Most AI investments fail because there's no strategy behind them. We separate signal from noise — before you spend.
Companies adopt AI reactively — without strategy, measurement, or accountability.
We earn a standard channel commission from the vendor you choose — paid out of their existing cost structure. Your pricing is identical to going direct. No markup. No retainer. No advisory fee. We disclose every vendor relationship on every recommendation in writing. If we can't recommend a vendor we're paid by, we say so.
What's deployed, what's working, what's not. The honest map before anyone proposes a tool.
Three tools doing what one should do. We find it and kill the duplicates.
Which processes are worth automating — and which need fixing first.
Platforms evaluated against your needs, not their marketing.
Frameworks in place before exposure becomes liability.
If you can't measure it, you're guessing. We build the tracking.
We filter what actually aligns with your operations, data, and goals.
Vendor marketing translated to business impact.
Data exposure, vendor dependency, integration complexity — quantified before you commit.
Dependencies, integration points, workflow changes mapped.
Paths that fit your culture and capability, not vendor timelines.
We document your AI and automation footprint. Every tool, workflow, and cost.
Each investment scored on utilization, ROI, overlap, and alignment.
A prioritized roadmap. What to keep, cut, add, and in what order.
Implementation runs through vendors you selected from our bench. We oversee. We don't execute.
Ad Astra's AI & Automation practice is led by Evan Fay — a practitioner who specializes in practical AI deployment and automation for mid-market operators. Picking tools that actually fit, getting them to stick, and killing the ones that don't. Every Quick Start, diagnostic, and vendor recommendation in this vertical flows through him. You meet him on call one.
Not every engagement needs to start with a full operational read. Pick the entry that matches where you actually are — we'll meet you there.
One workflow. Two weeks. Live.
Pick the thing that's bleeding time or money. We scope it in 30 minutes, match it to the right tool from our vendor bench, and stay on the ride until it's working. No retainer. No hourly billing. The vendor pays us — you pay the vendor their normal price.
The whole stack, reviewed.
A full operational read across your AI tools, vendor spend, and workflow. We name what's working, what's leaking, and the three moves that pay back first. Same vendor-funded model, broader lens.
Free means free. Here's what actually happens when the Quick Start ends or the Diagnostic lands in your inbox.
Quick Start: a working workflow, documented. Diagnostic: a written report with findings and dollar figures. Both are yours to keep, use, or forward. No NDA.
If there's fit for more, we talk about what an ongoing engagement looks like and what the vendor side costs. What you pay us: still zero.
We don't force fit. If a Quick Start or engagement isn't the right call, we'll tell you what to do instead — often a direct referral to someone who is.
One engagement to show you where AI adds value — and where it's adding cost.
