The FDE pod journey, revealed by scroll
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Only 4 in 33
AI proofs of concept make it to production.
Source: IDC research with Lenovo, 2025
We build for the 4, from day one.
See how an FDE pod gets you thereA pod that works as part of your team.
Forward-deployed engineers embed with your people, find where AI pays back, ship agents into the work, and then hand the capability over.
3–5 people
A cross-functional pod: FDE lead, AI and data engineers, and a value lead.
8–12 weeks
From kickoff to a first use case running in production.
Your tools
Embedded in your systems, rituals and security model, not working beside them.
More ways to put AI to work.
Combine them with an FDE pod, or start with the one that fits your goal.
Agentic AI as a Service
AI ROI and advisory
AI Observability
Harness as a Service
Three ways to begin, depending on where you are.
Each has a clear scope and leaves you with assets you own: agents, use cases and playbooks.
AI ROI assessment
We find where AI pays back in your business, agree the baseline and KPIs, and shortlist the first use cases worth building.
FDE pod on one use case
Already know the use case? A pod embeds with your team and ships it.
You get: a first agent in production in 8–12 weeks.
Data readiness review
Not sure your data is ready for agents? Start with Data.Next.
You get: a roadmap to agent-ready data.
An open stack, not a lock-in.
We use what your platforms already do well, integrate proven tools, and build only what sets you apart. Open standards keep models and tools replaceable.
Related foundations.
Data.Next
One governed data foundation for analytics and AI, so every agent works from trusted context.
Cloud.Next
A secure, well-run home for every workload, AWS first, ready to run data platforms and agents at scale.