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DECISION ECONOMY INSTITUTE

BUSINESSES | COMMUNITIES | BETTER CHOICES

BUILD YOURCERTIFIEDU.U.P. MOAT™

UNDERSTOOD. USABLE. PREFERRED.

Discover how ready your business is for the AI economy. Take the free U.U.P. Moat Check and see where you stand in just 5 minutes—and whether you're ready to become CCA Certified Usable to AI.

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  • Stronger
    Visibility
  • More
    Opportunities
  • Greater
    Trust
  • Long-Term
    Value

ABOUT

THE U.U.P. MOAT

THREE ESSENTIAL PARTS. A STRONGER BUSINESS.

The U.U.P. Moat Check helps business owners understand how prepared their company is for an AI-driven buying environment. It measures three parts of your position: whether AI can understand your business, whether AI can actually use your business to help customers, and whether you are building the evidence and testing needed to become preferred when AI has alternatives. When you're ready, CCA Certified Usable to AI independently proves that AI can actually use your business.

UNDERSTOOD

Gets you considered

AI understands what you do, who you help and when you're relevant.

USABLE

Gets you called

AI can actually use your business to help a customer.

PREFERRED

Gets you chosen

You build toward becoming the choice when AI has alternatives.

Understood gets you considered. Usable gets you called. Preferred gets you chosen.

CCA CERTIFIED USABLE TO AI

Don't just say your business is AI-ready. Prove AI can use it.

CCA tests your business against the kinds of questions your customers actually ask AI. We verify that AI can recognize when your business can help, call your business capability, use it successfully, and know when it shouldn't be used.

Self-assessment tells you where you stand. Certification proves usability.

CCA Certified Usable to AI seal — Decision Economy Institute. Real AI. Real Questions. Real Use.

WHAT CERTIFICATION PROVES

AI understands when your capability is relevant.

AI can call and use the capability.

AI can successfully complete the interaction.

AI knows when the capability isn't appropriate.

REAL AI.REAL CUSTOMER QUESTIONS.ACTUAL TOOL USE.

The U.U.P. Moat Check remains a self-assessment. Completing it does not grant certification. Becoming CCA Certified Usable to AI requires actual external AI testing.

Why Your AI Position Matters Now

AI is reshaping how customers find, evaluate, and choose businesses. The U.U.P. Moat Check™ shows you where you stand.

Understand Your Position

See exactly how AI currently perceives and represents your business.

Find Your Gaps

Discover where AI cannot find, use, or choose your business today.

Prioritize What Matters

Get clear, actionable next steps ranked by business impact.

Build Lasting Advantage

Create a defensible position that compounds over time.

HOW IT WORKS

Your Path to a Certified Moat

01

Take the U.U.P. Moat Check

Answer 24 questions across Understood, Usable and Preferred.

02

See Your Moat Map

See your three scores and your strongest wall.

03

Identify Your Biggest Exposure

Find where AI may be passing you by, with prioritized actions to strengthen it.

04

Book Your Free Strategy Session

Review your results and determine what to strengthen next.

05

Build Toward CCA Certified Usable to AI

Prove through independent testing that AI can actually use your business.

The U.U.P. Moat Check is a self-assessment. It does not itself grant CCA Certified Usable to AI status. Certification requires independent testing.