How long until it's running?

Usually 2–3 weeks to a working V1 solution. Bigger builds with multiple integrations take longer, and we scope that upfront so there are no surprises.

Do I have to replace the tools we already use?

No. We build around your existing setup – Xero, QuickBooks, your CRM, your cloud, whatever runs your business today. Nothing gets ripped out, and your team doesn't learn a new system from scratch. The automation simply plugs into what's already there.

What happens if something breaks after launch?

Every system comes with a 12-month guarantee. If it breaks, we fix it – no invoices, no arguments.

Yes. We follow SOC 2 practices, GDPR and HIPAA where applicable, with encrypted data in transit and at rest, role-based access, and full audit logs. In regulated work like payroll or healthcare, we also keep a human approval step by design – critical actions never run fully unattended.

How do we know if automation is even worth it for us?

Honestly – if your processes run fine and manual work isn't hurting you, save your money and time. Automation is worth it when the mess is real: hours lost every week, errors piling up, work that can't scale. If that's you, Discovery is where we map it out – and you get a dedicated person who walks through every process with you and shows exactly what's worth automating and what isn't.

AI Automation Services

For businesses where manual work has become the bottleneck – we engineer the AI systems that handle it, end to end.

Production-grade AI, engineered to your company – not no-code templates. Covered by a 12-month guarantee.

See how it works

15,000+hours/month automated

68businesses automated

2–3 weeksto first working agent

SEE YOUR AUTOMATION IN 15 SECONDS

Watch us turn your busyworkinto an agent

Type one task you do by hand. We'll map exactly how we automate it, how many hours it saves, and how fast it ships.

CASE STUDIES

Real clients.Real revenue.

Every case is a repeatable system we built and shipped.

Case study · Maritime cybersecurity

Real-time protection for IT and OT systems at sea

Fleets ran on more and more digital systems at sea – communication, IT and OT – with no centralized cyber protection, low bandwidth on board and legacy systems that were hard to secure.

WHAT IT COST

$80K

TIME TO LIVE

8 months

100

fleets secured in the first year

1M+

cyber threats mitigated

95%

fewer security incidents

See how it works

FROM

→

No central cyber protection for IT, OT and comms on board

↓→

AI monitors every vessel in real time → threats stopped, fleet compliant

Case study · Manufacturing

Edge-AI circularity intelligence platform

Scrap was sorted by eye at remote sites and plant data sat in ERP, SCADA and lab files, so no one could score circularity or see where material went.

WHAT IT COST

$60K

TIME TO LIVE

16 weeks

first pilot

+40%

in defect detection

Automated

forecasting

Rare metals

tracking

See how it works

CIRCULA material analysis screen with a Cradle to Cradle score

FROM

→

Scrap sorted by eye; plant data scattered across ERP, SCADA and lab files

↓→

Edge AI classifies on-device → C2C score and a traceable baseline

Case study · CIS payroll

Sales & lead re-engagement

Their CRM was a mess – no analytics, no calendar sync, conversations not linked to leads. Working the existing base – chasing, qualifying, booking calls – was done entirely by hand.

WHAT IT COST

$4–6K

TIME TO LIVE

3.5 weeks

2 FTE → 0

no humans in the loop

Replies in minutes

not days

Calls auto-booked

straight to calendar

Desk piled with printed reports and a calculator

FROM

→

2 people chasing & booking leads by hand

↓→

LLM writes, qualifies & books calls on its own

Case study · Healthcare payroll

Multi-system payroll automation

Two accountants spent ~2 weeks each cycle: entering medics' hours by hand, chasing doctors for sign-off, then paying everyone manually.

INTEGRATIONS BUILT

Xero
QuickBooks
SignNow
Banking API
Email

WHAT IT COST

$11K

TIME TO LIVE

10 weeks

2 weeks → 45 min

per payroll cycle

2 accountants → 0

in the loop

120+ medics/mo

paid, nurses to surgeons

FROM

→

2 accountants, 2 weeks – entering hours, chasing sign-offs, paying by hand

↓→

AI builds a 3D model & flags every flaw in seconds

CLIENT VIDEOS

Don't take our word for it.Hear it from them.

Unscripted video reviews from the teams we built for.

5.0 on ClutchRead all reviews

HOW IT WORKS

How we work

From first call to production – a clear path, fixed scope, no open-ended projects.

Automation Audit

FREE

✦ Start here

We map your processes on a call and pinpoint the single highest-ROI workflow to automate first.

Discovery

PAID

A deep dive into your systems and data – process mapping, technical spec, and a fixed scope you sign off on before we build.

V1 Solution

1–4 WEEKS

A working V1 of your automated solution, built to solve one specific manual process end-to-end – running live on your real data.

Build & Integrate

Production-grade engineering, integrated into your existing stack. Timeline scoped to the work.

Run & Optimize

Monitoring, tuning and iteration once live. Project-based or monthly retainer.

WORKS WITH YOUR TOOLS

We don't replace how you work.We plug into it.

No brand-new system to learn from scratch. We integrate into the tools you already use – Xero, QuickBooks, your cloud, and 100+ other integrations.No brand-new system to learn from scratch. We integrate into the tools you already use – Xero, QuickBooks, your cloud, and 100+ other integrations – so it never feels like building a new company. It feels like adding a tireless AI worker who never sleeps, knows your processes inside out, and gets it right every time.

✦YOURAUTOMATION

SlackCommunication

DropboxCloud Storage

Google DriveCloud Storage

XeroAccounting

QuickBooksAccounting

OutlookEmail

GmailEmail

HubSpotCRM

+100MOREINTEGRATIONS

✦YOURAUTOMATION

SlackCommunication

DropboxCloud Storage

Google DriveCloud Storage

XeroAccounting

QuickBooksAccounting

OutlookEmail

GmailEmail

HubSpotCRM

+100MOREINTEGRATIONS

Why CGS Team

How we build

"We use a spec-driven AI development approach. Before a single line is written, we turn your process into a detailed spec – every rule, every edge case, documented. AI then builds against that spec, and our engineers review every line. The spec is what makes it fast: no guesswork, no rewrites, no back-and-forth."

65%

lower cost

3.4×

faster delivery

High production

quality

✓
99% test coverage on production code
✓
98% of releases ship without a single bug
✓
140,000+ hours of combined uptime across our systems

Covered for a full year

Every system we ship comes with a 12-month guarantee. If something breaks, we fix it – no invoices, no arguments.

Fixed price. No surprises.

You get the full price before we start – and it doesn't move. No hourly billing, no scope creep, no invoices you didn't expect. What we quote is what you pay.

FAQ

Anywhere from $2K for a small, focused automation to $8–9K for a full multi-system build. You get a fixed price after Discovery – before any work starts. Every case study on this page shows real numbers.