Your business has managed IT. Soon it will have Managed AI.
AI systems do not stay finished. Models change, vendors change, costs move, workflows evolve, employees adopt new habits and new opportunities emerge. Northbound manages that operating environment for you.
You run the business. We run the AI.
Managed AI turns artificial intelligence from a collection of projects into an ongoing business capability.
Northbound becomes the external operating layer responsible for keeping AI useful, controlled, measurable and aligned with the business.
Four responsibilities. One accountable partner.
The work does not stop when an automation or agent goes live. Managed AI owns the continuous operating cycle.
Monitor
Track system health, reliability, usage, quality, exceptions, incidents and operating cost.
Optimize
Improve workflows, prompts, models, agents, automations and human handoffs as the business evolves.
Govern
Maintain policies, permissions, ownership, review cycles, vendor controls and human oversight.
Expand
Continuously identify the next high-value opportunities instead of waiting for disconnected one-off projects.
Managed AI should scale with the business.
The operating model stays consistent while the level of strategy, governance, reporting and transformation support expands.
Managed AI Essentials™
For growing teams that need ongoing optimization, support and governance around a focused AI environment.
From $2,500/moManaged AI Growth™
Dedicated strategist, monthly leadership review, continuous optimization, vendor management, governance, training and dashboarding.
$5K–$8K/moManaged AI Transformation™
An external AI Transformation Office for organizations coordinating multiple systems, departments and initiatives.
$10K–$20K/moEnterprise Managed AI™
Enterprise-scale operating support across governance, vendors, systems, measurement and continuous transformation.
From $25K/moSoftware, API, cloud and third-party platform fees are generally separate.
AI changes too quickly for a “set it and forget it” model.
Managed AI exists because ongoing value requires someone to own the system after launch—not just build it.
Control operating cost
Track model usage, vendors, API spend and duplicated tooling before costs become invisible.
Maintain control
Keep permissions, human oversight and governance aligned as systems and usage expand.
Compound what works
Measure results, improve successful systems and direct new investment toward proven patterns.
Your AI capability should get better every month. Not older.
Start with your current AI environment and where the business is trying to go next.
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