Most AI pilots never reach production. We install yours and keep it running.
TheFrontierForge builds one AI workflow into production for small and mid-market teams: in your tenant, at a fixed price, by senior engineers. Own it, or we run it.
- Methodology
- The Seven Gates
- Markets
- US and UK
- Entity
- UnchartedEdge LLC
Two separate surveys (n = 1,993 and n = 1,250): the rows describe different samples, not one population narrowing.
Fully 60% of companies are not achieving material value at all, reporting minimal revenue and cost gains despite substantial investment. BCG Build for the Future 2025 Global Study, n = 1,250. Re-verified against the report on 2026-08-18.
2026-08-18
88% of organizations regularly use AI in at least one business function; about 6% qualify as high performers attributing 5% or more of EBIT to AI. Edition of 5 November 2025, n = 1,993; the URL is McKinsey's rolling State of AI page. Re-verified 2026-08-18.
2026-08-18
One engagement, two modes
One workflow, into production
Ship is the door. We take one document-heavy or stalled workflow, invoice intake, claims, KYC, contract review, and put it into production on your systems, with human review and an audit trail built in.
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Keep it reliable
Operate is chapter two. The same team keeps the system reliable once it is live: evals, monitoring, integration, governance, and cost control, run as a retainer.
| Comparison axis | Ship | Operate |
|---|---|---|
| Priced | Fixed price, staged payments | Monthly, set per scope, not per seat |
| You own | The code, evals, and documentation | The same; ownership does not change |
| It ends with | Handover, with documentation and training | Stop it; your system keeps running |
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Why pilots stall
The constraint is not model access. It is implementation: the exception handling, review gates, and integration that turn a demo into a system people rely on. The loop below is that work.
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What we build
The full index of what we install and run. Every entry links to the page that explains it.
The methodology, named
It is called the Seven Gates. Four stages take a workflow from a demo to production, and nothing goes live until it clears all seven gates.
- 01Data and access
- 02Accuracy bar and evals
- 03Human review
- 04Integration and write-back
- 05Observability and ops
- 06Governance and security
- 07Ownership and cost
How engagements run
Four rungs; stop after any of them. The first two are free.
The Production Readiness Assessment is a fixed $2,500 USD, credited to the build.
2026-07-26
Builds are a fixed price from $30,000 USD, with staged payments.
2026-08-19
The team's background and the engagement model are stated as fact on the Approach page.
UnchartedEdge LLC. A limited liability company registered in Wyoming.