AI consulting that ends in working automation.
Wellington-based AI consultants for New Zealand businesses. We find where AI will genuinely pay off in your business, put it in a plain-English plan, then build it.
Free first call · Audit $495 + GST one-off
Free 30-min call · We'll show you 2–3 things to automate first · No obligation
An AI consulting engagement
From first call to live automation
Assess
Week 1Your workflows, your team, our questions
Plan
48 hoursThree automations ranked by payoff and cost
Build
NextThe same team builds the top item on the plan
You know where AI pays off, and it gets built
Wellington region based. Remote or in person, NZ-wide.
Built for NZ businesses like
Member, AI Forum New Zealand
What does an AI consultant do for a NZ business?
An AI consultant reviews how your business runs, identifies the work AI and automation can take off your team, and gives you a costed plan for what to do first. Automate AI starts with a free AI plan call, offers a $495 + GST one-off AI Readiness Audit for a written plan, and then builds the automations itself.
What you get
What an AI consulting engagement covers
Practical, revenue-focused advice on where AI fits your business, from the team that will build it.
A review of how your business actually runs
We work through your real workflows with you: the calls, emails, quotes, invoices and data entry that eat your week. No generic AI deck.
A plan ranked by payoff
The three automations worth doing first, in plain English, sequenced so you get quick wins before the bigger builds.
Costs, savings and what to skip
Roughly what each automation costs to build and run, what it is likely to save, and the shiny AI ideas that are not worth your money yet.
The build, done by the same team
We do not hand you a strategy and walk away. The people who scope the work build it: AI receptionists, chatbots, document automation, integrations and custom AI platforms.
Assess, plan, build
A short path from a first conversation to automation that is running in your business.
1. Assess
Start with a free AI plan call, or go straight to the AI Readiness Audit: a 60-minute working session on your workflows.
2. Plan
Your written 2-page plan lands within 48 hours: the three automations worth doing first, with costs and likely savings.
3. Build
We build the top item on the plan on a monthly plan or as a custom project, and the audit fee comes off your first invoice.
4. Improve
Ongoing plans include strategy time (quarterly sessions on Growth, monthly reviews on Scale) so the roadmap keeps moving.
Who our AI consulting suits
Owners who know AI matters but not where to start
You want a straight answer on what is worth doing in your business, not a sales pitch for everything at once.
Small and mid-sized NZ businesses
Teams where the owner or a manager is buried in admin, phone calls and copy-paste work between systems.
Businesses burnt by tech projects before
You want the cost, the likely payoff and what to ignore in writing before you commit to a build.
Teams that need to bring staff along
Pair the plan with hands-on AI training so the changes stick once the automations go live.
The entry offer
Start with the AI Readiness Audit
The most expensive AI projects automate the wrong thing. An hour of honest assessment up front saves months of building it.
AI Readiness Audit
$495 + GST one-off
- A 60-minute working session on your real workflows
- A written 2-page plan within 48 hours
- The three automations worth doing first
- Costs, likely savings and what to ignore
- Remote or in person, NZ-wide
- Credited in full when you start any plan
$495 + GST one-off, credited when you start any plan. Not ready to pay for an audit? Book the free AI plan call first.
Not sure where AI fits in your business? Start with a free call.
Free 30-min call · We'll show you 2–3 things to automate first · No obligation
Who you work with
A Wellington-based AI consultant who also builds
Automate AI was founded in 2024 by Andy Barker, its founder and director, 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: the practical kind of AI that answers calls, qualifies leads and clears admin, rather than AI for its own sake. Automate AI is a member of AI Forum New Zealand.
- Headquartered in the Wellington region: 22 Downer Street, Hutt Central, Lower Hutt 5010. Meet in person across the region, or remotely anywhere in NZ. AI automation in Wellington
- Member of AI Forum New Zealand
- The team that scopes your plan is the team that builds it
- Talk to Andy direct on 027 355 7582
What came after the plan
New Zealand businesses now running on the automation we scoped and built.
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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4 Star Flooring
Carbon-copy quote books replaced with a digital quoting and job platform: a 28% increase in conversion rate.
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ANZCARE
100% automated serial number tracking across 4 Shopify sites and 7 Amazon regions for a medical device maker.
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Packaging Products
AI marketing agents delivered a 20% ROAS lift in month one and consistent social from zero.
Read the case studyIt's been life-changing for our operations. What used to take me hours of writing and typing is now done in minutes with a barcode scanner. I can process orders faster, with complete confidence that our compliance records are accurate and up-to-date.
Amanda
Dispatch Manager, ANZCARE
AI consulting FAQs
Where the plan usually leads
Find out where AI will pay off in your business
Book a free 30-minute call and we'll show you 2 to 3 things worth automating first. No obligation.
Free 30-min call · We'll show you 2–3 things to automate first · No obligation