Before you commit serious money to AI, you should know whether the plan is real. That's what I do.I'm the independent technical judgment behind high-stakes AI decisions. For investors running technical due diligence on a target, operators who already own the asset and need to know the value of the AI opportunity, and executives about to fund a build.Most people can't give you a straight answer. The pure technologists can't connect it to the business case while the strategists don't know what's under the hood. I do both, and I've built these systems myself: I know the difference between real and pitch deck.Recent work: An AI strategy and investment roadmap for a major global foundation, six weeks from scattered experiments to a funded plan they could act on. 20 months as fractional CTO, taking Cardinal40's patent-pending AI product from zero to enterprise beta. More at https://agathon.ai/case-studiesBackground: A PhD in Natural Language Processing at Cambridge, then 10+ years putting machine learning into demanding commercial settings: leading applied AI research teams, building LLM products from zero to production. Maths and Computer Science at Oxford before that."With AI, it's very clear companies need someone smart to sit with them and say, 'Here's how I'd think about this.' Colin is that person." — Ryan Jacobs, Founder & CEO, Cardinal40If you've got an AI decision coming up, an investment, a build, an acquisition, or a portfolio company you need to get more from, get a straight technical answer before you commit.