AI-augmented development delivers speed. Governance ensures that speed doesn't become your next outage.
AI increases leverage. It also increases blast radius.
We design systems so leverage increases — but blast radius does not.
Most companies are stuck between options that all carry unacceptable risk.
$500K+ budgets. 9–12 month timelines. Half the deliverable is documentation you'll never read. By the time they ship, your requirements have changed.
Ships fast using AI. No governance. No review gates. One hallucinated dependency or untested migration script and your production database is gone. The savings from AI vanish in a single incident.
Your developers experiment with Copilot and Claude between sprint commitments. No AI governance framework. No migration methodology. Progress stalls after the easy parts are done.
We combine AI-augmented development speed with enterprise-grade governance. Every engagement starts with a structured diagnostic.
Our Modernization Risk Index evaluates your codebase across seven weighted dimensions — complexity, dependencies, data architecture, integration surface, team readiness, business criticality, and deployment maturity. No guesswork. Quantified risk.
We score your organization's readiness for AI-assisted development across prompt governance, output review protocols, dependency validation, context isolation, rollback safeguards, access control, and data leakage prevention. Most agencies skip this. We've seen what happens when they do.
Every engagement is structured in phases with explicit Go/No-Go gates. No lump-sum commitments. You approve each phase before the next begins. Exit at any gate with full deliverables for work completed.
We're not the cheapest. We're not the slowest. We're the only ones who combine AI speed with governance discipline.
| Enterprise Consultancy | Gatehouse Systems | AI-First Agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timeline | 6–12 months | 4–8 weeks | 2–4 weeks |
| Typical cost | $300K–$1M+ | $75K–$115K | $15K–$50K |
| AI governance | Policy docs, no execution | Built into every phase | None |
| Risk methodology | Generic frameworks | Proprietary MRI + ADRI scoring | Ad hoc |
| Contract structure | Large upfront SOW | Phased gates, exit anytime | Fixed price, hope for the best |
| Production risk | Low (slow = safe) | Low (governed speed) | High (speed = risk) |
No lump-sum commitments. You control the pace. Exit at any gate with full deliverables.
Structured diagnostic via architecture walkthrough and documentation review. Produces MRI score, ADRI score, migration roadmap, risk register, and Go/No-Go recommendation.
Deep-dive into codebase. Validated target architecture. Working proof-of-concept on one module demonstrating migration feasibility. Refined cost and timeline estimates.
Phased migration of core modules using AI-augmented development under governed workflows. Integration testing. Performance baseline validation. Continuous rollback capability.
Production-readiness audit. Security review. Runbook delivery. Rollback testing. Knowledge transfer to your team. Clean handoff with full documentation.
60-minute architecture walkthrough. Decision-grade blueprint in 5 business days. No code leaves your environment.