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✦ The standard · Founded 2025

The standard for
AI‑native
engineering.

Doctrine, system, certification, and hands-on transformation for the engineering leaders rebuilding their organizations around AI. Built by operators who’ve done it.

4
Engagement tiers
$99
Practitioner credential
90d
To operating cadence
Engineering leader at a workstation, mid-engagement
Embedded engagement · Q2 2026
✦ Where to start

Three paths in.

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01 · Practitioner
For individual practitioners.

Engineers, EMs, technical leads

02 · Team
For engineering teams.

Eng leadership rolling out AI-native practice

✦ The System · Monthly cadence

An operating system upgrade to the entire SDLC.

A productized monthly cadence we install inside your engineering org, led by an embedded fractional AI engineering leader.

Full system →
Leadership roadmap review session
Week 1

Executive Alignment

Roadmap review with eng leadership. Priority calls. KPI tracking. What's getting cut, what's accelerating.

Engineers pairing on AI-assisted code
Week 2

Workflow Activation

Hands-on work with one team or workflow — code review, test generation, agent-assisted feature work, incident response.

Production code on screen during a build sprint
Week 3

Implementation Sprint

We build alongside your engineers. Real production code, real tooling, real evaluation infrastructure.

Team training session with leadership
Week 4

Training & Reporting

Team training. Impact report to leadership. Next month pre-loaded.

✦ Certification

A credential tied to practice,
not theory.

The AI-Native Engineering Practitioner is a 40-question, timed assessment covering AI-assisted development, evaluation infrastructure, agent design, and the judgment calls that separate engineers who ship with AI from engineers who get shipped over by it.

TIER 01
40 questions
timed
Format
TIER 02
$99
one attempt
Price
TIER 03
Verifiable digital certificate
Outcome
✦ Engagement tiers

Four shapes. One bench.

Every engagement is staffed by a senior operator — no junior consultants, no offshoring, no markup on subcontractors.

Monthly
Advisory
Pressure-test scope

For eng leaders who need an outside operator to pressure-test strategy and roadmap. Monthly executive cadence, roadmap review, doctrine application.

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Most engaged
12 weeks
Embedded
Implementation

For teams ready to ship transformation. Advisory + workflow implementation in one or two priority areas. Embedded operating cadence at handoff.

Book a strategy call
Multi-quarter
Transformation
Multi-team

For mid-market and enterprise orgs running multi-team rollouts. Embedded + multi-team activation, accelerated initiative velocity.

Speak to a principal
Company-wide
Full
Strategic priority

For companies treating this as a strategic priority. Company-wide rollout with embedded presence and capability transfer to in-house.

Speak to a principal
Engineering retro session at the end of an engagement
Engineering retro · post-engagement
✦ The thesis
“AI is the most consequential leverage point in software since the compiler. The companies that win the next decade will be the ones that redesigned engineering around it, not the ones that installed a chat window on top.”
Alistair Nicol — Founder
fmr. ExpandShare (acq. Restaurant365) · CoAdvantage · PeakOps · AgentEM
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Diagnose
Where AI creates leverage
Redesign
Workflows + plumbing
Transfer
Capability lands in-house
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