What we do
Services
Four disciplines. One methodology. Every engagement led by Sarah Barnbrook.
01
AI Readiness Assessment
Know what you're actually dealing with before you commit.
A structured audit of your organisation's current state: data infrastructure, governance maturity, team capability, and risk exposure. We map what exists against what any proposed AI implementation actually requires, and give you an honest picture of the gap.
Deliverable
Written assessment report with prioritised findings and a clear go / no-go recommendation.
02
Ethics & Risk Analysis
The questions your vendor isn't asking.
Independent analysis of the ethical dimensions of a proposed or existing AI system. We examine bias vectors, accountability structures, transparency obligations, and downstream harms, drawing on international frameworks including the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of AI and IEEE standards.
Deliverable
Ethics analysis document suitable for board, regulator, or procurement review.
03
Implementation Guidance
From decision to deployment, with someone watching the angles.
Ongoing advisory support through an AI implementation programme. We work alongside your team and your vendors, not as a replacement for either, but as the independent voice that holds the methodology. We catch the assumptions that get made when everyone is moving fast.
Deliverable
Retained advisory engagement, scoped to your programme timeline.
04
Custom Development
When off-the-shelf doesn't fit the problem.
Bespoke AI tools and systems built to your specific context, with ethics and governance designed in from the first line. We build for organisations where the stakes are high enough that 'good enough' isn't acceptable: government, health, education, critical infrastructure.
Deliverable
Scoped development engagement with full documentation and handover.
Process
How an engagement begins
01
Conversation
Describe the problem. We listen without an agenda.
02
Scoping
We define what the engagement covers and what it costs.
03
Engagement
Work begins. Sarah leads every engagement personally.
04
Deliverable
You receive something you can act on.
Every engagement starts with a conversation. No pitch deck, no discovery questionnaire. Sarah will ask you to describe the problem in your own words. That conversation is free, and it is where the methodology begins.
Not sure which service fits?
Start with the conversation. We'll work out together what your situation actually needs.
sarah@xallarap.ai