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Strategy you can act on.
A fraction of the time.
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AI strategy consulting and Claude implementation in Los Angeles: a complete, explicit method, responsible AI, and the build to back it up, for companies of any size.

A complete strategy method covering framing, analysis, and the standard frameworks, tested before you see it. A senior team delivers it fast, working with an AI agent team. Strategy, AI adoption, and the build to back it up.

The method
A complete method you can read from start to finish.
The speed
A working interim view well before the final readout, because an AI agent team does the legwork.
The governance
A reviewer panel on every engagement, and a record of our predictions.

A method you can read in full

PVT runs a complete, disciplined method: twelve stages and the standard strategy frameworks, with every number that matters sourced and every answer tested before you see it. An AI agent team does the research, modeling, and synthesis, so the work is thorough and fast, without a big-firm price tag or a months-long wait.

01
Problem framing
The real question, sharply defined and bounded.
02
Financial modeling
The value at stake, sized before we scope the work.
03
Market & competitive read
The outside view: forces, rivals, where the profit pools sit.
04
Document synthesis
Your data and the public record, distilled to what matters.
05
Primary research
Interviews and signal from the people closest to the work.
06
Hypothesis generation
Answer-first. Candidate answers, MECE, then tested.
07
Strategic choice
Where to play and how to win, as a decision you can defend.
08
Execution planning
The roadmap, sequenced and resourced so it can happen.
09
KPI architecture
A balanced scorecard so you know if it's working.
10
War-gaming
We attack our own answer before a competitor can.
11
Executive communication
The Pyramid Principle: board-ready, answer at the top.
12
Proposal & SOW
Scope, SOW, and a data-handling plan you can hold us to.
Frameworks we use Pyramid Principle · Minto Playing to Win · Martin and Lafley Balanced Scorecard · Kaplan and Norton Five Forces · Porter Profit Pools · Gadiesh and Gilbert

We show you how the work gets done. The method is the product, and you can read all of it before you sign.

Four ways to work together

Every engagement is scoped to the decision in front of you. Most clients start small and fast with a Strategic Diagnostic, then go deeper only if it's worth it.

Priced to the decision, not the hour. Most engagements start with a Strategic Diagnostic, a fast, low-commitment first step. Tell us the decision in front of you and we'll scope the work and the price in the first conversation.

Who we work with

PVT Consulting is for any company facing a real decision and an AI question at the same time, whether you're a small team that needs a fast, clear answer or a larger one with a board mandate. We qualify by the situation, not your size. Below is who we're for and who we'll refer elsewhere.

◆ A strong fit
  • Any size, a small team or a large one, with a decision that genuinely matters.
  • A founder, CEO, COO, or whoever owns the decision and can act on it.
  • A board mandate to "have an AI strategy" and no clear way to build one.
  • A real fork: where to compete, build-vs-buy, or how to defend margin.
◇ We'll refer you elsewhere
  • Fortune 500 procurement marathons that aren't built for a focused independent.
  • Pure staff-augmentation or bodies-on-seats work.
  • Regulated work needing licensed legal or financial advice.
  • Anyone shopping purely on day-rate.

The moment to call

The best engagements start when something forces a decision: a new funding round, a competitive threat, margin compression, a board mandate on AI, a pending build-vs-buy decision, or a stalled internal strategy effort that needs an outside view to move.

If that's the moment you're in, you don't have eight weeks and a big-firm budget to spare. That's exactly the gap we were built for.

The same four phases every time

Underneath the method, every engagement runs in the same four phases, so you always know where we are and what comes next.

01

Discovery

We learn your business (the decision, the goals, the constraints, the team) before we recommend anything.

02

Strategy

We run the method: framing, analysis, hypothesis, choice. The result is war-gamed, sourced, and answer-first.

03

Build

When the answer is AI, we build it and integrate it with your team in the loop. You get working software, not slides.

04

Enablement

Training, feedback, and tuning. We're done when your team doesn't need us.

What makes us different

A method you can inspect

Every stage and framework is on the table before you sign, so you can check the rigor you're buying.

Credible views early

An AI agent team does the research and modeling, so a working interim view arrives well before the final readout, not in the back half of a quarter.

Review before delivery

A reviewer panel checks logic, sources, and risk before work reaches you. We record what we predicted so it can be checked against what happened.

Plain about fit

We say where AI fits and where it doesn't, and who we're for and who we're not. Our goal is your decision, not keeping our own people billable.

