AI strategy, training, and builds for owner‑led companies.
What clients say
“A task that would normally take a person 40 hours—I completed in just one hour using the AI solution they built. And I was multitasking while doing it!”
Jeremy BrownFounder, Throne Publishing “EdgeTeam jumped in quickly, identified my challenges, and came up with an effective solution on the spot. Their ability to act promptly and deliver results was very appreciated.”
David DochterPrincipal, Dochter & Alexander “Highly, highly recommend working with them, it’s been an awesome experience and I can’t wait to take them more projects!”
Rebekah ScottFounder, Rebekah Scott Designs - AI Edge Summits run
- 3
- People at the last Summit
- 540
- EdgeCore has met weekly since
- Apr 2025
Six programs for companies, compared
Scroll the table sideways to see all six.
| AI Audit | EdgeCore Pro | EdgeCorporate | Fractional CAIO | Zero to Hero | AI Builder | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | from $5,000 | from $1,000/mo | from $3,000/mo | from $10,000/mo | $997 a seat | $1,497 founding price |
| Length | Two weeks | Month to month | Six months, then monthly | Six months, then monthly | Four weeks | Four weeks |
| Live time | Kickoff, five interviews, readout | A private hour every month | Briefings and open office hours | A weekly working session | Two live hours a week | A live build and a clinic each week |
| Peer group | Not included | Monthly mastermind, 6–8 owners | Not included | Not included | The cohort | The cohort |
| People trained | Not included | Not included | Two staff cohorts a year | Not included | Every seat | Your technical person |
| Something built | Not included | Not included | Not included | One active build at a time | One workflow per person | One deployed system |
| What you keep | Report and 90-day plan | Operating page and recaps | Monthly adoption tracker | Monthly board report | Workflow and certificate | System and README |
| Paid by | Invoice, upfront | Card | Invoice | Invoice | Card | Card |
The AI Audit scores seven areas on evidence
from $5,000Two weeks (10 business days)
A claim you report yourself can’t score above the midpoint. Anything higher needs a document, something we observed, or data we’ve seen.
- 01Business direction and sponsorship15%
- 02Use-case and value discipline15%
- 03Workflow and operating fit15%
- 04People and change capacity15%
- 05Data readiness15%
- 06Technology and integration readiness10%
- 07Governance, risk, privacy, and security15%
The sample report scores a fictional company the way we’d score yours.
AI Edge Summit, Thursday, October 29
One day of hands-on AI at Canopy by Hilton in Sioux Falls. 540 people came last year. Tickets from $147.
Who you’ll work with
Teaches the AI Builder cohort and the AI app-building workshop at AI Edge Summit.
Teaches the Zero to Hero workshop and cohort, and founded AI Edge Summit.
From Dan’s letter
Most owners I talk to have the same three things: AI ideas, vendors pitching, and no independent way to decide where the money should go. So we stopped selling a menu of services and built six programs, one for each situation we kept seeing.
What to know before you buy
Pick one program.
Each is built for one situation. If yours changes, switch. EdgeCore Pro and EdgeCorporate include EdgeCore seats, and the audit fee counts toward a retainer started within 60 days.
We don’t sell hours.
Each program page lists what happens and when. Engineering works one build at a time from a backlog you own, and you can always see what’s in progress, queued, and shipped.
We don’t guarantee results.
We won’t promise outcomes we don’t control. The audit will tell you not to go ahead with an idea when that’s the honest answer.
Your data stays yours.
It goes into EdgeTeam business accounts with no-training terms, never a personal AI account, and builds run in your accounts. We record working sessions, keep the recordings inside EdgeTeam, and delete them when we’re done.
You see what you paid for.
Monthly programs send a written recap after each session and a quarterly review that asks whether it’s still the right program. The audit ends with a report you can forward unchanged.
Questions people ask first
Do you publish your prices?
Yes. Every program shows a “from” price, because a 20-person company and a 200-person company are different amounts of work. We tell you your exact number on the first call and it doesn’t move afterward. Cohort seats are a flat price.
We already pay for ChatGPT, Copilot, or Claude. Why do we need this?
Paying for seats doesn’t get people using them. Most of the companies we talk to have paid seats that a handful of people use. The cohorts and office hours are how the rest of the team gets there.
Can we start small?
The AI Audit is the small start: two weeks, from $5,000, and a plan you can carry out without us. If you start any retainer within 60 days, the audit fee counts toward it.
Can I pay for this myself?
Yes. Each option is priced for one person and paid by card: a Summit ticket, one Zero to Hero seat, one AI Builder seat once your application is accepted, or an EdgeCore membership.
On the first call, we’ll tell you which program fits.
Even when the answer is “none of them yet.” Learning AI yourself? See the four ways in.
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