AI Solution

AI Development and Integration Services
for Australian businesses

Custom ai development services and ai integration services australia. Chatbots, knowledge systems, AI agents, workflow automation, machine learning. Most useful AI solutions combine more than one of these, built around your business and connected to your systems.

We build AI that plugs into Xero, HubSpot, Salesforce, ServiceM8, SharePoint, and your custom software. Not standalone tools. Connected solutions that work inside the systems your team already uses.

  • AU-wide Perth-based · servicing Australia
  • 18+ yrs Building business software
  • Enterprise Grade security
  • PoC-first Proof before full commit
How it runs

Your ai development and integration services project, end to end

Three stages. No surprises. Every custom ai development services project is delivered personally by the founder. Your live operations stay untouched until cutover.

  1. Week 0

    AI Development Audit

    15-minute scoping call. We map your current process, the documents/data the AI will work with, and the systems the AI output must land in. Fixed-price quote inside 48 hours.

  2. Weeks 1–N

    Build & Parallel-Run

    AI system built and parallel-run against your live operations for two weeks. Every extraction, decision and integration validated before production. Human-in-the-loop where confidence is lower.

  3. Cutover

    Go-Live & Handover

    Production cutover on a planned window. Team training, monitoring active, 30 days post-launch support. Documentation, prompts and source code handed over in full.

Founder profile

Kasun Wijayamanna

Founder · Perth, WA · Started HELLO PEOPLE in 2008

18+ Years running HELLO PEOPLE

Founded in 2008. Two decades of technology-driven business transformation across Australia.

100+ Projects delivered

Startups to government agencies across mining, healthcare, legal, education and more.

HDR Researcher · Curtin University

Postgraduate research in Artificial Intelligence and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

MBA Oil & Gas

Deep technical expertise combined with strong business and financial acumen.

Perth Based in WA

Serving businesses across Western Australia and nationally.

AU+TH International experience

Professional background in Bangkok, Thailand before migrating to Perth.

PHF Paul Harris Fellow · Rotary

Former President of Rotary Club of Booragoon. Over a decade of community service.

Read the full bio — research, career, community involvement and how HELLO PEOPLE runs projects.

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Combined Solutions

Ai development and integration services, by combined solution

Real ai integration services australia usually combine two or three AI capabilities. Sales, staff assistants, operations, document processing, forecasting. Pick a tab to see how the pieces fit together for common business problems.

Sales & Lead Handling

A chatbot handles the first conversation. RAG pulls real answers from your knowledge base so the chatbot actually knows your services and pricing. An AI agent qualifies the lead. Automation creates the record in your CRM, books a meeting, and triggers a follow-up sequence.

The result: enquiries get handled 24/7, qualified leads land in your CRM fully categorised, and your sales team talks to people who are ready to buy instead of chasing unqualified contacts.

ChatGPT integration services

Internal Staff Assistant

RAG is the core: the assistant searches your internal documents, policies, procedures, and project history to answer staff questions accurately. A chatbot interface makes it easy to ask questions in plain language.

Permissions control who sees what. The sales team gets access to product specs and pricing. HR sees policies and contracts. Operations sees SOPs and project records. Everyone gets answers specific to their role.

Custom LLM app development

Operations & Admin Automation

Workflow automation handles the repetitive tasks: reading incoming documents, extracting key data, classifying items, updating records, sending notifications. AI agents manage tasks that need judgement, like prioritising jobs based on multiple factors.

Integration connects these automations to your real systems. Invoices go into Xero. Job updates go into your project management tool. Customer notifications go through your email platform. Nothing lands in a standalone dashboard your team has to check separately.

AI CRM & ERP integration

Document Processing & Classification

AI reads your incoming documents: invoices, receipts, forms, applications, contracts, reports. It extracts the important data, validates it against your rules, and pushes it into the right system. No more manual data entry from PDFs.

