Northstar
Services · 11 engagements

From first workshop to running systems — one partner.

Every service sits in one of four tracks. Most teams start in one and graduate to the next. You're never locked in — each engagement is fixed-scope and priced upfront.

Track 01 of 4

Assess

Figure out where AI actually earns its keep for you.

AssessBest entry point

AI Use-Case Discovery Workshop

Pick this when

When your team is curious about AI but nobody owns the decision.

$5,000 – $10,000·1–3 days

You leave with

  • Scored use-case portfolio
  • Business case for top 3 opportunities
  • 90-day implementation roadmap
For leadership team needing clarity before committingScope →
Assess

AI Readiness Assessment

Pick this when

When a board member, partner, or insurer asked 'what's our AI plan?'

$2,000 – $8,000·2–4 weeks

You leave with

  • Readiness scorecard across 5 dimensions
  • Data and tool inventory
  • Prioritized use-case portfolio with ROI
For owner, coo, or cfo at 10–75 staff firmsScope →
AssessNew in 2026

Fractional Chief AI Officer

Pick this when

When pilots have stalled and nobody owns 'the AI strategy'.

$2,500 – $10,000 / mo·Ongoing retainer

You leave with

  • Quarterly AI roadmap and OKRs
  • Vendor and tool vetting
  • Leadership team briefings
For ceo of a 25–200 person services firmScope →

Track 02 of 4

Enable

Get the tools you already pay for actually used.

Enable

AI Enablement Program

Pick this when

When AI tools are installed and nobody has shipped real output with them.

$2,500 – $20,000·2–4 weeks

You leave with

  • Role-based AI playbooks
  • 50–100 prompt library tuned to your tone
  • Hands-on training workshops
For teams that pay for chatgpt, claude, or copilot but aren't really using themScope →
EnableSelf-paced

Online Training Courses

Pick this when

When scheduling a full-team workshop is hard but people still need to learn.

$49 – $299 / seat·Self-paced · ~6 hours per track

You leave with

  • Role-based tracks (ops, sales, finance, admin)
  • Short video lessons with hands-on exercises
  • Starter prompt library included
For teams that learn at different speeds or across time zonesScope →
EnablePays for itself in the first license cycle

Copilot / Gemini Adoption Sprint

Pick this when

When the licenses are on the invoice and the usage isn't.

$10,000 – $25,000·4–6 weeks

You leave with

  • License audit and seat optimization
  • Role-based prompt packs for Copilot / Gemini
  • Admin and security configuration
For smbs with microsoft 365 copilot or google workspace gemini seatsScope →

Track 03 of 4

Build

Ship custom agents, automations, and data rooms.

BuildMCP-native

Custom Agent Build

Pick this when

When one workflow eats a quarter of someone's week.

$8,000 – $30,000·4–10 weeks

You leave with

  • MCP-native agent connected to your tools
  • Human-in-the-loop approval points
  • Monitoring and audit trail
For ops leader with a specific repeating painScope →
Build

AI-Ready Data Room

Pick this when

When 'I know we wrote that down somewhere' is a daily experience.

$8,000 – $25,000·4–8 weeks

You leave with

  • Ingestion pipeline for your document sources
  • Permissions model aligned to roles
  • Chat interface for staff
For professional-services firms where knowledge lives in pdfs and slackScope →
Build

Custom Automation

Pick this when

When enablement isn't enough and you're ready to build.

From $15,000·Scoped per project

You leave with

  • Integrations with email, calendar, CRM, or accounting tools
  • Document extraction and routing
  • Monitoring, logging, full audit trail
For operations leaders who want real automation, not just better promptsScope →

Track 04 of 4

Operate & Govern

Keep what you built working. Keep it compliant.

Operate & Govern2026 regulatory ready

AI Governance & Policy Pack

Pick this when

When a security questionnaire or regulator has asked about your AI use.

$5,000 – $15,000·2–3 weeks

You leave with

  • Acceptable-use policy
  • AI inventory and risk classification
  • Vendor due-diligence checklist
For regulated smbs and anyone selling into enterprise clientsScope →
Operate & Govern

Managed AI Operations

Pick this when

After the build. Keep the system earning its keep.

$2,000 – $15,000 / mo·Ongoing retainer

You leave with

  • Uptime and performance monitoring
  • Prompt and model updates as needed
  • Integration fixes and migrations
For customers with deployed automations or agentsScope →

Not sure which track?

A 30-minute call tells you which track fits — even if it's not one we sell.

Book a discovery call

Ready to make AI pay for itself?

A 30-minute call and we'll tell you where your team is leaving the most time on the table.