See exactly where AI transforms your business.
We interview your team, map every opportunity, and deliver a ranked AI Roadmap in 7–14 days. The exact playbook to follow, before you spend a dollar on building anything.
From $2,000 · Scaled to your team size
$2k–$10k
scaled to your team
7–14 days
to delivery
+ Bonus
cybersecurity audit
Four steps from kickoff to roadmap.
Light on your team. Heavy on the output. Most of the work happens on our side once we have the interviews.
You pick who to interview
Tell us how many team members you want included. Founders, leadership, frontline operators, whoever has the clearest view of where work gets stuck. Any team size.
We interview each person
30 minutes on Zoom, one at a time. We ask the questions that surface what slows your team down: handoffs, repetition, judgement calls, frustrations. Everything recorded and transcribed.
We map every opportunity
Every pain point becomes an opportunity. Each opportunity gets specced with our IPO STAR framework, ranked by impact vs complexity, and slotted into a phased roadmap.
You get your AI Roadmap
Delivered in a walkthrough call within 7–14 days. Full Opportunity Matrix, phased AI Roadmap, IPO STAR tool specs, ROI summary, and a bonus cybersecurity audit.
Every opportunity, plotted and ranked.
We plot every opportunity we find on a 2×2: Impact vs Effort. Hover any dot to see what is in that cluster. The list on the right is the order we recommend.
Sample audit · Audit output
All 7 ideas worth shipping.
Plotted by impact and effort. The list on the right is the order we recommend.
Quick wins
High impact, low effort
Big bets
High impact, high effort
Skip these
Low impact, low effort
Time sinks
Low impact, high effort
In recommended order
Example Opportunity Matrix from a Hourglass audit we've delivered · anonymised
The phased plan to AI-native.
Your roadmap is sequenced, not just listed. Quick wins first to build momentum, deeper integrations once the foundation is in, future-state when the compounding kicks in. Each phase unlocks the next.
Recommended builds
Where every transformation starts
Builds
3
One-time
$17k
Monthly
$1.6k/mo
AI Chief of Staff
An AI chief-of-staff and personal assistant for the founder. Your first virtual employee who knows your business, learns your preferences, and handles founder admin autonomously.
Impact
Effort
$3k
$99/mo
Chief of Communications
Agent for shared and personal inboxes that organises by priority, drafts external emails, and redirects mail autonomously. Saves hours of manual processing and ensures nothing slips through the cracks.
Impact
Effort
$6k
$500/mo
Business Brain
A central knowledge base of brand tone, guidelines, and company information that any team member can use to draft emails, format documents, and stay brand-consistent.
Impact
Effort
$8k
$1k/mo
Quick wins
High impact, low complexity
Builds
2
One-time
$11k
Monthly
$1.5k/mo
Marketing Analytics Dashboard
All your marketing data (bookings, ads, email, and social) in one place, saving hours spent manually sourcing data and redirecting those hours to creative pursuits. Can be integrated with Competitor Intelligence Monitor to track your own performance.
Impact
Effort
$6k
$1k/mo
AI Meeting Assistant
Meetings run with a ready-made agenda every week, with previous actions carried forward, key context surfaced, and everything posted to Slack before anyone sits down.
Impact
Effort
$5k
$500/mo
Big bets
Phase 2 territory
Builds
2
One-time
$18k
Monthly
$2k/mo
Document Generator
Upgrade a brief, meeting note, campaign plan, or idea into the format you need (slide deck, spreadsheet, visual brief) without the reformatting work. Generate bespoke, brand-aligned artifacts across the team.
Impact
Effort
$8k
$1k/mo
Competitor Intelligence Monitor
Tracks competitor occupancy, website traffic, SEO health, and PR mentions on a weekly basis so you always know how you're positioned without anyone spending time on manual research. Generates AI-powered insights on businesses that have seen genuine improvement.
Impact
Effort
$10k
$1k/mo
Example AI Roadmap from a Hourglass audit we've delivered · anonymised
Every tool gets the IPO STAR treatment.
Generic AI proposals say “use ChatGPT for emails.” Hourglass specs every tool to four dimensions: what flows in, what happens, what comes out, and what it could become. This is our methodology.
Input
What flows into the agent. Emails, calendar events, CRM records, documents, voice notes, sensor data. The triggers and the data the agent acts on.
Process
What the agent actually does. Classification, drafting, summarisation, lookups, decisions. The logic, the prompts, the rules, the tool calls.
Output
What you get back. A draft reply, a tagged task, a routed ticket, an updated record, a notification. The deliverable that lands in your workflow.
Star
The aspirational future state. Where this agent can grow to. What it unlocks when it gets really good. The reason we are building it in the first place.
Example tool from a delivered audit
Here is exactly how Hourglass specs a single tool - input, process, output, and the star: where this could go.
Chief of Communications
Impact
Effort
$6k
$500/mo
Full scoping
Input
Process
Output
Star
Real tool spec from a Hourglass audit · anonymised
Hard numbers on every recommendation.
Every tool gets a real ROI breakdown. Hours saved per week, annual cost saved, build cost, payback period, and Year 1 multiple. So you can prioritise on dollars, not vibes.
| Tool | Hrs / week | Annual saved | Build cost | Year 1 ROI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| InboxCopilot | 8 | $26,000 | $5,000 | 5.2× |
| Meeting Router | 6 | $19,000 | $6,000 | 3.2× |
| FAQ Assistant | 7 | $22,000 | $7,000 | 3.1× |
| CRM Autopilot | 14 | $48,000 | $15,000 | 3.2× |
| Year 1 totals | 35 | $115,000 | $33,000 | 3.5× |
Example ROI summary from a Hourglass audit we've delivered · anonymised
A bonus audit and a walkthrough call.
Cybersecurity audit
Every Hourglass audit includes a light-touch cybersecurity review of your AI surface area. Data governance, prompt injection exposure, vendor risk. Catch the gaps before you scale.
Walkthrough call
We present the findings live, walk through every deliverable, and answer every question. You leave with full clarity on what to do next and why.
Scales with your team.
The fee is set by how many people you want interviewed. We confirm the exact number on the discovery call before any commitment.
Scaled to your team size
- 30-min Zoom interviews with your team
- Full Opportunity Matrix delivered
- Phased AI Roadmap with build order
- IPO STAR spec for every recommended tool
- ROI Summary across all opportunities
- Cybersecurity audit (bonus)
- Walkthrough call to present findings
Final fee confirmed on the discovery call · Delivered in 7–14 days
See where AI can save your team time.
30-minute discovery call. We confirm fit, scope the audit, set the price, and book kickoff. Your roadmap lands 7–14 days later.
No lock-in. Aussie-based team.