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Applied AI Advisory

Vendor-neutral advice on which AI fits which problem, from use case mapping to a solution architecture a team can build from.

ForLeaders choosing where AI fits
How longFour to eight weeks
You leave withAn architecture your team can build from
Works withAny cloud, any model, no vendor ties
The challenge

The AI market is loud. The right answers are quiet.

Most organisations don't have an AI problem. They have a clarity problem: too many options, no way to compare them, and no neutral voice to help them choose.

01

Too many options

Hundreds of AI tools compete for attention. Without a clear way to judge fit, choices follow marketing or the last vendor in the room.

02

Wasted licences

Licences are bought before anyone checks fit with your data, workflows and compliance needs. Finding out later costs more.

03

AI sprawl

Tools are added one at a time with no shared architecture. The result is hard to maintain, audit and govern.

What we do

Four ways to get a clear answer

Advice works best when it is tested. Each engagement ends with evidence your team can check, not only a recommendation.

Shortlist reviews

A neutral comparison of the products on your shortlist, tested against your own data and rules.

For exampleThree document AI tools scored on the same set of your contracts.

Proof of concept builds

A small working version, built with your data, that answers one question before a larger build.

For exampleA search assistant over your policies, measured on real staff questions.

Architecture reviews

An outside look at an AI system you already run, checking quality, cost, security and how it will grow.

For exampleA document assistant reviewed for answer quality and who can see what.

Model evaluation

Test sets and scoring that show how a model performs on your work, not on public benchmarks.

For exampleA scorecard comparing an open-source model and a frontier model on your support tickets.

Use cases

Where applied AI pays off first

The strongest early cases have good data, a clear owner and a result you can measure. These are the ones we see most.

Facilities

Predictive maintenance

Sensor readings and work-order history used to spot failing equipment before it stops.

Facilities

Energy and occupancy

Building data read together so cooling and lighting follow the people who are really there.

Operations

Crowd and demand forecasting

Forecasts that once took days produced in minutes, so planners can test more options.

Operations

Document processing

Forms and reports read and checked automatically, with exceptions passed to a person.

Education

Student support

Answers on courses, services and procedures, drawn from the institution's own pages and rules.

Education

Help for teaching staff

Drafting materials and reviewing work faster, with the teacher always making the final call.

Sport

Performance analysis

Match and training data turned into plain answers that coaches and analysts can act on.

Corporate services

Knowledge search

Staff find policies and past work in seconds, with the source shown beside each answer.

How we do it

Clear choices, from problem to architecture

Four stages that take you from a long list of ideas to a plan your technical team can act on, built around your context, not a template.

01

Use case mapping

Workshops across operations, HR, finance, customer service and legal surface the opportunities. We rank them by value and feasibility.

You getA ranked list of use cases

02

AI landscape assessment

Each use case is matched to the right type of AI: language models, retrieval, fine-tuning, agents, computer vision or automation.

You getThe right type of AI for each one

03

Best practices

Data quality, responsible AI, integration patterns and model evaluation criteria, fitted to your risk appetite and regulation.

You getA playbook your teams can follow

04

Solution architecture

A phased blueprint per priority use case, with success measures and a scoped proof of concept.

You getA blueprint and a scoped proof of concept

What you get

A toolkit for confident AI decisions

Every output is made to be used: by technical leads, procurement, governance boards and the people who sponsor the work.

A use case inventory and value-feasibility matrixEvery opportunity we found, ranked by the value it brings and how hard it is to do.
A vendor-neutral tool and model selection guideWhich tools and models fit each use case, compared without a vendor in the room.
A best practices playbookHow your teams handle data, prompts, reviews and risk, written down to follow.
A solution architecture per priority use caseA blueprint a technical team can build from, with how it connects to your systems.
A proof of concept scope and success criteriaA small, measured first build, with the result it must reach to go further.
A build-or-buy decision frameworkWhen to build your own and when to buy, decided on cost, control and speed.
The stack

The AI we compare, and how we test it

We compare options on your data and your rules, across platforms, with no product to sell.

Techniques

Retrieval over your documentsComputer visionTime-series forecastingAnomaly detectionSpeech to text

Models

Frontier modelsOpen-source modelsSmall on-device modelsEmbedding models

Where it runs

Microsoft AzureGoogle CloudYour own serversHybrid set-ups

Testing and safeguards

Test sets from your dataHuman reviewBias checksCost trackingGDPREU AI Act
Why Sandruci

Neutral advice, earned in real deployments

Neutrality isn't a stance for us. It comes from building on several platforms and seeing where each one shines and where it fails.

Across platforms, tied to none

Hands-on work across Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and open-source models. No reseller deals, so the advice follows your problem.

Patterns from many sectors

AI designed and delivered in sport, education, corporate services and facilities, each with its own data, rules and systems.

Advice that reaches production

We have taken our own recommendations to live systems used by thousands of people, so the architecture is one we know how to build.

Impact

Delivered at scale

2,000+

staff using one AI assistant we delivered

3 days → 1 min

crowd forecasting with applied AI

Neutral

no vendor affiliation

Related services

Where to go next

Questions

Often asked

Do you resell any AI products?

No. We have no vendor affiliation, so our advice follows your problem.

Which cloud platforms do you work with?

We work across the major clouds and pick what fits your data, compliance and existing systems.

Can you build what you recommend?

Yes. We can deliver it ourselves or brief the team that will.

How much does it cost?

It depends on the scope, and we agree it before any work starts. The first conversation is free.

Turn ambition into results.

Tell us where you want to be. We will show you the fastest way to get there, with the right mix of strategy, technology and AI.