Budget season Can you defend the AI number in your FY27 budget? Tell us what is in it

GATI n., Sanskrit momentum; velocity; forward motion

Independent technology and AI decision advisoryAn independent second opinion on your biggest technology decision, before you sign.

Whether it is the ERP contract, a major vendor renewal, the next AI pilot or merging two companies' systems, get a senior, independent read first. Three weeks, a fixed fee, and a clear recommendation from someone with nothing to sell you afterwards.

Tell us about your decision How the Decision Sprint works

Who we work with Most of our clients are owner led and PE backed operating companies with $25M to $100M in revenue, and some larger ones by referral.

Sound familiar?

Five decisions that cost the most when they go wrong

Most companies do not have a technology problem. They have a technology decision problem: an expensive choice on the table, and nobody in the building who has made it before.

  • 01

    An ERP or CRM quote is on your desk

    The reseller says it will take nine months. Your controller has doubts. Nobody can tell you whether the number is right.

  • 02

    AI pilots are running, but nobody can show the numbers

    The board or the owner is asking what AI is returning, and the honest answer is that no one knows.

  • 03

    After an acquisition, you have two of everything

    Two ERPs, two CRMs, two IT teams, and a plan to combine them that nobody fully trusts.

  • 04

    A major renewal is due, and it now comes with an AI upsell

    A six or seven figure commitment with a deadline, written by the people who benefit from your yes.

  • 05

    AI is the one line in next year's budget you can't forecast

    Seats, usage charges and renewal bundles land on different invoices. IT sees one part, finance sees another, and nobody sees the total.

  • One of these on your desk?

    Tell us about it in a minute. We will reply with an honest view of whether it needs outside help.

Why it matters: in Panorama Consulting's 2026 ERP Report, more than a quarter of organizations went over their ERP project budget. Source (opens in a new tab)

Book a 30 minute decision review

Start with one question

Three quick steps, about a minute. Vish reads every request personally.

Step 1 of 3What are you trying to decide?
Pick the closest option, or describe it in the box below.
Tell us briefly what the decision is.
Step 2 of 3Where should Vish reply?
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Step 3 of 3Two optional details

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Thank you. Your decision is with Vish.

He reads every request personally and will reply by email, usually within two business days.

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What happens next

  1. Vish replies personally, usually within two business days.
  2. A 30 minute decision review, at no charge.
  3. An honest answer on whether a Decision Sprint would help, and what it would cost. If it would not, we say so.
The primary engagement

The Gati Decision Sprint

One decision. Three weeks. A written recommendation your leadership team can act on, and the vendor questions to back it up.

3 weeks
start to readout
Fixed fee
scoped on the first call
2 live sessions
the rest is done for you

Built for the CEO or CFO who has a decision due in the next 90 days and wants an independent answer before the money moves. The cost of a wrong call is usually many times the fee.

See the full Decision Sprint

  1. Leadership interviewsFive or six short conversations with the people who will live with the decision.
  2. Quote and contract reviewWhat you are actually being asked to sign, line by line.
  3. Options comparedThe real choices, side by side, on three year cost, risk and effort.
  4. Decision memo and vendor questionsAn eight to ten page recommendation, plus the questions that expose a weak proposal.
  5. 90 day plan and readoutWhat happens next, presented to your leadership team in a 60 minute session.
Two other ways to work together

Before the decision, and after it

Executive AI Working Session

Half or full day · before

Your leadership team, one room, your business. You leave with a shared view of where AI pays and the one decision most worth getting right. See the session format.

Technology Advisory Retainer

Monthly · after

For Decision Sprint clients who want a senior voice to keep vendors honest and the plan moving. Three month minimum. See what the retainer covers.

Why Gati instead of the usual options

Independent of what you buy

Resellers, integrators and IT providers are paid when you say yes. We are paid the same fixed fee whatever we recommend, including "not yet".

Senior attention on every hour

No junior team learning on your budget. The person you meet on the first call does the interviews, writes the memo and runs the readout.

One decision, on a date

Not an open ended seat or a slide deck. A fixed scope, a fixed fee, and an answer in three weeks.

Who you will work with

The best technology decisions are made by people who have carried them into production, and then studied why they worked.

Vish Srivastava, Founder and Managing Principal of Gati Advisory Partners
Vish Srivastava
Founder & Managing Principal

I'm Vish Srivastava. For more than twenty years I have built and run technology inside demanding organizations: growing a ten person team into a global engineering organization of more than a hundred, choosing platforms and vendors, and taking AI from pilot into production.

