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SAGEX / UNIQREATE INC. · CONSULTING PROJECT

From AI capability to buyer value.

How our five-member team approached the commercialisation of SageX AI Wizard as a standalone B2B product.

TIMELINE

Mar – Jun 2026

CONTEXT

Five-member consulting team

FOCUS

Research · Pricing · Go-to-market

SageX is an operating AI business with products already in market. This consulting project focused on AI Wizard’s standalone positioning, target buyers, pricing and go-to-market recommendations.

01 / THE CHALLENGE

A capability is only the beginning.

SageX AI Wizard was positioned as a configuration layer for turning unstructured documents into structured, AI-ready data workflows. The consulting brief was to test how this capability could be understood, valued, priced and sold as a standalone B2B product.

02 / THE APPROACH

Build the proposition around evidence.

Our five-member team combined secondary research with STP and minimum viable segment analysis, primary buyer research, competitor benchmarking, SWOT analysis, pricing hypotheses and sales-material development.

03 / BUYER RESEARCH

Time lost becomes decisions delayed.

The research brought together feedback from 15 senior decision-makers in financial services and in-depth insights from 7 senior decision-makers in the sector. These perspectives informed the assessment of document-processing challenges and buyer priorities.

66.7%

Needed 1–3 days to turn raw documents into usable outputs.

73.3%

Identified slow decision-making as a major operational consequence.

Source: project research.

Time to usable data

  • Less than 1 day6.7%
  • 1–3 days66.7%
  • 3–7 days20%
  • 1–2 weeks6.7%
Source: project research.

Business impact of data delays

  • Slower decision-making73.3%
  • Missed opportunities / revenue26.7%
  • Compliance or risk exposure13.3%
  • Delayed onboarding / operations20%
  • Increased manual workload40%
Source: project research. Multiple choices allowed; percentages may sum to over 100%.
04 / SEGMENTATION

Start where the friction is highest.

Five financial-services segments were evaluated. The recommendation prioritised mid-sized financial-services firms with document-heavy workflows and lean internal engineering capacity, with relevant users across operations, compliance, onboarding and reporting.

05 / COMMERCIAL MODEL

Translate time into a value hypothesis.

We co-developed a value-based ROI model that translated workflow and labour-time assumptions into estimated annualised operational savings of up to US$342K under the project scenario. This model informed pricing logic and commercial messaging; it was not realised client savings.

US$342K

Modelled annualised savings · Project scenario · Not realised savings

Preferred pricing model

  • Fixed annual subscription26.7%
  • Subscription + usage6.7%
  • Pay per use0%
  • Depends on use case26.7%
  • Not sure40%
Source: project research.
06 / POSITIONING & GTM

An AI-ready data foundation.

The recommended positioning moved from feature-led automation messaging toward an AI-ready data foundation proposition. Initial use cases included KYC onboarding, fund reporting, contract review and CRM/ERP integration.

07 / COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES

Give buyers a practical next step.

The project produced a buyer-facing sales narrative and a proposed four-week pilot-to-conversion pathway. The pilot was a recommendation, not an executed customer engagement.

PROPOSED FOUR-WEEK PILOT

  1. 01 Baseline audit
  2. 02 Shadow processing
  3. 03 User onboarding & change management
  4. 04 Business-value review
08 / REFLECTION

Commercial clarity is part of the product.

Commercialising an AI product requires more than describing technical capability. Segmentation, buyer evidence, value quantification and a clear implementation pathway all shape whether a product can be understood and purchased.