Advice and automation · Adelaide
Small and mid-sized businesses have the most to gain from this. They also have the least time to work out what's real, what's noise and what to do on Monday.
A senior head of technology for businesses too small to hire one. Clear advice on what to adopt, what to ignore and in what order.
Automation, agents and ad-hoc projects. Built on tools you can see, with a human sign-off wherever money or customers are involved, and handed over so you own it.
In-house vs API
The first wave of business AI ran on someone else's servers: send your data out, pay per use, trust the fine print. That's changing. Capable open models now run on hardware you own or in your own cloud account. It costs more to set up. It changes the game on privacy, and at high volume it can cost less to run.
Not every job needs the most powerful model on the planet. A lot of useful work, like sorting, summarising and searching, runs well on a smaller model you control.
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and friends, paid per use or per seat. The strongest models, ready today.
Your data goes to the vendor. Business tiers generally don't train on it.
Models running in your own Azure, AWS or Google account. Your rules, their hardware.
Your data stays in your own cloud account, and can stay in Australia.
Open models like Llama, Mistral, Qwen or Gemma on a server you own. More to set up. Nothing leaves the building.
Your data never leaves your building.
A rough guide, not gospel. The right answer depends on the job, the volume and the data, and it's often a mix: the right model for each job, with the sensitive work kept at home.
How we work
What you do, where you're headed and what's in the way. No pitch deck.
A look at your systems, data and people: what's ready for AI and what isn't yet.
A short roadmap. What to do first, what to leave alone, and what each step is worth.
One piece at a time, measured and documented, on your accounts. It runs without me.
Direct line
Tell me about your business, what's changing and what you'd like to get done. I'll read it myself and reply within one business day, usually with a question or two.