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Your hands-on AI partner.

We become part of your team and get to know your business. Together, we uncover inefficiencies, identify new revenue opportunities, and use AI to act on them.

NHS Department for Education Thorlux Lighting DEFRA BAiSICS Innovate UK Hackney Council Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Stow Brothers City of London EMQN Durham University Morgan Clarke

The problems we usually see

These are the situations we are usually called into. The audit is where they get sorted out.

  • AI tools in use with nobody coordinating them
  • The same work copied between systems every week
  • A plan agreed, with nobody free to deliver it
  • Licences paid for, with no way to see the return
  • Pilots that never reach production
  • Company data sitting in personal accounts

How we work

AI Audit

Identify where AI can create the most value for your organisation

Turn ideas into delivery with a structured AI roadmap. We tie AI opportunities to your strategic priorities, scope use cases against proven ROI, and walk you through rollout.

What you get

  • Thorough interview and findings report
  • Exposes inefficiencies AI can assist with
  • Implementation roadmap to integrate AI effectively
  • Outline new monetisation opportunities

Embedded AI Lead

Get the plan delivered without hiring a team.

A named lead works inside your business on the agreed priorities, building the automations and connectors and handing over the documentation, so the work keeps running after we step back.

What you get

  • A dedicated lead for your engagement
  • Automations, connectors and integrations built inside the allocation
  • Priorities set with you and revisited as the work progresses
  • Handover planned with you, with the documentation to run it

AI Engineering

Get a system built for how your business works. We design, build and hand over custom AI tools and agents on their own scope, with the code and documentation yours to keep.

AI Governance

Set the rules before the first tool is switched on. We write the policy, the approvals and the audit trail, checked against UK GDPR and the obligations your sector already carries.

Private AI

Keep the data where it has to stay. The same systems run inside infrastructure you control, for work that cannot leave your environment.

Use cases

Document review

Reads contracts, policies and reports, extracts the clauses and facts that matter, and returns an answer that cites the source page.

Admin automation

Moves data between the systems your team copies between by hand, checks it against your rules, and logs every change.

Data Connection

Searches years of documents and answers in plain English with a link to the original, so nobody re-does work that already exists.

Reporting

Turns raw operational data into reports written for the board, the managers and the teams that own the numbers.

Governance and compliance

Sets the rules for how AI is used, keeps the audit trail, and checks each system against UK GDPR and your sector obligations.

Private AI

Runs the same systems inside infrastructure you control, for data that cannot leave your environment.

Our work

SmartScan sensor data flowing into three tiered reports: executive, manager, department FW Thorpe (Thorlux) ~6.5M Occupancy records validated SmartScan AI Discovery and Pilot Specification A three-week discovery sprint that turned SmartScan sensor data into reports written for executives, managers and their own departments, at a UK-listed lighting group. Read the case study 

All case studies 

Where AI does not belong

work that needs exact, auditable answers

what existing software already does well

data too poor for the output to be trusted

decisions with no person in the loop

“No” is part of what we sell. AI earns its place on volume work: reading and summarising documents, drafting that a person reviews and signs off.

What our clients say

All testimonials 

“Working with OpenKit has been a genuinely positive experience. Their team quickly understood the unique challenges of our business and the problem we were trying to solve, and delivered a thorough, evidence-based strategy for our AI-assisted marking platform. We were particularly impressed by their transparent approach, technical expertise, and commitment to long-term partnership and support.”
Simon Patton CEO, EMQN CIC Read the case study  Discovery sprint · 93-96% per-criterion accuracy
“We worked with OpenKit, as we wanted a company with domain expertise in LLMs to look at our strategy and test the concept. The study was focussed and really gave us a validation of our concept, a technical roadmap and prioritisation of the developments.”
Project Sponsor Pipeline integrity programme lead Case study  AI audit and pilot specification
“From the outset, their team demonstrated a clear understanding of the brief which required a bespoke solution to be designed incorporating the different requests from a variety of stakeholders. Throughout the project, OpenKit’s team remained focused on our objectives and was able to consistently prioritise the needs of our communities.”
Dave Trew Land, Water & Air Manager, Hackney Council Case study  Built and live for residents

Sectors we work in

All industries 

Our certifications

Operates to UK GDPR Minimisation, lawful basis and residency settled before any model is picked Designed to help meet the EU AI Act Risk classification scoped per engagement, against the systems you run All accreditations 

Blog posts

A swing price tag on its string, with the eyelet ring picked out 31 Aug 2026 · AI What does an AI consultancy cost in the UK? What an AI consultancy costs in the UK: audit fees, monthly retainers, build ranges and day rates, with OpenKit's own starting fees stated plainly. 5 min read · Read it 

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FAQ

What does working with OpenKit cost?

A standard scoped AI Audit is from £10,000. An AI Charter is an optional £3,000 add-on, with its scope agreed separately. An Embedded AI Lead engagement for ongoing implementation help starts from £5,000 a month. Fees exclude VAT. The pricing page has the detail.

Do we have to continue with OpenKit after the audit?

No. The audit is a standalone engagement. You use the findings to decide the next step.

Who will help us implement it?

We agree who leads your engagement and how the work is supported. That lead is named before the work starts. Where a handover is needed, it is planned with you so the context and the documentation carry forward. Your own team stays involved throughout.

Can you work with our existing IT provider?

Yes. We agree how to work alongside your IT provider and who is responsible for the systems involved. Access, integration and support arrangements are set for the engagement.

Where do we start?

Get in touch and tell us what prompted the question. You do not need to arrive with a list of use cases. Finding them is what the audit is for. If you would rather not talk yet, the free AI readiness check takes about five minutes.

How do you handle data security, GDPR, and regulated industries?

OpenKit is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified and works to UK GDPR by default. Every implementation encrypts your data and restricts access by role, and we document how each piece of it is processed. For regulated sectors the work is designed to operate under your sector-specific obligations on top, whether that is the SRA for legal, the FCA for financial services, or the NHS DSP Toolkit for healthcare. Where client data is too sensitive to leave your environment, the same engagement can run on a private deployment, with the models operating inside infrastructure you control.

What could your business do with AI?

Find out with experts who become part of your team. We uncover opportunities, get ideas working, and help your people build on the results.