We don't pitch pilots.
We ship outcomes.
Blue Orange works with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to find where AI pays and build it into the business. Forward-deployed teams of senior engineers own the outcome, on the best tools for the job, not products of our own.
250+ production systems since 2016 ·
Your first workflow live in 100 days
We start where you are, pick the workflow with the shortest path to the P&L, and build it with your team so they own it after.
Every portfolio company on one map
Ranked by estimated savings, one lighthouse company shipped first, and what ships there transfers to the next.
Azure
One technology. Five levels of use.
AI can be a chatbot your people ask, software that runs a whole workflow, or an operation that runs itself; we defined the five levels in between. Our first job is to place each workflow, department and use case on the level it needs: the right fit, not the biggest build, so the investment matches the return.
- Level 1Chat & Copilot
- Level 2Connected Intelligence
- Level 3Workflow Agents
- Level 4Orchestrated Systems
- Level 5Autonomous Operations
Level 3 is where cost per seat becomes cost per task.
Three stages. Start where you are.
We understand your business and your data, say what is worth building, build it with your team, and stay until it runs. Each stage is priced up front, and you can start at the one you are at.
- Stage 1 of 3
Assess
A read-only look at your data and how work gets done today, then a ranked list of what is worth building, with the savings and the time to value. Two hours to start; two to four weeks for the full picture.
- Stage 2 of 3
Build
Our business analysts, forward-deployed engineers and AI specialists build the first workflow with your team, in your cloud, live within 100 days.
- Stage 3 of 3
Scale
We stay until it runs on its own, then take what worked to the next function or the next company.
Advisory. A senior AI lead on retainer for the board, governance and vendors, from the first stage on.
Your data stays in your tenant. A readout every week, written for the operator and the board. SOC 2 Type II on our side.
Real workflows, before and after.
Six workflows from client engagements: the steps a team did by hand now run on software, and a person reviews the exceptions. That is what AI does to a company: cost, revenue, and the pace of improvement.
CIM review cycles 4x faster
Reviewing a confidential information memorandum
Level 3 means an agent runs the workflow and a person reviews. See the five levels
Proof, in production.
DentalXChange, backed by Bregal Sagemount, went from hours of manual reporting to real-time visibility. Hear it from their team.
Five levels. We start from yours.
We defined five levels of AI maturity to show a company what kind of system it needs, from a chatbot people ask (Level 1) to an operation that runs itself (Level 5). We move one workflow at a time, to the level its P&L needs.
Level 3: Workflow Agents
An agent runs the close end to end. People review the exceptions it flags and approve.
Cost per seat becomes cost per task. This is the line between a faster headcount and a cheaper function.
The marker climbs on its own, or click a level. Level 3 is where cost per seat becomes cost per task.
Senior people, in the room with you.
No layers of junior staff. The engineers who design the system are the ones who ship it and sit with your team until it runs.
- production systems since 2016
- 250+
- days to the first workflow
- 100
- weeks to know where AI pays
- 2 to 4
What it costs and how long it takes.
Three stages and an advisory retainer, each with a published range.
- Find where AI paysStage 1 of 3
Assess
Know where AI creates value.
- Time
- 2 to 4 weeks
- Price
- $25K to $50K
Two-hour diagnostic first, then the full readout: opportunity map, ROI model, 90-day plan, board-ready.
Explore Assess - Build the first workflowStage 2 of 3
Build
Ship the first workflow.
- Time
- 3 to 6 months
- Price
- $75K to $350K
A senior pod takes one function to Level 3 (software runs the workflow, people review the exceptions) in production. First workflow live by day 100.
Explore Build - Repeat it across the portfolioStage 3 of 3
Scale
Repeat it across the book.
- Time
- Per year, annual agreement
- Price
- $250K to $1.5M+
What ships at company one is the starting point at company two. 3 to 15 companies.
Explore Scale - A senior AI lead on retainerAlongside every stage
Advisory
Fractional AI leadership.
- Time
- Monthly, 3-month minimum
- Price
- $15K to $30K / mo
A Portfolio Success Partner for board reporting, governance, and vendor management.
Explore Advisory
The 100-day plan: Assess plus the first Build
Day-by-day- Days 1 to 15AssessDiagnostic, opportunity map, ROI, board-ready
- Days 16 to 45ArchitectOperating model, data foundation, guardrails
- Days 46 to 80Build and deployPipelines and agents live, monitoring on
- Days 81 to 100MeasureEBITDA reported, playbook documented, next company queued
What we figured out, and what we built.
I've worked with at least a dozen technology teams, and without question the Blue Orange team stands above them all. Most valuable is the transparency they provide about progress and deadlines.
Their input and influence has gone directly to improving our bottom line.
The sectors we work in.
Operationally complex, data-heavy businesses, and the PE firms that own them.
Frequently asked questions
Blue Orange is a consulting firm that helps PE-backed companies figure out where AI will actually pay, then builds it into their operations. We build on Claude and Databricks, with senior engineers embedded wherever the portfolio is.
Blue Orange Digital works across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, CPG and retail, and technology and SaaS sectors. We specialize in serving private equity firms, PE-backed portfolio companies, and operationally complex enterprises that need data and AI systems built for production.
Engagement timelines depend on scope. An Assess engagement takes 2 to 4 weeks, a Build stage runs 3 to 6 months, and Scale programs are portfolio-wide. We also offer monthly Advisory retainers for fractional AI leadership.
Blue Orange delivers senior technical depth and practical execution without the overhead, slow cycles, or layered staffing of traditional consulting. Clients work directly with experienced builders and strategists. We also put skin in the game with outcome-based fee structures tied to production results.
In three stages, with advisory alongside. Stage 1, Assess, finds where AI pays in two to four weeks. Stage 2, Build, puts the first workflow live in 100 days. Stage 3, Scale, repeats it across functions and the portfolio. Advisory is a senior AI lead on retainer. Every stage is priced up front, anchored in the L1 to L5 maturity framework, and you start at the stage you are at.
Five levels of AI maturity. L1, people use a chatbot. L2, the chatbot knows your data. L3, software runs a whole workflow and a person reviews the exceptions. L4, several agents coordinate. L5, the system starts its own work under policy. Most companies are at L1. We move them up one workflow at a time, as far as the workflow is worth taking.
Let's find where AI pays.
Two hours, read-only, with an engineer who has shipped this. You leave knowing what level you're at and what's worth funding.