What it is
A ranked list
Where AI pays back first in your company, ranked by return.
Meanwhile, on a vendor's pitch call…
AI consulting, without the 90 days.
The League is an AI consulting firm for US companies. Not every question needs a 90-Day Placement. Sometimes you need a roadmap ranked by return, a straight answer on which AI tool to buy, or a senior team that ships one automation.
What is an AI roadmap, and what do you get?
An AI roadmap is the list of places where AI pays back first in your company, ranked by return. Not by how good the demo looks, and not by what the board read about last week.
The usual mistake: starting with the most visible project (a chatbot) instead of the process that eats the most hours. A boring back-office workflow often returns more than the shiny thing. Ranking by return puts it first.
Pick it when
You have builders, not priorities
Your team can build. Nobody agrees on what to build first.
Pick the placement when
Nobody knows where the hours go
Mapping the hours is days 1–30 of the 90-Day Placement. Then we prove the top opportunities on your data and ship the ones you pick.
What is AI model and vendor selection?
Model and vendor selection is a straight answer on which AI tools to use, and which contracts not to sign. The tool that wins is whatever works best this month, and that changes every time a lab ships a better or cheaper model.
Pick it when a renewal, an enterprise license, or a vendor's pilot proposal is sitting on your desk. Get the second opinion before the signature, not after. A three-year seat contract for the wrong tool is hard to undo.
We have no product to sell you. Whatever works best this month wins.
Rival teams
Why does it matter how your AI advisor gets paid?
Because advice follows incentives. A vendor's sales engineer recommends their own product. A big consultancy recommends its partners' tools. Neither is lying. They are paid that way.
Vendors sell seats. So the answer is always their product.
Models change fast. The lab that wins your task today can lose it to a new release a few months later. Locking a company into one AI vendor for three years is like signing a three-year dial-up plan in 1999.
More on how incentives shape advice in Why not a consulting firm.
What is an AI build sprint?
A build sprint is a senior team shipping one automation, start to finish, into production, instead of a proof of concept that dies in a shared drive.
- Pick it when you already know which process to automate and don't have the people to build it.
- You get the automation running, plus the code, prompts, workflows, and documentation. You keep everything we build.
- Pick the placement instead when you want several automations and someone inside your leadership team who finds them.
AI consulting or the 90-Day Placement: which one do you need?
Pick consulting when you already know the question. Pick the 90-Day Placement when you don't know where the hours go, or when you want automations in production instead of advice about them.
| AI roadmap | Model & vendor selection | Build sprint | 90-Day Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The question | Where does AI pay back first? | Which tool, and which contract? | Can someone build this one thing? | What should AI be doing here, and can you make it happen? |
| You get | Opportunities ranked by return | A buy, swap, or walk-away call on the tools in front of you | One automation, shipped | A ranked map, prototypes on your data, the automations you pick in production, trained owners |
| Best when | You have builders but no priorities | A purchase or renewal is on your desk | You know the process but lack the people | Your leaders have no time to learn AI |
Need your own AI engineers instead?
Then you need hiring, not consulting. We find and vet AI engineers and operators globally, for your own team.
Nobody has a decade of experience shipping LLM products. So we hire on what people have shipped, not on pedigree. See AI hiring.
Mission briefing
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between an AI roadmap and the 90-Day Placement?
A roadmap tells you where AI pays back first. The 90-Day Placement does that in days 1–30, proves the top opportunities on your real data, and ships the ones you pick to production by day 90.
Which AI models do you recommend?
Whatever works best this month for your task. The answer changes every time a lab ships a better or cheaper one.
Can you tell us whether to sign an AI contract?
Yes, before you sign. We tell you whether the tool is worth the contract, or which one to buy instead. Your lawyers still review the terms.
How do you rank AI opportunities by return?
By the hours and dollars each one saves. That is why a boring back-office process can outrank the chatbot.
Who owns the automation a build sprint ships?
You do. The automation and everything behind it (code, prompts, workflows, documentation) belongs to your company.
Who is behind The League?
Alexander Torrenegra and Tania Zapata. They co-founded Voice123 in 2003, sold it in 2021, and built Torre.ai, whose AI recruiter works for thousands of companies. More in the origin story.
Where these facts come from
- Voice123 founded by Alexander Torrenegra and Tania Zapata in 2003; acquired by Backstage and TA Associates in 2021; Alex founded Torre and is its CEO. Wikipedia
- Tania Zapata: co-founder and former CEO of Voice123, co-founder of Torre. torre.ai/taniazapata
- Torre's AI recruiter works for thousands of companies. Torre on G2
Keep reading
90-Day Placement
The 90-Day Placement
One senior AI operator joins your leadership team for 90 days to find, prove, and ship AI automations on your real data. Built for US companies.
Read itAI hiring
How we hire AI engineers and operators
We find and vet AI engineers and AI operators for US companies. We recruit globally and hire on what people have shipped, not on résumés or pedigree.
Read itWhy not a consulting firm
Why not a consulting firm? Or the vendor?
AI consulting firm, AI vendor, or a senior operator inside your team? Compare who does the work, how each gets paid, and when each one is the right call.
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Before you sign, pilot, or hire: call us.
Bring one process that eats your team's week, or the AI contract you're about to sign. We'll tell you which mission fits.
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