What does AI strategy consulting deliver?

Three things: a use-case shortlist ranked by return, a costed and sequenced roadmap, and a build plan for the first project on it. It's the work that stops AI spend being guesswork — you see what each opportunity costs and saves before committing to any of them.

What goes into an AI roadmap?

Your processes, your data and your team's capacity — mapped against what AI can genuinely do today. The roadmap ranks use cases by payback, sequences them so early wins fund later ones, and names the ones not worth doing. Half the value is the list of ideas we tell you to drop.

How is this different from your AI readiness assessment?

Depth. The AI readiness assessment is a fixed one-week programme at £3,000 — three calls and a proposal with estimated ROIs. Strategy consulting goes further: deeper process mapping, a sequenced multi-project roadmap, and a plan you can put in front of a board. Plenty of clients start with the assessment and step up.

Do we need an AI strategy before building anything?

Not always. If one process is obviously bleeding hours — re-keying, chasing, copying between systems — a single scoped automation from £5,000 is a perfectly good first step. Strategy earns its keep when several candidates are competing for budget and you need to pick in the right order.

Will you build what the roadmap recommends?

If you want us to — the roadmap is written to be handed to any competent team, us included. Follow-on builds start from £8,000, scoped at a fixed price, with milestone payments and the code and IP yours on payment.

AI Strategy Consultancy & Roadmap

Every step, with a team who's done it before

When several AI ideas are competing for the same budget, guessing the order is expensive. AI strategy consulting gives you a costed, sequenced roadmap of the use cases worth funding — ranked by payback, board-ready, and honest about the ones to leave alone. Two weeks, from £4,000.

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Direction call

A no-cost call to check you need a roadmap at all — if one process is obviously bleeding hours, a single automation may be the smarter first move, and we'll point you there rather than sell you a sprint.
Scope the sprint

You see the shape before you commit — a two-week sprint at a fixed price, your processes and data reviewed, ending in a use-case shortlist and roadmap. Agreed upfront, with no obligation to build any of it.
The roadmap

We rank your use cases by return, sequence them so early wins fund the later phases, and name the ones not worth doing. You leave with board-ready costings — a £ figure and payback period against every phase.
First build

The roadmap is written to hand to any competent team, us included. If we build it, the first project starts from £8,000 and is measured against the roadmap's own estimates, so the plan proves itself before the next phase is funded.

Roadmaps that turned into results

Every one of these started as a direction question — where would AI pay off here? For an energy supplier, the answer became a sales cycle with 5x the lead capacity in 3 months; for a trader, a model labelling chart patterns into their own spreadsheet; for Kite Insights, a sustainability app shipped across platforms.

SBU

CodeLeap automated the full sales cycle for a client in the UK energy sector, from lead capture through to signed contract, increasing lead generation capacity by 5x in 3 months.
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Market prediction platform

We built a machine-learning platform for a financial analysis firm — supervised models that read the trend patterns and oscillators their analyst used to label by hand, a daily pipeline that writes the results into their working spreadsheet, and predictions served through an API.
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Hurd

A cross-platform app CodeLeap built and maintains for Kite Insights, helping employees drive sustainability and inclusion at work through micro-learning, anonymous employer reviews and a community.
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Our approach

The method behind the roadmap — how use cases get found, tested and ranked before any of them gets a budget.

Process & data mapping

We map where hours and errors actually accumulate, then check whether your data can support the fixes AI promises.
ROI-first shortlisting

Every use case gets a cost and a saving attached — ranked by payback, so the roadmap starts where the money is.
Prototype before promise

Shaky assumptions get tested with quick prototypes during the sprint — a day of prototyping beats a quarter of debate.
OpenAI & Claude

We test candidate use cases against the OpenAI models we've shipped with and Anthropic's Claude, so the roadmap reflects what today's AI actually does.
Sequenced by payback

Early wins are scheduled first so they fund the later phases — a roadmap that needs faith upfront is a wish list.
Board-ready costings

Each phase carries a £ estimate and a payback period, in a format you can put in front of a board without translating.
The do-not-automate list

Half the value is what we tell you to drop — processes where AI would cost more than it saves get named, not glossed.
And much more

This is what comes up most often, not a limit. Bring us something that isn't on this list and we'll get up to speed on it — working with something new is the job, not an obstacle.

