Use cases

One workflow. Any sector.

Every engagement runs the same refinery: a vague ambition goes in, a graded, build-ready brief comes out. Here is what that looks like on real problems.

The workflow

Share the ambition

One vague sentence is enough. No spec needed.

It gets unpacked

We split it into the real problem, the owner, the data, the metric.

It gets graded

A, B, or C — honestly. Grade A means budget and data are committed.

An expert is matched

One vetted expert per brief, chosen for fit — not marketing.

It ships, credited

Tracked all the way to deployment. The expert gets the credit.

Six ambitions, refined.

ESG & Sustainability

“We need AI for our sustainability reporting.”

The brief

An emissions-data pipeline that turns scattered site reports into one auditable ESG ledger, measured on reporting cycle time.

The result

Grade A brief — data owner committed, first audit cycle cut from 6 weeks to 9 days.

ESG & Sustainability

“We need AI for our sustainability reporting.”

The brief

An emissions-data pipeline that turns scattered site reports into one auditable ESG ledger, measured on reporting cycle time.

The result

Grade A brief — data owner committed, first audit cycle cut from 6 weeks to 9 days.

Government services

“We want AI in our citizen portal.”

The brief

A triage model routing 40k monthly requests to the right department, measured on resolution time.

The result

Grade A brief — budget owner and data access signed in two weeks.

Government services

“We want AI in our citizen portal.”

The brief

A triage model routing 40k monthly requests to the right department, measured on resolution time.

The result

Grade A brief — budget owner and data access signed in two weeks.

Education

“Our teachers should use AI somehow.”

The brief

An Arabic-first lesson-prep assistant grounded in the national curriculum, measured on prep hours saved per teacher.

The result

Grade B brief — pilot cohort agreed, data-sharing terms still in review.

Education

“Our teachers should use AI somehow.”

The brief

An Arabic-first lesson-prep assistant grounded in the national curriculum, measured on prep hours saved per teacher.

The result

Grade B brief — pilot cohort agreed, data-sharing terms still in review.

Municipal operations

“Make our city smarter.”

The brief

A computer-vision audit of waste-collection routes, measured on missed-pickup complaints per district.

The result

Grade A brief — matched to a vetted CV team, shipped to two districts.

Municipal operations

“Make our city smarter.”

The brief

A computer-vision audit of waste-collection routes, measured on missed-pickup complaints per district.

The result

Grade A brief — matched to a vetted CV team, shipped to two districts.

SME & Retail

“Can AI answer our customers at night?”

The brief

A bilingual support agent over the existing order system, measured on after-hours resolution rate.

The result

Grade B brief — clear metric and owner, budget confirmation pending.

SME & Retail

“Can AI answer our customers at night?”

The brief

A bilingual support agent over the existing order system, measured on after-hours resolution rate.

The result

Grade B brief — clear metric and owner, budget confirmation pending.

Nonprofit

“AI could transform everything we do.”

The brief

Unpacking found no owner, no data, and no metric — yet. The ambition is real; the foundations aren’t.

The result

Grade C — parked honestly, with a checklist for what would make it fundable.

Nonprofit

“AI could transform everything we do.”

The brief

Unpacking found no owner, no data, and no metric — yet. The ambition is real; the foundations aren’t.

The result

Grade C — parked honestly, with a checklist for what would make it fundable.

Don’t see your sector? The workflow doesn’t care. Or start further upstream with a three-day Imagination Lab →

Your sector is next.

Bring the vague sentence. We’ll do the arguing, the grading, and the matching.

Have a problem that can’t wait? hello@thegbox.org — one vague sentence is enough.