"We didn't start with a pitch deck. We started with a broken data pipeline at 2 a.m., a whiteboard full of crossed-out ideas, and the stubborn belief that AI should earn trust before it earns a contract."
— Founding team, Proven AI Creations, early 2021
Every engagement we take follows a documented journey. Below is the story of how we work — told through the phases every project actually passes through.
Before a single model is trained, we audit your current systems, data flows, and decision bottlenecks. Most organisations have more usable data than they realise — and more broken assumptions than they admit. We map both.
AI fails when it solves the wrong question. We run structured workshops to isolate the business outcome you actually need — not the one that sounds most impressive in a board meeting. This phase typically takes five to eight working days and produces a decision brief, not a slide deck.
We prototype with real data on constrained timelines. The goal is a working proof-of-concept that stakeholders can interrogate — not a demo that only works under ideal conditions. If the prototype fails, we document why and pivot before budget is spent on scale.
Once a prototype proves its worth, we engineer it for reality: monitoring, fallback logic, retraining schedules, data drift detection, and integration with your existing stack. Our engineering phase includes adversarial testing — we deliberately try to break what we've built.
We transfer knowledge aggressively. Documentation, pair sessions with your developers, runbooks for edge cases. After handover, we offer stewardship retainers — not to create dependency, but to catch model decay and shifting data patterns before they become incidents.
| CAPABILITY | TYPICAL USE | DELIVERY WINDOW | TEAM SIZE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Predictive Modelling | Demand forecasting, churn prevention, risk scoring | 6–10 weeks | 2–3 specialists |
| Natural Language Processing | Document classification, sentiment analysis, extraction pipelines | 4–8 weeks | 2 specialists |
| Computer Vision | Quality inspection, asset monitoring, document digitisation | 8–14 weeks | 3–4 specialists |
| Recommendation Engines | Product suggestions, content personalisation, next-best-action | 5–9 weeks | 2 specialists |
| AI Strategy & Audit | Readiness assessment, vendor evaluation, roadmap design | 2–4 weeks | 1–2 advisors |
| MLOps & Infrastructure | Pipeline automation, model monitoring, retraining orchestration | 4–12 weeks | 2–3 engineers |
If your data can't support the model you want, we'll say so before you spend a penny on engineering. We've turned away work when the data wasn't ready.
Every model we deploy comes with plain-language explanations of what it does, why it makes the decisions it makes, and where it might be wrong.
We build on open standards wherever possible. If you decide to part ways, your models, your data, and your documentation come with you.
We agree on success criteria before work begins. If we can't define how to measure impact, we redesign the project scope until we can.
In late 2023, a mid-sized pharmaceutical distributor approached us with a forecasting problem that had resisted two previous vendor attempts. Their stock-out rate was running above 11%. After a seven-week engagement — diagnosis, framing, and a tightly scoped predictive model — stock-outs dropped to under 3.5% within the first quarter of deployment. The model now runs autonomously with quarterly stewardship reviews.
"Other vendors showed us flashy demos. Proven AI showed us a spreadsheet of risks and a plan for each one. That's why we signed."
"Their honesty during the prototype phase saved us from building something our data couldn't support. We pivoted to a simpler model that actually worked."
Tell us what you're trying to solve. We'll tell you honestly whether we can help.
Direct contact:
Phone: +44 55 8080 2002
Email: [email protected]
Office:
86 The Crescent
Upton Pouros-Schmeler Court
Northern Ireland
DY8 8MW
United Kingdom
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