What is the RAG Enterprise AI Center of Excellence Build?
The Enterprise AI Center of Excellence Build is a six month engagement, from $200,000 to $500,000, that stands up your AI function: charter, governance, vendor standards, model risk framework, and two to four production AI agents. It is co-delivered with your internal team and billed by phase, with exit rights at every gate.
From $200,000 (to $500,000) 6 months Phase Exit Rights
Talk to an AdvisorWho it is for
- Companies with $250M or more in revenue that have AI activity across business units but no shared charter, standards, or intake process.
Who it is not for
- Companies with one pilot to finish (choose Enterprise AI Pilot Acceleration).
What you get
- 01Discover: 8 to 15 stakeholder interviews, an AI maturity map, and a ranked backlog of 12 to 20 use cases.
- 02Frame: CoE charter with scope, decision rights, intake process, and success metrics, signed by the executive sponsor.
- 03Vendor selection standards and a model risk management framework.
- 04Build: 2 to 4 production AI agents, each with documented architecture, security review, monitoring, and a named internal owner.
- 05Transfer: runbooks, training, and a 90 day support window.
How it runs
Weeks 1 to 3
Discover.
Weeks 4 to 6
Frame.
Weeks 7 to 18
Build.
Weeks 19 to 24
Transfer.
Price and what moves it
From $200,000 (to $500,000)
- $200,000 for one business unit and 2 production agents. Moves toward $500,000 with more business units, more agents, regulated data, and international data residency.
The offer
Phase Exit Rights
Billed by phase: Discover 15%, Frame 15%, Build 55%, Transfer 15%. Stop after any phase and keep everything delivered.
Your part: procurement and security review completed before kickoff, and a named executive sponsor.
What you own
Everything we build sits in your accounts from day one: prompts, workflows, credentials, and documentation. You get a plain language runbook, one recorded team training session, and 90 days of support after launch.
After this
Your team runs the CoE. We stay available on the Advisory Retainer if you want us.
Questions
What is an AI Center of Excellence?
A small internal function that sets AI standards, approves use cases, manages vendors and model risk, and helps business units ship AI safely.
What does the charter include?
Scope, decision rights, intake and approval process, governance standards, and how success is measured.
How does $200,000 to $500,000 compare to the market?
Published Big Four AI engagements run $250,000 to over $1M. This build includes production agents, not only the charter.
Who runs the CoE after six months?
Your team. We transfer everything and stay available on retainer if you want us.
Can this run alongside existing AI work?
Yes. Discover inventories what is already running so the CoE builds on it.
Who leads it?
A founding principal leads every phase.
We take 10 build engagements per quarter.
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