You know you should be using AI, but don't know where to start.
I run affordable AI Opportunities Surveys for SMEs in the South West. A report you can actually act on – not a training course, not a licence pitch, not a six-figure strategy deck.
Why this exists
A year ago, I was in your shoes.
I started Westcountry AI because of a problem I had myself. I tried to implement AI into the small business I was a director of. It was baffling. Plenty of people wanted to sell me training for my team. Nobody would actually tell me what AI could do for us, which tools to pick, or how to start.
I had to figure it out myself. I've spent the last year – forty hours a week, every week – learning, building, and implementing AI across real work. A year on, I know the tools, I can spot the hype, and I think about AI like a business leader, not a technologist.
And every day I meet another South West business owner who's exactly where I was a year ago. They know AI is here to stay, and that competitors are adopting it. They know they should be doing something. But the options in front of them are no good – a training course that changes nothing, a licence nobody uses, or a London consultancy that'll charge £50,000 for "strategy". Trying to figure it out on your own is overwhelming. You should be running your business. You shouldn't have to follow every new AI release to compete.
Westcountry AI is the thing I wish had existed when I started. An affordable first step. A grounding in what's possible, by someone who has taken the time to understand your business and your people.
Our core service
The AI Opportunities Survey: £1,500. One day on-site. Comprehensive written report. Tangible next steps.
I come to you.
One day on-site, anywhere across Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Dorset, Wiltshire and Hampshire. I meet with you, I interview the team, I audit your current tools – what tools you're using, what you're not, what's going to work given the rest of your tech ecosystem. I see how work actually gets done, not how the org chart says it does.
Then I report back.
Specific, prioritised, actionable. Every recommendation has an indicative cost next to it, so you can decide what's worth going further on. Typically ten to twenty pages, delivered to your inbox the next day. We follow up with a call to talk through the report and any questions, plus thirty days of email support after that.
Who this is for
If any of this sounds familiar, we should talk.
- You know you should be doing something with AI. You have no idea where to start.
- You tried the free version of ChatGPT or Copilot once or twice, weren't impressed, and parked it.
- You've been quoted five or six figures by a London consultancy and it's out of budget.
- You're a busy CEO or MD who doesn't have time to go on a course. You just want someone to come in and tell you what to do, without vested interests.
- You've been putting it off for six months. You're starting to worry your competitors haven't.
Common worries
If you're worried about…
"I tried ChatGPT and it wasn't impressive."
You were probably using the free version, and likely a few months ago on a less capable model. The latest paid tools – and what's built on top of them – are something else entirely. They'll do things you haven't imagined. Showing you what that looks like in your business is part of what the Survey covers.
"I don't have time to learn all this."
You shouldn't have to. My job is to make AI fit into how you and your team already work. A bit of training is usually a good idea. The more complex stuff I do for you.
"I'm worried my team will get lazy."
It's a real risk. The answer isn't to ban AI – it's to be thoughtful about where it's introduced, and which skills still need to be learned the hard way. That's exactly the kind of thing I help with.
"I don't want to think a robot could do my job."
Good news – it can't. What AI can do is take the drudge work off your plate so you get more time for the things that only you can do.
People-led adoption
Bringing people with you.
Workers are often nervous about AI. They worry it's coming for their job, that they'll be expected to learn things they don't have time for, or that the work will change in ways they don't like.
The best AI rollouts deal with these worries head-on. They start with the people doing the work, not the people in the boardroom. They go at the pace your team can keep up with. And they focus first on AI that takes the dull jobs off your plate – not the rewarding ones.
That's how I do it. Half the job is making the tools work. The other half is making sure your people want to use them.
What this isn't
This isn't IT standard consulting.
I've run teams before, in operations and consulting. I've been the manager trying to figure out where to start and how to implement good systems and processes. I'll talk to you in plain English – not jargon, not acronyms, not a slide deck full of "leveraging generative AI to unlock paradigm shifts".
I don't resell licences or take referral fees. I have absolutely no vested interest in any particular technology, tool or provider. I get paid to make AI work in your business. That's it.
I'm based in the South West. I'll drive to Yeovil, Truro, Taunton, Plymouth, Salisbury, Exeter, Dorchester, Bournemouth, Poole, Bath, Bristol, or wherever you are.
AI isn't waiting around. Nor should you.
Most companies treat AI like traditional software – months of option-weighing, committees, safe bets. AI is moving too fast for that. Start today. Start small. Experiment. Run with it.