RIVER Group

Brand Story • January 2026

RIVER Group

We put AI to work.

Turn AI ambition into operational advantage.

We ship enterprise AI in weeks – driving measurable results so you can execute faster and scale with confidence.

Our story and vision for 2026

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AI adoption is high.
Advantage is still rare.

  • Adoption is rising, but most organisations haven't scaled outcomes across the business.
  • Build is faster than ever — the bottleneck is now execution, adoption, and governance.
  • The next advantage is AI operating capability, and building the right thing.

This is the window that separates leading organisations.
This is the execution gap that RIVER exists to bridge.

Organisations Using AI Globally
88%
Pilots delivering impact5%
The execution gap
McKinsey 2025 · MIT Sloan

The winners will build
AI operating capability.

AI tools are easy to adopt. Repeatable outcomes are hard to scale — that's the opportunity.

1

The Execution Gap

Most teams stall at pilots — execution, adoption, and oversight are the blockers.

2

AI Operating Layer

Make outcomes repeatable across teams and systems — not one-off AI wins.

3

Compounding Advantage

Each win becomes reusable capability, accelerating the next deployment.

What enterprise buyers want now:Measurable results · Delivered in weeks · Confidence to scale

Align. Ship. Scale.

A repeatable approach that moves AI from ideas to outcomes — fast.

1

Align

Horizon

Identify the right opportunities and build readiness — before committing to build.

2

Ship

Catalyst

Deliver measurable outcomes in weeks with AI-accelerated development and tight feedback loops.

3

Scale

Ripple

Extend wins across teams with shared knowledge, governed actions, and compounding advantage.

Each part works alone. Together, they create AI operating capability.

HorizonFrom uncertainty to confident action.

A practical, enterprise-friendly programme that builds AI capability, de-risks decisions, and turns ambition into a roadmap your leaders can support.

AI Foundations

3 hours
  • Demystify AI + what's possible in your context
  • Prompting fundamentals and practical patterns
  • Enterprise use cases where AI creates real leverage
  • Security, privacy, and governance basics

AI Horizons

3 hours
  • ROI and opportunity audit — where value is likely
  • Operating model + change management considerations
  • Prioritised roadmap (90-day plan + direction)
  • Decision support for leadership

AI in a Day

Combined
  • The fast, low-risk "yes" for enterprise buyers
  • Align leaders + lift team capability in one day
  • Shared language, safe usage guidelines, and a practical roadmap

Built because most organisations want AI outcomes — but need alignment, confidence, and governance clarity before they invest.

For teams who want adoption to stick

1-week or 1-month enablement with daily debriefs, hands-on support, and live change management — helping teams use AI in real work every day.

Horizon creates the clarity to move into Catalyst for a first measurable win — and Ripple when you're ready to compound capability.

CatalystShip the right thing, fast.

A practical delivery system and starter kit that keeps teams aligned while AI accelerates build speed — so you ship outcomes, not experiments.

The Method

Brief → Build → Review → Refine
  • Small, clear briefs instead of giant specs
  • Tight feedback loops to keep intent on track
  • Designed for Human + AI teams

The Kit

Production-Ready Starter
  • Production-minded starter (structure, standards, workflows)
  • Built for rapid AI-assisted development
  • The foundation we use to start all builds

The Stages

POC → MVP → MMP → PROD
  • Clear quality gates at each stage
  • Speed vs quality vs reliability expectations
  • Never confuse "demo" for "done"

Managed Service

We build with Catalyst

End-to-end builds using the Catalyst system. Best for teams who want outcomes fast.

DIY Kit

Clone and ship faster

Clone the kit, adopt the method, ship faster with your team.

Horizon aligns the bets. Catalyst ships the first measurable win. Ripple scales what works across the organisation.

catalyst.rivergroup.ai

RippleYour AI operating layer.

A managed enterprise platform that connects your knowledge, decisions, and workflows — so AI delivers repeatable outcomes across teams, safely.

Trusted Knowledge

RAG that holds up
  • Answers grounded in your content with references
  • Reduces time lost searching and rework
  • Designed for real operations, not "internet chat"

Ambient AI

The business can talk to
  • Capture context from work as it happens
  • "What's drifting? What's stuck? What matters?"
  • Summaries, risks, and priorities surfaced automatically

Next Best Action

Execution support
  • Turns context into actionable priorities
  • Helps leaders and teams decide what to do next
  • Decision queue: what needs approval, by who, when

Integrated + Governed

Control layer
  • Deep integration: docs, CRM, comms, workflow tools
  • Works with ChatGPT, Claude + internal tools
  • Audit trails and governance built in
Private deployment (NZ hosted or your cloud) with governance built in

Horizon aligns the organisation. Catalyst ships the first win.
Ripple scales outcomes into an AI operating layer — the platform we can compound.