Hardy NotesTM

Your Partner for Confident AI Decisions

Guiding seed-stage, growth, and enterprise organizations in high-stakes environments.

Navigate AI pressure.

77% of product and technology leaders are under moderate-to-extreme pressure from their C-suite to move faster on AI, yet only 10% say their C-suite is strongly aligned on what AI should actually do. One in five say no one owns the AI strategy at all. [1]

Raise the bar for AI solution success.

Gartner predicts more than 40% of agentic AI initiatives will be canceled by the end of 2027, largely due to escalating costs, unclear business value, and inadequate risk controls. [2]

Align strategically.

Only 13% of health system leaders report a clear AI integration strategy, and just 12% say they trust their AI algorithms to be robust enough to rely on. [3]

Optimize solution quality.

Just 42% of mid-market companies have formal AI policies with enforced controls, even though most have already deployed AI into production. [4]

What I Support

Clarity on what to build and when.
A defensible business case.
Governance and acceptable use coverage.
Operational alignment.
A safer path to deployment.

About Stephanie Hardy

Stephanie Hardy

Strategy, product, operations, and AI solutions consultant with over 20 years of insight building teams, categories and portfolios. Ten years of experience dedicated to defining and launching AI within regulated scenarios. Healthcare specific expertise across payer, provider, medical device, SNF/home care, and clinical trial research. Ex-Oracle, Intel, IBM, Biotronik, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and EmVenio Clinical Research. Founder and builder of new and established ventures through Hardy Notes, LLC.

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Engagements are advisory; outcomes depend on each organization's implementation.