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The Nostra AI Residency

AI that moves in, not AI that visits.

Workshops end on Friday. A residency stays until AI is doing real work in your business — safely, measurably, and in your people's hands.

The Nostra AI Residency embeds Nostra's AI specialists in your business for a defined programme: Foundations (Copilot Safe Start fixes permissions, oversharing and governance), Adoption (Copilot Edge drives role-based usage with coaching and prompt libraries), Build (Copilot Studio agents and automation pilots for your processes), and Operate (managed intelligence with quarterly ROI reporting). It's how Irish organisations get from AI curiosity to AI returns — safely.
1,000+ organisations 30,000+ endpoints supported daily 98% client retention CSAT 4.9/5 ISO 27001:2022 20 years
The Programme

Four phases, one resident team

1

Foundations — make it safe

Copilot Safe Start: we fix oversharing and permissions, clean up outdated content, apply sensitivity labels and set the governance guardrails. AI only amplifies what it finds — so we fix what it would find first.

2

Adoption — make it used

Copilot Edge: role-based rollout in waves, deskside coaching, prompt libraries for your actual jobs, and usage dashboards so you can see adoption happening — measured in hours saved, not licences bought.

3

Build — make it yours

Copilot Studio agents grounded in your knowledge and connected to your systems, plus 60–90 day automation pilots: service desk deflection, quote-to-order, voice agents and the processes unique to you.

4

Operate — keep it paying

Managed intelligence: agents monitored and improved monthly, new use cases prioritised quarterly, governance maintained as regulation evolves, and ROI reported to the board in plain numbers.

Why It Works

Advice from practice, not theory

We use AI inside Nostra every day — for proposals, reporting and service improvement — and we run it under the same governance we build for clients. Because we already manage your IT, security and data, the residency starts with knowledge other consultancies spend months acquiring.

  • Starts with an AI Leadership Briefing for your executive team
  • Aligned with GDPR, ISO 27001, NIS2 and the EU AI Act
  • Microsoft-first, vendor-honest — we recommend what fits
  • Fixed-price phases, then a monthly operate subscription
  • Everything handed over: skills, governance and a working system
FAQs

AI Residency — frequently asked questions

What exactly is the AI Residency?

A structured engagement where Nostra's AI specialists embed with your business for a defined period — fixing the data foundations, rolling out Copilot to the people it helps most, building agents for your specific processes, and leaving you with governance, skills and measurable returns.

How long does a Residency run?

Most run in quarters: foundations and pilot in the first, adoption and the first agents in the second, then an operate-and-expand rhythm. We scope the length to your size and ambitions.

Do we need Microsoft Copilot licences first?

No — licensing is part of what we plan. The Residency starts before licences: readiness, permissions and governance first, so every licence you do buy pays back.

How is it priced?

A fixed fee for the foundation and adoption phases against an agreed scope, then a monthly managed-intelligence subscription for the operate phase. No open-ended day rates.

Written by the Nostra team  |  Reviewed October 2026

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