How it works.
From day 1 to day 90.
A Forward Deployed Operator joins your team and does the job. We build the AI around it, at no cost to you. By day 90, AI does the routine work and they run it.
- Day 1
Give us the role.
A Forward Deployed Operator joins full-time, inside your tools and your team, and does the job by hand.
- Day 30
The job is mapped. We build the AI.
Every task written down while it is being done. Our engineers build agents around it, at no cost to you. By day 60, AI does the routine work.
- Day 90
AI does the routine work.
The operator checks it, tunes it and makes the decisions with high stakes. Your team keeps the work that needs them.
The 90 days, in detail.
Three phases. The operator does the job, maps it, then runs the AI that takes over the routine.
Morning all, I'm Costin, your Forward Deployed Operator. From today I handle:
- Matching payments to invoices
- Chasing overdue invoices
- The month-end expense check
Ask me anything here.
Welcome, Costin! We could def use some help, everyone is swamped rn
Welcome, Costin. I'll send you the overdue list now.
Day 1 to 30 · Operate
They do the job first.
On day 1 the Forward Deployed Operator starts in the open role: the support queue, the pipeline, the ops backlog, the books. They work in your tools, join your standups and report to your team lead.
Nothing about the role changes. What changes is who is doing it: someone trained to map a job while doing it, and to automate it.
Your part
- One open role.
- Access to your tools.
- A team lead they report to.
Wrote down all 14 finance tasks as I did them. The AI takes 3 first:
- Checking the bank every hour
- Matching payments to invoices
- Listing overdue invoices on Mondays
I keep split payments and decisions.
Looks good. Go ahead with those three.
Agreed. Can you send me the full list of 14?
Day 30 to 60 · Map and build
The job is mapped while it is being done.
By day 30 the operator knows the job as it is actually done: every task, every exception, every place the process bends. They write it down.
Our engineers build AI agents around that map, starting with the repetitive work. We build at no cost to you. By day 60, AI does the routine work and the operator checks it.
Your part
- A 30-minute review at day 60.
- You see what AI does, what the operator does, and the numbers.
Incoming transfers today
- GoJo — $18,400.00 → INV-2041, exact amount match
- Vaulter — $9,000.00 → no exact match. Oldest invoice first: INV-2032 in full ($7,850.00), then $1,150.00 on INV-2038. @Costin to confirm.
Confirmed the Vaulter split. Both payments marked paid.
Thanks Costin, updating the cash report now.
Day 60 to 90 · Run
AI does the routine work. They run it.
By day 90, agents run the routine work around the clock. The Forward Deployed Operator tunes them, handles the exceptions and makes the decisions with high stakes. Your team keeps the work that needs them.
The operator doesn't leave. They stay as the person the work reports to, and the one accountable for it.
Your part
- Decide by day 90: continue, or walk away.
- From here, you pay per outcome.
Who does what.
One role, three parties. Nobody's part overlaps.
The Forward Deployed Operator
- Does the job from day 1.
- Maps it, task by task.
- Checks and tunes the AI.
- Makes the decisions with high stakes.
HKR
- Finds and trains the operator.
- Builds the AI, at no cost to you.
- Reviews the numbers with you at day 60.
Your team
- Gives us one role and the tools.
- Keeps the work that needs them.
- Decides at day 90.
The price.
Three parts, in the order they happen.
From day 1
You pay for the Forward Deployed Operator.
A full-time operator, employed by HKR.
Day 30 to 90
We build the AI at no cost to you.
Our engineers build the agents around the mapped job. You don't pay for the build.
After day 90
Then you pay per outcome.
Once AI does the work, you pay for what gets done, not per seat.
One day inside an accounting firm, we found the task that took 70% of an accountant's week.
“HKR.TEAM performs at or above our NYC-based staff in the same roles while saving our business close to $2M a year in payroll costs.”
Questions founders ask
How soon does the Forward Deployed Operator start?
Most start within 2–4 weeks of kickoff. The 90 days begin on their first day in the role.
What is the commitment?
The 90-day pilot. At day 60 we review the numbers together. You have until day 90 to decide whether to continue or walk away.
What does it cost?
You pay for the Forward Deployed Operator. We build the AI at no cost to you. Then you pay per outcome.
What happens when the AI gets it wrong?
The operator catches it. They check the AI's work, tune it, and make the decisions with high stakes themselves. Accountability stays with a person.
Does the operator leave once the AI runs?
No. They stay to run it: the exceptions, the escalations, and the work that still needs a person.
How is this different from hiring?
A hire does the job. A Forward Deployed Operator does the job, then automates it, and stays to run the AI. Automating the role is the only job they have.
One open role in support, sales, ops, finance or recruiting is enough to start.
Book a 30-minute scoping call. We map the job and agree what success looks like.
We build the AI at no cost to you. Once it runs, you pay per outcome.