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AI for New Zealand Business

The AI engine that drives your business.

Engine AI finds the workflows bleeding time, then builds production AI agents, automations, and internal tools inside the systems your team already uses.

NZ-based operatorsClaude / ChatGPT / Microsoft 365Fixed-scope buildsWorking software in weeks
Company Brain

Your business needs one source of truth.

One trusted layer of context every AI tool, agent, and dashboard draws from.

Your business knowledge

01

Operational Data

Customers, jobs, quotes, invoices, files, email.

02

Business Context

Definitions, policies, processes, owners, permissions.

Company Brain

One trusted layer, versioned and governed.

Learning loop, corrections, governance

Feeds every AI tool

ClaudeChatGPTAgentsDashboardsAPIsMCP

What's slowing your team down?

Pick the one that stings most. We'll show you what we'd build.

The pain

We'd build you a

Internal tool

A purpose-built tool that replaces the fragile spreadsheet: same logic, but reliable, multi-user, and connected to your live data.

Category

Internal tools

Typical sprint

Standard · ~3-4 wks

Discover. Refine. Build. Operate.

One useful workflow first. Prove it. Then move to the next.

01

Discover

Map the work, the data, and the friction, then score how ready the business really is for AI.

02

Refine

Turn the findings into a plan you can act on: priorities, governance, adoption, and the first build scoped and priced.

03

Build

Ship the system: a Company Brain, an Operations Command Centre, or the AI workbench and training your team actually uses.

04

Operate

Monitor, improve, and expand once the first system is proven in real use.

Not sure where to start? Score your business in two minutes, free. The AI Readiness Audit then finds the first workflow worth building.

Operators, not
slide decks.

Founder-led delivery, fixed scope and price, working software in weeks. While most of the market stalls.

0%

of NZ SMEs have no plans to evaluate or invest in AI.

MBIE / NZIER / Spark, 2024

0%

of CEOs say AI had little to no organisational impact in 2025.

PwC NZ 29th Global CEO Survey, 2026

0+

combined hours of hands-on AI development across the founding team.

Joe Ward, Co-Founder of Engine AI

Joe Ward

Co-Founder

Built and sold a product company, ran trades teams hands-on, and now designs complex agent architectures and production automation systems that solve real operational problems.

Founder & exitTrades operationsAgent architecture
Ben du Chateau, Co-Founder of Engine AI

Ben du Chateau

Co-Founder

Spent two decades helping organisations navigate cloud, security, SaaS, and digital change. Now builds the AI platforms, orchestration layers, and operating systems most vendors only talk about.

20 yrs enterpriseCloud & securityAI platforms

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first practical
AI use case?

We will map one workflow, identify the likely AI fit, and tell you whether it is worth building.

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Tell us where the friction is. We will map one workflow, identify the likely AI fit, and tell you whether it is worth building.

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