Check tells you where AI fits. Foundation gets your company ready. Operations runs AI for you, one task at a time. Most customers start with the Check.
| AI Readiness Check | AI Foundation | AI Operations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | You want to invest in AI but don't know where. Or you've been burned and want a structured diagnostic before re-investing. | You've completed a Readiness Check and you're ready to invest in the substrate. PDPL / MOH / SAMA exposure that rules out cloud-only architectures. | You have a Foundation built (by us) and want managed AI without staffing an internal AI team. |
| Timeline | 3 weeks | 8–16 weeks | Ongoing, monthly |
| What's included | 30–50 workflows mapped Readiness scorecard Opportunity heatmap PDPL posture Foundation scope rec 12–24 mo roadmap Executive readout | 3–5 process areas structured Knowledge layer (AR-native) Retrieval API Role-based context Governance + audit log Observability On-prem GPU + sovereign cloud Full PDPL package Workshop + runbook | Scales from a few processes to enterprise Managed end-to-end Monthly quality reports Quarterly refresh KSA-hours support Ongoing scoping |
| You receive (output) | Written 30–50 page roadmap document · executive readout deck · scope recommendation | Production Foundation in your environment · hardware deployed · written runbook · handover workshop | Production AI handling each task · monthly quality report · quarterly business review with ROI |
Scope and investment are confirmed in your Readiness Check — sized to your organization, with everything in writing before you commit.
A typical path from first conversation to AI in production. Your exact timeline is scoped during the Check.
We refuse work in these categories, even when offered. It keeps the company honest.
The market is crowded with chatbots, copilots, AI point solutions. We are not in it. We make the foundation those apps need.
Every engagement has a working deliverable. Readiness Check ships a roadmap. Foundation ships infrastructure. Operations ships AI in production.
We do AI readiness foundations and applied AI operations — nothing else. If you need ERP integration without an AI substrate, hire a different partner.
We use frontier and Arabic-specialized models inside the Foundation. We don't sell training as a line item.
Hardware is deployed as part of Foundation engagements with transparent passthrough margin. We are not a Lenovo or NVIDIA reseller.
AI Operations runs only on a Manbaa Foundation. We need the substrate to be ours to guarantee quality, observability, and the audit log.