Our commitment

The right tool for the right job.

Responsible AI is how we work. Every recommendation starts with your goal, not with whatever tool is getting the hype this quarter.

Sometimes the answer is AI. Sometimes it isn't. Either way, you'll know why.

How we check our work

The fair question about a lean, independent practice is how the work gets checked before you see it.

Proof of rigor

A reviewer panel and an accuracy ledger

Before any work reaches you, a panel of reviewers checks it for logic and structure, sources and accuracy, risk and responsible AI, and client fit. It's the discipline a senior partner would bring, applied every time. The panel advises, and a principal makes the call on every deliverable.

And we keep an accuracy ledger: we record our predictions so they can be checked against what happened.

Pedro van Tol

Founder & Principal

Pedro spent 25 years producing live events, including live broadcasts and large-scale productions with multi-million-dollar budgets and audiences of 20,000 to 50,000, where the plan has to hold in real time.

He pairs senior operator judgment with hands-on AI engineering, so the strategy and the build come from the same person. He builds on Claude in production daily and is pursuing the Claude Certified Architect credential. You work with senior people from first call to final delivery, with no handoff to juniors you never met. More about the practice →

Why we start with Claude

We specialize in implementations on Anthropic's Claude. Three reasons it's where we start most engagements.

01 · REASON

Built for responsible AI

Anthropic's safety-first design mirrors our commitments. The tool and the practice agree on what good looks like.

02 · REASON

Strong at the work you actually do

Reading documents, drafting, reasoning, analysis, coding assistance. This is the bread and butter of business AI work.

03 · REASON

Real practitioner experience

We build on Claude every day. We know where it works well, where it stumbles, and how to run it in production.

Not a Claude problem? We'll tell you. Sometimes the right answer is ChatGPT, Copilot, or no LLM at all.

What we commit to, on every engagement

Responsible AI here is not a policy document added at the end. It is six commitments built into the method, and you can hold us to each one.

01 · COMMITMENT

Fitness assessment before build

We assess whether AI is the right tool before we build anything. Sometimes it isn't. You'll know either way, and why.

02 · COMMITMENT

Your data stays yours

We don't use your data to train models. We use vetted vendors under terms that bar training on client data. We define a data-handling plan before any model sees your information.

03 · COMMITMENT

Human-in-the-loop by default

Decisions that affect customers, employees, or money route through a human review step. We design the workflow so the human can actually intervene, not just rubber-stamp.

04 · COMMITMENT

Named limitations

We tell you where the AI is unreliable, what it can't do, and what it costs to run. Before launch, in writing.

05 · COMMITMENT

Documentation your team can read

We document how the system works in language your team understands. If we leave, you can still explain how it works.

06 · COMMITMENT

Bias and fairness review

For anything that ranks, screens, scores, or recommends, we run a bias check and document the results. We flag risks before you ship, not after.

If we can't meet a commitment on your engagement, we'll tell you up front.

The things people ask first

PVT runs a complete, explicit engagement method: twelve stages, published in full, with an AI agent team doing the legwork of a full engagement pod. A reviewer panel checks logic, sources, and risk before any work reaches you, and we record our predictions so they can be checked against outcomes. You get thorough, well-reasoned work fast, without a big-firm price tag or wait.
Any company facing a real decision and an AI question at the same time, from a small team that needs a fast, clear answer to a larger one with a board mandate. We qualify by the situation, not company size. The buyer is usually a founder, CEO, COO, or whoever owns the decision.
Engagements are priced to the decision in front of you, not to hours. There are four productized shapes: a Strategic Diagnostic (1 to 2 weeks), a Strategy Sprint (4 to 6 weeks), an AI Opportunity & Readiness engagement (2 to 4 weeks), and a Fractional Strategist retainer. Scope and price are set in the first conversation.
Every engagement starts with a fitness assessment. We say where AI fits and where it doesn't, in writing, before anything is built. Sometimes the right answer is a different tool, a process change, or no AI at all. You'll know why.
Weeks, not quarters. Because an AI agent team handles research, modeling, and synthesis, you see a working interim view well before the final readout. It is the most visible difference from both big firms and freelancers.
Yes. Responsible AI is part of the method from the start: a fitness assessment before any build, your data never used to train models, human-in-the-loop by default, named limitations in writing, documentation your team can read, and a bias and fairness review for anything that ranks or scores.

Tell us the decision you're facing.

We'll respond within one business day, and we'll tell you plainly whether we're the right fit.

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