Direct accountability
The person helping you pick the use cases is the same person staying close to architecture, governance, and rollout. There is no gap between advice and execution.
About Arvanu
A small practice on purpose.
Arvanu is not me pretending to be a 20-person firm. It is a founder-led practice built on one idea: some companies need a single person to own the early AI decisions all the way through delivery. Not a six-month executive search. Not a rotating consultancy team. One person, accountable.
You work directly with Michael Kilty. The model is built for direct accountability, faster decisions, and enough hands-on involvement to keep the first production outcome honest.
What to expect
Close to the work
I stay close to architecture, governance, and tooling decisions. The real constraints that decide whether AI gets used or quietly abandoned.
Honest about fit
With a solo practice, saying no matters. If a company needs a large engineering partner or a big-brand consultancy, I would rather say that on the first call than three months in.
Built for this stage
The right client has real workflow pain but is early enough that hiring a full-time Head of AI still feels premature. That gap is where I work.
Why regulated companies
I am most useful where mistakes cost real money.
In regulated environments, the hard part is rarely getting access to AI tools. The hard part is deciding what should be automated, who owns the risk, what still needs human review, and whether the system survives real operational use.
That is why this site focuses on regulated European companies. Narrow enough to be honest. Specific enough to avoid broad AI transformation noise.
Operating principles
Narrow enough to be honest
I focus on regulated and trust-sensitive environments because that is where judgment matters most. Getting it wrong costs real money, real time, and sometimes regulatory attention.
Governance built into delivery
The work is not done when the model responds. It is done when the workflow, approvals, monitoring, and ownership model hold up under actual operational pressure.
Leave the team stronger
A good engagement reduces dependency over time. The goal is not permanent reliance on an external consultant. It is to build enough internal muscle that you do not need me.
Direct contact
You do not need a pitch deck to start a conversation.
A workflow you are thinking about, a stalled initiative, or a rough sense that something is stuck. Any of that is enough.