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Independent AI implementation partner for owner-managed firms

Work less in the business, starting with your enquiries

We build the integrations, software and bounded AI agents that take this work off your desk, so your hours go into growing the business or getting it ready to sell. Rules where you need certainty, AI where you need judgement, and a person signs off where mistakes are expensive.

Free 30-minute call · fixed-price first step

Built on the tools you already use

  • n8n
  • WhatsApp
  • Monday.com
  • Calendly
  • Gmail
  • QuickBooks
  • PayPal
  • Shopify
  • Claude

Sources

  • Calls and forms
  • Email
  • WhatsApp
  • Files
  1. Rulescheck, route, sync
  2. AIread, sort, draft
  3. Personapprove, handle exceptions

Destinations

  • Bookings
  • Invoices
  • Reports
  • Records

logs · alerts · recovery

Illustrative pattern, not a measured client result.

How it runs

Step back without losing control

Letting go is hard when you're the one who catches the mistakes. So we split the work: rules do the exact parts, AI reads and drafts, and a person approves what's expensive to get wrong.
  • Ships to productionThe first paid build ends with one loop running in your systems, with logs, alerts and a handover. Not a strategy deck.
  • A person signs offPrices, refunds and anything costly to get wrong wait for a named person's approval.
  • The business owns itCode, prompts and accounts are handed over in writing, so the system belongs to the company, not to us or to you personally.
  • Every run leaves a log your team can checkExceptions stop for a person, and failed runs retry or raise an alert.

Solutions

Four loops we take off your desk

Start with the one that costs you most. Each can be your first project or part of a larger build.

In practice

What each loop looks like when it runs

Four loops, and a system we've built or designed for each. Pick the one that sounds like your week.

Enquiries to orders

WhatsApp orders handled, with a person one tap away

An AI agent answers routine order questions and collects missing details across many chats at once. A custom CRM shows each order's status, and staff take over complex chats with the history intact.

Quotes to cash

From consultation to deposit invoice without retyping

Bookings, proposals, e-signatures and deposit invoices update one customer record, and reminders follow each stage. No generative AI: the deposit is worked out by rule and people approve every proposal.

The questions only you can answer

AI agents that work from company knowledge, on a schedule

Agents use company knowledge, pick up assigned tasks and run scheduled jobs through approved tools, with anything blocked or waiting for approval in view. The same parts can produce a daily owner brief.

Records

Requests and documents logged before anyone opens them

A proposed intake queue pulls out key details, routes clear cases and pauses unclear or sensitive ones for a person, with a record of every decision. The same pattern suits dated duties such as waste or tenancy records.

See the blueprint

Blueprint · not a client result

Comparison

Three ways to get a loop off your desk

You could hire someone, buy an app, or have us build it into the tools you already use. Here's how they compare for the first loop.

Comparison of a new hire, AutomateFlow and an off-the-shelf app for taking a first loop off the owner's desk
A new hireAutomateFlowAn off-the-shelf app
First loop runningMonths: recruit, onboard, then learn the loopTypically 4–6 weeks for one scoped loopDays, if the app fits how you work
CostSalary, employer NI and recruitment, every monthFixed price per step, excl. VATA monthly subscription, often per user
Fits how you workYes, once trainedBuilt around it, on the tools you haveYou adapt to the app's way of working
Joins up your other toolsBy hand: they re-key itIntegrations, with a log of every runIts own connectors, if your tools are on the list
When something goes wrongThey notice, if they're inException queue, alerts and a manual fallbackThe vendor's help desk
If you're away, or sellingCovers for you, while they stayDocumented, and owned by the companyKeeps running; the setup often lives in one person's head
Support after launchTheir own timeRun plan with written response targetsVendor updates and support

A new hire

First loop running
Months: recruit, onboard, then learn the loop
Cost
Salary, employer NI and recruitment, every month
Fits how you work
Yes, once trained
Joins up your other tools
By hand: they re-key it
When something goes wrong
They notice, if they're in
If you're away, or selling
Covers for you, while they stay
Support after launch
Their own time

AutomateFlow

First loop running
Typically 4–6 weeks for one scoped loop
Cost
Fixed price per step, excl. VAT
Fits how you work
Built around it, on the tools you have
Joins up your other tools
Integrations, with a log of every run
When something goes wrong
Exception queue, alerts and a manual fallback
If you're away, or selling
Documented, and owned by the company
Support after launch
Run plan with written response targets

An off-the-shelf app

First loop running
Days, if the app fits how you work
Cost
A monthly subscription, often per user
Fits how you work
You adapt to the app's way of working
Joins up your other tools
Its own connectors, if your tools are on the list
When something goes wrong
The vendor's help desk
If you're away, or selling
Keeps running; the setup often lives in one person's head
Support after launch
Vendor updates and support

Often the answer is a mix: an app for the standard part, a person for judgement, and us to join them up. If an app on its own will do, we'll tell you.

