Aristo
Chapters and their answers
Question 1 of 6 · Where do we stand?
78 of 100 — Advancing, up 4 since run 3.
estimate from Contoso's illustrative records — a pillar is self-reported until it is read from a signal · run 4 · 24 September
The move
Close the 7 points to your approved target of 85 — projected to land 16 November.
Frontier Firm — Microsoft's name for an organization rebuilt around AI; Aristo scores it 0–100 from adoption (50), activation (25) and security (25).
Band — the four ranges on the scale, versioned with every run so a month-over-month comparison always states the scale it was scored on.
Question 1 · Where do we stand?
As of 24 September 2026Up 4 points since run 3Reaches Frontier in ~53 days
Last counted Run #4 24 September 2026
This view, composed now: 78, Advancing (55–84 of 100). Completed assessments, stored: 4 points closer — Run #3 scored 74, Run #4 scored 78.
Fig · The Frontier Scale. Four bands, fixed at Emerging 0–29 · Developing 30–54 · Advancing 55–84 · Frontier 85–100, versioned with every run so a month-over-month comparison always states the scale it was scored on. Your position carries a self-reported pillar and is labeled so until that signal is connected. The dashed flag is your organization’s own approved target.
Our AI strategy
Approved by your organization
You are 78, heading for 85 by February 2027 — at your current rate you arrive November 2026, on track.
Every team ships one AI-run routine this year.
We fund from licenses we already own, rerouted, not new budget.
Nobody is measured on AI use — only on what it returns.
Activation %the seats you already pay forAdoptionthe heaviest pillar — half the scoreSecurity readinessthe pillar a CISO is asked about
Approved by your organization · version 1. Every run re-reads your position against this, and the Frontier Scale above carries your target. Change it any time — a new version is written, and the old one stays, so a past run always states the strategy it was measured against.
Blind
Counted
Steered
Proven
Compounding
| The move | Worth | Owner | Lands | Running total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raise readiness — real engagement and counted outcomes, not sign-ins worth 11.0 in full — more than the distance left to your target |
+7.0 | Adoption lead | 16 November 2026 | 85 |
| Reaches your target | +7.0 | 85 |
Fig · The path to your own approved target of 85. The remaining points are decomposed, not apportioned: each step is worth exactly what closing that pillar is worth on the weighted score, and the 1 step shown sum to the distance. Landing dates are projected from your own fitted line across your last counted runs — re-drawn as each run lands, never asserted.
How we counted this
what the band means · the trend · the peer range
Advancing means: counted adoption is taking hold, proven lift is under way and spend is steered — but the everyday isn’t AI-run yet.
📈 on pace to cross into Frontier next quarter — a projection from your own last runs; the fitted line reaches 85 in about 53 days. Re-drawn as each run lands, never asserted.
So what: when the board asks “what’s our AI strategy?”, this page is the answer — position, trend, and the distance that remains, counted, not felt.
Defined: Frontier Score — 0–100, computed monthly from your tenant’s counted signals (seats, genuine activity, proven lift, spend steering); methodology in §7. Band — the four ranges (Emerging 0–29 · Developing 30–54 · Advancing 55–84 · Frontier 85–100), versioned per run so they stay comparable month to month. The path — the points still available, decomposed across the three pillars at their own weights; the steps sum to the distance by construction, never by judgment.
See how the score is built
the three pillars · your own history
Assigned seats in use 68%2,760 in use1,280 ready to activate
1 move runningActivate the 1,280-seat Copilot cohort
0 unseated people engaging
4 agents built
Fund the 1,120 people who are ready, up to $33,600 a month. Review funding proposal