AI Strategy & Engineering

Become An
AI-Native Company

We identify where AI can transform your business, build custom AI agents and tools, and help your team get more from your current AI tech stack

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The Problem

Getting AI working in your business requires new skills and a dedicated team

You're using AI tools. Maybe you're even playing with Claude Code. Most companies are deploying AI but almost none of it is moving the needle. Becoming AI-Native requires three things working together: the right AI tools built and bought for your business, people who can operate them, and business operations that meet rising customer expectations.

01

Random acts of AI

Most companies have no framework for finding AI opportunities. They copy what competitors are doing or respond to vendor pitches. The highest-leverage use cases almost never get built because no one had a proven way to find them.

02

The Imagination Gap

There's a massive gap between what's possible today and what companies actually have in production. Most executives don't know what to build because no one has shown them what's possible in the context of their specific business.

03

Off-the-Shelf Ceiling

Generic tools run the same playbooks for every customer. They don't know your business, your workflows, or your competitive positioning. Custom-built agents encode your expertise as proprietary IP that can't be replicated by a competitor.

What We Do

We show you what's possible, then build it for you

Atherial is not a consulting firm. We're an AI strategy and engineering agency. We embed with your team and identify where AI makes the most impact. Then we build it. Building AI that delivers excellent work requires functional expertise paired with engineering, not just upfront in a strategy doc.

01

Strategy

We find the highest-impact AI opportunities in your business. We map your operations, identify your biggest constraint or growth lever, and surface the use cases worth building. We don't sprinkle AI onto existing processes, we redesign operations for the AI era.

02

Engineering

We build what the strategy calls for. You get custom agents and internal tools encoded with your workflows and subject matter expertise. We deploy the right off-the-shelf tools where they fit and build custom where they don't. We train your team to get more from everything in your stack.

How It Works

A proven playbook we've run with 30+ companies

01 // Strategy

Start with the metrics

We identify the KPIs that matter most: growth rate, revenue, profitability. Every build decision gets made against its ability to improve this benchmark.

02 // Roadmap

Find the constraint

We map your operations and find the biggest constraint or growth lever tied to your KPIs. It's usually customer acquisition, lead conversion, delivery, or offer.

03 // Use Cases

Find where AI drives outcomes

We identify where AI creates the most leverage. We focus on two things: making what's already performing better or doing it at higher volume, and building new motions or channels that unlock growth and profitability.

04 // Build

Ship AI that works for you

We start with the highest-impact agent or tool. You get custom-built systems encoded with your workflows and expertise. You own the code and IP.

05 // Deploy

Get more from your tools

Everyone has access to the same AI tools. The edge comes from using the right tools and techniques for the job. We help your team get more value from your existing AI stack so you pull ahead of competitors.

About

At the bleeding edge of AI

Atherial partners have spent years building production AI applications across go to market, financial services, and professional services. Not advising on them or making slide decks about them, actually building them. Every engagement is led by partners who stay hands-on.

Mike
Michael Fishbein
Strategy

Six years experience in AI and twelve in B2B SaaS. Previously co-founder, head of marketing, and fractional marketer for several startups including two that successfully exited. Mike identifies where AI creates the most leverage and makes sure what gets built works well.

Eugene
Eugene Leychenko
Engineering

Three years AI engineering experience and fifteen in software development. Previously engineering manager and development agency owner.Eugene builds the agents and tools that execute your strategy.

Case Studies

Making companies AI-native

Professional Services

Added an AI Product Line to a Services-Only Marketing Agency

Problem

Off-the-shelf AI search visibility tools like Profound lacked the vertical-specific data and capabilities needed to run this agency's proprietary AIEO/GEO strategy.

Solution

Atherial built a custom AI Visibility Platform that generates strategic prompts to track, monitors brand presence across LLMs, and delivers strategic execution plans.

Outcomes
  • Lower tooling cost than off-the-shelf AI visibility platforms
  • Measurable lift in AI visibility for clients
  • Transformed from a service agency to an AI-native firm, deploying AI in every client engagement
Financial Services

From Hours of Analyst Review to Earnings Briefings at 300% Coverage Scale

Problem

A hedge fund could only cover a fraction of its investable universe. Earnings calls took hours each to process, so coverage was rationed.

Solution

Atherial built an Earnings Analyst Agent that monitors every call in real time and delivers a narrative brief with inline citations and quarter-over-quarter delta.

Outcomes
  • Analysts spend 5 minutes spot-checking AI work and citations instead of hours on manual review
  • The fund now reacts to earnings news faster than competitors
  • 300% increase in company coverage with no additional analyst headcount
Go-To-Market

Slashed New Hire Onboarding Time and Lifted Deal Win Rate 33%

Problem

A sales team's ramp time and win rate were bottlenecked by how many real practice calls managers could run with new hires.

Solution

Atherial built an AI Sales Roleplay Trainer where reps practice pitch AI prospects trained to act like real buyers, then receive personalized coaching after every call.

Outcomes
  • New hire ramp time cut from one month to one week
  • Cold call conversion rate increased by 33%
  • Reps now get unlimited practice reps without requiring manager time
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