Everything you need to know before you start.

Founder-led service businesses with 10 to 50 employees, typically doing $1M or more in annual revenue and aiming for $10M. Especially in the UAE, Dubai, and the wider GCC. If growth is real but the operating system underneath is starting to wobble, ARCAS was built for you.

We find where revenue, cost, and risk are leaking inside your business. Then we give you the tools to fix it yourself or work with us to fix it together. The diagnosis maps the problem. The services fix it.

A consultant starts with a proposal and works on your business. ARCAS starts with a diagnosis and works with you. You see the problem clearly before anyone else gets involved. Most founders find the diagnosis alone gives them enough clarity to act. If you need hands-on help, it is available, but only after you have seen the full picture yourself.

Because adding AI to a business with unclear roles, undocumented processes, and founder-dependent decisions does not grow revenue. It increases costs, compresses margins, and traps the founder further. People alignment and systems documentation come first. AI is the accelerant, not the foundation.

Both. The diagnosis engine is a free self-serve tool. The services side is hands-on consulting, scoped to 90-day engagements. You start with the diagnosis, and you decide what happens after.

You land on the diagnosis page. No account, no login, no opt-in required. You enter your company name, your role, your industry, and your team size. Then you choose which areas of your business to diagnose. The engine asks targeted questions, scores your answers in real time, and produces a full report with a risk exposure analysis, a weekly action plan, and AI-ready prompts you can copy into any LLM. You can download the report as a branded PDF immediately. Everything is free.

No. The diagnosis is free. Always. No login. No email gate. No paywall. You get a full risk exposure analysis, a weekly action plan, and AI-ready prompts at no cost. You can download your branded PDF report without entering an email address.

Under 5 minutes for Quick Start (one focus area). Under 8 minutes for the Full Diagnosis (all seven areas). You can pause at any point and come back later. Your progress is saved automatically.

Yes. Quick Start covers one focus area in about 2 minutes. Full Diagnosis covers all seven areas in about 8 minutes. Both produce a downloadable report. The full version gives deeper coverage across all pillars.

Yes. The diagnosis works whether you are the founder or a team leader filling it in. The questions adapt based on who is answering.

A branded PDF report, AI prompts you can copy into any LLM, a one-week focus plan, and a scored breakdown of where revenue, cost, and risk are leaking. If you want human support, you can book a Diagnostic Debrief.

Book a Diagnostic Debrief. Bring your diagnosis. We pressure-test the findings together. The engine is deterministic, so the same answers always produce the same results. But context matters, and that is what the debrief is for.

No. By default, everything you enter stays in your browser. You choose whether to share, and you can share just an overview without financial details, or keep everything private. We do not use your data for sales calls.

No. The diagnosis engine is entirely rule-based and deterministic. There is no AI running on your information. We generate AI-ready prompts for your use. You copy them into ChatGPT, Claude, or any LLM you choose. We never send your data to an AI provider.

Yes. Your diagnosis data is stored securely, and you can choose to keep everything local to your browser. We do not share data with third parties. ARCAS is built with UAE and GCC compliance in mind. Your business data never leaves your control unless you explicitly choose to share it.

A 30-minute call with an ARCAS advisor. You bring your diagnosis report. They work through the findings with you. No pitch, no upsell. The goal is to pressure-test the engine output against your real operating context. If deeper support makes sense, you decide.

No. There is no retainer and no 6-month engagement. You decide what happens after the diagnosis. Services are scoped to 90-day engagements with clear deliverables.

The person on the debrief call is the person who built the engine. No account managers. No handoffs.

Interior design, recruitment, marketing and PR, facilities management, and other founder-led service businesses in the UAE and GCC. The diagnosis adapts to your industry and team size.

If your business has 20 to 49 employees in one of the 14 targeted sectors, you are now subject to Emiratisation mandates from MoHRE. Non-compliance fines start at AED 96,000 and rise to AED 108,000 or more per year. The diagnosis identifies whether your roles, systems, and onboarding processes are ready to absorb new hires productively, not just to fill a quota.

Two things. Communication complexity jumps from 45 potential interactions (at 10 people) to 190. The founder can no longer be in every conversation. Second, regulatory obligations increase - Emiratisation mandates, formalized HR systems, and compliance documentation become mandatory rather than optional. The diagnosis maps exactly where your operating system needs to formalize.

Beyond Emiratisation: e-invoicing mandates rolling out in 2026 and 2027, corporate tax (9% on profits above AED 375,000) requiring clean financial systems, transfer pricing documentation requirements, and tightening Economic Substance Regulations (ESR) audits. Each requires documented processes and clear systems.

No. That is the large-organisation playbook and it does not apply here. In a business with 10 to 50 people, every person matters. You need systems that make each person more effective, not replaceable. AI comes after the people and systems are working, not instead of them.

We help you design roles, not quotas. When a business adds an Emirati hire into an environment with clear role responsibilities, documented KPIs, and a structured progression path, retention improves and the hire becomes productive faster. When the environment has unclear roles and founder-dependent decisions, turnover is high and the compliance cost compounds.