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    Founder & AI Automation Expert

    Andy Barker

    Founder of Automate AI — helping New Zealand businesses put AI to work.

    About Andy

    Andy Barker is the founder and director of Automate AI, the Wellington-based AI automation agency he started in 2024 to help New Zealand businesses cut the busywork and get more done with less.

    Andy and the team build voice agents, chatbots, document automation and custom AI platforms for Kiwi businesses — the practical, revenue-focused kind of automation that answers calls, qualifies leads and clears admin, rather than AI for its own sake. Automate AI is a proud member of AI Forum New Zealand, the country's leading AI industry body.

    He also writes Automate AI's blog, translating what's actually working in AI automation into plain-English guidance for New Zealand business owners.

    What Andy builds

    AI voice agents

    Virtual receptionists that answer every call 24/7, book appointments and follow up.

    Chatbots & automation

    Website chatbots, document processing and connected workflows across the tools you already use.

    Custom AI platforms

    End-to-end custom builds — quoting modules, portals and dashboards — hosted on AWS.

    Work Andy has led

    A few of the New Zealand businesses now running on automation

    Case Study

    Grand Events

    A Wellington event-hire company cut customer-service calls and emails by 83% with an AI chatbot.

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    Case Study

    Snip Vasectomy Clinic

    20% fewer phone calls and 100% automated data entry across 19 clinics nationwide.

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    Case Study

    Packaging Products

    AI marketing agents delivered a 20% ROAS lift in month one and consistent social from zero.

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    Talk to Andy direct

    Prefer a real conversation? Andy is happy to talk through what AI automation could do for your business.

    027 355 7582
    andy@automateai.co.nz
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    Ready to Automate the Busywork?

    Book a 30-minute discovery call and Andy's team will map 2–3 quick wins for your NZ business. No technical skills needed.

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    Free 30-min call · We'll show you 2–3 things to automate first · No obligation