The AI Audit
Know Exactly Where AI Fits in Your Business. In 14 Days.
The AI Audit maps your operation, scores your opportunities, and gives you a prioritised roadmap your team can execute — not a list of software recommendations. $3,000. Fixed price. Money-back guarantee.
30-minute call · No obligation · Maximum 4 audits per month
Delivered for teams at UNICEF, NHS, Chughtai Lab, and 40+ SMEs across manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, financial services, and SaaS
The Problem
You don't have an AI problem. You have a “where do I start?” problem.
You've seen the demos. You've read the case studies. Your board wants a plan. But right now you're stuck between:
- Buying tools before you know which processes to target
- Debating internally for months with no clear framework for deciding
- Wasting $4,000/month in senior team time on AI discussions that go nowhere
- The fear of investing in the wrong thing and having to explain it to your board
The AI Audit replaces all of that with 14 days and a plan.
What You Get
Five deliverables in 14 days. Not a single slide deck.
The Reality Check
An honest conversation with your leadership team. We identify your top 5 time wasters, your 3 most error-prone processes, and the quick wins hiding in plain sight.
Deliverable
One-Page Reality Check — top time wasters, error-prone processes, quick wins, hours that could be saved.
Process Maps + Cost Analysis
We pick your 3–5 highest-impact processes and map them step by step. Every pain point flagged. Every bottleneck costed. You’ll see what your current state costs annually — and what “if automated” looks like in real numbers.
Deliverable
Process Maps with pain points marked in red, annual cost of current state, and “if automated” savings estimate.
Competitive Gap Analysis
What are your competitors doing with AI? What off-the-shelf tools already exist? Where are you falling behind — and where can you leapfrog?
Deliverable
Competitive Gap Analysis (2 pages) — what others are doing, available solutions, pricing, priority gaps.
Prioritised Action List
Every opportunity scored on three dimensions: Impact, Effort, and Readiness. Ranked. Sequenced. With budget requirements and expected ROI.
Deliverable
Prioritised Action List — top 5 opportunities ranked with ROI. Delivered as a working Google Sheet you own.
The Action Plan
Your board-ready document. A 30-day sprint plan, 90-day roadmap, 12-month vision, budget breakdown, and success metrics. This is the plan your team executes on Day 15.
Deliverable
The Action Plan (3–5 pages) — 30-day sprint, 90-day roadmap, 12-month vision, budget, success metrics.
Why Us
This isn't a consulting engagement. It's a diagnostic.
14 days, not 14 weeks. Most consultancies take months to deliver a strategy. We take two weeks. You get a plan, not a retainer.
$3,000 fixed, not hourly. No scope creep. No surprise invoices. You know the cost before we start.
A roadmap, not recommendations. You don’t get a list of tools. You get a sequenced plan with budgets, timelines, and ROI projections your board can approve.
We’ve done this to ourselves. Ehmad used this exact methodology to take Cogent Labs from 87 to 58 people. This isn’t theory — it’s a framework tested on our own business.
30-day Slack access. After delivery, you get direct access to Ehmad and the Cogent team for 30 days. Pressure-test decisions. Get guidance as you start executing.
How It Works
From call to plan in 3 steps.
Discovery Call
30 min · Free
We talk about your business, your mandate, and whether the audit is the right fit. If it’s not, we’ll tell you. No pitch. No obligation.
The Audit
14 days · $3,000
Your team commits 4–5 people. We run the full 5-step diagnostic: reality check, process mapping, competitive analysis, prioritisation, and the action plan. You’re involved throughout.
Execute
Day 15+
You walk away with five deliverables and 30 days of Slack access. Your first automation should be live within 30 days. If you want Cogent to build it, that’s the AI Build ($15K–$75K) — but the audit stands on its own.
The Math
The cost of not doing this.
$4,000
per month in senior time debating AI
$24,000
over 6 months with nothing shipped
$3,000
for a plan you can execute on Day 15
The question isn't whether you can afford the audit. It's whether you can afford another 6 months without one.
The Guarantee
Clarity or your money back.
If you complete the AI Audit and don't feel you received clarity and a mandate you can act on — we refund you in full. No conditions. No small print. We've never had to honour it. But we want you to know it exists.
Qualification
Is this for you?
This audit is built for
- SMEs with 20–500 employees and $1M–$100M in revenue
- C-suite executives or senior leaders with budget authority
- Companies that have an AI mandate but no clear roadmap
- Teams that tried AI tools and didn’t see ROI
- Leaders who need a board-ready AI strategy, not more vendor demos
Not a fit if
- You have fewer than 20 employees (the ROI math doesn’t work yet)
- You want someone to build AI for you (that’s the AI Build)
- You’ve already completed a strategy and need implementation only
- You’re not willing to commit 4–5 people for 14 days of collaboration
Get Started
Book your discovery call.
30 minutes. No obligation. We'll talk about your business and whether the audit is the right fit. Maximum 4 audits per month.
Questions
Before you decide.
How much does it cost?
$3,000. Fixed price. No hourly billing. No hidden fees.
How long does it take?
14 days from kickoff to final deliverable.
Who needs to be involved from our side?
4–5 people: the decision maker (CEO/owner), operations lead, IT/tech person, and someone from finance. That’s it.
How much of our team’s time does it require?
Roughly 10–15 hours total across the 14 days, spread across your 4–5 people. We do the heavy lifting.
What do we actually get?
Five tangible deliverables: a One-Page Reality Check, Process Maps with cost analysis, a Competitive Gap Analysis, a Prioritised Action List (Google Sheet), and a 3–5 page Action Plan with 30/90/365-day roadmap.
What if we already have AI tools?
Good. The audit evaluates whether you’re using them on the right processes. Most companies that “tried AI” applied it to the wrong workflows. The audit finds the right ones.
Can you also build what you recommend?
Yes — that’s the AI Build ($15K–$75K). But the audit stands alone. You can take the roadmap to any vendor. We’d rather you make the right choice than feel locked in.
What’s the money-back guarantee?
If the audit doesn’t deliver clarity and a mandate you can act on, we refund you in full. No conditions.
How do we get started?
Book a 30-minute discovery call. We’ll talk about your business and whether the audit is the right fit. If it is, we can start within 2 weeks.
14 days from now, you'll have a plan.
Or you can spend another 6 months debating. Your call.
$3,000 · Fixed price · 30-min call · No obligation · Money-back guarantee