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“AI advisory services are only valuable when they end in a build decision. A readiness sprint that cannot name the first production system, the engineer who ships it, and the payback window is just expensive conversation.”
On AI advisory services Sydney and Australia
Nick Hugh
Founder, Principal AI Engineer & Fractional CTO, Marshall Tech
Nick Hugh, Principal AI Engineer & Fractional CTO at Marshall Tech, Sydney
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