Three engagement shapes. No retainers by default.
We work in three modes — diagnose, build, and operate. Most engagements start with a diagnostic. Everything we build, we hand off; we're not in the business of locking you into Rotunda.
Diagnose.
A focused, time-boxed audit of your operation. We sit with your team, walk your stack, inventory the work, and come back with a written playbook: where AI creates leverage, where systematization does, and where neither does.
What we do
- Shadow the ops team for a week — real days, not showcase days.
- Map your tools, integrations, and the duct-tape between them.
- Identify the top 5 AI-leverage opportunities ranked by margin impact.
- Deliver a written playbook your team can run against — with or without us.
What you walk away with
- A clear map of where software shapes your labor model.
- Specific recommendations, not generic "AI transformation" slides.
- A scoped roadmap for the next 12 months — DIY, or build-with-us.
- An honest read on whether you need us for the build.
Build.
We install the systems. Agent pipelines, data centralization, operational dashboards, AI-drafted comms, whatever the diagnostic surfaced. We document as we go. We train your team. When we leave, you own everything.
What we do
- Stand up or consolidate your data layer as source of truth.
- Deploy scoped AI agents with human escalation and logging.
- Replace spreadsheet-and-headcount workflows with instrumented ones.
- Write SOPs and runbooks your team can maintain without us.
What you walk away with
- Running systems, not slides.
- Documented playbooks — not vendor lock-in.
- A team that understands what's automated and why.
- Measurable labor-model change (units per FTE, response times, margin).
Operate.
For select clients where the AI leverage compounds faster than your team can absorb it alone. We run the systems with you. Useful for portfolio operators who want Rotunda's engineering bandwidth without building a team in-house.
Shape of the engagement
- Monthly retainer, or rev-share tied to operational metrics.
- Dedicated engineer + part-time operator on your account.
- Monthly review, quarterly roadmap, annual honest reassessment.
- Exit-friendly: we document everything so you can take over anytime.
Who it's for
- Portfolios where AI leverage is still underexploited.
- Operators growing faster than their internal eng can keep up.
- Teams that need a fractional "head of operations engineering."
- Not a fit for operators who want us as a vendor of record.
Every engagement starts with a conversation. We want to know what you actually do, how your team is organized, what's working, and what isn't. If there's a fit, we'll propose the smallest engagement that would produce a useful answer — usually a diagnostic.
We don't sell frameworks, we don't do "AI transformation strategy decks," and we don't believe in the kind of big bang rollout that gets announced internally with a town-hall. The operators we work with need systems that earn their keep by next quarter. That's what we build.
Start with a conversation.
Send us a note. Tell us what you run. We'll tell you whether we're the right people to help and, if not, who is.
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