Classification handles the routing. Emails get categorised by type and urgency. Support tickets go to the right team. Applications get checked for completeness. The AI understands context, not just keywords, so it works even when people describe the same thing differently.

AI API development

Forecasting & Smarter Decisions

Machine learning models trained on your historical data can predict demand, flag risks, detect anomalies, and forecast outcomes. The key word is "your data". Not generic industry averages.

Integration means predictions appear where decisions happen. Stock reorder alerts inside your inventory system. Churn risk scores inside your CRM. Budget variance warnings inside your project tool. Not in a separate analytics platform your team forgets to check.

AI & machine learning
AI-powered lead qualification system handling enquiries and creating CRM records automatically
Internal AI assistant searching company knowledge base to answer a staff question
AI operations automation processing invoices, routing tasks, and updating business systems
AI reading and classifying business documents then routing data to connected systems
Forecasting dashboard showing AI predictions connected to inventory and CRM systems
Capabilities catalogue

AI development & integration services we deliver

Every capability below has been delivered for a real Australian business — from a single ChatGPT integration to a full multi-model RAG architecture. If your scenario is not listed, ask — we build bespoke.

Custom LLM app development

  • Custom LLM app development
  • Internal LLM tools for staff (purpose-built UI)
  • Customer-facing LLM apps (chat, drafting, summarising)
  • LLM-powered admin & ops dashboards
  • Prompt engineering & evaluation pipelines
  • LLM fallback, guardrails & moderation layers
  • On-prem / private cloud LLM deployment

ChatGPT / OpenAI integration services

  • ChatGPT integration services for business apps
  • OpenAI API integration into CRM, ERP & websites
  • Azure OpenAI integration for enterprise
  • Claude / Anthropic integration services
  • Multi-model orchestration (best model per task)
  • OpenAI Assistants API & function calling
  • Streaming chat UIs inside existing software

AI API development

  • AI API development services
  • Document extraction APIs for internal use
  • Classification & routing APIs
  • Summarisation & drafting APIs
  • Embeddings & semantic search APIs
  • Webhook-driven AI pipelines
  • Rate limiting, auth & observability for AI APIs

AI CRM & ERP integration

  • AI CRM & ERP integration
  • AI inside HubSpot — lead scoring, summaries, drafting
  • AI + Xero — invoice extraction & coding
  • AI inside Salesforce / Pipedrive / Zoho
  • AI summaries inside MYOB / NetSuite / Business Central
  • AI inside ServiceM8 / Simpro / Tradify
  • AI inside SharePoint / Teams / Outlook / Slack

Fine-tuning & RAG architecture

  • RAG architecture design & implementation
  • Vector database setup (Pinecone, pgvector, Qdrant)
  • Chunking & embedding strategy tuning
  • Hybrid search (keyword + semantic) pipelines
  • Fine-tuning open-source LLMs on your data
  • Domain-specific prompt libraries
  • Citation-backed answer generation

AI model selection & evaluation

  • GPT-4 / Claude / Gemini / open-source comparison
  • Cost vs accuracy trade-off modelling
  • Latency & throughput benchmarking
  • Eval harness setup for ongoing accuracy monitoring
  • Hallucination & failure-mode testing
  • Build-vs-buy assessment for AI capability
  • Model upgrade & migration planning
Pricing

How we price ai development and integration services

No hourly billing. No vague estimates. Here is how ai api integration services and full business ai integration company work gets scoped, from a free 15-minute call to a fixed-price quote.

Free 15-minute call

Tell us what problem you are trying to solve. We will give you an honest answer on whether AI is the right fit and what it would involve.

Fixed-price quote

After discovery, you get a fixed price for the project. No hourly billing that spirals. You know exactly what it costs before we build.

Staged delivery

PoC first, then production build in phases. You see real value early, give feedback, and pay in milestones.

Why HELLO PEOPLE

AI Development & Integration
HELLO PEOPLE vs the alternatives

ChatGPT Enterprise, no-code AI tools and an in-house AI team all solve pieces of the problem. Here is how HELLO PEOPLE compares on the things that actually matter to an AU SMB.

