AI Consulting for Small Business
The two most-cited 2026 price guides disagree by 20x on what this costs. Why, which band applies to you, and when the honest answer is to hire nobody.
Carter Wirig
Co-founder & Client Partnerships
Carter works with the operators and executives who bring Certified AI Partners in — mapping what a company actually needs before anything gets built, and keeping the engagement pointed at the business result rather than the technology.
- AI adoption
- Team enablement
- Executive alignment
Writing by Carter Wirig
What AI Consulting Services Include
The five things AI consulting actually covers, what each is worth at $10M–$50M scale, and the two most firms sell that a mid-market company should not buy.
What Is an AI Maturity Model?
An AI maturity model scores how far along your AI adoption is on a four- or five-stage ladder. What the major models measure, and who they were built for.
What Is AI Readiness?
AI readiness is whether your company can adopt AI and keep it running. What it measures, who scores it, and why a good score predicts almost nothing.