AI Engineering Operations

Your engineers aren't slow.
They're maintaining.

25–35% of engineering capacity disappears into maintenance. Aevon measures exactly what share AI can absorb — and returns that capacity to the roadmap.

Evidence record · PR-4471
2.5h
Engineer hours
client-sourced
High
AI-addressable
confidence
Blind protocol PASS Every number sourced
Model saw ticket + pre-fix tree only. Every record is auditable.
25–35%
of engineering capacity lost to maintenance in a typical software business
90 days
to a fundable answer — in either direction
1 dataset
three outputs: CFO model, CPO capacity, CTO blueprint
0
assumptions — every number labelled as your data or our measurement
The problem

The question stalls because nobody can answer it.

Every engineering budget is now defended against an AI question. Everyone suspects AI could absorb a meaningful share of maintenance. Almost nobody can say which share, with a number their CFO will accept — so a pilot gets run, a demo gets shown, and the room goes quiet.

We answer the question the pilot could not.

How it works

90 days. Four phases. One fundable answer.

An embedded engineer works inside your team — measuring, week by week, what AI would actually have resolved.

1
Days 1–30
Discovery
Map workload, agree taxonomy, capture baselines. Your systems, your definitions.
2
Day 40
Interim preview
Full output model on early data — timed to your board calendar.
3
Days 31–60
Evidence
Every issue scored blind. Weekly reviews with your team. No surprises.
4
Days 61–90
Decision
Evidence, financial model, operating blueprint — presentable without us in the room.
Full engagement details →
Who it's for

One dataset. Four questions answered.

The CIO, CFO, CPO, and board are not asking the same thing. The same evidence answers all four — without contradiction.

CIO / CTO
Can my team run this safely?
Issue classes safe to automate, governance for each, rollback posture — benchmarked against your defect rate.
CPO / CPTO
Does this slow my roadmap or speed it up?
Capacity redirected to product, expressed as engineers-not-hired and roadmap quarters recovered.
CFO
Is there a return I can defend?
Cost recaptured net of AI operating cost, three scenarios, payback and NPV — sourced from your own data.
PE / VC operator
Can the portfolio ship more without more burn?
Standard methodology, comparable output per company. Growth capacity released and cost recaptured. Portfolio programme →
Why Aevon

Built by operators who have run the teams this is built for.

Our team has built and shipped enterprise software at Microsoft, Salesforce, Oracle, and KKR-backed companies — and co-founded a B2B platform through to exit. We know what production-ready means when it's your name on it.

Evidence beats enthusiasm

An assessment that can only conclude yes is not an assessment. We would rather deliver an honest no.

The method is the product

The value is measurement discipline that holds up when a sceptical CTO pulls on it.

You own everything

Evidence, models, documentation, blueprint. No lock-in, no black boxes.

Senior by default

We take a limited number of engagements so each is led by the people who designed the method.

No SDR layer. The first call is with the person who will lead your engagement.

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