BRING US A PROBLEM.
Build, buy, or partner? Most consequential decisions start with that question. We help you answer it, then act on the answer.
Neue Alchemy works with enterprise and mid-market companies, and with city, state, and national governments, to evaluate options, scout capabilities, assemble teams, and move from pilot to deployment. The Alchemist Network widens what we can bring to the problem. You don’t need to join it to work with us.
01 Who we work with
Enterprises
Enterprise and mid-market organizations facing strategic decisions that need more than one discipline or one company: what to build, what to buy, and who to partner with.
Government & civic
City, state, and national governments, public agencies, and economic development organizations. We help evaluate emerging technology, improve public services, strengthen local economies, and move ideas from exploration into practical use.
02 What we help with
Decisions first.Then the people to carry them out.
We start with the decision in front of you: what to build, what to buy, who to partner with. Then we assemble the people, companies, and platforms to carry it out.
- Identifying emerging technologies worth acting on
- Evaluating technology for public services
- Finding qualified startups
- Making build, buy, or partner decisions
- Finding specialist capabilities
- Choosing AI and infrastructure solutions
- Designing pilot programs
- Establishing strategic partnerships
- Assembling deployment teams
03 How we work
Start wherever you are.
This is our operating approach, not a fixed sequence. Some engagements begin at Scout because the decision is already made. Some end at a clear build, buy, or partner recommendation. We pick up the work at the point it needs us.
- 01
Diagnose
Get to the real problem: what’s at stake, what’s been tried, and what a good outcome looks like.
- 02
Build / Partner / Buy
Decide which route fits, based on capability, cost, speed, and control.
- 03
Scout
Search the market and the Network for the startups, technology, and specialists that could solve it.
- 04
Vet
Test the shortlist against your requirements, risks, and readiness.
- 05
Curate
Narrow to the options worth your leadership’s time, with the reasoning attached.
- 06
Match
Make the introductions and shape the partnership or team.
- 07
Pilot
Design and run a pilot with clear measures of success.
- 08
Deploy
Take what works into production, with the team to deliver it.
04 The best answer wins
We recommend what’s right for you.
If the strongest option sits outside the Network, that’s the one we bring you. Recommendations follow the problem, not the relationship.
The Network widens the search.
It gives us people, companies, and platforms we already know well, so the search starts further along. It doesn’t narrow what we’ll consider.
05 What the Network adds
A wider bench than any one firm.
- 01
People
Operators, specialists, and practitioners across disciplines, available to join a team around a specific problem.
- 02
Companies
Startups, scaleups, and studios with products and capabilities we can assess against your need.
- 03
Platforms
Relationships with technology and infrastructure partners, for when the answer depends on what you build on.
- 04
Intelligence
Signal + Noise research and field reporting on what’s changing, and what’s working.
Engagements are scoped commercial relationships with Neue Alchemy, separate from Network membership. For the full range of Neue Alchemy’s services, see our offerings.
Tell us what you’re working on.
The more specific you can be, the more useful our first conversation will be. Rough answers are fine.
- 01We read your brief
- 02A first conversation
- 03A proposed scope
- No membership is required to hire Neue Alchemy.
- What you share is used only to understand your request.
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