Consulting & Architecture
Know what to fund, what to fix, and what comes next.
AI and digital transformation, planned right. We assess where your business and technology stand today, then blueprint the architecture and roadmap to get where you need to be: a clear, prioritized plan that lets your company move at the pace of innovation and gives leadership a lasting competitive advantage. Contacts, notes and tasks stay on one record on our own AI platform, so nothing is re-explained.
The challenge
Sound familiar?
AI pilots everywhere, production nowhere.
Every team is experimenting, but nothing has reached customers or the P&L, and nobody can say which bets deserve funding.
An architecture built for yesterday.
Virtualization costs are climbing, GPU capacity is a guess, and the platform decisions you make this year will lock in cost and speed for the next five.
A strategy engineering can't execute.
You have a deck. What you don't have is a plan the engineers believe in, with costs modeled and the first build scoped tightly enough to actually ship.
Services
What we deliver
Five ways we turn ambition into an architecture and a plan your leadership, engineers, and board can all get behind.
AI & Digital Transformation Roadmaps
We turn a pile of AI ideas into a sequenced plan: which use cases first, what data and platforms they need, who owns them, and what it costs to get each one into production.
AI Readiness & Technology Assessments
Before you fund an AI project, find out whether your data, platforms, people and governance can carry it.
Target-State Architecture: AI, Cloud & GPU
We design the architecture your AI roadmap needs, from data and retrieval to models, agents, cloud and GPU capacity, and we design it knowing we may be the ones who build it.
Modernization & Migration Strategy
Legacy virtualization is getting more expensive and harder to staff.
Competitive Strategy & Executive Advisory
A senior sounding board for founders and executives making high-stakes technology calls: where to compete, what to build, what to buy, and how AI changes the answer.
Not sure where to start?
Most teams start with a one-week readiness assessment.
Deliverables
What you walk away with
Evidence, decisions, and a plan. Not a slide deck that gathers dust.
- Readiness scorecard with evidence across six areas
- Prioritized AI use-case portfolio ranked by value and risk
- Target-state architecture diagrams for AI, cloud, and GPU
- Cost model for inference and infrastructure at production volume
- Security, privacy, and governance guardrails
- 90-day roadmap with the first build scoped to ship
How it works
From first call to full execution
Discovery call
45 minutes. We listen first: your goals, your constraints, and the decisions on the table.
Current-state assessment
Interviews, systems, data, and costs reviewed. You get a scored readout within one week.
Target-state design
The architecture, cost model, and guardrails that get you from here to there.
Roadmap to build
A 90-day plan with the first use case scoped, ready to move straight into engineering.
Engagement models
Start where it makes sense
Every engagement is scoped to your budget, timeline, and outcomes. No bloated statements of work.
Readiness assessment
A focused one-to-two week review of where you stand and what to fund first.
Architecture & roadmap
Target-state architecture, cost model, and a sequenced roadmap for an AI platform or modernization program.
Executive advisory
Ongoing senior guidance as leadership steers a multi-quarter AI and transformation agenda.
Three practices, zero handoffs
One team from blueprint to launch
Consulting & Architecture is one part of the journey. The same team carries your initiative through every stage, so nothing gets lost in a handoff.
Field note
Go deeper
The AI Readiness Assessment: 7 Questions to Answer Before You Fund Another AI Project
A practical AI readiness assessment: 7 questions across strategy, data, infrastructure, security, and people that decide whether an AI investment ships or stalls.
Read the field note →Field NotesPlaybooks for teams that ship.
Practical guides on AI architecture, agentic-first engineering, and technical go-to-market.
Browse all field notes →FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers to the questions we hear most. Still curious? Ask us on a free call.
What does an AI consulting and architecture engagement include?
It typically includes a readiness assessment, a prioritized use-case portfolio, a target-state architecture for AI, cloud, and GPU, a cost model, security guardrails, and a 90-day roadmap with the first build scoped.
How long does an AI readiness assessment take?
Most assessments take one to two weeks. Mach typically delivers a scored readout within one week of the discovery call.
Do you only make recommendations, or do you also build?
We build. Mach's Engineering & Development practice turns the architecture into working systems, and our GTM practice launches it, so there are no handoffs between the people who plan it and the people who deliver it.
Can you help with VMware or OpenShift modernization?
Yes. We assess your current virtualization footprint, model the economics of staying, migrating, or modernizing onto container platforms like OpenShift and Kubernetes, and lay out a migration plan in waves.
Which clouds and AI platforms do you work with?
We work across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, GPU clouds, and on-premises environments, and recommend the option that fits your requirements, data residency needs, and unit economics.
How much does it cost?
Every engagement is scoped to your goals and budget. The first conversation is free, and you receive a clear proposal before any work begins.
Project inquiry
Tell us about your AI plans
Tell us about your goals. In 45 minutes we will map where you stand and how Consulting & Architecture can move you forward, with a clear readout within one week.
- 01Tell us where you are headedA two-minute form. Share the outcome you want and any constraints.
- 0245-minute discovery callWe listen first. No pitch deck, no sales script.
- 03Your readout within one weekWhere the gaps are and which practice will move the needle fastest.
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