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Know what's worth building first.

Celadon helps leadership teams identify high-value AI opportunities, assess current workflows and constraints, and determine where AI can create measurable business value — before a build is committed.

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Engagement
FormatFixed-scope engagement
Timeline2–4 weeks
You leave with6 written deliverables
Best forDeciding what to build first
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The business case

The cost of guessing — and the value of getting it right.

Most AI value is lost before a line of code is written, in choosing the wrong things to build. That is what an audit prevents.

$3.70
Average return per $1 invested in generative AI
IDC / Microsoft, 2024
~5%
Of AI pilots reach measurable P&L impact — prioritization decides which
McKinsey / MIT, 2025
60–70%
Of employee work time is activity AI can now assist
McKinsey
Figures are industry benchmarks from the cited sources and are directional, not guarantees.
Why this exists

Separate signal from noise.

Most companies do not lack AI ideas. They lack a clear way to decide which ideas are worth pursuing.

The result is usually one of three problems: scattered experiments, vendor-led demos, or internal enthusiasm that never becomes operational. An AI Audit creates a structured way to evaluate where AI fits, where it does not, and what should happen first.

Celadon uses the audit to separate signal from noise. The work is focused, bounded, and designed to produce an executive-ready view of the opportunity, risks, architecture considerations, and next best phase.

What Celadon assesses

Six lenses on the opportunity.

01

Business opportunity

Where AI may create value across revenue, cost, risk, productivity, customer experience, and operational efficiency.

02

Workflow fit

How work actually happens today: who does the work, where handoffs occur, what systems are used, and where repeated decisions or manual effort cluster.

03

Data & knowledge readiness

The documents, systems, structures, and knowledge sources that would need to support a useful AI system.

04

Technical feasibility

Whether the proposed use cases can be supported with available data, workflows, integrations, vendors, and operational constraints.

05

Risk & governance

Where AI may introduce legal, compliance, brand, security, privacy, or operational risk.

06

Adoption reality

Whether teams will actually use the proposed solution, and what enablement, training, workflow design, and leadership support it would require.

Best fit for

An audit fits when the question is what to do first.

What you receive

An executive-ready written output.

Signature deliverable

Vendor & model selection

A clear, interest-aligned recommendation on which AI platform and models fit each use case — Claude, ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini and others — weighed on data retention (ZDR), US hosting, security and admin controls, agent capabilities, and total cost. Not a vendor pitch: a recommendation made in your interest.

How enterprises choose between Claude, ChatGPT & Copilot →
01

AI opportunity map

A structured view of where AI can create value across the business.

02

Prioritized use-case backlog

A ranked list of opportunities by business value, feasibility, risk, operational fit, and time-to-impact.

03

Current-state assessment

A summary of workflows, systems, documents, bottlenecks, and constraints that shape the AI opportunity.

04

Build-versus-buy recommendation

Whether each priority use case should be handled with a vendor, a custom build, an internal workflow, or no AI at all.

05

Architecture considerations

Early architectural decisions that determine whether the work can move into production.

06

Risk & readiness summary

What needs to be solved before implementation: data quality, access controls, workflow ownership, governance, and adoption.

How the audit works

A focused, bounded engagement.

Step 1

Define the scope

Align on the business area, workstreams, constraints, and questions the audit needs to answer.

Step 2

Map the current state

Review workflows, tools, documents, systems, team behavior, and existing AI activity.

Step 3

Identify opportunities

Where AI can reduce manual work, improve decisions, accelerate research, support customers, or improve internal execution.

Step 4

Score and prioritize

Each opportunity is evaluated against value, feasibility, risk, data readiness, and adoption likelihood.

Step 5

Recommend the next move

A clear recommendation on what to build, what to avoid, and what to scope next.

What this is not

Not a brainstorm. Not a demo.

An AI Audit is not a generic brainstorming session. It is not a vendor demo. It is not a theoretical AI strategy deck. It is not a mandate to build something.

The purpose is to determine what is worth building, what should be avoided, and what deserves more detailed strategy or implementation work.

Start with the right first question.

A focused AI Audit gives leadership a clear view of where AI can create value, what constraints need to be solved, and what should happen next.

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A focused conversation to understand your goals, constraints, systems, and highest-value AI opportunities.

What happens next
1We reply within a day. A short note back from a real person, not a bot.
2A 30-minute discovery call. We learn your goals, constraints, and where AI could pay off — no cost, no obligation.
3A fixed-fee proposal. A scoped first phase with a clear objective and price, before any work begins.
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