Operator-led AI transformation

We don't sell AI tools. We deliver AI results.

BuildClub runs operator-led AI engagements: a readiness assessment when you need the map, hands-on team training when you need adoption, and a managed digital workforce when you are ready for autonomy. Start wherever you are.

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For VP Ops · Chief of Staff · COO

See how the BuildClub Method works

For CFO · CRO · Head of Function

Operator-led, not vendor-ledOutcome-priced, not seat-pricedNo black-box AI

We Build With

How engagements start with BuildClub

Most companies start with Phase 0 · Assess to find out where the value is. If you already know, because you have done the discovery work yourself, we start where you are: straight into training or building, with a short validation folded into the first engagement. Fractional CAIO is the separate Executive Advisory on-ramp.

The Core Path

Most engagements start here

PHASE 0 · ASSESS · THE MOST COMMON START

BuildClub Phase 0 · Assess

Most engagements begin here. A 2- to 5-week readiness engagement anchored by the BuildClub Readiness Index and a full data audit, delivered to the executive team and the board. Already done this work internally? See how we start from your findings.

Six-dimension BuildClub Readiness Index scoring
Data, tools, and workflow audit across functions
Workflow inventory mapped to Phase 1 / Phase 2 candidates
12-month roadmap and recommended next engagement

$45K–$65K · 2–5 weeks

Best for: CEO · Board · COO

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PHASE 1 · AMPLIFY · TEAM AI TRAINING

BuildClub Phase 1 · Amplify

Hands-on AI training as a product. One-on-one and small-group workshops run on each person's real work, a bespoke reference guide after every session, and selected automations where they pay back fast.

Workshops run on the participant's live work, not demo data
A written reference guide delivered after every session
Role playbooks, office hours, and named internal champions
Adoption telemetry plus the quarterly Promotion Candidate Report

$5K–$50K per workflow · flat-rate

Best for: VP Ops · Chief of Staff · COO

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PHASE 2 · WORKFORCE

BuildClub Phase 2 · Workforce

Digital employees and task-cluster agents that perform a defined role inside your company. Fully managed agents act autonomously within contracted policy.

Purpose-built agents for RevOps, SDR, Finance Close, Support
Performance dashboards and SLA scorecards
Replacement guarantee on underperformers
OAuth-delegated identity — customer revocable in one click

Build: from $25K per agent · Managed: $2,500 setup + 20% of FTE-equivalent capacity automated / mo + 10% gainshare

Best for: CFO · CRO · Head of Function

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Or, a separate on-ramp

EXECUTIVE ADVISORY · STANDALONE ON-RAMP

BuildClub Fractional CAIO

Separate from the Phase 0 / 1 / 2 path. A senior AI operator embedded with your executive team — strategy, governance, and the transformation roadmap — when you need leadership before or alongside Phase 0.

Embedded with your executive team monthly
AI strategy, governance, and roadmap ownership
Vendor and stack evaluation
Reports to the board on AI program ROI

Best for: CEO · Board · COO who need senior AI leadership now

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Each engagement stands alone commercially. Phase 1 and Phase 2 build on readiness work, but it does not have to be ours. If you arrive with a credible audit or roadmap, we validate it in the first week and keep moving. You should not pay twice to learn what you already know.

Pricing ranges are indicative; engagement scope and final pricing are confirmed in writing. Full pricing on the pricing page.

Already know what you want to build?

Plenty of companies come to us having already done the discovery: an internal audit, a consultant's roadmap, a stack of pilots with lessons attached, or a leadership team that knows exactly which three processes are bleeding time. We do not re-run that work, and we do not charge you to be told what you already know. Bring us your findings. In the first week we validate them against your data and systems, flag anything that would break the build, and then we build. If we find a gap that genuinely changes the plan, we say so and show the evidence. If we do not, your diagnosis stands and we move at your speed.

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THE BUILDCLUB JOURNEY

See the full path from first conversation to digital workforce.

Every engagement follows the same arc — readiness, amplification, autonomy. Walk the full journey and see what each stage delivers, what it costs, and how you exit at any point.

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WHAT CLIENTS SAY

It has saved me many hours, if not days of trying to dig out information and compile it myself.

Deal team member

Private equity client

Technical due-diligence benchmark compiled in a single session

It used to take a full day to put this together… now it takes me 5 minutes.

Head of Marketing

Real estate client

Recurring performance reporting, automated

What it would have taken me an hour to put in to a PowerPoint, now takes minutes with this workflow

HR consultant

HR services client

Client training deck drafted in minutes

What makes BuildClub different

We're not a tools reseller. We're not pure consulting. We're operator-led, outcome-priced, and built for executives who want AI without the disruption.

Three non-negotiables

1.
Business value comes first — always.
Revenue growth, cost reduction, speed, risk. Decision quality, not automation for its own sake.
2.
Your team is part of the build, not a spectator.
We teach while we build so the capability stays with you when we leave.
3.
No black boxes. No big-bang launches.
Iterative delivery you can pause, audit, and own.

What we don't do

We don't sell software licenses dressed up as transformation
We don't replace your judgment with AI's
We don't disrupt workflows that are already working
We don't bill for hours when we should be measured on outcomes

OUR EVOLUTION

From AI transformation to a managed digital workforce.

We codified what worked. The BuildClub Readiness Index is the diagnostic that anchors Phase 0 · Assess. Amplify is hands-on enablement — workshops, job-flow training, and selected automations — with a managed infrastructure layer underneath. Workforce is what happens when enablement matures into autonomous digital employees. Same operator-led firm. Sharper offer.

The BuildClub Method

A proven, three-stage path from readiness to operating digital workforce — designed for the realities of mid-market operations.

How we start

Every engagement begins with a working session. No deck, no sales pitch — a structured conversation about your business, your bottlenecks, and what's actually worth automating. You leave with two or three concrete recommendations.

Amplify

Workshops and hands-on training that teach your team how to use AI tools for their specific job flows, supported by selected workflow automations and adoption telemetry.

Workforce

Validated workflows are promoted to autonomous digital employees, priced as $2,500 setup + 20% of FTE-equivalent capacity automated / month + 10% gainshare on measured upside.

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Built for mid-market companies between $25M and $1B in revenue

We work with companies that are too complex for off-the-shelf agents and too lean to build an in-house AI team. If you sit between roughly $25M and $1B in revenue, with document-heavy operations and a board that asks for measurable outcomes — we're built for you.

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Mid-market firms ($25M–$1B in revenue)
Private equity portfolio companies
Professional services, manufacturing, finance ops
C-suite leaders who need board-reportable outcomes
Document-heavy, workflow-intensive functions

Ready to put a digital employee to work?

Start with a conversation, not a mandatory diagnostic. If you need the map, Phase 0 · Assess builds it. If you already have one, bring it: we pressure-test it and get straight to building. No long-form contract, no platform commitment.

Start with Phase 0 · Assess →