A proposal · not a pitch deck

An AI-native government,
one department at a time.

A short assessment. A free two-day hackathon. Then commissioned, momentum-locked work — before the next department starts. A method that compounds across the whole of government.

$500B
annual productivity prize for public sector
80%
of AI pilots never reach production
2 days
to a working PoC, free at first contact
1×N
department lit, then the next
The Premise

Three truths the brochure won't tell you.

01
Pilots stall.

Most AI work in government dies in the gap between proof and production. Energy without architecture.

02
Skills lag.

Tools change every six months. The workforce can't learn faster than the procurement cycle.

03
Trust must be earned.

Citizens reward government that uses AI carefully, openly, and with redress paths in place.

The Ascend Programme

Four stages. One direction.

Pulse reads the room. Ignite turns it on. Forge does the work. The Commons makes every next department faster.

1
Pulse
A short, sharp readout.
1–2 weeks
Maturity heatmap · top 3 opportunities · top 3 risks
Light version free, deep version paid
2
Ignite
Two days that change the room.
2 days
Roadmap · 2 working PoCs · named champions · Forge track chosen
Free — one condition: case-study rights
3
Forge
Commissioned, momentum-locked.
8–24 weeks
Discover · Build · Rollout · Adoption — pick your tracks
Paid · must be commissioned before next department
4
The Commons
Each department makes the next faster.
Continuous
Templates · prompts · datasets · champions · lessons
Included with Forge
The door-in

Two days. Two PoCs. One condition.

Ignite is free for your first department. The condition: we publish what we build together as a case study. Everything after is commissioned — and must be commissioned before another department's Ignite.