Scale Vantage
Scale Vantage
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AI launch readiness, before you ship.

When AI feels like hype and urgency, we bring calm, clarity, and a practical north star. We help founder-led teams get their footing, turning buzzwords into an actionable first path.

We review your goals, constraints, and current state, then return clear priorities: what to do first, what to avoid, and what needs to be true before you invest more.

What you get

Clear decisions, practical guardrails, and a prioritized plan you can actually execute.

Data readiness

What’s usable, what’s missing, who owns it.

RAG vs fine-tuning

Tradeoffs for cost, upkeep, and freshness.

Agents reality-check

Where autonomy helps vs automation.

IP guardrails

Employee AI usage without leaking IP.

Target market

Personas and workflows that matter.

Next steps

Priorities, not shelfware decks.

AI Advisory Snapshot

A lightweight, fixed-scope advisory designed for speed and realism. You bring your context and current thinking; we provide a structured assessment and prioritized recommendations. Delivered as a short, fixed-scope engagement.

1
Discovery
A focused intake to understand your business, target market & personas, constraints, and what “success” would look like.
2
Review
We pressure-test the plan across the org. Reviewing data readiness and knowledge base strategy, fine-tuning vs RAG tradeoffs, and when “agents” are truly needed vs straightforward automation. We also help define practical guardrails for employee AI tool usage that protect company IP.
3
Written report
A concise action plan with priorities, decision points, and the shortest path to a credible next step (including what to do first before building).

Ideal fit

  • Smaller orgs under ~$5M in tech-savvy spaces.
  • Traditional industries (manufacturing, hospitality, services) under ~$25M.
  • Founder-led teams who want a clear starting framework. Plain-talk translation from AI hype into concrete next steps, without committing to a full AI team or long roadmap.

What we look for

The common gaps that slow AI launches down (or create avoidable risk).

Data & knowledge base readiness

What exists, what’s usable, who owns it, how it stays fresh.

Problem + value clarity

What you’re solving and how you’ll measure impact.

Target market & personas

Who it’s for and how it fits real workflows.

Build approach

Fine-tuning vs RAG, cost/maintenance/update cadence.

Agents vs automation

What needs autonomy vs workflows, and how instructions stay clear.

Post-launch ownership

Who maintains the AI and data, with what tools, cadence, time, and budget.

IP protection

Guardrails for employee AI tool usage, vendor policies, safe handling of sensitive data.

Risk + safety

Edge cases, misuse, guardrails, compliance.

Ops + tooling

Processes, systems, and handoffs that scale.

About

Scale Vantage helps founder-led teams make AI real, without the hysteria. We translate messy realities across data, product, and go-to-market into practical next steps so you can move forward with confidence.

Contact

Message us on LinkedIn with your product, who it’s for, and your target launch window. Here's to our continued success!