An AI consultant in London without the consultancy markup.
Shivam is on the ground in London. Phil travels down from Nottingham; James and Louis back every engagement from Derby and Norwich. A four-operator team, in the room with you, without the partner-track London billing.
London is the most expensive AI consulting market in the country. Big-firm day rates start where most engagements should finish. We are different. Shivam — our funding lead, ex Deutsche Bank — is on the ground in London for the on-site days. Phil travels in from Nottingham. James and Louis join from Derby and Norwich. Senior, AI-native, on the same engagement, without the partner-and-associate stack.
We have spent the last three years rebuilding our own businesses around AI — Homemove, home.co.uk and homedata.co.uk. We bring that stack and that way of working into London businesses ready to ship rather than strategise.
Easy reach across the City, the West End, the South East and the Home Counties. Monthly retainer plus transparent hourly delivery; most engagements pay back inside the first quarter. We do not lease a London office — Shivam is in town, that is where you will meet.
Senior London presence
Shivam is on the ground for on-site days, with Phil travelling down for delivery sprints. London engagements are senior-led from the first meeting onwards. No junior account managers, no offshore handoff.
Build, not advise
No London strategy phase that bills six figures before code is written. We diagnose with your operators, design the systems, build them on your stack, deploy into your environment, and hand over the runbook.
First-quarter pay-back
We start with the workflow that pays back fastest. Most clients save more in the first quarter than the entire engagement costs. The second workflow compounds on the first.
Common questions.
Do you have a London office?
No, and we will not pretend we do. Shivam is on the ground in London for on-site days; the bases are Derby, Nottingham, Norwich and London via Shivam’s presence. London engagements run in your offices, in shared workspaces near you, or in a coffee somewhere central. We pass the saved overhead back as a more honest rate.
Who from Moonlabs comes to London engagements?
Shivam on the ground for the funding, financial and investor side of the work. Phil travels down from Nottingham for delivery sprints. James (Derby) and Louis (Norwich) come in for the commercial and technical architecture parts of the work, on site or remote.
Why a regional-bases AI consultancy in London?
Because we run the work, not the overhead. London consultancies pass their lease, their bench and their partner-track economics through to you in the day rate. Our base costs are lower; our senior bandwidth is higher; the work that lands in your business is the same shape.
What kinds of London businesses do you take on?
Scale-ups and mid-market firms with revenue and a real operating model. Property, professional services, finance, recruitment, legal and ops-heavy industries are the natural fit. We also work with London-based founders during fundraises through the wider Moonlabs Incubator side of the house.
What does AI consulting in London cost?
A monthly retainer reserves capacity and covers planning and oversight; delivery hours are billed transparently on top. Rate quoted on the first call. We are cheaper than the equivalent London firm because we are not paying for a Mayfair lease.
The full Forward Deployment offer
How engagements work: diagnose, build, operate. The detailed page covers engagement structure, pricing, and the four UK bases on one page.
About James, Louis, Phil & Shivam
The operators behind the work. £5m+ raised for their own companies, ~£10m across their broader career, AI-native since the week ChatGPT shipped.
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AI consultancy in London, without the markup.
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