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Kala AI Readiness

Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala

Will AI win you customers, or cost you them?

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AI readiness reportSample / 01

Larkmere Pay (fictional sample)

It looks like you might be further behind than you think.

01

Productive

Falling behind

02

Resilient

Falling behindLower confidence

03

Defensible

Keeping pace

Self-reported estimate, not an assessment

Riccardo Spagni

Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala

The Sprint will be personally lead by Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala. Riccardo was the lead maintainer of the Monero cryptocurrency from 2014 to 2019. He was CTO of AccessCoin, where he led an organisation of approximately 80 people.

Kala AI Readiness Sprint

Get an AI readiness assesment and a prioritised 90-day plan. The sprint takes 10 business days and will be personally lead by Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala.

Starting at US$25,000

The final fee depends on scope (the teams, systems, and agents involved) and is fixed in writing before work starts.

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01 / 10   Your viewCompared with your closest competitors, how are you doing on AI?
02 / 10   ProductiveWho owns AI at your company?
03 / 10   ProductiveHow much of your core work does AI speed up today?
04 / 10   ProductiveWhat happens to your AI pilots?
05 / 10   ResilientDo you know which AI tools your staff use, and with what data?
06 / 10   ResilientIf AI made a costly mistake tomorrow, could you trace and undo it?
07 / 10   ResilientIs your security ready for attackers who use AI?
08 / 10   DefensibleIf rivals used AI to copy your features, how long would your lead last?
09 / 10   DefensibleWhat would customers lose by switching to a competitor?
10 / 10   DefensibleDoes your product get better the more customers use it?
How the scoring works
  • Average the answered questions in each pillar. Below 1.5: Falling behind. From 1.5 to below 2.5: Keeping pace. At least 2.5: Pulling ahead.
  • Not sure is missing data, not zero. One unknown lowers confidence. Two or more show Not enough answers.
  • The overall position averages the pillar averages that have a level. Q1 is not scored. The headline compares it with the overall position.
  • The biggest risk is the lowest Resilient or Defensible answer. The biggest opportunity is the lowest Productive answer.
  • Moves follow risk, opportunity, then the lowest remaining answer. Unknown questions fill empty places.
  • Ties follow R2, R1, R3, D1, P2, P3, D2, D3, P1.
  • A score of 3 uses the no-gaps or press-your-lead line.
  • Levels describe good AI practice, not measured competitor performance.
All ten questionsQ1. Compared with your closest competitors, how are you doing on AI?P1. Who owns AI at your company?P2. How much of your core work does AI speed up today?P3. What happens to your AI pilots?R1. Do you know which AI tools your staff use, and with what data?R2. If AI made a costly mistake tomorrow, could you trace and undo it?R3. Is your security ready for attackers who use AI?D1. If rivals used AI to copy your features, how long would your lead last?D2. What would customers lose by switching to a competitor?D3. Does your product get better the more customers use it?

Which one do you need? The check is free and gives a self-reported estimate. The Sprint is a paid assessment with a 90 day plan of action.

AI readiness report

Larkmere Pay (fictional sample) · 2026-10-29

Self-reported estimate, not an assessment

It looks like you might be further behind than you think.

Where you stand

01

Productive

Falling behind

02

Resilient

Falling behindLower confidence

03

Defensible

Keeping pace

Biggest risk

Uncontrolled AI agent actions can cause damage you cannot trace or undo.

Biggest opportunity

Use AI to accelerate repeatable work and serve customers faster.

First moves

  1. Constrain agent authority and instrument decisions before expanding automation.
  2. Pick a core workflow to try AI on and measure the results.
  3. Make an inventory of AI tools and set data-access rules.

Limits

Self-reported answers are unverified. Levels describe good AI practice, not measured competitor performance.

Not sure: R3.

How the scoring works

To further discuss the report and decide if a Sprint makes sense.

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The Sprint is Riccardo's paid assessment that takes 10 business days and ends with his own pillar ratings and a 90-day plan.

Starting at US$25,000

The final fee depends on scope (the teams, systems, and agents involved) and is fixed in writing before work starts.

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Kala AI Readiness Sprint

Know where to invest in AI next.

In 10 business days, Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala, will assess your AI use, risks and competitive advantages and leave you with a prioritised 90-day plan for what to build, buy, fix or defer.

Kala AI Readiness is a Kala service. Kala also sells payment, policy, and trust infrastructure products. Kala AI Readiness engagements never recommend them.

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Starting at US$25,000

The final fee depends on scope (the teams, systems, and agents involved) and is fixed in writing before work starts.

When your board asks for an AI plan, your pilots have stalled, or competitors can copy your features, you need a clear order of action.

Three pillars

Are you getting ahead?

Productive

Can AI be used against you?

Resilient

Can competitors copy you?

Defensible

How the scoring works

Deliverables

  • Executive findings memo
  • Pillar ratings: Riccardo's rating of the company on Productive, Resilient, and Defensible, based on interviews and review
  • Ranked opportunity matrix
  • AI and agent risk register
  • Defensibility analysis
  • Target architecture or control diagrams where relevant
  • Prioritized 90-day plan
  • Final executive briefing

How it runs

  1. Map the business and technical reality.
  2. Test opportunity, exposure, and defensibility.
  3. Prioritize decisions, including build versus buy.
  4. Deliver the 90-day plan and brief the executives or the board.

Confidential and vendor-neutral

All engagements are covered under a mutual NDA with Kala, signed before work starts. Findings go only to the people you name.

Recommendations: Vendor-neutral. No engagement recommends Kala's infrastructure products.

Kala AI Readiness is a Kala service. Kala also sells payment, policy, and trust infrastructure products. Kala AI Readiness engagements never recommend them.

After the Sprint

Other engagement types include executing the plan, interim leadership, a portfolio programme, technical architecture and security review, product defensibility work, and a board briefing. If you need something, ask about it on the call.

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Riccardo Spagni

CEO of Kala

Riccardo Spagni

The Sprint is personally led by Riccardo Spagni, CEO of Kala, from the first interviews to the executive briefing. Riccardo has built, defended and sold software businesses in his career. His work spans cryptography, distributed systems and AI agents.

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Experience

  • More than 25 years in software engineering, cryptography, and distributed systems
  • Lead maintainer of Monero from 2014 to 2019
  • 3,043 commits to the main Monero repository
  • Co-author of the Tari RFC specifications
  • Builder of Blink, a browser-use agent that scored 100% on Online Mind2Web at release
  • Named inventor on 16 granted US patents and more than 20 pending applications
  • Multiple company or product exits, including Big Neon to Spotify and wallet businesses to Cake Wallet

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