AI Vulnerability Scoring
Pre-acquisition diligence on displacement risk, automation upside, and AI resilience. Think ESG scoring, but for AI exposure on every target in your pipeline.
AI value creation for PE diligence, portco ops, and exit prep.
Both sides of the deal. Pre-close, we flag which targets are AI-vulnerable vs. AI-resilient. Post-close, we compress headcount, tighten margins, and get portcos ready for a strong exit. We ship.
Pre-close
AI scoring that flags displacement risk on every target
Post-close
sector-specific rollout across buy-and-build portcos
EBITDA
wins tracked in margin, headcount ratios, exit prep
Built for
Mid-market PE firms where AI is top of mind but hard to run across the portfolio.
Operating partners who want a dedicated AI implementation lead on call.
Portcos in roll-ups (HVAC, dental, auto repair, field services) where ops AI is still mostly talk.
Deliverables
What We Actually Deliver
This is what sits inside the engagement. Real work, not a deck that collects dust.
Portco AI Implementation
Post-close work across dispatch, scheduling, customer comms, back-office, field ops. Built to move gross margin and headcount ratios.
Sector Playbooks
Repeatable AI patterns for the roll-up verticals PE keeps buying into. HVAC, dental, auto repair. Places where ops AI is still wide open.
Value Creation Tracking
EBITDA-linked reporting on what shipped, what it replaced, and how it affects exit readiness. Operating partners can show the fund what AI actually did.
Process
How This Engagement Works
Tight scope, clear ownership, and a path from idea to operational result.
Score
On the buy side, we assess AI vulnerability and upside across targets. You see which deals carry displacement risk and which have automation upside sitting there.
Deploy
After close, we go into the portco, map the highest-EBITDA workflows, and ship AI into production. Stuff that survives past the 100-day plan.
Compound
We roll what works across the portfolio, tighten unit economics, and build the AI story that supports multiple expansion at exit.
Outcomes
What Changes After We Ship
The operational outcomes this service is designed to create.
Acquisition calls get sharper because AI risk and upside are scored before you commit capital.
Portcos with measurable margin gains and better headcount-to-revenue ratios.
Exit-ready companies with a clear AI value story ready for the data room.
Scott Brunning
Sales Manager, Sales.io Co-FounderI've been working Systems Department consistently as I regularly need systems and operations support, and the level of work has been top-tier. I've worked with plenty of devs and systems operators in the past who often left me disappointed, but with this team every task is clearly mapped out, explained, built, and refined where needed. The systems they've implemented have genuinely helped our company make a lot more money.
David Backer
Founder & Director @ RapidQSNiko at Systems Department is insanely good at what he does. I had tried a few other automation firms, but this one blow them out of the water. They respond immediately, fix issues ASAP, and are always willing to go above and beyond. I run a global QS consulting business, and the systems they've built have saved me endless hours of repetitive work.
Michael Veail
Owner, Lead Generation AgencySystems Department helped our lead generation agency implement OpenClaw, solving a range of problems and 5x our output for creating websites and ad campaigns. They're great to have on the team to make sure we're staying ahead of the game with AI for our business.
James Buchanan
Hedge Fund ManagerNiko from Systems Department was amazing in helping me automate some of my workflows. Responses were super quick and we had everything running in just a few days, something that would have taken me weeks or months on my own. I barely had to do anything as they sorted it all, and even after setup they responded instantly and handled any tweaks straight away. Couldn't recommend highly enough.
Michael Watson
Owner @ WAT MediaSystems Department are killers at anything AI or systems-related. They set up our entire Claude-based automation stack within just a few hours. Whenever we had any questions or ran into issues, the team responded extremely quickly and solved everything fast.
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