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AI-as-a-Service

The AI programme is funded, the backlog is real, and the role has been open since spring. We put senior AI architects, engineers and data scientists into your team in days, fractional, embedded or fully managed, from the same bench that delivers our own projects.

Senior Capacity · Delivery Patterns · Upskilling

What is AI-as-a-Service?

AI skills are the scarcest resource in the market right now, and the hiring numbers make the problem obvious: by the time a permanent AI engineer clears their notice period, the landscape they were hired for has moved twice. AI-as-a-Service is our answer: senior AI architects, engineers and data scientists on demand, from the same bench that delivers our project work.

The capacity comes with our delivery patterns attached. Retrieval over governed estates, Copilot Studio agent scaffolds, evaluation harnesses with golden datasets, agent tracing setups and the Xtract document extraction accelerator all land in your tenant, cutting weeks off the undifferentiated start of every build. You are not paying senior people to reinvent scaffolding.

It also comes with the full breadth of our AI practice: Copilot and Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry with Azure OpenAI, and agentic development on Claude through our registered Anthropic partnership. Whichever route your use case needs, the bench covers it without a new procurement round.

And because the honest goal is your independence, upskilling threads through everything: pairing, code review and our agentic development enablement, so each engagement leaves your team more capable than the last one found it. Capability transfer is in the statement of work, not the sales deck.

Certified Microsoft AI capability, on demand

Microsoft Cloud Partner
Microsoft Cloud Partner
Data & AI on Azure
Data & AI on Azure
Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner
Microsoft Fabric Featured Partner
Business Applications Specialist
Business Applications Specialist
What We Deliver

Key capabilities

On-Demand AI Expertise and Scalable Delivery Capacity

Senior AI architects, data scientists and ML engineers who join your team in days and step away when the job is done, with capacity that flexes as the programme does.

  • Named engineers proposed within 48 hours
  • Copilot Studio, Foundry, Databricks ML and Claude expertise on one bench
  • Delivery patterns and accelerators included, not sold separately
  • Fractional AI leadership where strategy needs an owner

Continuous Optimisation, Advisory, and AI Infrastructure Assessment

Keep shipped AI honest after go-live: regular reviews of performance, cost and accuracy, with a senior engineer accountable for acting on what the reviews find.

Lower Overhead Than Permanent Hires and Flexible AI Engagement

Pay for the seniority you need for exactly as long as you need it. A fractional architect two days a week often moves a programme further than the permanent hire you waited six months for.

48 hrs

To spin up senior AI capacity on a live programme

150+

Microsoft certifications across the delivery bench

3

Microsoft MVPs available to your engagement

100%

Named engineers on every engagement

Common Use Cases

Where AI-as-a-Service earns its keep

Augmenting internal AI teams

Drop senior data scientists, ML engineers or AI architects into your existing team to accelerate delivery without long-term headcount.

Fractional AI leadership

Engage a fractional Head of AI or AI Architect who shapes strategy, governance and delivery standards while your permanent team grows.

Short-burst discovery and spikes

Run time-boxed discoveries, use-case spikes or technical PoCs with senior specialists you could not easily hire for a few weeks.

Covering skills gaps

Fill specific gaps in MLOps, responsible AI, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry or Databricks without having to hire in every specialism.

Managed AI operations

Run existing AI solutions (monitoring, retraining, enhancement) as a managed service via Synapx-as-a-Service.

Independent AI advisory

Provide trusted second opinions, design reviews and delivery assurance on AI programmes led by other partners or internal teams.

How We Work

A proven delivery approach

  1. 01 Step

    Shape

    Agree the outcome, capability profile and engagement model: fractional, embedded, managed service or blended.

  2. 02 Step

    Match

    Put forward named engineers with the right skills and domain experience, typically within 48 hours.

  3. 03 Step

    Deliver

    Work inside your delivery cadence with clear acceptance criteria, weekly check-ins and transparent reporting.

  4. 04 Step

    Flex

    Scale capacity up or down as the programme evolves, without the friction of hiring or redundancies.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What engagement models do you offer?

Fractional (e.g., 1–3 days a week), embedded (full-time within your team for a fixed term), project-based (outcome-focused delivery), and fully managed services. Most clients blend approaches as their AI programme matures.

How quickly can you mobilise?

For senior AI roles we typically put forward named candidates within 48 hours and mobilise within 1–2 weeks. For fully managed services, the transition usually runs 4–6 weeks including knowledge transfer.

Who will we actually get?

Named, permanent Synapx engineers – not anonymous rate cards or off-shore body-shopping. Every AI-as-a-Service engagement is staffed with people whose CVs and certifications you review up front.

Is this more expensive than hiring?

On a fully-loaded basis, equivalent senior AI capability via Synapx is typically 20–50% cheaper than hiring permanently, once recruitment, benefits, bench risk and the ability to flex are accounted for. It is especially efficient for capability you do not need year-round.

Can you also run solutions long-term?

Yes. Our Synapx-as-a-Service offering provides ongoing operations, retraining, monitoring and enhancement of AI solutions – whether we originally built them or inherited them.

Do we keep IP and knowledge?

Yes. All IP built on your engagement is yours, and we actively transfer knowledge to your team through pair working, documentation and training. The goal is to leave you stronger, not more dependent.

Our Clients

Trusted by

Glassmoon
Lanware
Micheldever Tyre Services
Midwich
Mount Anvil
Nuevo Partners
Pro Global
Seras Energy
Skanska
Ocean Conservation Trust
WA Comms
Glassmoon
Lanware
Micheldever Tyre Services
Midwich
Mount Anvil
Nuevo Partners
Pro Global
Seras Energy
Skanska
Ocean Conservation Trust
WA Comms
Client Voices

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Video Stories

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Skanska

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Project/Programme Manager

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Mount Anvil

Mike, Mount Anvil

Head of Technology Applications

Testimonials

Talk through engagement models

A 30-minute call to match your situation, an open role, a stalled programme or a missing specialism, to fractional, embedded or managed capacity. Named engineers proposed within 48 hours.

Discuss engagement models