AI strategy · Product innovation · IP licensing
Turn AI into revenue, better products, and IP you own.
Fixed-fee engagements for private equity portfolios, MSPs, and mid-market companies. Led by Nicole Reineke: primary inventor on more than 60 granted patents, former Chief AI Officer at N-able, Georgetown University AI professor, and author of books on innovation, AI, and intellectual property.
Looking to license or acquire new technology? See available inventions →
Most AI efforts stall between the pilot and the P&L.
Companies are spending on AI. Few can show what it returned. We see the same three gaps in almost every organization.
Pilots that never ship
Experiments run in isolation, with no owner and no path into the product or the workflow.
No way to measure value
Without AI KPIs tied to revenue, cost, or customer outcomes, leaders cannot decide what to fund next.
Inventions left unprotected
Teams create new methods every week. Without a capture process, that IP is never filed and never valued.
Who we help
Built for three kinds of leaders.
PE operating partners
Know which portfolio companies are ready for AI, and where the value is.
PE operating partners get AI value they can show in the value creation plan: a comparable view of readiness across every portfolio company, opportunities ranked by impact, and a board-ready plan management teams can execute before the next board cycle.
Portfolio AI Readiness Assessment →Managed service providers
Turn AI into a service line your clients will pay for.
Your clients are asking about AI. Managed service providers get a new recurring revenue line and a stronger reason for clients to stay: an AI service catalog matched to their clients, pricing and packaging, a delivery playbook, and a sales talk track your team can use immediately.
Mid-market CEOs
Rethink your product with AI, and own what you invent.
We identify where AI changes what your customers need from you, design the product response, and capture the patentable ideas along the way. Get a product strategy and IP the company owns: an AI product roadmap, plus patent disclosure drafts ready for counsel, so the ideas your team creates are protected and can be valued, licensed, or defended.
AI + IP Product Sprint →Fixed-fee packages
One scope. One price. No open-ended hourly billing.
Every engagement starts with a written scope and ends with deliverables your team keeps. We take on a limited number of clients at a time.
For PE operating partners
Portfolio AI Readiness Assessment
Fixed fee per company
3 weeks
- AI readiness score across data, people, process, and product
- Top value opportunities ranked by impact and effort
- AI KPIs tied to EBITDA and the value creation plan
- Patentable ideas flagged for IP review
- Board-ready readout for the operating partner and CEO
For MSPs
AI Services Launch for MSPs
Fixed fee
4 weeks · cohort workshop option for peer groups
- AI service catalog matched to your client base
- Pricing and packaging model for recurring AI revenue
- Delivery playbook, roles, and owners for your team
- Client-facing positioning and sales talk track
- Risk and governance checklist for client AI use
For mid-market CEOs
AI + IP Product Sprint
Fixed fee
6 to 8 weeks
- Customer needs research using the Compassion-Driven Innovation method
- AI product strategy and prioritized roadmap
- Owners (DRIs) and KPIs for each initiative
- Invention harvesting sessions with your team
- Patent disclosure drafts ready for your counsel
Need ongoing support after an engagement? Fractional Chief AI Officer advisory is available to past clients.
How it works
30-minute call
We learn your goals and confirm whether a package fits. No cost.
Written scope
You receive a fixed-fee proposal with deliverables, timeline, and price.
Focused engagement
Working sessions with your leaders, weekly progress updates, no surprises.
Results you keep
A plan, owners, KPIs, and protected ideas your team can act on.
About Nicole Reineke
Three disciplines most advisors keep separate.
Nicole has spent her career building products and protecting the ideas behind them. She is the primary inventor on more than 60 granted patents, with nearly 100 patent submissions, and most recently served as Chief AI Officer at N-able, a global software company serving MSPs.
She combines AI strategy, customer-centered product design, and intellectual property in one engagement, so the work a company does on AI shows up in its products, its numbers, and its patent portfolio.
Inventions
Inventions available to license or acquire.
Nicole continues to invent. These are her current inventions, with filing status for each.
Electromagnetic Augmentation of Synthetic Objects
Gives AI companions, robots, avatars, and telepresence the electromagnetic presence of living beings, adapted in real time to context and sentiment.
See the invention →More inventions coming
Interested in early access, research partnerships, or licensing future filings? Join the list or book a call.
Talk with Nicole →Speaking
Watch Nicole’s keynote.
Nicole speaks to leadership teams, conferences, and industry groups on AI, innovation, and intellectual property.
Books and publications
The method, in writing.
Book · Columbia University Press · 2026
Patently Successful
A definitive guide to building innovation cultures, protecting intellectual property, and turning breakthrough thinking into durable commercial advantage.
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Book · 2025
How to Innovate with AI
A practical, executive-focused framework for operationalizing AI innovation, from identifying high-impact use cases to measuring what truly moves the needle.
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Book · 2022 · With Debra Slapak and Hanna Yehuda
Compassion-Driven Innovation
How human-centered values and empathy become strategic advantages in technology innovation. Essential reading for leaders building AI products that endure.
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Book · 2026 · With Amanda Ray
AI Governance 101
A beginning-to-end how-to guide covering what to do in the next 30 days to protect your organization in alignment with existing and upcoming AI regulations.
Download the PDFSustainable AI Agent Design
How AI agent default settings shape long-term energy, compute, and sustainability costs, and how to design for a more sustainable consumption model.
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Novel · Science fiction
The Penguin Games
A thought-provoking thriller following an AI developer’s dream project in Antarctica, and the ethical dilemmas her own genius unleashes.
Order on AmazonFree classes
Learn the method before you hire anyone.
Short, practical classes on YouTube and LinkedIn. New lessons every week.
Find out where AI can pay off for you.
Book a 30-minute call. You will leave with a clear view of your top opportunities, whether or not we work together.
Book a 30-minute callOr email nicole@futuredisclosure.com