Run the numbers before you commit. See projected cost curves across 3, 6, and 12-month horizons — built from your team size and spend, not someone else's benchmarks.
Most founders commit to AI spend without ever seeing the full picture.
01
Vendors give you a monthly fee. Nobody shows you the total cost of adoption — the hidden integrations, the support overhead, the rollback risk.
02
You budget for the tool. You forget the time, the training hours, the eng cycles, and the three weeks your best engineer spends on integration instead of product.
03
You find out it wasn't worth it six months and $80,000 later. The simulator shows you that before you sign anything.
Interactive Simulator
Model your adoption path in real time
Adjust your team size and current AI spend — the cost curves and projections update instantly.
Team Size12 people
1255075100
Monthly AI Spend$500
$0$2.5k$5k$7.5k$10k
Timeline to Launch12 months
3 mo9 mo15 mo21 mo24 mo
Conservative
Moderate
Aggressive
— Conservative
12-Month Total Cost
$8,100
Est. Break-Even
Month 8
Risk Level
LOW
◆ Moderate
12-Month Total Cost
$14,400
Est. Break-Even
Month 6
Risk Level
MEDIUM
▲ Aggressive
12-Month Total Cost
$27,000
Est. Break-Even
Month 4
Risk Level
HIGH
Projections use your team size and current spend as inputs — not industry averages or vendor estimates.
Full-Spectrum Modelling
We model what vendors don't tell you about
01
Tool and subscription costs
The monthly fees across your full AI stack — modelled at each adoption stage, with compounding growth as you add tools over time.
02
Integration and setup time
Engineer hours and implementation costs most founders forget to budget for — calculated from your team size and the complexity of each adoption path.
03
Team training and adoption
The real cost of getting your team to actually use the tools — including ramp time, change management friction, and the productivity dip before the gain.
04
Opportunity cost of delay
What it costs to wait another quarter while competitors move. The simulator makes the invisible cost of inaction visible — on the same chart as your spend curves.
Proof
How one founder used the simulator to change their board conversation
Series B SaaS · 34-person team
Enterprise workflow automation · Post-Series B growth stage
$180k
INITIAL PLAN
The Situation
Were about to commit $180k to an aggressive AI rollout based on a vendor proposal. The board had approved the budget. The team was ready to move.
What the Simulator Showed
The moderate path would deliver 80% of the ROI at 45% of the cost — with a break-even 2 months earlier and substantially lower execution risk.
Outcome
Chose the moderate path. Printed the simulator output and presented it to their board. Approved in the same meeting — with the confidence of a model, not a guess.
Make the financial case
Before you spend a single dollar.
Available in Core Plus alongside the Adoption Sequencing Blueprint.