Pillar 3 · Intelligence & AI
AI Consulting Services for Mid-Market Firms
Most AI programs stall between the demo and the workflow. Core12 scores where you stand, ranks the use cases by return, sets the governance guardrails, and puts the first workflow into production in 30 days — with the IT and security underneath run by the same team.
The Six-Phase Engagement
Assess
Scored AI readiness across data, infrastructure, governance, security, and workflow maturity — benchmarked to your industry and headcount.
Prioritise
Rank candidate use cases by hours reclaimed, risk, and data readiness. You get a ranked list with a business case, not a technology wish list.
Govern
Acceptable-use policy, data boundaries, model access controls, and audit logging established before anything touches client data.
Implement
Build the first workflow end to end in 30 days, measure it against the baseline, then compound into the next one.
Enable
Train the people who will run it daily. Adoption, not the model, is where most AI programs fail.
Measure
Hours reclaimed, error rate, and cost per transaction reported quarterly alongside your IT roadmap.
What the engagement covers
- →AI readiness assessment and scored benchmark
- →Prioritised use-case roadmap with business cases
- →AI governance, acceptable-use, and data-boundary policy
- →Vendor and model selection, including build-vs-buy
- →First-workflow implementation and measurement
- →Team enablement and adoption tracking
What it is not
- ×Not a research project or open-ended pilot
- ×Not model training from scratch
- ×Not a slide deck with no implementation path
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AI Consulting Questions
What does an AI consulting firm actually do?
An AI consulting firm assesses where a business can safely and profitably apply AI, prioritises the use cases by return, builds governance and data controls, implements the first workflows, and trains staff to run them. Core12 Tech delivers AI consulting services for mid-market firms of 50–200 employees as part of its Managed Intelligence Provider model, so the underlying IT and security are operated by the same team that deploys the AI.
How much do AI consulting services cost?
AI consulting services range from $5,000–$25,000 for a scoped readiness and roadmap engagement to $150,000+ for enterprise transformation programs. For mid-market firms the practical path is a free scored AI readiness assessment, followed by a fixed-fee roadmap and a first implementation sprint priced to the workflow being automated. Core12 starts every engagement with the free AIQ Score rather than a paid discovery phase.
How do you choose the first AI use case?
Rank candidate workflows on four axes: hours consumed per month, error cost when it goes wrong, data readiness, and how reversible the automation is. The first use case should be high-volume, low-risk, and measurable inside 30 days — typically document intake, ticket triage, quoting support, or reporting. Anything touching regulated client data waits until governance controls are in place.
What is the difference between AI consulting and AI automation?
AI consulting is the strategy, governance, and prioritisation work — deciding what to build, what to refuse, and how to control it. AI automation is the build: deploying the workflows, agents, and integrations. Core12 provides both, but keeps them separate so clients are never sold implementation before the business case is validated.
Do you offer AI consulting in Atlanta?
Yes. Core12 Tech is headquartered in Atlanta at 887 W Marietta Street and delivers AI consulting on-site across metro Atlanta and remotely across the Southeast — Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.
About the Author
Robert T. Burke Jr.
Robert Burke is the CEO of Core12 Tech and Founder of Sobo. An expert in CMMC compliance and AI-driven business transformation, he helps firms navigate the intersection of security and scale.
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