How long does it take?

About seven minutes. Fourteen questions, no login.

Yes. It costs $0, and there is no sales call.

What do I get at the end?

A 0–100 readiness score, your phase (Map, Prove, or Expand), and the one constraint holding you back — with what to do about it first.

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The AI-Ready Score

Ready for AI? Find out in seven minutes.

Q: What is the AI-Ready Score?

A free self-assessment for small and mid-size businesses: fourteen questions across three phases — Map, Prove, Expand — that measure how ready your business is for AI. Built by Main & Machine.

Fourteen questions across three phases — Map, Prove, Expand. You get your score, the one thing holding you back, and what to do about it first.

How it’s scored

14 questions · 7 minutes · $0 · No sales call after

01 / MAP
Q 1–5 · Where you stand
02 / PROVE
Q 6–10 · Would a pilot survive
03 / EXPAND
Q 11–14 · After it works

Sample report — what you getV.2026

60/100

READY TO PROVE

The constraintNo named pilot owner

First moveName one person and carve out four hours a week. Protect them.

Phase splitMap 73 · Prove 47 · Expand 58

DeliveryOne email. No deck. No sales call.

Your report looks exactly like this

Your answers stay between us — delete anytimeScore spec · V.2026

How it’s scored

No curve, no judgement call.

The same answers always produce the same score. Here is the whole of it.

01 / 14 questions
Four options each, scored 0 to 3. Nothing to type until the last screen.
02 / Three phases
Map, Prove and Expand are scored separately — 5, 5, 4 questions each.
03 / One number
Every question counts the same. 0–39 puts you in Map, 40–69 in Prove, 70–100 in Expand.
04 / One constraint
Your lowest single answer. Ties go to the earliest — the first thing that broke, not the last.

Your answers stay between us. One report email, occasional notes from the book, unsubscribe in one click. We do not sell lists. Want your data gone? Email [email protected] and we delete everything.