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Taste-Rich, Deployment-Poor

"We know who we are but can't put it into our AI."


Taste-Rich, Deployment-Poor

"We know who we are but can't put it into our AI."

The Situation

These companies have strong existing taste:

  • Distinctive brand identity built over decades
  • Clear point of view on what "good" looks like
  • Heritage, craft, or luxury positioning
  • Customers who choose them for their differentiation

But their digital experiences don't embody that taste. AI interactions feel generic. The brand voice gets lost in automation.

What They Have

  • Implicit taste - They know it when they see it
  • Brand equity - Customers already value their differentiation
  • High standards - Won't accept commodity experiences
  • Resources - Can invest in getting it right

What They Lack

  • Operationalized taste - Structured artifacts AI can use
  • AI-enabled experiences - Where brand meets automation
  • Taste infrastructure - Philosophy, constraints, output contracts, behavior—encoded

The Engagement

We help them encode their taste and deploy it.

  • Taste archaeology - Surface what's implicit, make it explicit
  • Structure creation - Philosophy, constraints, output contracts, behavioral rules
  • Experience buildout - AI interfaces that embody their taste
  • Taste validation - Testing that outputs match standards

Entry Point

Strategy Sprint → taste audit, gap analysis, roadmap for encoding

Deeper Engagement

Joint venture, outcome-aligned. We share in the upside of experiences we help create. This isn't T&M—we're invested in the result.

Archetypes

Porsche Experience Center - How do you create AI-enabled experiences that feel like Porsche? Not generic chatbots—experiences that embody the brand's taste for precision, performance, and craftsmanship.

Richard Mille - "Help me build my Richard Mille." Configurators, advisory experiences, customer engagement that maintains the brand's extreme attention to detail and exclusivity.

The Pattern

TASTE EXISTS IMPLICITLY → BUT NOT OPERATIONALIZED
                              ↓
              NEED: Encoding + Deployment Infrastructure
                              ↓
              OUTCOME: AI that embodies brand taste