AI Advisory

Where AI expertise
meets commercial reality.

Ballista is a specialist AI advisory firm combining frontier research credentials, deep technical experience, and hands-on commercial delivery.

Services

Designed around your actual challenge.

We do not offer a standard menu. Every engagement starts with a genuine understanding of where you are and what you need to achieve.

Our Team

Small, deliberate, credentialled.

Every partner brings specific, verifiable depth. Collectively we cover a range most advisory firms cannot match — and none of it is borrowed from a previous employer's reputation.

Due Diligence

Due diligence that tells you what you actually need to know.

Independent, rigorous, dual-track assessment covering both technical architecture and commercial fundamentals. Designed for investors, acquirers, and boards who need real confidence.

CTO-on-Demand

Your CTO. On demand. Backed by AI.

Senior technical leadership for AI companies whose founders have everything except a technologist at the table.

Insights

From the frontier.

Our team publishes regularly on AI, energy, retail technology, investment, and the practical business of building and deploying AI systems. These are the perspectives of people active in these fields every day.

Contact

Let's talk.

Whether you are exploring whether we might be the right partner, have a specific brief in mind, or want to understand more about a service — we welcome the conversation. We respond to all enquiries within one working day.

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Last updated: June 2026

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EnergyJune 2026 · 3 min read

AI in the energy transition: where the real commercial opportunities are in 2026

From smart grid optimisation to hydrogen production modelling and battery degradation prediction, the energy sector is generating some of the most significant applied AI opportunities of this decade.

Dr Lu Xing · AI Partner - Energy Systems

EnergyMay 2026 · 2 min read

From smart grid to smart city: how AI is reshaping energy infrastructure decision-making

The convergence of real-time sensor data, machine learning and digital twin technology is changing how energy infrastructure is designed, operated and optimised.

Dr Lu Xing · AI Partner - Energy Systems