An independent view, as the picture changes.
Your AI suppliers, technology choices and policy obligations keep changing. Your leadership team needs to know which changes matter to the business — and what to do about them.
The Drift Retainer brings a senior, independent perspective to your supply chains, procurement and people, with regular time to work through the decisions in front of you.
In short. Ongoing technology and policy advice, grounded in your operations and delivered through a standing monthly relationship.
A clear view of what is changing around your business.
Who it’s for
For leadership teams making technology decisions in a changing environment.
You have adopted AI and now need to explain what it changes for revenue, risk and customers. You want someone independent to test the assumptions, interpret developments and help the team decide where to focus.
The retainer also supports US companies operating in or entering Europe that need an ongoing view of how European policy and technology dependencies affect their position.
How it works
Start with a Baseline Month
We examine where AI and technology change touch your operations, using your organisation chart, current tools and spend, and short conversations with three or four process owners.
The Baseline Briefing identifies the two or three areas of real exposure and sets the priorities for the work that follows.
Then keep the picture current
- Monthly briefingEvery month
- A concise written briefing you can forward to the board, plus a call: what has changed in technology and policy, and which decisions it affects.
- Working sessionEvery month
- Ninety minutes on one live decision. An independent facilitator keeps the discussion grounded in evidence and helps your team reach a clear position.
- The LineBetween sessions
- Direct access to challenge a vendor claim, sense-check a proposal or prepare an answer for the board while the question is still live.
- Exposure reviewEvery quarter
- A deeper written review of how your exposure has changed and where the next quarter’s attention belongs.
The analysis covers supply chains, policy and talent, using scenarios and thirty years of industry precedent to understand what a change means for your business.
Pricing
Fee agreed after scoping
Rolling monthly, with no minimum term.
The retainer includes the Baseline Month and the ongoing support described above. You can finish after the first month, paying for that month only, or continue month by month.
We work with a handful of client companies at a time so each relationship gets the attention it needs.
Book a 25-minute conversation
Tell us where AI sits in your operations and what your leadership team is trying to decide. We’ll discuss whether the retainer fits your needs.
All enquiries are treated with strict confidentiality.
Further reading on this topic
All Atlantic Drift coverage- Brussels Has Five Tools to Fight Washington's Tech Aggression — Only One Is a Rulebook
The EU's response to US tech coercion spans five instruments — regulation is the weakest. CAIDA's structural contradiction and the interim dependency window
- Europe's Five Cards — and the Two It Will Actually Play: A Deployability Audit
A deployability audit of Europe's five response levers to US tech coercion. Regulation and procurement will scale; physical capacity, talent, and the ACI will
- The Same Money, Counted Three Times: AI's Circular Financing Loop Explained
Nvidia backing OpenAI's debt, $820bn off balance sheet, BIS warnings: the AI financing loop is disclosed in plain sight — and your pension is already inside it.
- Atlantic Fault Lines Deepen: US Tech Policies Threaten EU Digital Autonomy
Trump's administration is weaponizing tariffs against allies (100% on Canada) while demanding digital concessions from the EU.