Your people are already using AI. The question is whether you're directing it.

Archetype helps professional services firms get control of AI and turn it into competitive advantage. Fixed fees. Practical outcomes. No fluff.

Harriet Bishop leading an Archetype working session around an AI workflow.

Built from inside

BCG·EY-Parthenon·Independent investment bank·ModelML (YC-backed)

The problem

Most firms don't have an AI problem. They have a focus problem.

Your people are already using unapproved tools on live matters. Without governance and a clear roadmap, AI becomes risk not opportunity.

Archetype helps you understand what's happening, prioritise where it creates value, and build the capability to execute.

Inside the work

Actual working sessions, not generic consulting theatre.

Harriet Bishop facilitating a client workshop around sticky-note planning.
Harriet Bishop presenting an Archetype AI implementation roadmap to a client team.
Harriet Bishop working one-to-one with a client on an Archetype AI workflow.

Method

A simple sequence that gets firms to clarity.

01

Diagnose

Understand what's already happening across teams and tools.

02

Prioritise

Identify where AI creates real commercial value.

03

Roadmap

Sequence the work in a plan partners can back.

04

Embed

Build the capability so change holds after we leave.

Who it's for

Firms where AI is already happening — directed or not.

  • Law firms
  • Accountancy practices
  • PE portfolio companies
  • Founder-led businesses
  • Operators and COOs
  • Investment teams

What we believe

01

AI should start with workflows, not tools.

02

Strategy only works if it changes what teams do next.

03

The best AI opportunities are commercial and human-centred.

Ready to find out where AI is already happening in your business?