How much does custom AI software cost in Australia?
Custom AI platforms typically cost $35,000 to $75,000 AUD and AI integration $8,000 to $25,000. What drives the price, what the return looks like, and what to budget for.
Read more →Field Notes
How we build. What we've learned. The problems worth solving.
Posts
Should my business build custom software or keep paying for SaaS?
Keep SaaS for commoditised functions. Build custom where your workflow is your edge. A practical framework for the build versus buy decision in the AI era.
Read more →What business processes can AI actually automate?
If a process involves reading, applying rules, and moving information, AI can probably automate most of it. Four real examples across four industries.
Read more →Do I need to clean up my data before starting an AI project?
No. The businesses that get value from AI did not start with clean data. They started with a specific problem, and the AI was built to handle the data as it is.
Read more →How long does custom AI software take to build?
AI integration typically takes 4 to 8 weeks and a full custom platform 10 to 16 weeks. What happens inside those weeks and how to read a quote.
Read more →Big beats small, unless small is fast enough to go where big cannot follow
AI is handing large organisations a scale advantage that small businesses cannot match on the same terms. Here is the honest version of what that means, and the one path that remains.
Read more →The AI vs SaaS story everyone is telling is too simple
A hedge fund bet against big software this year and lost. Here is what that reveals about who AI actually threatens, and it is not who most people think.
Read more →You have not seen value from AI yet. Here is why, and what to do about it.
Most businesses have spent two years on AI strategy and have little to show for it. Here is an honest assessment of why, and a practical guide to getting unstuck.
Read more →You were given a Ferrari. Most people are still using it as a shopping trolley.
Most businesses are still using AI as a search engine while it has quietly become something capable of running entire business processes. Here is what changed and why it matters.
Read more →If your expertise only exists inside your head, you can only ever sell your time
Most consultants have built a methodology that works. The problem is it only works when they're in the room. Here's how we've changed that for three consulting clients.
Read more →Your systems don't talk to each other. Here's what that's actually costing you.
Most businesses run on four or five separate systems with someone manually copying data between them every day. Here's what that costs, and how to fix it.
Read more →Before you automate anything, you need to know where the time actually goes
Most businesses don't know where their team's time actually goes. They think they do. Here's the tool we built to find out, and why the privacy architecture matters as much as the data.
Read more →How we built an AI that reads architectural drawings, not just text
Most AI document tools extract text. Ours reads diagrams. Here's what it actually takes to make an AI understand a floor plan.
Read more →I thought I was selling AI training. Then I listened to what people were actually asking for.
The people who want to learn AI are already learning it. Everyone else needs something built for them. Here's the shift in thinking that changed how we work.
Read more →What 90 minutes of daily data entry actually costs a 15-person team
It's not just the hours. It's what those hours aren't being spent on, compounded over a year.
Read more →