Concern HELLO PEOPLE ChatGPT / Off-shelfNo-code AI (Zapier)In-house AI hire
Fit to your existing stack Integrated into what you already run Standalone chat, no stackFine for glue-code demosDepends on who you hire
AI feature integrated in 6-10 weeks Feature live inside your product You paste output by handYou build every connectorMonths to hire, then build
AU privacy + PII handling fit PII masking + AU-region inference US-hosted, uses your promptsUS-hosted by defaultYou brief the hire on PII
Ongoing cost One-off + optional support plan Per seat/token, per monthPer-run + prompt engineeringSalary + super + overhead
When your stack or models change We swap models and adapters cleanly You wait for vendor updatesYou rebuild the flowYour team owns the rebuild
Direct access to the builder Email Kasun, get Kasun OpenAI support tierCommunity forumInternal AI team
Integration code + AI outputs ownership You own the code and every output Vendor holds prompts + logsYou own it (self-hosted)Your team owns it
Enterprise knowledge management system
Case Study

Enterprise knowledge search that cut research time by 85%

We built an enterprise knowledge management system powered by RAG. Unified search across 50,000+ documents delivers answers in seconds instead of hours.

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50,000+ Documents indexed
85% Faster knowledge retrieval
< 8s Average answer time

We were processing 200 invoices a week manually. Reading each one, typing amounts into Xero, coding to the right account. HELLO PEOPLE built an AI that does it in seconds. Our accounts team now handles exceptions instead of data entry.

Finance Manager Perth logistics company · 35+ staff
Why Custom AI

What enterprise ai integration services actually change for your business

One connected solution instead of five disconnected AI tools. Built around your workflow, plugged into your existing systems. Here is what custom ai development services deliver that off-the-shelf cannot.

Multiple AI capabilities connected into a single business solution

The service that brings chatbots, RAG, agents, and automation together

You have probably heard the individual terms: AI chatbots, RAG, AI agents, workflow automation, machine learning. Each solves a different problem. But most real business solutions combine two or more.

A lead capture system might use a chatbot to talk with visitors, RAG to answer product questions from your knowledge base, an agent to qualify the lead and create a CRM record, and automation to trigger a follow-up email. That is not four separate projects. It is one solution that uses the right AI for each step.

Custom AI development is the process of working out which capabilities your business needs, building them, and connecting them into a working solution.

Custom AI solution built around specific business workflows and systems

What "custom" actually means

Custom means the solution is built around the way your business works. Not a generic template. Not an off-the-shelf tool that you have to adapt your processes around.

That includes your documents, your website, your CRM, your Xero or MYOB, your booking system, your job management platform, your internal workflows, your approval rules, and your customer service process.

So instead of just installing a chatbot widget that answers generic questions, the chatbot knows your services, follows your enquiry handling process, qualifies leads using your criteria, and saves data into your CRM in the format your team expects.

AI integration architecture showing enquiry flowing through multiple connected systems

What "integration" actually means

Integration means the AI does not sit on its own. It connects with your website, CRM, ERP, accounting system, email, calendar, cloud storage, and custom software. That is what turns AI from a demo into a real business tool.

Here is what integration looks like in practice: a customer sends an enquiry. The AI reads it. Checks the knowledge base. Classifies the request. Creates the lead in the CRM. Books a meeting. Sends a confirmation. Notifies staff. All connected. No manual steps.

Without integration, AI is just another standalone tool. With integration, it becomes part of how your business runs.

Comparison showing gaps in off-the-shelf AI versus custom-built solutions

When off-the-shelf tools are not enough

Off-the-shelf AI tools can be useful starting points. But they often do not understand your business properly, do not connect deeply into your systems, do not follow your internal processes, do not handle your specific permissions and security requirements, and cannot manage unique workflows.

