Deep Blue Sky

Boards, founders and leadership teams turn to Deep Blue Sky when they need help deciding what technology to fix, build or avoid. The firm pairs digital transformation strategy with software development, and it advises organisations on where artificial intelligence is worth using and where it is not. Its stated aim is to help growing organisations modernise the way they work.

What Deep Blue Sky offers

• Digital transformation strategy — senior guidance on complex change programmes and technology choices.
• AI advice — helping organisations judge which problems AI should and should not be used for.
• Software development — building systems, including work on its own PHP framework for deploying complex systems quickly.
• Own platforms — products for delivering international aid, supporting the independent press, gathering public opinion at scale and digital health (Nourish).

Who it works with

The firm addresses growing organisations and their boards, founders and senior leaders. An earlier version of its site said it had spent ten years building platforms across many markets and had narrowed its focus to a few areas where it could do social good.

Key facts

• Focus areas: transformation strategy, AI advice and software
• Products: a PHP framework, an aid delivery platform and the Nourish digital health platform