure, in Sendient’s tenant or your own, with data kept in-country.

Which certifications does Sendient hold?

Sendient holds Cyber Essentials Plus, ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and Investors in People.

How is the fee tied to the result?

Before work starts we write down the measure and the baseline. The fee is tied to at least 3x improvement on that measure, so we are paid for the result.

Start here

Tell us the process you want to change.

A person at Sendient reads every message. Tell us the process and we will say whether a working first workflow makes sense.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

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Related services

  • First Workflow Live

    One real workflow, rebuilt around agents and running on your own data, measured against a baseline you agree first.

    Read more →
  • AI readiness review

    A short, fixed review that ranks your processes, picks the first and shows it working on your own data.

    Read more →
  • AI strategy and governance

    Direction, policy and controls for AI, proven on a real process so your board and your people can trust it.

    Read more →

Start with one process.

At least 3x improvement on the process we take on, with our fee tied to it.

Start a conversationsolutions@sendient.ai+44 1926 811777
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