Is my company ready for AI?

What being ready is NOT: having budget, having a list of demo ideas, or having subscribed to a tool. Real readiness is boring: measured tasks, reachable data, an owner with time and sponsorship that accepts killing pilots. With those four, an SMB builds its first measured pilot in two weeks with general-purpose tools, buying no platform.

The full path from inventory to pilot charter is in the use-cases blueprint, the honest account of what it will cost in the agent operation blueprint, and if you need external judgment without a full salary, there is the fractional format. The general framework, in AI systems.