Agentic AI · Hybrid Workforce · Workforce Intelligence

The firms selling AI strategy have never run an AI workforce.

The Source AI is a boutique advisory for the hybrid enterprise. We help leadership teams deploy agentic AI and measure the workforce it changes — with the two platforms defining each category — in weeks, not transformation years.

The FirmPrincipal-ledEvery engagement is run by the people whose names are on it — never handed down to an analyst bench.
Agentic PracticeDeployed at scaleWand AI operates inside some of the world's largest enterprises, including a multi-year partnership with Franklin Templeton.
Intelligence Practice1T+ work hoursSapience Analytics has analyzed more than a trillion hours of enterprise work across 50+ countries.
The ModelWeeks, not yearsBaseline, blueprint, deploy. Platform economics instead of a 200-consultant transformation program.
Why a boutique

Big-firm AI advice is a business model. Ours is an outcome.

The global consultancies bill by the quarter and staff by the dozen. We advise on two platforms we know deeply, deploy alongside your team, and are paid on results being real.

The transformation-program playbook

  • 12–24 month roadmaps before anything runs in production
  • Partner sells, analysts deliver
  • Vendor-neutral on paper, incentive-neutral in practice — paid the same whether it works
  • Strategy decks that end where deployment begins
  • AI treated as an IT project, owned by nobody in the business

The Source AI model

  • First workflows live in weeks — value measured from day one
  • Principals in every room, start to finish
  • Deep, disclosed alignment with two category-defining platforms
  • Advisory that continues through deployment, governance, and scale
  • AI treated as workforce — with roles, KPIs, and accountability
Two practices

Two practices. Two doors.

The Source AI runs two independent practices under two independent agreements. They don't overlap, bundle, or share client information — each has its own page, its own engagement path, and its own mandate.

Independent engagements · No joint offering
Advisory services

What we're retained for

Consulting engagements stand on their own or wrap around a platform deployment. Every one is scoped to a decision your leadership team actually has to make.

ADV-01

Agentic readiness assessment

Where autonomous agents create value in your operation, where they don't yet, and what governance has to exist before the first one runs.

ADV-02

Hybrid workforce operating model

Roles, KPIs, escalation paths, and accountability for a workforce of humans and agents — designed so the org chart survives contact with AI.

ADV-03

Workforce intelligence baseline

An objective picture of how work happens today — capacity, friction, AI adoption — so transformation is measured against fact, not opinion.

ADV-04

Use-case selection & ROI casing

Ranked, costed, defensible: which workflows to automate first, what each is worth, and the business case your CFO will sign.

ADV-05

Deployment oversight

Owner's-side representation through vendor deployment — scope, security review, milestones, and acceptance held to the original case.

ADV-06

AI governance & board reporting

Policy, audit trail, and a reporting cadence that lets the board see a governed workforce — not a science project.

Where we work

Deepest where the stakes are regulated

Our work concentrates in financial services and other operations where governance isn't optional — where an agent workforce has to satisfy the auditor, the regulator, and the board at the same time.

Banking & Payments Infrastructure

Reconciliation, exception management, KYC/AML operations, and dispute workflows — the high-volume back office where agentic labor pays for itself first.

Asset & Wealth Management

The category's public proof point: Wand's multi-year strategic partnership with Franklin Templeton, deployed across a global asset-management platform.

Insurance

Claims triage, policy administration, underwriting support, and regulatory reporting — labor-intensive, rules-heavy, and ready for governed autonomy.

Commercial Real Estate & Capital Markets

Brokerage operations, research, valuation workflows, and deal support across firms where headcount has always been the only lever.

Retail & Consumer Operations

Supply-chain exceptions, invoice processing, IT service operations, and workforce scheduling at national scale.

Healthcare Operations

Non-clinical operations — onboarding, credentialing, staffing, IT support — where capacity is scarce and PHI boundaries are absolute.

For procurement & diligence teams

The questions you're going to ask anyway

Enterprise diligence is our native environment. Here are the straight answers before the first call.

Who do we contract with?

Platform licenses are contracted directly with the vendor — Wand AI or Sapience Analytics — on the vendor's enterprise paper, security terms, and SLAs. Advisory engagements are contracted with The Source AI LLC separately. You are never asked to run enterprise software spend through an intermediary.

What is The Source AI's role?

Principal-level advisory and vendor access: use-case selection, business casing, operating-model design, and owner's-side oversight through deployment. Our channel relationships are disclosed in writing at the start of every engagement.

Security & compliance posture?

Deployments run on vendor infrastructure under the vendor's certifications — including on-prem and private-cloud (VPC) options for regulated environments. The Source AI operates under NDA from the first conversation and holds no client production data.

How do engagements start?

A 90-minute working session with your leadership team, under mutual NDA, at no cost. You leave with a candid read and a ranked opportunity map — whether or not you engage further.

How an engagement runs

Baseline. Blueprint. Deploy.

The sequence is deliberate: measure before you change, decide before you build, and hold every deployment to the case that justified it.

Baseline

Working sessions with your leadership plus objective data on how work happens now. Output: a fact base and a ranked opportunity map.

Weeks 1–2

Blueprint

The operating model, governance framework, and business case for the first wave — specific workflows, specific owners, specific numbers.

Weeks 3–5

Deploy

Platform deployment with owner's-side oversight, then a measured expansion cadence. Value is reported against the baseline, every quarter.

Weeks 6+
The team

Principals, not a bench

Small on purpose. The people you meet are the people who do the work.

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Michael Gurtman

Founder & Managing Principal

Founder and operator with two decades building and running businesses across hospitality, retail, and distribution — now focused entirely on the hybrid workforce. Michael advises leadership teams on agentic AI and workforce intelligence strategy and leads both practices at The Source AI.

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Michael Canino

Consultant & Advisor

Enterprise consultant and advisor with deep relationships across financial services and security-conscious organizations. Michael advises clients on adoption strategy and leads engagement development for The Source AI's enterprise accounts.

Start here

One working session. A straight answer.

Ninety minutes with your leadership team. You leave with a candid read on where agentic AI and workforce intelligence apply to your operation — and where they don't yet.

Or email directly: michaelgurtman@thesourceai.com