How we work

Audit, Pilot, Build, Run

One loop at a time, each step at a fixed price with a written scope. After each one, you decide whether to go further.

  1. 01. Audit

    Two working sessions map one workflow, its systems and risks. You get a ranked roadmap and a pilot brief.

    Delivered within 10 working days

  2. 02. Pilot

    One loop goes into production with exception paths, an audit trail, documentation and a 30-day defect period.

    Typically 4–6 weeks

  3. 03. Build

    A focused operational app, or a wider set of agents and integrations, once the pilot has proved itself.

    Typically 8–12 weeks

  4. 04. Run

    Monitoring, fixes and a monthly review, with response targets in writing. New work is scoped separately.

    Monthly

Engagement models

Fixed prices, one loop at a time

Every engagement starts with a fixed-price step. Prices exclude VAT, third-party licences and hosting.

Audit

£3,500excl. VAT

Map the loop that waits for you most, and price taking it out.

  • Two 90-minute working sessions
  • Up to five systems reviewed
  • Ranked roadmap and pilot brief

Run: £2,000 a month keeps it running, with monitoring, fixes and up to 12 engineering and support hours. See what each step includes

Fit

Who we work with, and when we say no

We'd rather tell you early than sell you something you don't need.

A good fit

  • Owner-managed firms with staff but no layer of managers yet
  • Growing mid-market teams where one process has no clear owner
  • A loop that waits for you every week
  • You want the time to grow, or plan to sell in a few years
  • Tools with an API or export we can work with

When we say no

  • You want AI to act with no human check
  • You want a promised sale price or multiple
  • A standard tool already does the job
  • Nobody will own the process after launch
  • The data can't be used lawfully
  • The process changes every week

FAQ

Questions owners ask before they start

Straight answers on stepping back, cost, selling, and what happens when AI gets it wrong.

  • Take yourself out one loop at a time, starting with the one that waits for you most often. Usually that's enquiries, quotes and invoicing, the questions only you can answer, or records. Move each loop into the systems you already use, with rules for the exact parts and a named person signing off the rest.

  • Test it before a holiday or an illness does. Ask, loop by loop, whether enquiries would still be booked, invoices sent and chased, the team's questions answered, records produced and decisions made without you. Every "no" is a loop to take out, starting with the one that would break first. Our free four-week test scores each one in about three minutes.

  • Start with the loop that runs most often, follows rules you can write down, and still waits for you. Typical first picks are turning accepted quotes into invoices, chasing overdue payments, and answering and booking routine enquiries. Rare, disputed or fast-changing work comes later, if at all.

  • Our UK prices are fixed per step: the Audit is £3,500, a Pilot that takes one loop into production is £15,000, a Build is £35,000, and Run is £2,000 a month. All exclude VAT, third-party licences and hosting. A signed statement of work confirms the scope before anything starts.

  • Ask who will build it and who will look after it. A consultant tells you where AI fits; an agency or freelancer builds flows, often on one platform; a developer writes software. We do all three, one loop at a time: find it, build it in your tools with failure handling, then run it or hand it over.

  • It can, through what buyers pay for: earnings, and a business that runs without you. Cutting recurring operating cost raises EBITDA, if the saving shows in your trading results before the sale. Documented, automated loops make you less essential and diligence easier to pass. We can't promise a price or a multiple. Your accountant measures the change; your broker values the business.

  • The system is built for it. AI output passes checks and confidence thresholds, and anything uncertain, sensitive or expensive stops for a person. Every run is logged, failed runs retry or alert someone, and there's a documented manual fallback. How much control you need depends on what a mistake would cost.

  • The business owns the code, prompts and accounts, as agreed in writing, and we hand them over with documentation. Before any build we document which data leaves your systems, where it's processed, how long it's kept and whether the provider may train on it. Personal data is handled under UK GDPR.

Next step

Bring one loop. Leave with a plan.

In a free 30-minute call we look at one loop in your business, tell you what it would take to run without you, and outline a fixed-price first step.