The short answer.
Section describes itself as an enterprise AI training and adoption platform. It calls the platform a command center for Heads of AI to measure, guide and scale adoption. Alongside the platform, Section offers personalized AI coaching. Its site also lists courses and embedded consultants.
Average Robot closes the AI Profitability Gap™, the gap between what a company was promised from AI and what it got. The work starts where people already use AI every day and the P&L looks the same as last year.
Section is built around a platform for training and tracking adoption across a workforce. Average Robot is two founders who do the work themselves, and it does not sell software of its own.
Who they are.
Section's own site calls it an enterprise AI training and adoption platform, and names the Head of AI as the person the platform serves. Its offer is published at sectionai.com.
The offer is built around a platform. Ask how a proposal splits between software, courses and consultant time.
Who we are.
Average Robot is the change management firm for the AI transformation of the workplace, founded by Matt Perry, with thirty years in marketing and creative, and Rob Cannon, PhD, an organizational psychologist. They co-authored The Elephant in the Algorithm.
We work with C-suite leaders and their senior reports, and we carry the change through to the teams using AI every day. Average Robot is not a certification body and does not run training courses. When a job needs engineering, we bring in a build partner.
Where each of us wins.
| Pick Section when | Pick Average Robot when |
|---|---|
| A Head of AI owns adoption across the company. | A C-suite leader owns what AI returns. |
| The job is training a large workforce to use AI. | People already use AI every day and the P&L has not moved. |
| You want software that tracks adoption over time. | You want the two founders on the work, with no platform to license. |
| Success is measured in adoption across the workforce. | Success is measured in the return AI produces. |
How the engagements differ.
Section's site describes a platform, with coaching, courses and embedded consultants alongside it. Ask which of them a proposal draws on and who will staff it.
An Average Robot engagement starts with the free AI Profit Readiness Assessment. Next comes the AI Profit Workshop ($2,999, credited in full toward the Sprint), then the AI Profit Sprint, a 90-day engagement from $19,999. The AI Transformation Advisory is scoped to the organization.
Questions people ask.
Is Average Robot a training platform like Section?
No. Section describes itself as an enterprise AI training and adoption platform. Average Robot is a change management firm. The two founders do the work themselves, and Average Robot does not run training courses or sell software of its own.
When should we choose Section instead of Average Robot?
When a Head of AI wants to train a large workforce and track adoption over time. Choose Average Robot when people already use AI every day and the return has not reached the P&L.
Can we use both?
Yes. They answer different questions. Section says its platform is built to measure, guide and scale adoption. Average Robot works on whether that use is paying back, and what to change where it is not.
How much does Average Robot cost?
The AI Profit Readiness Assessment is free. The AI Profit Workshop is $2,999 and is credited in full toward the AI Profit Sprint, which starts at $19,999. The AI Transformation Advisory is scoped to the organization. For Section's fees, ask Section directly.