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Why pilots die
No eval harness, no governance, no integration target, no monitoring, no clear owner. We diagnose the gap on day one and build the missing pieces in parallel with the next sprint of features.
AI Ops · Implementation
AI Pilot to Production — Canada
Most Canadian AI projects look great in a notebook and fall apart in production. CFRI is built for the second half of that journey: evaluation harnesses, governance, monitoring, integration, and the unglamorous engineering that turns a working prototype into a system the business actually depends on.
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What production looks like
Versioned prompts and models, deterministic eval suite, drift and quality monitoring, human-in-the-loop where it matters, observable cost and latency, documented runbooks, and a real on-call.
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Integrated, not bolted-on
The AI system slots into existing identity, audit, and data infrastructure — not a parallel skunkworks. That is what gets it through risk, security, and procurement review.
What we deliver
- →Production architecture and integration plan
- →Deterministic + LLM-as-judge evaluation harness
- →Drift, cost, and quality monitoring stack
- →Governance + AIA documentation where applicable
- →Operations runbook and on-call handover
Frequently asked
How long does pilot-to-production typically take?
Six to twelve weeks for most well-scoped Canadian engagements, longer if AIA, ProtectedB review, or regulator engagement is in scope.
Do you rebuild the pilot or harden it?
Whichever ships faster against the business outcome. Often we keep the working core and rebuild only the parts blocking production.
Can you work alongside our existing engineering team?
Yes — embedded delivery is the default. We hand the system back fully owned by your team.
What stack do you work in?
We are stack-pragmatic: OpenAI / Anthropic / Gemini / open-weight models on AWS, Azure, GCP, or sovereign Canadian clouds. We pick based on data residency and cost.
Do you cover RAG and agents?
Yes — see /rag-implementation-canada and /ai-agent-development-canada for the focused engagements.
How to start?
Email info@cfri.io with the pilot scope and where it is stuck.
Next Step
STUCK BETWEEN PILOT AND PRODUCTION?
Thirty minutes with operators who have already shipped what you're trying to figure out. CAD-billed. SR&ED-aware.