No AI expert in the room in 2027? You’re already behind.
Led by Adam Grey, nearly two decades as a CEO and operator, over ten years consulting, computer scientist by training.
01The problem
AI on a broken process is a faster broken process.
Since AI’s popularization, thousands of companies quickly bolted AI tools onto how they already work, seeking to improve efficiency. For the majority, the tools still sit underused, and the inflated monthly bill hits EBITDA.
BCG, 2025 (opens the report in a new tab): 60% of companies report minimal revenue and cost gains despite substantial AI investment.
02Why us
Not an AI fad shop.
Adam Grey has spent nearly two decades running and scaling businesses, including as CEO. He trained as a computer scientist and holds an MBA.
He builds the AI himself: Frontier’s Deal Intelligence Dashboard, and AI agents that run core functions of his companies.
Operator first: fix the process, then let AI multiply the gain.
03How it works
A strategist on retainer, not a tool salesman.
Adam takes the AI seat at your fund or portco, sitting in on the calls that matter and weighing in on strategy and where AI can move the numbers. Then we follow up with research and findings you can act on.
At a fund, that means a view on where AI pays off across your portfolio, research on the deals you’re weighing, and training for your deal team.
Inside a portco, it means finding where AI will have the biggest impact, a plan to roll it out so people actually adopt it, a second opinion on any AI vendor, and hands-on training for the teams who’ll use it.
We review progress together at 30, 60 and 90 days.
04The offer
Ways to work with us.
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AI & Automation Audit One-time project
We map your processes, find where AI cuts cost and frees up people, and rank what to do first. If we don’t find at least $150K a year in savings potential, you don’t pay.
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AI-Powered Diligence (Human Intelligence) One-time project
Deep secondary research, four industry expert calls and a voice-of-customer survey, all in one Deal Intelligence Dashboard. It connects to your data room, so your team can ask questions across everything, including other advisors’ work.
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AI Expert Seat Monthly
Adam is your AI lead at the fund or inside a portco, and stays to ship the work. Go month to month, or commit to three months and get an audit or a diligence project included. Portcos usually pick the audit, funds the diligence. Your call.
Don’t wait for 2027. Ask us where AI pays off first.
Book a 20-minute call with Adam Grey (opens a scheduling window)05FAQ
Questions we get.
What does “the AI seat” mean?
Adam works as your AI lead on retainer, at the fund or inside a portfolio company. He sets the priorities, fixes the process with your team, then puts AI to work on it and reports what it saved.
We already bought AI tools. Is it too late?
No. That’s often where we start. We look at the process the tools were bolted onto, fix it, then make the tools earn their keep, or cut them.
Do you sell software or builds?
No. We take no revenue from builds or vendor referrals, so the advice isn’t tied to a product. If something needs building, we scope it and you choose who builds it.
What happens to our data?
It stays private, on terms we agree up front. We always sign an NDA, your documents sit in a private workspace, and they’re never used to train AI models. When the work ends, we delete them or hold them on our own private server, never in the cloud. If nothing can leave your building, we can run the AI on hardware in your office.
How do you stop AI getting it wrong?
AI does the first pass. People make the call: every finding is checked against its source before it reaches you.
How do we know it’s working?
Checkpoints at 30, 60 and 90 days, measured against the priorities we agree at the start.
Who is this for?
PE funds and their portfolio companies, mostly lower-middle-market industrials, distribution and services.
What happens on the 20-minute call?
You tell Adam where AI is or isn’t paying off. He tells you where he’d start. No slides.