AI Readiness · General
Where does AI actually pay off for your business?
A 5-minute assessment for any small or mid-size business. One taxonomy, module-tagged recommendations across every operational area — see where AI pays off first, and what has to be in place before it can.
What the assessment covers
Two layers, one taxonomy. ~5 minutes, a couple dozen questions.
Opportunities
Where AI actually earns hours back for your practice — mapped to real modules, not vendor categories.
Readiness
The five foundations: data, systems, governance, process, and team. Sum → 3 bands.
What we skip
Modules that don't apply to your work. Trust signal: we'd rather be narrow and right.
Signature modules
Where general AI pays off first
Two modules with outsized ROI in this vertical — but only if the foundations are in place.
Knowledge Base & Internal Search
Make your documents and "how we do things" instantly findable — ask a question, get a sourced answer. High leverage the moment your data is organized.
Analytics & Reporting
Turn your data into reports and answers you actually use — know your numbers without the spreadsheet archaeology. Compounds as you scale.
Sample result
What a recommendation looks like
Not a generic score — a module-tagged, prioritized rec with a reason grounded in your answers.
CRM & Pipeline · Grow
Lead Capture & Qualification
Impact HEffort M
Captures, qualifies, and responds to inbound leads around the clock — so nothing slips after hours.
Why this fits you: You told us new leads slip through the cracks. For a small team, this is the fastest place AI pays for itself.
What we deliberately don't cover
We'd rather be narrow and honest than pretend one taxonomy fits everyone.
Deep industry-specific workflows — that is what the specialized assessments are forClinical, legal-privilege, or audit-grade compliance specifics
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About
CTO Assistant is an AI-powered software planning advisor for startups, enterprises and SMBs in every part of the world.
Additionally, we are building SMBoSS (SMB Operating System Software), a complete, AI-enabled internal software suite for startups and SMBs. SMBoSS is a modular approach to internal software, where each company gets to build their own custom operating system with only the modules and components they need.
Questions
What comes next
From self-serve assessment to full audit
We recommend that you start with a free self-serve assessment to get a broad overview of the AI opportunities you can take advantage of. After, you can proceed to a full paid audit where we ultimately get to map your current operational issues to the precise AI-enhanced solutions you need, as well as a roadmap to a build that serves rather than hinders you.
Ready when you are.
5 minutes. No sign-up. A shareable link to your result.