An AI transformation roadmap for a business under 500 people is six phases in order: baseline, guardrails, data, conversation automation, workflow redesign, agentic operations. Week one is measurement, not software. Data usually takes longest. In McKinsey’s 2025 survey , only 29% of respondents from companies under $100 million revenue had reached the scaling phase.
What this covers
- What does an AI transformation roadmap look like for a company under 500 people?
- The Baseline-First Roadmap: the first four gates
- MAKE MORE SALES.
- What should I do in week one of an AI transformation?
- Which phase of the AI roadmap takes the longest?
- Where does conversation automation fit in an AI roadmap?
This is a technical summary. The full guide — with the data, tables and worked examples — is on our site: *What an AI transformation roadmap looks like for a business under 500 people*.
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