Business needs move fast
Teams see operational and customer problems every day, but lack a repeatable path from a useful AI idea to a working, accountable system.
AI implementation platform · Built in the Caribbean
From AI idea
to working system
in 21 days.
CARI Forge is a multi-agent engine that turns high-value AI ideas into governed systems people can actually use. We are raising a seed round and forming our first pilot cohort — built in the Caribbean, designed to work anywhere.
The implementation gap
Most AI ideas
never ship.
Industry studies put the failure rate of AI pilots near 90%. The gap between a promising idea and a system people can use isn't ambition — it's implementation. We build the bridge.
People get left out
Technology fails when it is built around technical possibility instead of the people, choices and everyday realities it is meant to support.
Readiness is not delivery
Strategy, policy and workshops do not put working software in anyone's hands. At some point, something has to ship — governed, and trusted.
The solution
One implementation engine.
Useful in the real world.
01 / Platform
CARI Forge
A domain-agnostic multi-agent platform that identifies, scores, governs and packages AI use cases into 21-day prototype-ready systems.
See the engine →02 / Cohort One
First pilots
Our first pilot cohort is now forming: a small number of governed builds, each shipped in 21 days and published as a case study. Proof, in public.
Join Cohort One →The platform is the company. Each pilot proves the engine — live, in 21 days.
The platform
Seven agents.
One engine.
Each agent’s output sharpens the next. Every completed build becomes a reusable blueprint, so the second system ships faster than the first.
Domain-agnostic by design.
One engine, any industry — the Caribbean is our proving ground, not our ceiling.
One engine, any industry — the Caribbean is our proving ground, not our ceiling.
CARIFORGEimplementation engine
01DiscoveryMaps pain points
02ReadinessScores feasibility
03WorkflowDesigns inputs + APIs
04GovernanceHuman-in-the-loop
05PrototypeScopes the MVP
06PartnerMatches enablers
07ImpactModels scalability
How it works · the 21-day build
Need in.
Useful system out.
CARI Forge moves one real business or community need through a governed five-stage pipeline — every stage gated by human approval — from problem to working proof.
Need
Discovery
Clarifies the real problem
Readiness
Review
Tests data, fit and ownership
Workflow
Design
Maps people and systems
Governance
Check
Builds trust and accountability
Prototype
Build
Puts a useful proof in users’ hands
What ships
Problem brief · Readiness score · Workflow map · Governance review · Working prototype · Decision pack — every artefact decision-ready, and the client owns all of it.
First deployments
Two use cases.
One platform, proven.
CARI Forge is being validated through two initial use cases — deliberately chosen in different sectors, to prove one governed platform can serve very different needs without being rebuilt.
01 / Health resilience
Mirror
Our first use case applies the CARI Forge engine to health resilience — a governed, human-in-the-loop system built around a real community need.
02 / Creative commerce
TAG Caribbean
Our second use case applies the engine to creative commerce — governed AI that helps Caribbean creators and businesses turn cultural value into everyday economic opportunity.
Different sectors, one governed platform — evidence that new use cases deploy without rebuilding the core.
Defensibility
Building the Caribbean
intelligence graph.
Business Operational, customer and service problems worth solving
People Everyday needs and lived experience kept in the design
Partners Local expertise, data and implementation capacity
The opportunity
Underserved markets.
Real budgets.
Market sizing across Caribbean business and public-service AI implementation — not booked revenue.
Businesses buying efficiency; public services buying trusted, accountable delivery.
Governance and lived experience built into the workflow — the reason risk-aware buyers say yes.
Honest sizing. Full TAM, SAM and SOM breakdowns — with assumptions — are in the investor deck. Figures shown here are market sizing, validated cohort by cohort, not bookings.
Business value and human value move together.
Why now · why us
The window is
open now.
Why now
- Agentic AI just crossed from demo to deployable. Multi-agent orchestration matured through 2024–25 — the engine we build on is finally production-ready.
- The budget is committed; the pilots fail. Organisations have AI budgets, but roughly 90% of pilots never reach production. The bottleneck has moved from models to governed implementation — the layer we own.
- Governance is becoming mandatory. The EU AI Act and equivalent rules are turning accountable AI from optional to required — exactly what our workflow makes the default.
Why us, not the incumbents
- Consultancies sell hours and strategy decks. We ship productised, governed systems in 21 days — a model they are not built to run.
