AI Consulting Services in Waterlooville: What to Expect and How to Compare Providers

Judge a consulting service by what it hands you

Descriptions of AI consulting are often vague, so it helps to ask what you will be holding at the end of each stage. For Dean Keating's service, his website gives four steps:

1. A free call. You leave with a plan you can use with or without him.
2. An audit. A look at your work to find the tasks worth automating.
3. Build and install. The AI agents are made and put into the tools you already use.
4. Training and support. Your team is shown how to work with them, and he supports them afterwards.

He starts with the single task that makes the most difference. Anyone you compare him with should be able to describe their stages as concretely.

One consultant or a consulting company

The question about "AI consulting companies" is really a question about who does the work. A company offers more people and usually a more formal process. A single consultant offers a direct line to the person who builds it, and fewer layers.

Dean is the second kind. He is not a company, and this page does not claim he is bigger than he is. If your organisation needs a supplier with several staff, a procurement process or an on-site team, look at companies too.

A dental practice example

The directory lists 16 dentists as of 10 October 2026 (see Dentists, and our guide to NHS dentists). Picture a small practice whose front desk spends part of the day answering the same questions and confirming appointments.

Jobs from Dean's list that would fit such a desk are updates, confirmations and reminders, plus sorting and routing messages so the right ones reach a person. Anything clinical should go to a member of staff, and a good provider will build that handover in. Before you hire anyone, ask how they handle patient details and where messages are stored, and get the answer in writing. We make no claim on that for any provider.

What the free call should settle

By the end of a first call you should know which task would be tackled first, what it would be connected to, who on your side would own it, and when you would hear the cost. If any of those is still vague, ask again before you agree to anything. A provider who is confident in the work will not mind.

Questions that sort providers quickly

• Who will actually build and maintain it?
• What do you need access to, and who can switch it off?
• What do I keep if we stop working together?
• What happens when it receives something it cannot handle?
• When do I learn the cost?

For Dean's service there is no published price list; the cost is given after the free call, with no obligation.

Where this fits

If you are not sure you need consulting at all, our guide on where a small business should start with AI is a gentler first step.

Contact

Call or WhatsApp Dean Keating on 07418 627304, or email dean@deankeating.com. See the Dean Keating profile on Waterlooville.co. Websites: ai-agent.deankeating.com and deankeating.com.

About this guide

Waterlooville.co is published by Dean Keating, who also runs the service described here. He is based in Horndean, Hampshire, the same county, and sets everything up remotely; his website says he can visit businesses in Hampshire or nearby in person. This guide recommends our own service, so compare it with other providers before you decide.