Free · 5 minutes · instant score

How AI-ready is your business — really?

Most $15M–$75M companies know they need AI but don't know where to start. The ardn ai Business Readiness Assessment scores your operation across five dimensions, shows you exactly where the gaps are, and recommends the first AI module to deploy. The full report is free — unlocked with your work email.

✓ Free, no credit card✓ 15 questions, ~5 minutes✓ Instant score + personalized plan

What you receive

A scored report. A first move. A recommended tier.

Not a generic checklist. A breakdown of your specific business scored against where AI produces real return in companies your size.

Your AI Readiness Score

An overall 0–100 score plus a dimension-by-dimension breakdown. You see exactly where you're strong and where you're leaving money on the table.

Your Recommended First Move

The AI module that would produce the fastest ROI for your business, based on your lowest-scoring dimension and your company size.

Your Retainer Tier

Based on how many dimensions are underdeveloped and your revenue band, we recommend Starter, Growth, or Enterprise — with a direct cost comparison to hiring.

The framework

Five dimensions. Every one maps to a module we can deploy.

The assessment scores you on the five areas that determine whether AI compounds or stalls inside a business. Each dimension maps directly to an AI module — so your score tells us exactly where to start.

01

Data & Visibility

Maps to: CEO Intelligence Dashboard

Can your business see itself clearly? We score the quality, accessibility, and centralisation of your data — and whether you have a live view of the KPIs that run your operation.

High score

Live dashboards. Decisions made from facts. AI has clean data to run on.

Low score

Month-old spreadsheets. Gut-feel decisions. No single source of truth.

02

Sales & Marketing

Maps to: Sales & Marketing Automation

How much of your pipeline runs on manual effort? We assess how repeatable, trackable, and automatable your sales and marketing process is — and where leads are falling through the cracks.

High score

Predictable pipeline. Automated follow-up. CRM that updates itself.

Low score

Reps doing admin. Leads going cold. No visibility into what's working.

03

Operations & Workflow

Maps to: Operations & Workflow Automation

Where is your team doing work that should be automated? We identify the highest-volume, most repeatable processes — the ones that consume hours every week and produce no revenue.

High score

Documented processes. Fast onboarding. Low error rates. Agents handling the volume.

Low score

Everything depends on a person. Errors are common. The CEO keeps trying to hire for it.

04

People & AI Literacy

Maps to: Internal AI Training Program

Will your team actually use AI when it's installed? We assess your team's current AI fluency and change readiness — the most common reason AI fails in a business isn't the technology, it's adoption.

High score

Team already experimenting. Clear usage policy. Fast adopters. AI compounds naturally.

Low score

AI is seen as a threat or a gimmick. No structured usage. High change resistance.

05

Strategy & Leadership

Maps to: AI Strategy & Competitive Intelligence

Is AI a deliberate decision at your company, or a reaction to what competitors are doing? We assess whether your leadership has a clear AI point of view and a roadmap.

High score

AI on the board agenda. Roadmap exists. Competitive intelligence tracked.

Low score

No AI strategy. Reactive decisions. Competitors are moving and you're watching.

How it works

Score → gap → module → tier. In that order.

1

Answer 15 questions

3 questions per dimension. Multiple choice, ~5 minutes. Progress bar, autosave, mobile-optimised.

2

Server computes your score

We score each dimension 0–100 and compute your overall band (Reactive / Developing / AI-Ready). The full result is stored and ready.

3

Unlock with your work email

Enter your work email to unlock the full dimension breakdown, your recommended module, and your tier. We use it to send you the PDF and to reach out — nothing else.

4

Get your report

Full results page: overall score, dimension radar, per-dimension verdict, recommended first AI module, retainer tier, and a "Book your Discovery Call" link.

Why the email gate?The score and recommendations are computed server-side and only revealed after your email is captured. This is intentional — it lets us personalise the outreach and send you a PDF copy of your results. We don't share your email and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Is this right for you?

Built for the $15M–$75M no-CTO company.

This is for you if:

  • Your company does $15M–$75M in revenue with 25–300 employees
  • You have a working business but no dedicated technology or AI leadership
  • You're already on Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 and a CRM
  • You've heard about AI but don't have a structured program in place
  • You want to move in weeks, not quarters
  • You're in services, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, construction, or distribution

This isn't for you if:

  • You're a pre-revenue startup or don't yet have a repeatable business
  • You're looking for AI software to buy, not AI operations to install
  • You want a 6-month strategy project before anything gets built
  • You need a 50-person implementation team (we're deliberately lean)

Take the assessment

Start in the next 5 minutes.

Free, online, instant score. 15 questions. Your full report — including a downloadable PDF — is unlocked with your work email.

What you'll get:

  • Answer 15 questions across 5 AI dimensions — takes about 5 minutes
  • Your score is computed instantly, by dimension, with an overall band (Reactive / Developing / Leading)
  • Enter your work email to unlock: dimension breakdown, recommended first module, retainer tier
  • Download a full PDF report with your gap analysis and action plan

Free · No credit card · Instant results

What our clients say

What you walk away with.

We'd been talking about AI for 18 months. After the readiness call, we had a clear first project, a cost model, and a start date. We kicked off the following week.
Operations Director, Professional Services, Orlando FL
I expected a sales pitch. What I got was a structured scorecard and a genuine 'here's where you should start and why.' It was a completely different conversation from every other AI vendor I'd met.
CEO, Healthcare Services Group
The assessment flagged our data problem before we wasted money on automations that would have failed anyway. That alone saved us six figures in the wrong direction.
Founder, Logistics Company, Tampa FL

Five minutes to know where you stand.

Score your business, find the gap, start with the module that pays off first.