- Foundation-model providers sell the engine, not the last mile. We deliver the governed implementation and local data graph they don’t build.
- Our Caribbean intelligence graph compounds. Every build makes the next cheaper and smarter — and it can’t be bought off the shelf.
- A rare founder pairing. Enterprise AI governance meets award-winning, human-centred design.
Business model
Three ways
the engine earns.
One implementation engine, three revenue lines — sequenced so pilot income funds the platform that unlocks recurring and partner revenue.
Pilot builds
Fixed-scope, fixed-price 21-day builds for businesses and public services. The near-term revenue line.
First revenue · Cohort OnePlatform subscriptions
Validated blueprints, agents and governance patterns delivered as a subscription once pilots prove them.
Recurring · post-pilotPartner enablement
Local integrators and delivery partners license the engine and blueprints to serve their own clients.
Scale without headcountTeam Convergency
People, agents and
human futures.
Nigel Guy
Co-Founder · Chief AI, Data & Governance Officer
- Transformation leader and keynote speaker focused on AI, GenAI and data strategy
- Brings delivery assurance, commercial acumen and governance discipline to complex AI initiatives
- Connects strategy, change and implementation so teams can move from ambition to measurable action
Karen Palmer
Co-Founder · Creative Director & Artist · Storyteller from the Future
- Award-winning TED speaker known as the “Storyteller from the Future,” exploring AI, surveillance, prediction and identity
- Creator of pioneering AI-driven works — Consensus Gentium and Ascended Intelligence — showcased at SXSW and on international stages
- Brings inclusive, human-centred design to how CARI Forge builds useful, trusted systems for business and communities
CARI Forge agents
Specialist AI agents
Discovery, readiness, workflow, governance, prototype, partner and impact agents turn a priority into a structured, decision-ready process.
Human team
People stay accountable
Business owners, delivery partners, domain experts and people affected by the service shape decisions, approve key gates and keep the work grounded in real life.
Where we are
Early.
And honest about it.
No inflated traction, no vanity metrics. Here is the actual state of play — and what the seed round unlocks.
Platform in build
The seven-agent pipeline is being hardened on internal use cases, with governance gates designed in from day one.
Cohort One
A small set of governed pilots for real business and community needs — each one published as a case study.
Live & earning
Production platform proven through its first deployments (Mirror and TAG Caribbean), 5–10 paying organisations and regional partnerships.
£2M seed
To launch the production platform, prove it and win first customers over an 18-month runway. Deck, model and allocation on request.
We’re raising a £2M seed round to build and scale CARI Forge — launching the platform, proving it through Mirror and TAG Caribbean, and winning our first enterprise and institutional customers over an 18-month runway, with the foundation for Caribbean-wide and global expansion.
Due diligence
Straight
answers.
Is it agentic — or a wrapper?+
An orchestrated multi-agent workflow with governance gates and retrieval over a proprietary knowledge graph — not a single prompt on top of a general model. We'll walk any technical reviewer through the architecture.
What ships in 21 days?+
A governed, prototype-ready proof of concept for a business or community need: problem brief, readiness score, workflow map, governance review, working prototype and decision pack.
How does it relate to Future Caribbean?+
Future Caribbean is a partner initiative that convenes communities and incubates ideas for the region. The roles are complementary: Future Caribbean surfaces the needs; CARI Forge implements them.
How does CARI Forge keep people at the centre?+
Every workflow is designed around a real need, human approval points and the lived experience of the people expected to use or be affected by the system.
Where is revenue today?+
CARI Forge is pre-revenue by design: the platform is in build and Cohort One is forming. Market figures on this site are sizing, not bookings, and will be validated cohort by cohort. The deck includes the full model.
What are you raising, and what does it fund?+
We’re raising a £2M seed round to build and scale CARI Forge — launching the platform, proving it through Mirror and TAG Caribbean, and winning our first enterprise and institutional customers over an 18-month runway. Request the deck for the model, allocation and milestones.
For early partners
Not an investor?
Bring us a problem.
Cohort One has a small number of pilot slots for businesses and public services. Bring one real workflow or service need — if it's buildable in 21 days, you'll know within one conversation.
Join the forge
Build the engine
with us.
We're raising our seed round and shipping our first governed pilots. If either conversation sounds like yours, we'd like to have it — we reply within one business day.
Request the investor deck