AI Transformation Consultancy — UK & GCC

yRAK

Your organisation. Peak AI readiness.

We help ambitious organisations deploy AI as their workforce advantage — not as a technology project, but as a fundamental shift in how work gets done. Strategy, architecture, delivery and governance — end to end.

Proven outcomes
90%
Decision time reduced
Accelerated decision making through AI-enabled decision support
70%
SOP complexity cut
Operating procedures streamlined through AI-driven process redesign
20+
Years enterprise delivery
Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Asda, Elsevier — across UK and GCC markets
2
Markets served
Uniquely positioned across United Kingdom and Gulf Cooperation Council
AI Workforce Design Operating Model Transformation Agentic AI Deployment Data Architecture AI Governance Programme Leadership AI Readiness Assessment UK & GCC Markets AI Workforce Design Operating Model Transformation Agentic AI Deployment Data Architecture AI Governance Programme Leadership AI Readiness Assessment UK & GCC Markets

AI transformation is not a technology decision.
It is an operating model decision.

See how we do it
What we do

Six service lines.
One clear objective.

We don't sell AI tools. We design and deliver AI operating models — the strategy, architecture, governance, and workforce that makes AI transformation real and sustainable.

01

AI Readiness Diagnostic

The fastest way to get started. In two weeks, we diagnose exactly where your organisation stands, what's holding you back, and what AI could unlock — with brutal honesty and measurable baselines. Delivered as a structured report with a prioritised action plan. Most clients proceed to a full engagement directly from this.

2-Week Sprint Process Audit Maturity Mapping ROI Modelling
02

AI Workforce Design

We identify which roles in your organisation are AI-ready and design your AI coworkers — the agents, workflows, and automations that augment your team and multiply output without multiplying headcount.

Agent Design Workflow Automation Role Mapping
03

Operating Model Transformation

Technology without structure fails. We redesign your operating model to absorb AI at every layer — processes, governance, people, and culture — so transformation sticks rather than fades.

Process Design SOP Reduction Change Management
04

Data Platform & Architecture

AI is only as good as your data. We design and deliver the data infrastructure that makes intelligent decision-making possible at scale — pipelines, models, and integration that actually work in production.

Data Strategy Pipeline Design Enterprise Integration
05

AI Governance & Investment

We help leadership govern AI with confidence — budgeting, prioritisation, risk management, and ROI tracking that keeps boards informed, in control, and making the right calls.

AI Governance Budget Ownership Risk Management
06

Programme Leadership

For organisations that need senior delivery leadership embedded in their team — we provide experienced programme directors who own outcomes, not just advice. Fractional, interim, or full engagement.

Fractional CDO Delivery Governance Stakeholder Management
How we engage

The right model
for where you are.

Every organisation is at a different stage. We structure engagements to match your readiness, appetite, and urgency — from a focused diagnostic to a full programme leadership commitment.

How we work

Four phases.
Zero ambiguity.

Every engagement follows the same four-phase discipline — from honest assessment through to embedded capability. No wasted motion. No guesswork. Outcomes defined before work begins, measured when it ends.

01

Diagnose Understand before acting

We assess the organisation across processes, data, people, and technology before recommending anything. Honest baselines, not assumptions. You cannot transform what you have not understood.

02

Design Define the operating model

Define the AI operating model, transformation roadmap, and measurable outcomes. Governance, workforce, and architecture aligned before a single line of technology is committed. The right target, clearly locked.

03

Deploy Deliver with precision

Execute the transformation — building, deploying, and embedding AI capability where it creates real, measurable value. Senior-led delivery at every stage, accountable for outcomes not activity.

04

Embed Lock in the capability

Transformation only succeeds if it outlasts the engagement. We embed governance, upskill teams, and establish the operating rhythm that ensures AI capability compounds over time — not a project that fades.

Who we serve

Industries ready
for transformation.

We work with ambitious organisations where AI can deliver measurable, immediate impact — and where one decision-maker is ready to move. Fast sales cycles. Real outcomes.

Legal Services  Featured
Mid-size law firms — Practical Law transition specialists
Marketing & Creative Agencies
Boutique to mid-size — UK & GCC
Property & Real Estate
Developers, agents, PropTech — UK & GCC
Professional Services
Recruiters, accountants, consultants
Hospitality & Tourism
Hotel groups — GCC tourism sector
eCommerce & D2C Brands
Growing brands — 10 to 200 employees
AI-Powered Engineering

Transforming the entire
SDLC with AI.

We bring hands-on expertise in the leading AI development tools — Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and more — to help engineering teams move faster, write better code, and deliver with confidence at every stage of the software development lifecycle.

