Vision and execution, in the same team

We frame the value, we build the solutions, we embed them in your business.

BpifranceAccredited expert

Data AI diagnostic: 40% funded by Bpifrance

Eight days of diagnostic work co-funded by France 2030, leaving €6,000 excl. VAT to pay, for SMEs as defined by the EU and mid-sized companies with fewer than 2,000 FTEs.

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Our offer

AI has merged the idea and its execution. So have we: one hybrid team that thinks and builds. AI expertise grounded in reality, combined with real consulting and business know-how. Both in the same heads, on the ground, alongside your teams.

AI Partner: thinking

We diagnose how you work, frame the value and bring your teams on board, wherever AI delivers tangible impact.

AI Builder: doing

We build or integrate the right business solutions, for and with your teams. From prototype to production.

Think, build, embed

Thinking feeds the prototype, and the prototype tests the thinking. Three phases that move forward together.

Think

Frame the value

Align on the stakes, prioritise use cases, chart the course.

  • Executive committee awarenessaligning on stakes and ambition, first decisions
  • AI maturity auditprocesses, governance, quick wins
  • Use case mappingbusiness pain points, value hypotheses, shortlist
  • Roadmapmake / buy / enable analysis, priorities, milestones, budget
  • MVP specificationfeasibility, architecture, 90-day plan

Build

Prove it with a prototype

Solutions in real conditions, tested with your teams.

  • Workflow automationacross systems: CRM, email, ERP
  • Business agentssupport, ops, sales: an orchestra of dedicated tools
  • Knowledge base (RAG)your private documents, sourced answers
  • Internal assistantSlack, Teams, web, on your own corpus
  • Custom productdedicated interface, integrated LLM workflows

Adopt

Embed it for the long term

Team buy-in as the precondition for value.

  • GovernanceRACI, usage charter, risk management, committees
  • Change managementbuilding buy-in through candour, easing concerns
  • Internal AI buildersdeveloping a generation of in-house AI builders
  • Trainingcore and role-specific programmes, practice platform

Value grows exponentially

From the individual to the system. The leap from level 2 to level 3 depends on structure, method and support far more than on tools.

01 · Thinking partner

Converse

Rephrase, structure a memo. Individual, one-off gain.

02 · Assistant

Delegate a task

Summarise, extract data. Hours saved per employee.

03 · Teammate

Hand over a workflow

An agent that checks invoices continuously. Team capacity grows.

04 · System

Orchestrate

An end-to-end multi-agent process. The organisation scales up.

The right lever, at the right pace

Agnostic about the lever, fast on execution. The diagnostic decides which lever to use, with a fallback always planned.

Buy

The best solutions on the market (Claude, Copilot, vertical SaaS). Deployed quickly, well integrated.

Make

Bespoke work you cannot find elsewhere: agents, automations, business software fitted to your processes.

Enable

Dormant assets: upskilling your teams, AI features already built into your tools.

Aligned with a 100-day plan

1

Weeks 1-2

Flash Diagnostic, high-ROI quick wins

2

Weeks 3-8

First solutions in production

3

Months 3-6

Structural build and impact measurement

Our approach

Generative AI, put to the test of reality

Generative AI shows its full value when it truly transforms: in practice, at the heart of teams' daily work, beyond the slides. The real challenge lies in your organisation's ability to integrate it while preserving what makes it unique: its know-how, its data, its working culture.

A partner aligned with your value

Four principles guide every engagement.

Proximity

Understand the problem before the technology. We immerse ourselves in your business before recommending anything: value is decided in contact with reality.

Craft

Thinking and building, hands on the material. Every recommendation rests on a prototype and is tested in real use.

Independence

Vendor-agnostic and independent. We recommend the best tool for you, off the shelf or bespoke, with complete objectivity.

Clear-sightedness

Mindful of the social (dependency, deskilling) and environmental impact of AI. Sovereign when it matters, pragmatic the rest of the time.

The barrier is organisational first

Nearly 70% of the obstacles to AI are human and organisational. That is where much of our work takes place too.

Cultural mistrust

A technology that frightens as much as it fascinates. Teams need buy-in and understanding.

"I can do it myself"

A proliferation of scattered prototypes that wear teams out.

The probabilistic shock

AI is probabilistic, while business is deterministic. A learning curve to climb together.

We turn successful prototypes into everyday tools

We start with a Flash Diagnostic: two weeks, a targeted scope, costed quick wins. You come away with a roadmap: the use cases selected, their estimated value and the implementation timeline. Deployment follows, with method and support, until AI becomes a working habit rather than yet another experiment.

Frequently asked questions about our AI services

A generative AI PoC is a concrete, targeted demonstration that validates the technical feasibility and business value of an artificial intelligence project. At usuel.ai, we build PoCs tested in real conditions with your teams, so you can assess the tangible benefits before deploying at scale.

It depends on the complexity of the project. A PoC can be delivered in 4 to 8 weeks. Full industrialisation usually takes 3 to 6 months. We favour an iterative approach with quick, visible results from the first few weeks.

Our engagements deliver measured gains, function by function: up to 70% less time on contract review and 65% less on reporting (Radio France), 90% lower costs for product page production (Lacoste, Hachette), +10% e-commerce conversion (Cdiscount), up to 5x faster across the product cycle (Edenred). We estimate your own gains during the Flash Diagnostic.

Absolutely. usuel.ai specialises in supporting mid-sized companies. Our pragmatic approach lets you adopt AI step by step, with controlled investment and measurable returns. AI is just as accessible to SMEs and mid-sized companies as it is to large groups.

Vision and execution in the same team: we think and we build, and every recommendation rests on a prototype. Independent and vendor-agnostic, we work directly with business teams. Our role: a hands-on AI partner for companies, and an AI operating partner for private equity funds.

Nearly 70% of the obstacles to AI are human and organisational, and that is where most of our support takes place. We involve your teams from the start, address concerns candidly, train on real cases and develop internal champions. Team buy-in is our first condition for success.

An independent firm like usuel.ai guides you with complete objectivity. Our independence from software vendors lets us recommend the best solutions for your context, off the shelf or bespoke.

Being Gen AI native means we use generative AI in our own consulting and support processes. What we recommend, we have tested and validated in-house. This practice gives us a detailed understanding of what adoption and integration really involve.

Let's start with a Flash Diagnostic

Two weeks to identify your priority use cases and build your roadmap, on a scope you choose.

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