AI for the real world
Practical AI
for the mid-market.
What we deliver
All work→AnswerLab
A research firm that distrusted AI now runs 85% of its projects on custom AI pipelines we built.
Ongoing AI strategy and fractional leadership inside a research practice.
85%
of eligible projects
Read the case→Trade School
We took their capacity within a single campaign from about forty assets to over 700.
Fractional AI leadership, and a dynamic creative platform live in 2 months.
18x
increase in production throughput
Read the case→National Tree
Warranty requests used to take a day to process. They now get a response in under a minute.
A customer service AI pilot, from strategy through to deployment.
91%
response accuracy
Read the case→
How we think
All insights→Institutional Memory: AI’s Missing Layer
Every AI vendor wants to remember your organization for you. Anthropic’s leaked source code contains a finished memory feature, and OpenAI and Google have shipped theirs. Why that knowledge belongs in the systems you already own.
Read the note→The Impact of Adversaries on AI Adoption
Insurance payors and providers are pointing AI at the same claims with opposite goals. Cybersecurity, litigation, procurement and tax audits show the same dynamic. In these markets the other side sets your adoption timeline, whether or not you’re ready.
Read the note→2025 Year-In-Review
Ilya Sutskever says the models look smarter than their economic impact implies. Two years of mid-market engagements suggest why. Five learnings from 2025, starting with a client tool that cut a task from an hour to ten minutes and produced no hard cost savings.
Read the note→
In their words
“They felt like a natural extension of our team, which is rare for a consultancy.”
Jake Widmer, CTO · Expert Institute
How we engage
All services→AI strategy & roadmap
We dive into your business to identify high value use cases, prioritized by impact to revenue or margin.
We’ll then create a step-by-step technology plan that will enhance your company’s AI capabilities and differentiators.
4–8 wks · $45–80K
Use case pilot
We conduct an in-depth assessment of a specific use case.
We evaluate potential AI solutions, and work with your team to execute an initial pilot to validate impact.
6–10 wks · $50–90K
Change management
We partner with your team to drive AI initiatives forward, build internal momentum, establish adoption metrics.
Our goal is to translate your investments into measurable organizational impact.
3+ mos · $7–11K/mo
Who we are
About the firm→Eskridge was founded on a simple observation: AI had become affordable for the long tail of business problems, but the firms that knew how to apply it were priced for the Fortune 500. Three years and dozens of engagements later, we know what works. Pilots that earn the right to scale. Teams small enough to move fast. Solutions simple enough to survive the next model release. And change management treated as a core capability rather than an afterthought.