Frequently Asked Questions

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What does sc0red do?
sc0red helps companies identify hidden opportunities to increase revenue, reduce costs, and improve employee experience, aligned to their overall strategy. We bring strategy and operations expertise to decide which AI initiatives will actually move the needle, then we design, build, and run them. We also offer two productized solutions, Agency and the sc0red Platform.
How is sc0red different from an AI development shop?
Most dev shops build whatever the client can already see. Our partners have run businesses, set strategy, and fixed operations, so we start from your strategy and operating model and find the opportunities you cannot see yet. We also tell you what not to build, and why. Every engagement begins with an Opportunity Assessment, not a build.
Who do you work with?
Companies of any size that are under pressure to do something with AI and want to be sure it is the right something. We work across industries and are at our best in highly regulated ones such as healthcare, financial services, and legal, where compliance, privacy, and auditability are non-negotiable.
What is the Opportunity Assessment?
A short, fixed-fee engagement, typically two to four weeks, that maps the hidden revenue, cost, and employee-experience opportunities in your business and scores each one against your strategy and your regulatory reality. You get a prioritized opportunity map, a sequence, a 100-day plan, and a written brief you can hand to your board. Read more about the assessment.
What is the Opportunity Diagnostic?
A free, self-serve tool that takes a few minutes and gives you a directional read on where AI could move revenue, cost, or employee experience in your business. It is a starting point, not a substitute for the full assessment. Take the diagnostic.
Do you build software, or only advise?
Both. When the roadmap calls for custom software, AI agents, or integrations, we build them, compliance-aware for regulated environments, and we stay to make adoption stick. When the right answer is a process change or one of our products, we say so.
How do Agency and the sc0red Platform relate to your services?
Both grew out of client work. They stand on their own, and when an assessment surfaces a problem one of them solves, we recommend it and fold it into the roadmap. When it does not fit, we do not push it. See the solutions.
How do you price services?
The Opportunity Assessment is a fixed fee. Roadmap, build, and managed-operations work is scoped and priced per engagement before anything starts, with no surprises and no scope creep. Talk to a partner for specifics.
How do you handle our data?
We design around the data you are not allowed to move, we never train models on your customers' information, and every automated action in systems we build is recorded and attributable. See our Responsible AI principles and our Privacy Policy.
Where do I start?
A 30-minute conversation with a partner. No pitch, no proposal, just an honest read on whether we can help. Book a call.

Looking for questions about the sc0red Platform? See the Platform FAQ.