AI Consulting Overview, FAQ & Resources - Foresight Engineering

We typically respond to all inquiries within 24 hours during business days. Just go to our Contact Us page if you would like to get in touch with us.

We offer discovery calls to discuss your needs and explore how we can help your business. Reach out with a description of your problem and we will happily set something up if we can help.

Include details about your business, current challenges, goals, timeline, and budget to help us provide the most relevant response. If we can help we will set up a discovery call to learn more about the details.

Yes, we work with clients globally. We accommodate different time zones and offer virtual consultations for international clients.

Yes, we work with startups. As entrepreneurs who have started businesses in the past in addition to this one, we understand how critical it is to getting on the right path from the beginning.

Yes, we work with enterprise. We have years of experience working the agency model in enterprise, helping teams meet expectations and achieve goals. We understand the challenges of internal stakeholders and are happy to assist you in the success of your projects.

Yes, absolutely. We can help in a variety of areas:

• • Data — Collection, ETL, warehousing and prepping for training.
• • Modeling — Determining the best models, training models and automated algorithm development.
• • NLP — LLMs and fine tuning, RAG, MCP, embeddings and vector stores.
• • Computer Vision — Support for detection, pose, segmentation, enhancement and super resolution.
• • Ops and Deployment — Full SLC model development, training and inference, containerization, security and cloud deployment.

Engagement duration varies based on project scope and complexity. We prefer short, intense engagements that keep focus on the deliverables.

The structure mainly depends on what makes the most sense for the project. We typically write contracts based on well defined deliverables, but also are happy to do work on a retainer basis.

Engagement costs depend on the nature and scope of the work. Below are some starting points:

• • AI Strategy Review — The complexity of this ranges dramatically based on the stage company and the number of encounters we need to understand the current state of the business and create a playbook for strategic improvement. These engagements start at $10k for smaller startups; for larger companies, basic engagement starts at $25k.
• • Tool and Process Review — Like strategy, this is an intensive and comprehensive review of the practices of your staff, the tools they use, the work that they produce, and benchmarking. For smaller clients like startups, these engagements starts at $10k; depending on size for larger companies, the cost typically start at $50k.
• • Zero-to-one Innovation — This is where we come in and lead by example, helping you define a tangible project that delivers value in your organization, and working alongside you to make it happen. These projects help you run quick experiments to demonstrate value before committing significant resources to a full build. These engagements involve discovery, understanding the team, and embedding with the team to lead working on the project. The cost depends on the complexity of the project, and start at $50k.
• • Retainer Assistance — We offer a retainer service for those who would like to always have a resource to talk to about problems or get insights into solving specific problems. Thank of this as a fractional leadership role. These depend on the level of engagement desired, starting at $5k a month.
• • A La Carte — There are many engagements that might not fit any of the ideas mentioned above. If there are ways that we can help on a specific problem you are working on, get in touch and we can talk about it. We are happy to help when the engagement makes sense, starting at $5k for an engagements like basic code or process review.