AI Consulting for Growth-Stage Companies
Tell us your role and two business challenges. Our AI engine returns a custom strategy report — the same intelligence we bring to enterprise consulting engagements. Yours free.
Trusted by companies across healthcare, finance, technology, and manufacturing
73%
of mid-market AI projects stall in pilot. The technology works. The strategy doesn't.
$4.6M
average annual cost of NOT having AI capabilities, measured in manual labor, missed opportunities, and competitive disadvantage.
6 months
the window before your industry's AI-native competitors make your current processes obsolete.
The Honest Comparison
See how Clareo compares to the alternatives you're probably already trying.
| ChatGPT | Google Search | Cloud AI Apps | Consultant | Clareo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
What You Walk Away With | Suggestions you organize yourself | Links and articles to synthesize | Dashboards you interpret | A polished report in 4–8 weeks | A step-by-step plan, ready to execute |
Your Time & Effort | Hours of prompting and organizing | Days of reading and filtering | Weeks of setup and learning | Weeks of meetings and reviews | One conversation. We build the plan. |
Built for Your Business | Generic unless you explain everything | One-size-fits-all results | Requires extensive setup to tailor | Custom, after weeks of discovery | Learns your business in minutes |
Total Cost | $20/mo + your time | Free + days of effort | $200–2K/mo + technical staff | $15K–100K+ per engagement | Fraction of consulting. No time wasted. |
Risk if It Doesn’t Work | Hours lost, no usable output | Time lost, no clear direction | Monthly fees + vendor lock-in | Large commitment, long timelines | See your plan before you commit |
A step-by-step plan, ready to execute
ChatGPT
Google Search
Cloud AI Apps
Consultant
One conversation. We build the plan.
ChatGPT
Google Search
Cloud AI Apps
Consultant
Learns your business in minutes
ChatGPT
Google Search
Cloud AI Apps
Consultant
Fraction of consulting. No time wasted.
ChatGPT
Google Search
Cloud AI Apps
Consultant
See your plan before you commit
ChatGPT
Google Search
Cloud AI Apps
Consultant
Two questions. Sixty seconds. Your personalized AI strategy.
The Clareo Method: a proven four-phase approach built from the best patterns across elite consulting firms.
DISCOVER
Week 1-2
DESIGN
Week 3-4
DEPLOY
Week 5-8
SCALE
Ongoing
Not theoretical. Not experimental. Proven capabilities deployed across industries, organized into six domains.
Security & Compliance
5 capabilities
Automated threat intelligence, compliance documentation
Research & Intelligence
6 capabilities
Competitive analysis, market research automation
Content & Documents
5 capabilities
Report generation, knowledge management
AI Infrastructure
4 capabilities
Agent orchestration, workflow automation
Strategic Thinking
5 capabilities
Decision frameworks, scenario modeling
Operations & Tooling
5 capabilities
Process automation, quality assurance
60% faster
compliance documentation for a healthcare company using AI-powered report generation
$340K saved
annually by automating competitive intelligence gathering for a financial services firm
2 weeks
from zero AI capabilities to first production deployment for a 200-person tech company
The Enterprise AI Maturity Model — a framework for measuring your organization's AI readiness and charting a path forward.
Tier 1: Experimenting
AI Curious
Using ChatGPT ad hoc. No strategy. No infrastructure. Most companies are here.
Most companies are hereTier 2: Automating
AI Enabled
Specific processes automated. Some team training. Measurable but isolated impact.
Tier 3: Transforming
AI Native
AI embedded in operations. Internal AI Product Studio. Competitive moat established.
Clareo was founded by Nick O'Connor with a simple conviction: AI should make your team more capable, not more dependent on consultants.
“We don't just advise. We build.”
“Every capability we recommend, we've deployed.”
“We believe AI should make your team more capable, not more dependent on consultants.”
Built for the Middle
Not enterprise pricing. Not a free quiz. Purpose-built for 50-5,000 employees.
30 Proven Capabilities
A tested library mapped to real business problems, deployable in weeks.
Your Team Owns It
No consultant dependency. We build your AI infrastructure and train your people.
Two questions. Sixty seconds. A personalized report that shows exactly which AI capabilities solve your biggest problems — built by the same engine behind our consulting practice.