Custom AI development is worth it when you need better fit, stronger integration with your existing tools, more control over how data is handled, private data processing, workflow automation that follows your rules, or a solution built around how your operations actually work.

We are not anti off-the-shelf. Sometimes a SaaS tool is the right answer. We will tell you if it is. But when generic tools leave gaps, custom development fills them.

How We Work

How our ai integration services australia actually run

Every project is different, but the five-step structure stays the same. Discovery, proof of concept on your real data, production build, test and deploy, then ongoing monitoring and improvement.

Discovery & Scoping

We review your workflows, data sources, and the systems you want AI connected to. We identify which AI capabilities will make the biggest difference and define a realistic scope, budget, and success metrics.

Proof of Concept

We build a working version using your actual data. You see real AI processing your real documents, answering real questions, or classifying real emails before investing in a full build. If it does not work well enough, we stop here.

Build & Integrate

We develop the production solution and connect it to your systems. Xero, CRM, email, job management, whatever you use. Weekly demos keep you in the loop. Your team can test and give feedback throughout.

Test & Deploy

We test accuracy, edge cases, security, and performance with real scenarios your team provides. Once it meets the targets we agreed on, we deploy to production with full monitoring and error handling.

Monitor & Improve

AI gets better with feedback. We monitor accuracy, retrain models as your data evolves, and add new capabilities as you find more things to automate. Ongoing support keeps the solution delivering.

FAQs

Common questions about AI development

What do ai development and integration services actually deliver?

A working AI solution built around your business, connected to your existing tools. That means chatbots that know your services, document processors that read your invoice formats, agents that follow your rules, or ML models trained on your data, all wired into Xero, HubSpot, ServiceM8, SharePoint, or whatever your team already uses. You get the code, the prompts, the pipelines and the source.

What does custom ai development services mean in practice?

Custom means the solution is built around how your business actually works. Not a template. Not a widget you drop onto your website. The chatbot knows your services, the document processor reads your invoice format, the automation follows your approval rules, and everything writes to your systems in the format your team expects.

What do ai integration services australia connect to?

Any system with an API. Common ones: HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho for CRM. Xero, MYOB, NetSuite, Business Central for accounting. ServiceM8, SimPRO, Tradify for jobs. SharePoint, Teams, Outlook, Google Workspace, Slack for docs and comms. Plus custom databases, legacy systems and file-based feeds. If it has an API, we connect it.

What does ai api integration services actually look like?

We build the API layer, the AI logic, and the connection into your existing software. That includes OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Azure OpenAI, or open-source models. Add authentication, rate limiting, error handling, logging and monitoring. The end result is your existing system calling AI features as if they were part of the platform.

Can you add AI to our existing software?

Yes. Most of our work is adding AI to existing systems, not building from scratch. If your software has an API, database access or webhook support, we can add AI features to it. We also build new applications with AI baked in from day one.

How much does a business ai integration company cost?

Fixed price after scoping. A focused proof of concept sits at the lower end. Full production solutions are larger and depend on complexity, number of integrations, and data volume. Ongoing costs like OpenAI or Anthropic model usage get scoped during discovery so you know the monthly run-rate.

How long do enterprise ai integration services take?

Proof of concept runs 4 to 6 weeks on your real data. Full production build with integrations, testing and deployment runs 8 to 16 weeks depending on complexity. We deliver in phases so you see working results every 2 weeks and can shift priorities as you see them.

Why not just use an off-the-shelf AI tool?

Sometimes you should. If a SaaS tool does what you need at the price you can pay, we will tell you. But off-the-shelf AI often does not connect deeply enough to your systems, does not follow your specific processes, cannot handle your unique workflows, and gives you limited control over your data. Custom fills those gaps when generic is not enough.

Tell us what you need AI to do

Describe the process, workflow or capability. Which systems does it need to plug into? What data is involved? We come back with an honest assessment and a fixed-price quote within 48 hours.

Prefer a quick chat? Call 0425 531 127. We answer the phone in Perth.