What our clients are saying

Real reviews from clients we have delivered for, on Clutch and elsewhere.

4.9 via Clutch

The enthusiasm, understanding of our mission, and passion from the first few minutes of the call were the deciding factors in choosing CodeLeap. Within 3 months of our app launching, we had over 1,500 downloads, appeared in leading publications from Forbes, The Metro, Marie Claire, Women's Fitness and many more, and started raising further investment.

Charlie CEO, Becon
They are incredibly diligent in the quality of work they produce, and go above and beyond when it comes to solving issues faced within the project, and to ensure we meet strict project deadlines. You never feel like you are one of many clients, and they ensure they are always there to help with any need you have, no matter how big or small.

Amelia Parmiter Marketing Manager, AWS - Marble
CodeLeap made me feel like my options were limitless in terms of what could be achieved, which was critical to me as we were creating something very unique. I'm glad I chose Codeleap over a large corporation as the personable approach resulted in a smooth and pleasant experience.

James CEO, Bearable
Working with CodeLeap was a very good experience from both a professional and personal point of view. These people know what they are doing and are both efficient and clever and made a good partner. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend CodeLeap.

John CEO, Neurometrics-Diab
CodeLeap adds so much value and goes above and beyond what I expected. CodeLeap's team is very flexible with all the different requests we've put in front of them. They've also been great with the whole business side of things, and being able to forecast for this industry is really helpful. Overall, I'm completely satisfied with their work — they've been incredibly helpful.

Johanne CEO, Cherry
Their flexibility and focus on quality were outstanding.

Mike Fenna CTO, Kite Insights
Marcelo has been wonderful throughout the process and we are very happy.

Amrit Director, Energy Company
Absolutely FANTASTIC. This is very much what I had in mind. We're very pleased with your team, thank you all very much.

Rich Director, Legal Company

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Recognised by the industry

Independent rankings from Clutch, The Manifest, SME News and the National Digital Awards.

Flexible, transparent pricing

AI strategy sprint

2 weeks
- Your processes and data reviewed
- A use-case shortlist ranked by ROI
- A costed, sequenced AI roadmap
- An honest list of what not to automate
- Fixed price, no obligation to build
From £4,000
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Roadmap to first build

Strategy into production
- Your roadmap's top use case built and shipped
- First build sequenced so early wins fund the next
- Results measured against the roadmap estimates
- Board-ready costings for every later phase
- All code and IP yours on payment
From £8,000
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Everything you might want to know before starting a project with us.

Three things: a use-case shortlist ranked by return, a costed and sequenced roadmap, and a build plan for the first project on it. It's the work that stops AI spend being guesswork — you see what each opportunity costs and saves before committing to any of them.
Your processes, your data and your team's capacity — mapped against what AI can genuinely do today. The roadmap ranks use cases by payback, sequences them so early wins fund later ones, and names the ones not worth doing. Half the value is the list of ideas we tell you to drop.
Depth. The AI readiness assessment is a fixed one-week programme at £3,000 — three calls and a proposal with estimated ROIs. Strategy consulting goes further: deeper process mapping, a sequenced multi-project roadmap, and a plan you can put in front of a board. Plenty of clients start with the assessment and step up.
Not always. If one process is obviously bleeding hours — re-keying, chasing, copying between systems — a single scoped automation from £5,000 is a perfectly good first step. Strategy earns its keep when several candidates are competing for budget and you need to pick in the right order.
If you want us to — the roadmap is written to be handed to any competent team, us included. Follow-on builds start from £8,000, scoped at a fixed price, with milestone payments and the code and IP yours on payment.