AI consulting for Hong Kong companies

Why a plan comes before a tool

Hong Kong companies hear about AI from banks, landlords, suppliers and the press, and many have already tried a chat tool on their own. The usual result is a handful of staff using it in private and no shared view of what is safe or useful. A consulting engagement replaces that with a short list of decisions.

Typical clients are trading firms, professional practices, property agencies, logistics operators and small manufacturers. They are not short of ideas. They are short of a way to rank them. Our AI consulting service page describes the method in general; this page covers what changes for Hong Kong.

How we rank a Hong Kong use case

Each use case ends up with a score and a verdict: build custom, buy a tool, change the process instead, or leave it alone. About half of what teams propose usually falls into the last two groups, and that is a useful result.

Privacy and governance points we raise

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) enforces the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance and has published guidance for organizations that develop or use AI. We read the current guidance with you and turn it into a short internal checklist: who may use which tool, which data may never be pasted into a public chat, and how outputs are reviewed.

• A one-page AI use policy staff can actually follow, adapted from our AI use policy template.
• A register of tools in use, what data each touches and where it is processed.
• A review rule for customer-facing text produced by a model.
• A list of points for your lawyer, including cross-border transfers and client contract terms.

We flag issues but do not give legal advice. Your lawyer should confirm anything touching personal data or client confidentiality.

What the engagement looks like

The review is deliberately light. We do not ask for months of your team's time or a data warehouse. We ask for a few conversations, a sample of real documents or messages, and an honest list of what goes wrong in a normal week. Most findings come from watching how work actually moves between people, spreadsheets and chat groups, not from slides about technology.

1. InterviewsThree to six conversations with the people who do the work, scheduled in Hong Kong hours.
2. Use-case listEvery idea written down in one sheet with owner, data used and expected benefit.
3. Scoring and testsSmall tests on your own sample data for the top candidates, so scores rest on results, not opinion.
4. ReadoutA written plan and a walkthrough call. Next steps are priced separately if you want us to build.

Cost and timing

Projects start at $1,500 and our rate is $30 an hour. A review for a single team often fits near that starting point, while a company-wide review with many interviews costs more. Scope is fixed in the quote after a short call, and you receive it within one working day. See the AI consulting cost guide for what moves the price.

Hong Kong is about two and a half hours ahead of India with no daylight saving, so interviews and the readout fit inside both teams' normal day. If your staff work shifts or visit sites, we schedule short calls around them instead of asking for long meetings.

If the plan points to a build, we price it as a separate fixed quote, so you never pay for a build you did not choose.