An AI automation consultant identifies where artificial intelligence genuinely improves a process — document parsing, intake triage, drafting, summarisation — and builds it safely with human-in-the-loop controls. We're tool-agnostic and only reach for AI when a deterministic rule engine won't do the job. Fixed-fee engagements, typically £15K-£50K.
What an AI automation consultant actually does
The term "AI consultant" covers a lot of noise. What a serious AI automation consultant does is unglamorous: we look at the work your team repeats every day, identify the steps where a language model meaningfully outperforms a rule, and build those steps into your existing systems — with a human checkpoint wherever a mistake would be costly.
We are not here to bolt a chatbot onto your website. We are here to remove hours of manual reading, typing, classifying and drafting from your week.
Where AI genuinely earns its place
- Document intake & extraction — classify and route incoming emails, PDFs and forms; pull structured fields from invoices, contracts and applications (Google Document AI, Rossum, GPT-class models).
- Drafting assistants — first-draft sales and support replies, proposals and summaries, always with human approval before anything is sent.
- Meeting & call summarisation — action items and CRM updates extracted automatically from transcripts.
- Internal knowledge assistants — answer staff questions from your own documentation instead of a person hunting through Drive.
When you should NOT hire an AI consultant
If your process is fully deterministic — clear inputs, clear rules, clear outputs — you don't need AI, you need a workflow. We'll tell you that on the free audit and point you at the cheaper, more reliable option. A rule engine that costs nothing to run will beat a language model on a structured task every time.
How we keep AI safe and accountable
- Human-in-the-loop approval on anything customer-facing or financial
- Confidence thresholds — low-confidence cases route to a person, not into the void
- UK GDPR-aware data handling and clear logging of every automated decision
- Fallbacks so a model outage never stops the business
What it costs
We work in fixed-fee phases, not open-ended day rates. A paid audit (£3K-£6K, 1-2 weeks) maps the opportunity and ranks it by ROI. Build phases typically run £15K-£50K depending on scope, with an optional £1-3K/month retainer for monitoring and iteration. Most engagements pay back in 3-9 months.
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Frequently asked questions
Is an AI automation consultant different from an automation consultant?+
Only in emphasis. We're automation consultants who are fluent in where AI fits. Every engagement starts with process mapping; AI is one of several tools we reach for, alongside workflow automation and system integration.
Will you use ChatGPT / a specific model?+
We're model- and tool-agnostic. We pick the model and platform that fit your data, budget and risk profile — that might be an OpenAI or Anthropic model, an open model you host, or no model at all if a rule engine is the right answer.
How do you stop AI making mistakes that reach customers?+
Human-in-the-loop approval on anything customer-facing or financial, confidence thresholds that route uncertain cases to a person, full logging, and graceful fallbacks. We design for the failure cases first.
Do you only work with technical teams?+
No. Most of our mid-market clients have small or no in-house engineering. We build, document, and hand over — and the optional retainer covers support if you'd rather not own it day-to-day.