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NEW · May 2026

Know Which Software to Keep,
Which to Replace, and What Your
SDLC Looks Like in 3 Years

A 10-day practitioner-led engagement that maps your software portfolio against AI agent displacement — and gives your board a concrete AI strategy document.

Schedule a Scoping Call 30 minutes. We'll tell you if you're the right fit before you commit to anything.
$285B wiped from software stocks in 2026
40% of enterprise apps at agent risk
? Your stack may be next
The Transition Is Already Happening

Your board is asking.
Your vendors won't tell you the truth.

Satya Nadella said business applications will collapse in the agent era. Andrej Karpathy calls this Software 3.0. Sequoia says services are the new software. $285B was wiped from software company valuations in early 2026.

The vendors won't tell you which of their products an agent will replace. The analysts give you macro trends. Nobody gives you an answer specific to your stack.
What You Receive

Five Deliverables in 10 Days

01

Software Portfolio Audit

Every tool rated High / Medium / Low / Safe for agent displacement risk — with specific reasoning for each.

02

SDLC Redesign Assessment

What your development process needs to look like in the agent era — and what has to change first.

03

Priority Roadmap

What to cut now, replace in 12 months, and keep long-term. Sequenced by risk and value.

04

Board-Ready AI Strategy Document

One page. Presentable to your CEO or board immediately. No jargon. Concrete position.

05

90-Day Quick Wins

Specific actions your team can start this quarter — without waiting for the full roadmap.

The Process

How It Works

1

30-min scoping call

Confirm fit and scope the engagement. If it's not right for you, we'll say so upfront.

2

Intake questionnaire

Your full software inventory, team structure, and SDLC process — processed and analyzed by our team.

3

2-hour deep-dive session

Your actual stack, your actual org, no PowerPoint. Real conversation with real decisions.

4

10-day delivery + debrief

Written deliverables plus a 60-minute walkthrough call to ensure everything is actionable.

Fit Check

Built for Leaders Who Own the Stack

✓ Right for you

  • ✓ CTO, VP Engineering, or VP IT Strategy at a 200–5,000 person company
  • ✓ You control $2M–$50M in annual SaaS and tooling spend
  • ✓ Your board or CEO asked for an AI strategy and you need something concrete
  • ✓ A competitor just moved on agents and you need to understand your exposure

✗ Not the right fit

  • ✗ Companies with dedicated enterprise AI transformation teams already in flight
  • ✗ Startups pre-product-market fit
Not ready for this engagement? The AI Readiness Audit ($2,500) is the right starting point.
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About

Built by Someone Who Runs This in Production

Wave is an AI-powered assessment practice operated by a senior technology leader with 10+ years of experience building and leading product and engineering organizations at scale. The research, scoring, and report generation run across a 7-agent AI team in production. The judgment behind the assessments — the methodology, the client conversations, the recommendations — is human. That combination is what makes the assessments fast, specific, and credible at a price point no traditional firm can match.

Today, he runs a 7-agent AI team in production: research, content, code, security testing, and publishing — simultaneously. He built the thing your clients are trying to understand.

"Wave isn't an AI researcher who studies this from the outside. He built the thing your clients are trying to understand."
10+ years IT leadership SDLC at scale 7-agent AI team in production theai-4u.com
Investment

Two Engagement Tiers

Both include a free 30-min scoping call before any commitment.

Entry Engagement
$7,500
Core assessment with immediate actionable output
  • ✓ Software Portfolio Audit (full displacement risk ratings)
  • ✓ SDLC Redesign Assessment
  • ✓ 90-Day Quick Wins report
  • ✓ Debrief call (60 min)
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Full Engagement
$15,000
Complete strategy package — board-ready
  • ✓ Everything in Entry tier
  • ✓ Priority Roadmap (cut/replace/keep)
  • ✓ Board-Ready AI Strategy Document
  • ✓ Retainer proposal for implementation
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"If we identify three tools to cut at renewal, the assessment pays for itself in the first quarter."

50% upfront · 50% on delivery

⚡ Founding engagement rate — limited availability
Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. An NDA is available and can be signed before any intake begins. Your software inventory, team structure, and strategic data remain strictly confidential throughout and after the engagement.
We help you build one as part of the intake process. We'll provide a structured questionnaire that walks you through every category of tooling — by department, function, and team. Most clients find this exercise alone is valuable.
Gartner gives you macro trends applied to hypothetical archetypes. This engagement is specific to your actual software stack, your actual team structure, and your actual strategic context. The output is not a trend report — it's a decision document for your specific situation.
Yes. For clients who want continued support, we offer a monthly retainer for implementation guidance, vendor negotiation support, and AI strategy execution. The Full Engagement tier includes a retainer proposal as part of the deliverables.
Start with the AI Readiness Audit ($2,500). It's a 90-minute structured assessment that scores your organization across 5 dimensions and gives you a written report within 48 hours. Many clients use it as the foundation for this larger engagement.
They're advising on the world that existed. This is about the world that's arriving. Most IT consultants are optimizing your current stack — not evaluating whether the category of tool you're using will still be purchased by companies in 3 years. Those are fundamentally different questions.
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This Is the Strategy Your Board Is Asking For

We take 4 assessments per quarter. Founding client rate available now.

We respond within 24 hours. If you're not the right fit, we'll tell you on the call.