AI Readiness before the search: authority before the market

AI Readiness before the search is a buyer gate.

Are authority and decision rights ready before retained search opens.

Not an assessment score. Not framework shopping. Not a PE-backed AI Readiness (#35) H1 clone.

I run retained AI Executive Search mandates from Hamburg for DACH seats.

When the gate holds

Then the [AI Executive Search mandate](/en/ki-executive-search) opens.

FAQ

### Is this #35?

No. PE timeline there. Here: gate before any search.