Claude Code
Cursor
GitHub Copilot
Windsurf
Claude
Copilot Chat
Requirements
AI-assisted spec writing & user story generation
Design
AI-generated wireframes & architecture diagrams
Development
Cursor & Copilot for accelerated coding
Testing
AI test generation & automated QA coverage
Deployment
AI-assisted CI/CD, release notes & rollback
Operations
AI monitoring, incident triage & root cause analysis
Built by us

We build what
we prescribe.

yRAK doesn't just advise on transformation — we build production platforms that demonstrate what AI-powered operating models look like in practice. The Scent Trader is our proof of concept.

The Scent Trader
B2B Fragrance Infrastructure Platform

The fragrance wholesale industry runs on spreadsheets, WhatsApp threads, and decades-old distributor relationships. The Scent Trader is rebuilding that infrastructure from the ground up — an AI-powered B2B marketplace that connects perfume houses, distributors, and retailers with the data architecture, pricing intelligence, and supply chain visibility the industry has never had.

Built using the same methodology we bring to client engagements: AI-native from day one, operating model designed before a single line of code was written, and data architecture capable of supporting the intelligence layer the industry needs.

Next.js Supabase Stripe AI-Native B2B Marketplace Data Platform
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What this demonstrates
Operating Model First
The business process and AI workflow were designed before any technology decisions. This is how we advise every client.
Data Architecture at Scale
Multi-tenant data model handling catalogues, pricing, inventory, and transaction history across hundreds of trading relationships.
AI-Powered Workflows
Pricing intelligence, catalogue matching, and procurement automation — the AI coworker layer we design for enterprise clients, live in production.
Full-Stack Delivery
From strategy to production deployment. End-to-end ownership — exactly the engagement model we offer clients through Programme Leadership.
Our markets

Two markets.
One connected advantage.

Uniquely positioned to serve both the UK and GCC markets — with deep local credibility in each, and the ability to connect them in ways that single-market consultancies cannot.

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United Kingdom

London & Remote — SME & Mid-Market

Serving ambitious UK businesses — legal firms, agencies, professional services, and eCommerce brands — who need a senior AI transformation partner without the Big 4 price tag or the junior consultant reality. Direct access to the founder on every engagement.

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Gulf & GCC

Riyadh, UAE & Region — Vision 2030 Aligned

Deeply embedded in the GCC market with active programme delivery experience in Saudi Arabia. Fluent in Vision 2030 context, the procurement landscape, and the cultural dynamics that make transformation succeed in the region. Arabic-aware, regionally credible.

Who you're working with

The founder is
on every engagement.

No bait and switch. No junior team deployed after the pitch. When you work with yRAK, you work directly with Asim — the person with 20+ years of enterprise delivery experience, not someone briefed on it.

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Asim Rahman
Founder & Principal — yRAK

20+ years delivering large-scale technology and transformation programmes across financial services, retail, publishing, and the public sector. Roles spanning programme director, chief of staff, data platform lead, and interim CDO — always at the point where strategy meets delivery.

Deep experience across UK enterprise: Goldman Sachs, Barclays, Asda, Elsevier. One of the original developers on Practical Law — the legal research and workflow platform used by thousands of law firms worldwide — giving yRAK a uniquely informed perspective on AI transformation in the legal sector. And equally embedded in the GCC, with active programme delivery in Saudi Arabia within Vision 2030 context.

yRAK was built on a simple conviction: the most valuable thing a senior consultant can offer is their own judgement, applied directly to your problem — not a methodology handed down through a team of analysts.

Enterprise delivery experience
Goldman Sachs Barclays Asda Elsevier Practical Law UK & GCC Govts
"The organisations that will win are those that treat AI not as a tool to bolt on, but as a fundamental redesign of how their business operates. That is a leadership decision, not an IT one."
— Asim Rahman, Founder
100%
Founder-led
Every engagement is led and delivered by Asim directly. No delegation, no handoff.
20+
Years delivered
Across financial services, retail, publishing, and government — UK and GCC.
2
Markets, deeply
Not surface-level international. Genuinely embedded in both UK and GCC operating contexts.
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Pitch decks
First conversations are honest assessments, not sales presentations. If it's not the right fit, we'll say so.

Is your organisation ready
to begin its AI transformation?

Book a 30-minute conversation. No pitch deck. No junior consultant. No obligation. Just an honest assessment of what AI could do for your business — from someone who has delivered it. Or start with the AI Readiness Diagnostic — a fixed-fee, two-week engagement that gives you a clear picture of where to begin.

Or write directly: asim@yrak.co.uk