Cornerstone

The AI partner for businesses drowning in manual work

Cornerstone takes the manual work running your business and makes it awesome.

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The Cornerstone promise

We find the work draining your team's time and revenue, then build the systems that fix it.

.01

We Strategize

We sit down with you to where your business actually needs help.

We map where AI fits across your business, then prioritize the use cases that move revenue.

  • Executive alignment
  • Workflow audit
  • 90-day roadmap
.02

We Build

We design what to build, how it fits together, and the path to get there.

We architect the stack and redesign the workflow so AI fits the work, not the other way around.

  • 1–4 workflows / month
  • Your stack, your data
  • Owned by you
.03

We Train

Your team learns to run it, build on it, and ship the next thing without us.

We run hands-on enablement for the people doing the work and build AI fluency across your team.

  • Hands-on workshops
  • Internal playbooks
  • Knowledge transfer
Who actually shows up

One team.
One system,
embedded in yours.

Plug into Cornerstone's system and see what happens when your business runs on AI.

CEOCOOOpsSalesFinancePeople
The monthly rhythm

What every month looks like.

Same shape every month, fresh content every month. Predictability for your team, compounding wins for your business.

Week One · 01 / 04

Align.

CEO check-in. Set the priorities for the month.

  • 01
    CEO working session
    60 minutes. What's on fire? What moves the number?
  • 02
    Review last month's shipped systems
    Honest read: what landed, what's drifting.
  • 03
    Refresh the 30-day roadmap
    1 must-ship, 2 should-ships, 1 stretch.
  • 04
    Align department leads
    Everyone hears the priority from the same voice.
The 3-minute diagnostic

Everyone's talking AI. Where do you actually stand?

Where you are. What to fix first. One move to make this month.

  • 3 minutes, no email gate
  • Answers right away
  • Personalized first move
Cornerstone AI-Readiness DiagnosticQuestion 1 of 6
Q1 / 6

What does your team actually run on?

What's the main software your business runs on day to day?

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Pick your starting point

Four steps. One journey.

Each step builds on the last. Start where you are; graduate when you're ready.

01

Assess

the diagnostic

Two weeks. Executive alignment, AI-readiness audit, and the roadmap you'll execute against.

  • Executive alignment session
  • AI-Readiness Assessment
  • 90-day strategic roadmap
  • Final read-out to leadership
02

Start

first wins

30 days. Everything in Assess, plus 1–2 production workflows and a team that knows how to run them.

  • Everything in Assess
  • 1–2 workflow builds
  • Hands-on team training
  • Department rollout
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03

Build

the recommended one

Ongoing. Embedded operator, multi-department rollout, monthly cadence. Most clients live here.

  • Everything in Start
  • 3–4 workflows / month
  • Multi-dept rollout
  • Live AI monitoring
04

Accelerate

company-wide

Ongoing. Full embedded presence, simultaneous rollouts across functions, aggressive shipping cadence.

  • Everything in Build
  • Org-wide simultaneous rollout
  • Embedded presence
  • Aggressive cadence
Run the numbers

What it pays back, exactly.

Team size80people
Avg fully-loaded rate$85/hr
Hours saved / person / wk6hrs
Engagement length6mo
Estimated value returned
$1.1M
over 6 months
Monthly value
$177K
Cornerstone investment
$180K
ROI multiple
5.9x
Modeled on Build-tier baseline ($30K/mo). Real ROI varies by workflow mix · numbers are illustrative.
Common questions

Things people ask us.

Don't see yours? Email frank@cornerstoneai.co.

  • Primarily 50–500 person companies where a CEO or COO is the decision-maker. Below that we're overkill; above that you probably already have an internal AI function.

  • Consultants deliver slide decks and leave. We embed an operator, ship working systems, and transfer the knowledge to your team — so you're not dependent on us forever.

  • First working system ships in ~2 weeks. Average ROI crossover is at day 90. Most clients have 10+ workflows live by month 4.

  • You keep the workflows, the playbooks, the training, and a team that knows how to build the next one. The whole point is to make us unnecessary.

  • Perfect. That's where we do our best work — no sunk-cost pilots to unwind, no tool sprawl, just the right first bet.

  • That's what Start is for. A one-time engagement focused on strategy, training, and one quick win.

  • A full-time Head of AI costs $250K+ before benefits and takes months to hire. Fractional gives you the same strategic leadership at a fraction of the cost — plus someone who's seen what works across multiple companies.

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