That career taught me one thing above all. The difference between technology that transforms a business and technology that gathers dust was never the technology. It was the decision: what to buy, what to build, what to stop, and when. With an M.S. in Computer Science already behind me, I went to Kellogg for an MBA in AI and Analytics to get better at exactly that question.

Gati exists for the companies that sit between "too big for guesswork" and "too small for a full time CTO". You have good people and a real budget. What you often do not have is someone in the room who has made this exact call before, and who gains nothing from your answer.

Gati is Sanskrit for momentum. The companies that call me are rarely short on ideas. They are stuck on a decision. My job is to help you make it well, and get moving again.

Decisions I have lived with

The patterns behind the advice

Gati is a young practice, so this is not a client list. These are situations I spent two decades inside, described without naming any employer. Client stories will appear here, anonymized, as engagements finish.

Platforms

The system too central to replace

Too old to extend, too critical to switch off. Every proposal is either a three year rewrite or a patch that adds to the problem.

The lesson: find the seam that lets you replace it in stages, without stalling the business.
AI

The pilot that never paid back

A prototype demos well, then stalls, because nobody decided on data, ownership, measurement, or what happens when it is wrong.

The lesson: agree how you will measure the return before you fund the build.
Teams

The team that outgrew its structure

What made ten people fast makes a hundred people slow. Ownership blurs and nobody can say who decides what.

The lesson: fix ownership before you add headcount or tools.
Who we work with

Operating companies with a real budget and no technology executive

Typically $25M to $100M in revenue, founder, family or PE backed, with an IT manager or managed service provider but no CIO or CTO. Some larger companies come to us by referral.

Manufacturing & distribution Healthcare services Logistics Professional services

Our boundaries: we do not take on banks, investment or private equity firms, insurers, or fintech companies as clients. When a company is PE backed, the operating company is our client, not the fund. No engagement draws on confidential information from any current or former employer.

Not the right fit if you need outsourced software development, staff augmentation, or generic AI training.

A point of view

Decide before you spend. The expensive part is never the advice. It is three years of living with the wrong answer.

How it works

Three steps, no surprises

STEP 1

Decision review

A 30 minute call at no charge. You describe the decision; we tell you honestly whether it needs outside help, and what a sprint would cost.

STEP 2

Decision Sprint

Three weeks, fixed fee, agreed in writing. Interviews, document review, options compared, memo and readout.

You receiveA decision memo, vendor questions, a 90 day plan and a leadership readout.
STEP 3

Your call

Act on it with your own team, or keep us on a monthly retainer to hold vendors to the plan. Either way, the decision is yours.

Common questions

What is a Decision Sprint?

A three week, fixed fee engagement built around one expensive technology or AI decision. We interview your leaders, review the quotes and contracts, compare the real options on three year cost, risk and effort, and hand you a written recommendation, the questions to put to vendors, and a 90 day plan. It ends with a 60 minute readout for your leadership team.

Is this the same as a fractional CTO?

No. A fractional CTO takes an ongoing part time seat. Most companies we work with do not need another seat; they need one decision made well, on a date. If you want ongoing support after the sprint, the advisory retainer covers it.

Our ERP reseller or IT provider offers a free assessment. Why pay for this?

Because they are paid when you say yes to their product or their project. A free assessment from the seller is a sales step. Gati has nothing to sell you after the recommendation, so the advice can say no, not yet, or a smaller yes.

Do you implement technology?

We advise; we do not build. When the decision calls for hands to build, we will work with your team or your chosen vendor, or introduce a vetted implementation partner if you ask. Any partner relationship is disclosed in writing before you decide, and we never resell or mark up implementation work.

What size companies do you work with?

Most of our clients are owner led and PE backed operating companies with $25M to $100M in revenue, usually in manufacturing, distribution, healthcare services, logistics or professional services. Some larger companies come to us by referral. When a company is PE backed, the company is our client, not the fund.

What does it cost?

Every engagement has a fixed fee, scoped on the first call and agreed in writing before work starts. No hourly billing and no surprises. We will tell you the range on the decision review call.

What GATI stands for

Gati is Sanskrit for momentum. It is also how we create it: Growth through Advisory, Training, and Insight.

G
Growth

The test for every recommendation: does it move the business forward, or just move money?

A
Advisory

The Decision Sprint, and the retainer that keeps the plan honest afterwards.

T
Training

Executive working sessions that make AI concrete for the people who lead with it.

I
Insight

A written recommendation that survives hard questions from your board, your owner, and your vendors.

Start with one decision

One decision on your desk?

Send it to us in a minute. If you would rather talk first, email Vish or connect on LinkedIn.

Tell us about your decision