AI Consulting & Engineering

Bridge
The
Gap.

Most AI initiatives fail between the whiteboard and production. We have shipped systems that cannot fail. Now we help your organization do the same.

A&D
Aerospace & Defense Systems
Systems built for environments where failure is not an option
ML
Graduate ML Research
Frontier AI/ML engineering and production agentic systems
0->1
We Have Done This Before
From first proof of concept to production-grade deployment

The hype cycle is real.
So is the wreckage.

Every company is "implementing AI." Most are buying tools, running pilots, and calling it transformation. Few are shipping systems that actually work at scale because there is a canyon between an LLM demo and a production-grade agentic workflow.

We have built on both sides of that canyon. We know what falls in.

  • Vendors selling demos, not deployments
  • Consultants who have never held a production pager
  • Technical teams without AI/ML depth to execute
  • Executives making decisions without real AI literacy
  • Proofs of concept that never become products
  • Agentic workflows that break in the real world

Built by operators.
Delivered like engineers.

We do not do slide decks and strategy memos. We embed, build, and ship, or we train your team to do it themselves. Every engagement is scoped to deliver something real.

01

Agentic System Builds

We design and build production-ready agentic workflows, LLM pipelines, and AI-native tools scoped to your stack, your data, and your constraints.

LLM IntegrationAgent OrchestrationRAG PipelinesTool Use
02

Fractional AI Leadership

Embed an experienced AI engineering leader in your team without the 18-month hiring cycle. We lead, architect, and deliver alongside your existing engineers.

Head of AIRoadmapHiring AdvisoryArchitecture Review
03

AI Strategy & Audit

Where are you wasting money on AI? Where is the real leverage? We assess your current stack, identify gaps, and deliver a grounded roadmap.

Tech AuditVendor ReviewROI ModelingRoadmap
04

Executive AI Education

Help leadership make confident, informed AI decisions. We translate the technical realities of LLMs, agents, and AI systems into the language of strategy and risk.

C-SuiteBoard PrepDecision Frameworks
05

Technical Team Upskilling

Hands-on, curriculum-driven training for engineering teams. We build their AI/ML fluency from the ground up: practical, applied, and tested in production.

LLM FundamentalsPrompt EngineeringAgentic PatternsEvals
06

Company-Wide AI Adoption

From the boardroom to the individual contributor, we design and run organization-wide AI transformation programs that actually change how people work.

Change ManagementWorkshopsTooling RolloutCulture

Operators first.
Consultants second.

Thomas Rizzie and Javier Garcia, co-founders of True AI Consulting
Co-Founder

Thomas Rizzie

Engineering Leader / Aerospace & Defense Systems / ECE

Built and led engineering teams in environments where the cost of failure is measured in something other than lost revenue. Defense and aerospace-grade systems thinking, applied to the AI stack.

  • Current Engineering Leader
  • Aerospace and defense systems background
  • B.S. Electrical & Computer Engineering
  • Production AI systems, high-stakes environments
  • Deep expertise in LLMs, agentic tooling, and system architecture
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Co-Founder

Javier Garcia

AI/ML Engineer / Graduate ML Research / Agent Builder

Trained at the frontier of machine learning research and has shipped production agentic systems. Understands AI not as a product category but as a set of engineering primitives.

  • Graduate-level AI/ML research
  • Production agentic system deployments
  • LLM evaluation, fine-tuning, and pipeline architecture
  • Deep research background in modern ML
  • Tooling, orchestration, and agent workflow design
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No retainers for retainers' sake.

01

Discovery Call

30 minutes. We listen first. You tell us what you are trying to do, what is blocking you, and what you have already tried. No pitch deck.

02

Scoping & Proposal

We define a clear, bounded engagement. Deliverables, timeline, cost. No ambiguity. If we cannot scope it cleanly, we will tell you that too.

03

Embedded Execution

We work inside your team, in your tools, on your stack. You have direct access to us, not an account manager.

04

Handoff & Independence

We build for your ownership. Documentation, training, and a team that can run without us. The goal is your independence, not your dependency.

Real AI literacy. For every layer.

We do not believe in one-size-fits-all AI training. A board member needs different things than a senior engineer. We design programs for the actual human in the room.

C-Suite & Board Members
Product & Engineering Leaders
Software Engineering Teams
Non-Technical Staff & Operators
  • 01

    How LLMs Actually Work

    Demystify the technology without dumbing it down. Build accurate mental models.
    Popular
  • 02

    Agentic Systems: Design & Failure Modes

    What agents can and cannot do. Where they break. How to build reliable pipelines.
    Technical
  • 03

    Evaluating AI Vendors & Tools

    How to cut through marketing and assess tools against your real requirements.
    Leadership
  • 04

    Prompt Engineering & Context Design

    Hands-on techniques for getting reliable, production-grade outputs from LLMs.
    Hands-On
  • 05

    AI Risk, Compliance & Governance

    Legal exposure, model risk, and the frameworks boards and executives need to know.
    Executive
  • 06

    Building an AI-Native Team Culture

    Adoption playbook, change management, and how to move fast without chaos.
    Culture

Stop piloting.
Start shipping.

30 minutes. No pitch. Just an honest conversation about where you are, where you want to be, and whether we are the right people to help.