AI consulting · St. Louis and remote
AI thatholds upunder scrutiny.
Most organizations know they should be using AI but not where it actually helps. I find the places it does, build the first version with your team, and leave them able to run it without me.
- Est.
- 2026
- Based
- St. Louis
- Reach
- Remote
- Scope
- Any sector
The difference
Most AI advice comes from people who learned the tools last year.
I am a working scientist who runs AI systems in production, ships open-source software used by research groups worldwide, and trains teams across the world on agentic methods.
I do the work, then I teach the work. You get rigor, hands-on building, and a team that can keep going, not a dependency on me.
Services
Six ways to work together
Real starting prices, listed, set to your scope. Most engagements begin with an audit or a workshop.
- 01
AI Readiness Audit
Start hereA structured read on where AI can help, what it would take, and what to do first. You get an opportunity map ranked by value and feasibility, an honest look at data and tooling gaps, and a prioritized roadmap.
$12k-$18k
3-4 days · fixed fee
- 02
Claude Code Adoption Sprint
Hands-on adoption of Claude Code and agentic coding, fitted to your codebase and your team. We set the patterns, the guardrails, and the conventions, and leave your engineers able to keep going.
$18k-$30k
4-6 days
- 03
Agentic Workflow Build
Take one real process in research, operations, or product, and build a working agentic workflow for it, with your people involved so they can run and extend it.
from $25k
scoped project
- 04
Knowledgebase Build
Turn scattered documents, SOPs, research, and institutional memory into a system your own AI and agents can actually use, wired into the tools your team already works in.
$20k-$50k
3-6 weeks
- 05
Advisory Retainer
Ongoing senior advice for a leadership or technical team steering its own AI effort. Scheduled time, review of your plans and work, and direct access between sessions.
$6k-$12k / mo
3-6 month minimum
- 06
Workshops & Training
Custom workshops on agentic research, building with Claude Code, and agentic administration. In person or remote, built to transfer skills rather than deliver slides.
from $5k
half to multi-day
Approach
Every engagement follows the same arc
Scope
A short conversation to decide whether the fit is real and what the first piece of work should be.
Assess
Understand the current state: what your team does, where the data lives, what you have tried, and where AI would genuinely help.
Build or advise
Produce a concrete deliverable, an audit, a working workflow, a knowledge system, or provide ongoing senior advisory.
Transfer
Leave your people able to operate and extend what was built. Training is part of delivery, not an upsell.
Who you work with
Scott A. Handley, Ph.D.
A working scientist who builds and teaches AI systems.
I have spent more than a decade running computational research at a level where the results have to hold up, and the last several years building agentic AI systems and teaching them to teams around the world. The consultancy brings that to organizations in any sector.
- Builds and runs agentic AI pipelines in production, not as demos
- Author of open-source software with a global user base
- Has directed and taught technical workshops on five continents for over a decade
- Has advised pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and technology companies
Advisory is offered in a personal capacity. The practice is independent and is not endorsed by or affiliated with any university.
Start here
Let us find out whether AI is worth it for you.
Send a note about what you are working on. The first step is a short scoping call, and if a use case is not ready, I will tell you. That honesty is the point.