Twelve years in AI and automation · Auckland, New Zealand 021 365 082 Taking new projects Book a free call
Home What I build Case studies FAQ Newsletter Contact Book a free call

Service · AI solutions NZ

AI Solutions for New Zealand Businesses

Custom AI solutions for NZ companies: business automation solutions, AI chatbots, document processing and AI driven services, designed, built and supported onshore by an NZ AI agency.

DiscoveryFree, then fixed price
Typical build4 to 6 weeks
BasedAuckland, working NZ-wide

What counts as an AI solution for a business?

An AI business solution is anything where artificial intelligence does real work in your operation, not a chatbot demo or a strategy deck. In practice that means automating a process end to end, answering customers around the clock, extracting data from documents, generating quotes and reports, or connecting systems that don't talk to each other.

The useful test: if a task is repetitive and you can describe the rules for doing it, it is probably automatable. My free discovery maps which of your processes pass that test and what each is worth to automate.

AI solutions I have built, and what changed

The AI solutions that pay back fastest take one repetitive job and remove most of the manual handling from it. These are published results from New Zealand businesses:

  • Law firm: case preparation. Case time down from 12 hours to 3 per client. Read the case study.
  • Insurance broker: claims. 72% faster turnaround, with 95% of claims processed straight through. Read the case study.
  • Property developer: subcontractor agreements. From an hour per agreement to two minutes, saving 15 to 20 hours a month. Read the case study.

You deal with one senior engineer and no account managers from the first call to support. See what AI solutions cost in New Zealand for prices by type of work.

Business automation solutions I build

AI automation solutions

End-to-end automation of manual processes: quote generation, onboarding, invoicing, claims, compliance reporting. More on process automation.

AI chatbots and assistants

Customer service, lead capture and internal Q&A bots trained on your business. More on AI chatbots.

Document processing

Extract structured data from invoices, contracts, forms and paperwork, then push it into the systems you already run.

Ecommerce automation services

Shopify and marketplace workflows: product data enrichment, order-exception handling, customer-service triage, review responses.

Workflow integration

AI driven services that connect Xero, HubSpot, Shopify, Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace into one automated flow. More on workflow automation.

Reporting and analysis

Automatic weekly summaries, executive briefings and anomaly alerts generated from your operational data.

An AI consultant for New Zealand SMEs

Most AI consulting is priced and packaged for enterprise. My focus is New Zealand businesses of 1 to 1,000 staff who want the same automation leverage without an enterprise budget or an in-house data team.

The consulting is built into every project rather than billed as a separate engagement: discovery is free, the recommendation is written down and yours to keep, and I only make money when you choose to have us build. That keeps the advice honest, if AI is not the right tool for your problem, I say so.

More on how I work as an AI consultant in New Zealand, including what to check before you hire one.

Why NZ businesses choose my AI services

  • Free discovery, fixed-price build. I scope the work at no cost, then deliver for a fixed price, with no open-ended consulting bills.
  • Custom, and you own it. Solutions shaped to your process on proven components (AWS, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI), not a subscription you have to bend around.
  • NZ-based, NZ-supported. Auckland-based, working nationwide. Same time zone, NZD pricing, GST invoicing.
  • Data residency. Default deployment to AWS Sydney; on-prem and NZ-only options where compliance requires it.
  • Practical, not theoretical. I build and ship working software. I don't sell strategy decks.
  • Ongoing support. Month-to-month retainers, no lock-in.

Frequently asked questions

What AI solutions do NZ businesses usually start with?

Usually one repetitive job with a clear rule behind it: preparing quotes, processing documents or claims, answering routine customer questions, or moving data between systems such as Xero and a CRM. Starting small proves the return before you spend more, and most first projects are a fixed price between NZ$500 and NZ$15,000.

What counts as an AI solution for a business?

Anything where AI does real work in your operation: automating a process end to end, answering customers, extracting data from documents, generating quotes or reports, or connecting systems that don't talk to each other. If a task is repetitive and rule-describable, it is usually a candidate.

What do AI business solutions cost in New Zealand?

Typical fixed-price builds run NZ$500 to $15,000 after a free discovery phase, deploy in under a week to six weeks, and most pay for themselves within 3 to 6 months. Ongoing support is an optional month-to-month retainer.

Do you work with small businesses or only enterprise?

My clients are New Zealand businesses of 1 to 1,000 staff. The same solution patterns big companies pay six figures for, automation, chatbots, document processing, are now practical at much smaller budgets.

Are your AI solutions off-the-shelf products or custom builds?

Custom, built on proven components: AWS, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI and the integration platforms NZ businesses already run. You get a solution shaped to your process rather than a subscription you have to reshape your process around, and you own what I build.

Ready to scope an AI solution for your business?

Book a free 30-minute strategy call. We'll discuss what you're trying to solve, whether AI is the right tool for it, and what a realistic first project would look like, with no obligation.

Get in touch