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Is your small business ready for AI?

9 questions, 5 dimensions, an honest score. No hype.

9 questions, 5 dimensions

We score data, process, team, tooling, and risk. Honest > optimistic.

  1. 01 · Data foundation

    Where does the data your team operates on live?

  2. 02 · Data foundation

    How clean and labeled is your historical data?

  3. 03 · Process clarity

    Are your top 3 workflows documented?

  4. 04 · Process clarity

    Can you identify 1–2 manual tasks taking >10h/week each?

  5. 05 · Team & ownership

    Is anyone on the team comfortable with prompts and AI tools?

  6. 06 · Team & ownership

    Who would own a new AI workflow once it ships?

  7. 07 · Tooling baseline

    Do you already use SaaS with APIs (CRM, accounting, comms)?

  8. 08 · Risk & budget

    What's your tolerance for an AI mistake in this workflow?

  9. 09 · Risk & budget

    Do you have a budget for an AI pilot in the next 90 days?

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Answer the 9 questions to see your score.

Frequently asked questions

What does an AI readiness score measure?+

We score 5 dimensions: (1) data foundation — is the data centralized and clean enough to feed a model; (2) process clarity — are the workflows documented; (3) team and ownership — does someone own AI in production; (4) tooling baseline — modern SaaS with APIs; (5) risk and budget — tolerance for mistakes and pilot budget.

Why is data foundation so heavily weighted?+

Most failed SMB AI projects fail at the data step. If the model can't reliably read your data, prompt engineering on top doesn't save it. Centralized + labeled data is the prerequisite, not the optimization.

What if I score low on team but high on data?+

That's the common SMB pattern. The recommendation is still 'pilot on a low-risk internal workflow' — but the focus is on owner assignment and AI literacy training before scaling.

Does this quiz collect my answers?+

No. The math runs in your browser. We only know your aggregate score if you book a call and tell us — we use that to skip ground we'd otherwise have to cover in the diagnostic.

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AI Readiness Self-Assessment for Small Businesses