AI consulting for Australian small business

Your business,
on autopilot.

We build AI systems that actually run parts of your business. Six productised packages from $497 AUD, plus custom builds. Audit-first. No lock-in. Australian-owned.

Book a free 30-min audit See the six packages →

Built and edited by Jenn, Director, DotVA + Editor, On Autopilot. Replies within one business day, AEST. Email her direct: jenn@onautopilot.com.au.

Jenn Yang, Director, DotVA + Editor, On Autopilot, at her desk in Melbourne
Jenn Founder · Melbourne
  • 50+ Australian SMBs shipped
  • $497+ From, fixed AUD price
  • 4 weeks Median time to live
  • 1 business day Reply from Jenn, AEST

Sound familiar

Your business is running.
It's just not running itself.

Inventory eats 6 hours of your week.

Spreadsheets, screenshots from suppliers, stocktake on Sundays. Our Claude Code agent does the same job in 87 seconds for $0.04 a day. Catches stockouts hours before your team's morning standup.

Every missed call is a $2,000 job walking away.

You're on the tools, the phone rings, voicemail catches it. Lead's gone. AI receptionist answers in your voice, qualifies the job, books the quote slot, texts you the address. Saturdays back.

$60,000 a year on admin you could be paying $5 a month for.

Two part-time admin roles inside one Melbourne Shopify brand, replaced by a single AI agent. Wages: $60k/year. API costs: $5/month. They keep their team for the work that actually needs humans.

Your competitors are already running AI. You're still pricing it.

Belle Property, McGrath, Xero, Cliniko — the AI rollout has already started in your category. Every week you delay is a week your competitors compound the operational gap. We've shipped for 50+ Australian operators.

You don't need another AI course. You need a Melbourne operator who's already shipped this 50 times, with a fixed AUD price and a 4-week timeline.

Jenn Yang at her Melbourne desk reviewing notes for an AI build
Jenn, mid-build, Melbourne · May 2026

A recent build

We replaced two part-time admin roles inside a Melbourne Shopify skincare brand with one Claude Code agent. Roughly $60,000 AUD a year in wages, swapped for $5 AUD a month in API. Catches stockouts hours earlier than humans ever could, and runs while everyone's asleep.

Read the build  → 3 minute read · published May 2026

Built for your industry

Pick the shape of your business.
We've shipped it before.

Each row below is a system we already run for an Australian operator at your scale. Click in for the specifics, or skip straight to a free audit and we'll quote you on the call.

Don't see your shape? Book a free 30-minute audit  → We've built for migration agents, podcast networks, manufacturers, NDIS providers and more.

Free interactive tool · 30 seconds

Not sure what AI is worth in your business?
See the number before you book the call.

The AI Savings Estimator takes 4 inputs (industry, staff size, admin hours, hourly cost), runs the same math we use on the audit call, and gives you an honest AUD figure plus the agent we'd build first. No email gate. No follow-up sequence.

Run the estimator  →

Why us

You've already considered four other paths.
Here's why none of them ship.

vs.

Another AI course

$2,000 cohort. 6 weeks of Zoom. You finish with prompts in a Google Doc and no working system. The work-stops-when-you-stop problem.

We build the agents. They run after you close the laptop. Forever.

Read the comparison  →

vs.

An Upwork freelancer

$40/hr Manila prompt-engineer who's never touched Xero, Shopify or AHPRA compliance. Output looks fine until production. Costly cleanup.

Built by an Australian operator who's shipped against your exact stack. 50+ times.

Read the comparison  →

vs.

A transformation consultancy

$50k retainer. 16-week roadmap. Three partners on the call. Six months in you have a maturity-model deck and one half-built integration.

Fixed AUD price. Live in 4 weeks. No transformation theatre. No retainer hours that vanish.

Read the comparison  →

vs.

DIY with ChatGPT

Everyone on the team has a Plus subscription. Nobody's orchestrating. You're getting 8% of the value the tools can deliver, in scattered chat windows.

We install Claude Code across the team in a day and turn scattered prompts into shared, version-controlled systems.

Read the comparison  →

Audit-first, fixed AUD prices, no lock-in, no offshore call centre. Built by an Australian operator (Jenn) who has shipped this for 50+ Australian SMBs and replies inside one business day, AEST.

Productised packages

Six packages with fixed AUD prices.
Live in 5–14 days.

Most enquiries land on one of these. Pick what fits, apply, Jenn comes back inside one business day with a build slot. No retainer hours, no vague scope, no offshore call centre.

1

AI Lead Engine

Every enquiry triaged, qualified and replied to in your voice, in under 5 minutes, even at 11pm on a Sunday.

Popular for · Real estate · agencies · brokers

$2,000 AUD setup · + $499 AUD/month

Read the brief  →

2

AI Front Desk

An always-on receptionist for service businesses, answers enquiries after 5pm, books appointments, sends reminders, escalates the tricky ones.

Popular for · Tradies · clinics · hospitality

$1,500 AUD setup · + $199 AUD/month

Read the brief  →

3

AI Inventory Watch

An overnight agent that audits your stock, flags problems, and pings your team before you've finished your coffee.

Popular for · Shopify · DTC brands · retailers

$497 AUD setup · + $99 AUD/month

Read the brief →

4

AI Content Engine

A content production line in your brand voice, Instagram, LinkedIn, blog, newsletter, drafted, scheduled, and refined from what actually performs.

Popular for · Cafes · D2C brands · agencies

$1,500 AUD setup · + $499 AUD/month

Read the brief →

5

AI Bookkeeping Assist

An AI assistant for your existing bookkeeper, Xero categorisation, monthly draft prep, BAS sanity check before lodgement.

