AI & Machine Learning Consulting

Turn AI ambition into real‑world results.

Budgie builds AI that moves the P&L. That's the promise.

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Services

Three ways to work with us

We offer embedded leadership, project-based transformation, and workflow optimization.

Fractional AI & Data Leadership

Your organization gets an experienced AI leader on a fractional basis. We integrate with your existing team to define the AI roadmap and build internal capabilities. Our focus is making sure initiatives actually ship.

  • Align AI initiatives with business objectives
  • Build and mentor internal data science teams
  • Evaluate AI/ML infrastructure and tooling
  • Navigate vendor selection and build-vs-buy decisions

AI Transformation

We take AI projects from opportunity identification through production deployment. If you have a business problem that data can solve, we'll figure out the right approach and build a production system around it.

  • LLM and generative AI workflow design
  • Machine learning model development and deployment
  • MLOps and data infrastructure optimization
  • Data strategy and architecture

Workflow Automation

Many of the highest-ROI AI opportunities are about making existing processes faster and cheaper. We find the bottlenecks in your operations and build automation around them.

  • Document processing and extraction
  • Internal tool development
  • Process mapping and optimization
  • Custom integrations with existing systems
Results

What our clients achieve

A few highlights from recent engagements.

99%
Reduction in document processing costs
Automated document review with LLMs, delivering 10x faster processing and 3x more data extracted per document.
Private Equity · Document Review
3 years
Of backlog cleared in 5 months
Restructured AI initiative processes and execution, reducing new client onboarding from months to weeks.
B2B SaaS · AI Initiatives
4%
Lift in close rate and revenue
Built lead scoring and engagement recommendations with better than 90% accuracy in quarterly sales forecasting.
Oil & Gas · Lead Scoring
In 5 months, Budgie took our worst performing product team and turned them into one of our best.
Client, B2B SaaS
Ryan, Budgie AI Ops and Machine Learning Engineering
Eugene, Budgie Full Stack Development and AI Engineering Mike, Budgie Agentic AI Engineer and Fine Tuning
Andy, Budgie Visualization and Modelling
Kevin Safford, Strategic Head of Budgie AI
About

Curiosity with a track record.

Budgie is a team of engineers, data scientists, strategists, and operators who have spent careers turning data into financial results. We've led AI programs for private equity firms, major league sports, broadcast networks, oil and gas, and logistics. Our team combines deep technical ability with real operational know-how.

Our principal staff bring 60+ years of collective experience, multiple graduate degrees, patents, scientific publications, and multiple exits. Kevin Safford founded Budgie because the best AI work happens when you stay close to the P&L.

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Private Equity B2B SaaS Startups Supply Chain Marketing Automation Oil & Gas R&D

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