AI Readiness Service
A working AI system —
not a strategy deck.
DOMUS is a four-phase engagement with defined deliverables at every stage. You know exactly what you're getting, what it costs, and when it ends — before you commit to anything beyond the opening session.
Why AI projects fail — and what we do differently
"60% of AI projects fail because nobody fixed the data first." — consistent across industry research and our direct experience
Most AI deployments land in one of two failure modes: the consultant delivers a strategy document and leaves, or the team deploys AI tools onto messy, inconsistent data — and the AI behaves unpredictably. Either way, the business is worse off than before.
DOMUS is built around a different sequence: we audit and fix your data environment before a single AI model is deployed. Clean data is not a phase you can skip. It's the product. The AI comes after.
Four phases. Every phase has a deliverable.
Discovery Session
Deliverable
Written assessment of your data environment, mapped document workflows, AI readiness score, and a clear go/no-go recommendation. Session fee credited to Phase 3 if you proceed.
Data Hygiene
Deliverable
Audited, cleaned, and structured data ready for AI ingestion. Documented data architecture. Any access, permission, or format issues resolved before deployment begins.
AI Deployment
Deliverable
Running AI infrastructure on your own hardware or a dedicated UK server. Document processing, semantic search, and your specific use cases configured and tested. Full system access in your hands.
Operational Readiness
Deliverable
Team trained. Full documentation delivered. 90-day support included. Your staff know how to use the system. We're available for questions and incremental improvements.
Built for businesses like yours
- 15–100 employees — too large to ignore AI, too small for enterprise solutions
- Manufacturing, professional services, or healthcare IT
- Northeast England (Made Smarter grant eligible)
- High document volume — supplier PDFs, SOPs, contracts, correspondence
- Legally can't put sensitive data into public AI tools
- Had enough of consultants who deliver decks but no working system
Outside the Northeast? We still work with UK businesses nationally — Made Smarter grants are Northeast-specific, but the service isn't.
Not another consulting engagement
Fixed scope, fixed deliverables
Every phase has a named output. No phase ends without something tangible in your hands. No scope creep by design — if requirements change, that's a separate conversation with a separate scope.
£0 licensing — forever
The entire stack runs on open-source software. No monthly SaaS fees. No vendor who can change the pricing model. No dependency on a subscription that continues after we finish.
Data fixed before AI touches it
Phase 2 exists because every client we've spoken to has data problems they don't fully know about. We find them, fix them, and document them before deployment begins. That's why the system actually works after handover.