Most companies are not starting from zero or shipping a custom model. They are somewhere in between, unsure what is safe to do next. We start by working out where you actually are, then take the one step that makes sense from there.
Getting Claude or ChatGPT running takes an afternoon. Keeping it secure, maintained, and not leaking company data is the part nobody warns you about. That is the part we do.
You can see AI mattering for your business, but nothing serious is running yet and you are wary of connecting it to anything sensitive. We run a short audit, show what is genuinely possible on your stack, and set up safe tools your team can use straight away.
The deliverable is a strategy roadmap: the top opportunities, what you can start in Claude today, and where a custom build would actually be worth it. Most of this happens in two to four weeks at a fixed scope.
People across the business are already using ChatGPT and a scatter of plugins, and nobody owns where it goes or whether it is safe. We review what is in place, secure it, and give you a roadmap, then keep an embedded lead on the team to keep it moving.
That same engineer reviews the AI work your own staff are doing, handles model upgrades and governance, and stays accountable for the estate you are building. The fear here is usually data leakage and a tool nobody can explain later. We close both gaps.
How we handle governanceSometimes the system you need does not exist yet, and you already know roughly what it is. We scope it and build it properly, with a short audit first so the spec is de-risked before a line of code is written.
We are strong engineers too
Bespoke is less common than the audit-and-retainer route, and it is honest work, not the headline. Retrieval over proprietary data, regulated-industry tools with audit logging, internal platforms with role-based access.
Scoped after the audit shows the build is worth doing. The embedded lead you already know stays close to the work, so the build is run by the people who understand your business, not a fresh team reading a brief.
The audit is the front door. The embedded AI lead is the part that keeps working long after it: a senior OpenKit engineer on a monthly retainer, the same person who ran your audit, with no account-manager layer in between.
Book a discovery call and we will work out where you actually are with AI, then tell you the one step worth taking next. No pitch deck, no obligation.
OpenKit is a UK AI consultancy that meets companies wherever they are with AI and takes the sensible next step from there. OpenKit runs a discovery audit, configures safe workflows on your existing stack, then keeps a senior engineer embedded as an Embedded AI Lead on a monthly retainer, and builds bespoke systems when a custom build is worth doing. OpenKit holds ISO 27001, ISO 9001, and Cyber Essentials certifications and works across the United Kingdom from a base in Cambridge.
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