Every enterprise AI investment eventually faces the same question: was it worth it? The problem is that most organizations wait until after deployment to ask — by which point the answer is shaped by sunk costs, organizational politics, and incomplete data. The right time to define AI ROI is before you deploy. The SAiGE-powered AI readiness assessment produces an annual ROI value potential range, a Data Heatmap across business domains, and 25 specific KPIs — giving your CFO a credible, evidence-based anchor before a single deployment decision is made.