The Unicorn Who Bridges Business Needs and Production AI

AI implementation firm led by Daniel Zivkovic | Nasdaq, Siemens, Ford, Loblaw | 25+ years

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30 minutes. No pitch. Bring your messiest AI question. I'll give you a straight answer.

Or start with a 90-Minute AI Readiness Check ($3,500)

Fresh Perspective in Action

Nasdaq Siemens Ford Activision Loblaw

Delivered through Google Cloud PSO, Quantiphi, and Intuitive.ai

Google Professional Services Quality. Canadian Pricing. Senior Talent on Every Engagement.

The Magma Process

Most AI consultants work in the first half - understand the problem, brainstorm solutions, and prototype. Very few cross all the way to production delivery. That's where the 82-93% failure rate lives. We cover both halves.

1

Empathize

What's the real problem? We talk to your users, watch your workflows, understand your constraints. Not what you think the problem is - what it actually is.

2

Define

Frame the right problem before building anything. This step is getting larger, not smaller, as AI accelerates everything downstream.

3

Explore

Map the full spectrum of solutions - from minimum viable to optimal. Prototype multiple approaches so you can see and choose.

4

Build

AI-assisted implementation with human judgment at every decision point.

5

Deliver

Production-grade, not demo-grade. Security, governance, observability, and cost optimization built in - not bolted on after launch. Google has thousands of engineers to take prototypes to production. Your company doesn't. That's why the Magma Process includes Build and Deliver.

Our Competitive Edge: CodeGnosis

The Magma Process works because we start every engagement with clarity. CodeGnosis - our proprietary code intelligence tool - indexes your entire codebase and makes business logic searchable by concept, not keyword.

The first two weeks of most consulting engagements are archaeology: "Where does product expiration happen?" requires tracing SQL scripts, Java services, batch jobs across dozens of repositories with zero documentation. With CodeGnosis, that question gets answered in seconds.

ThoughtWorks built the same approach (CodeConcise) for internal use only. We've productized it for air-gapped deployment - running entirely on your infrastructure, no cloud dependencies.

This is why our Embedded AI Engineering engagements move faster. Your team doesn't search for code. They understand it.

See How CodeGnosis Works →

How We Work With You

Start Here

Not Sure Where to Begin?

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After our conversation, here's how deeper engagements work:

AI Readiness Check

$3,500 | 90 minutes + 48-hour deliverable

Every executive hears "you need AI" ten times a week. Before you invest in technology, invest 90 minutes in clarity.

A live working session with a senior AI architect - not a pitch, not a slide deck. You walk away with:

  • AI opportunities in your business, ranked by effort vs. impact
  • Readiness gaps that would block AI from working
  • A one-page AI Readiness Brief your leadership team can act on

100% of this fee is credited toward any follow-on engagement.

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AI Initiative Unstaller

Fixed price. 2-4 weeks.

Your AI project stalled. The demo impressed leadership, but production never happened. We diagnose why it stalled and either ship it to production or recommend killing it - with a clear alternative, so you stop burning money.

Haven't done a Readiness Check? It's included. Already completed one? Your fee is credited.

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Embedded AI Engineering

Monthly retainer. 3-month minimum.

A senior AI engineer integrated into your team. Not a contractor who disappears - a partner who ships production systems and leaves your team stronger.

Full spectrum delivery: business requirements through architecture, security, and production hardening. Team enablement built in - your people level up while real work gets done.

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After the Engagement

AI moves fast. The playbooks we write today need updating as models, capabilities, and risks evolve. Every Magma engagement includes transition documentation - and for teams that want ongoing advisory, we stay connected through flexible retainer arrangements. We don't disappear when the invoice is paid.

Results That Speak for Themselves

Stalled to Production
in 6 weeks
AI Governance
across 3 LLM providers
$3M Saved Annually
50% cost reduction
100,000+ Records
sub-5ms response

Who We Work With

Consulting Firms

We integrate with your team and cover the full spectrum your client needs - from business requirements through architecture, security, and production hardening. Business on Monday, architecture on Tuesday, production on Friday. We've partnered with Google Cloud PSO, Quantiphi, and Intuitive.ai on enterprise engagements for clients like Nasdaq, Siemens, and Ford.

Companies Navigating AI

You don't need to hire an AI team. You need someone who understands your business AND can take AI from validated idea to production-grade system - secure, observable, cost-effective. We cover the roles of five hires in one engagement, without the enterprise-grade overhead.

Breaking Industry Patterns

Community

Founder of Serverless Toronto - 5,200+ members, 8 years connecting the dots between AI, data, and cloud.

Our recent meetup trilogy explored the full AI lifecycle: from AI-assisted coding tools, to securing AI-generated code, to the question that matters most: "Will your idea fly?" The full spectrum - from validating what to build, through secure implementation, to production-grade operations - is where the real work lives.

Credentials

Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer | Professional Cloud Architect | Gen AI L400 Advanced | OWASP Top 10 for GenAI | AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Security

Government of Canada Secret (Level II) Security Clearance

Frequently Asked Questions

Our entry point is the AI Readiness Check at $3,500 - a 90-minute working session plus a deliverable your team can act on. If you move forward with a larger engagement, that $3,500 is fully credited. For project rescues and embedded engineering, pricing is scoped in a conversation based on your specific situation. We'll tell you upfront what it costs before any work begins.
You get me - the senior engineer who built systems for Nasdaq and Siemens - directly. No B-team, no 32% markup for project management overhead. You pay for talent, not org chart.
I cover the full SDLC - not just implementation, but the discovery, architecture, security, and governance work that gets skipped when teams panic. That's the Magma Process. For larger engagements, I partner with Google Cloud PSO and specialist firms. The clients above weren't small projects.
Week 1: Empathize and Define - understand your business problem (not your technology). Weeks 2-3: Explore solutions you can see and choose. Week 4+: Build and Deliver to production. Every engagement follows the Magma Process - but the timeline depends on the scope.
That's our AI Initiative Unstaller. Fixed price, 2-4 weeks. Siemens was stalled - production in 6 weeks. Loblaw was burning $6M/year - cut in half. We diagnose the real blocker (it's rarely what you think) and either ship it to production or recommend killing it with a clear alternative.
You keep everything we built - code, documentation, playbooks, decision logs. For teams that want ongoing AI advisory as the landscape evolves, we offer flexible retainer arrangements. Most clients find that a quarterly check-in catches more value than they expected, because AI capabilities shift faster than internal teams can track.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. No pitch. Bring your messiest AI question and I'll give you a straight answer. If there's a fit, I'll tell you. If there isn't, I'll point you in the right direction.

What's Been Stuck Too Long in Your Industry?

Whether it's an AI initiative that lost direction, a legacy modernization that stalled, or a business need that nobody has translated into a production system - let's find out if we're a fit.

30 minutes. No pitch. Bring your messiest AI question. I'll give you a straight answer.

Want to see it before you talk?

See How CodeGnosis Works →

How a single question surfaces answers across SQL, Java, and batch scripts - in seconds, not days.

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