Knowledge assistants
Search internal information and answer questions with source references using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
AI Development · South Africa & remote
Build AI into your business.
Practical AI development and integration for South African businesses. Help your team find information, process documents and reduce repetitive work with tools designed around a measurable need.
Free estimate · Requirements reviewed by the studio · No obligation
Start with the work that needs improving.
AI is useful when it helps someone complete a task more accurately or with less effort. We first identify the bottleneck, the available data and how you will judge whether the result is useful.
A focused proof of concept can test quality, cost and data access before a wider rollout. Human review, source references and fallback behaviour belong in the design.
What we can build
Useful software. A considered scope.
Document processing
Extract and structure information from documents, with validation and review for uncertain results.
Support workflows
Assist with response drafting, information retrieval and routing while keeping escalation to people clear.
Internal copilots & agents
Connect LLM APIs to business workflows with scoped permissions, approval steps and limits on actions.
Built into the process
The details behind the experience.
- Use-case assessment
- LLM API integration
- RAG and AI search
- Data access boundaries
- Output evaluation
- Cost and usage controls
From concept to launch
A clear path to a working product.
01
Understand & scope
We discuss your users, goals and constraints. Together we define the essential features, dependencies and a sensible first milestone.
02
Design & develop
Review the main journeys and working software as it takes shape. Feedback stays close to the build, with changes discussed openly.
03
Test, launch & improve
Test the important workflows, prepare deployment and handover, then agree what support and iteration should look like.
Your next step
Have a project in mind?
Share your goals and a little about the project. We’ll review the details and discuss a practical next step.
Free project estimate · No obligation
Technology with a purpose
A stack that fits the job.
We choose tools around the product, integrations and maintenance needs. The final stack is agreed during technical planning.
- TypeScript
- Node.js
- PostgreSQL
- AI / LLM APIs
From the studio
Test the idea before a wider rollout.
For AI work, we begin with a bounded use case and representative examples. Together we agree what a useful result looks like, test the quality and operating costs, and review the findings before committing to a broader build.
Before we begin
Your questions, answered.
Do we need to train our own model?
Often an existing model with access to the right context is a useful starting point. We assess retrieval, prompting and integration before considering a more specialised approach.
Can AI use our private company documents?
Potentially, with appropriate permission and access controls. We review the data, provider terms and storage requirements before connecting documents to a model.
How do you handle incorrect answers?
We design evaluation cases, source references, human review and fallback paths around the task. AI output should not be treated as automatically correct, especially for consequential decisions.
Your next step
Let’s turn your idea into working software.
Share your goals and a little about the project. We’ll review the details and discuss a practical next step.
Free project estimate · No obligation