Popular for · Bookkeepers · accounting firms

$1,500 AUD setup · + $399 AUD/month

Read the brief →

6

Claude Code Setup Day

One intensive day. Claude Code live on your laptop. CLAUDE.md tuned to your business. First agent shipped. You leave knowing how to run it.

Popular for · Agencies · law firms · solo founders

$1,500 AUD fixed

Read the brief →

Don't see your shape? Most custom builds start with a free 30-minute audit. Book one →

How it works

Three steps to a business
that runs itself.

01

We audit your business.

A 60-minute call where we map every process. We find the repetitive work, the bottlenecks, the things that should already be running on their own. Free. No obligation.

02

We build your systems.

We design, build and deploy AI systems connected to your existing tools. Shopify, Xero, Gmail, Meta, your CRM. Live in 5–14 working days for productised builds; 1–3 weeks for custom.

03

Your business runs itself.

Systems run 24/7. Social posts go out. Stock alerts fire. Leads get followed up. Reports land in your inbox. We're here to adjust, improve and add more.

Systems in the wild

We don't ship demos.
We ship apps that pay for themselves.

A custom ERP we shipped for a wholesale pantry brand (rebranded for confidentiality). Plus the CRMs, dashboards and daily agents already running for other Australian SMBs underneath.

🔒 inventory.saltlinepantry.com.au

Custom ERP · shipped in 4 weeks

Inventory › Demand Forecast
Live · synced 06:24 AEST
JM

Demand Forecast

62 SKUs · 8-month rolling forecast with seasonality. Sub-packs rolled into parent on-hand automatically.

Forecast accuracy

96.2%

↑ 1.8% vs last cycle

Reorder needed

8 SKUs

↓ 3 from last week

Projected Q4 demand

$284K AUD

↑ 12.4% YoY

Avg lead time

42 days

→ flat

Per-SKU forecast

Showing 9 of 62 · sorted by projected Dec demand

SKU Product Status On hand Avg/mo Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 8mo trend
EVOO-500 Cold-Pressed Olive Oil 500ml REORDER 12,840 4,820 4,640 4,720 5,140 5,820 7,210
EVOO-250 Cold-Pressed Olive Oil 250ml HEALTHY 8,540 3,210 3,090 3,160 3,480 3,920 4,810
VIN-BAL-12 12-Year Aged Balsamic 250ml REORDER 4,210 1,140 1,020 1,150 1,340 1,640 2,310
SAL-MUR-250 Murray River Salt Flakes 250g HEALTHY 6,890 2,470 2,380 2,460 2,640 3,020 4,140
CHI-CRSP-200 Crispy Chilli Oil 200g LOW 1,420 1,810 1,740 1,860 2,040 2,310 3,140
HON-WLD-500 Wildflower Honey 500g REORDER 5,140 1,930 2,180 2,340 2,510 2,840 3,690
JAM-FIG-250 Fig & Vanilla Jam 250g REORDER 2,840 720 810 880 950 1,140 1,580
MUS-DJN-180 Dijon Mustard 180g HEALTHY 4,510 1,240 1,180 1,290 1,420 1,640 2,210
PEP-PNK-50 Pink Peppercorns 50g LOW 840 480 450 510 580 720 1,040

Forecast model: Claude Code agent · MAPE ±4.2% against 12-mo actuals · next re-run 02:00 AEST

1 of 7

$18,000

Build cost · AUD once

$2,400/mo

SaaS stack it replaced

4 weeks

From kickoff to live

7.5×

3-year ROI vs the SaaS

Cin7 + spreadsheets replaced. Custom seasonality model, supplier-side PO tracking, kit logic, role-based permissions. They own the codebase.

Also live in production for Australian clients

  • Sales CRM kanban$24k AUD
  • DTC command centre$12k AUD
  • Slack inventory agent$3k AUD
  • Daily lead engine digest$2k AUD
  • Claude Code morning agent$1.5k AUD

Bespoke builds $8k–$40k AUD depending on scope. Most pay for themselves inside the first 6 months. Get a custom quote in 30 min  →

Pricing

Fixed AUD prices. Quoted on the call. No retainer surprises.

Six productised packages, each with a fixed AUD price. Most clients start here, then layer on a Growth retainer once one is live:

Compare all six →

Or work with us on a monthly retainer:

Quick Start

$497 AUD · one-off

We audit your business and build your first automation. Proof that this works, before you commit to anything bigger.

  • 60-minute business audit
  • 1 automation built and deployed
  • Connected to your existing tools
  • Handover call + documentation
  • Australian support, direct from our team
Apply (1 hour, $497)

For most clients →

Growth

$2,000 AUD / month · 10 hours

10 hours of AI build and support each month. We keep building new systems, optimising existing ones and handling anything that breaks.

  • 10 hours of dedicated build time
  • New automations built monthly
  • Maintenance + optimisation of existing systems
  • Monthly strategy call
  • Priority Australian support
Apply (audit first)

Scale

$4,000 AUD / month · 20 hours

For businesses ready to go all in. 20 hours of build time, complex system builds, plus a dedicated VA to handle the tasks AI can't.

  • 20 hours of dedicated build time
  • Complex system builds (full social autopilot, outreach agents)
  • Dedicated managed VA for human tasks
  • Fortnightly strategy calls
  • Same-day Australian support
Email Jenn directly

All plans include Australian-based support, AEST replies inside one business day, and full code/prompt/config handover. No lock-in contracts. No offshore call centres. You own everything we build, even if you stop working with us.

A real build

Case study · Melbourne Shopify skincare brand

$5/month in API costs.
Stockouts caught hours earlier.
Zero touch from the team.

We built a Claude Code agent that audits the brand's Shopify inventory every night before 7am AEST. It cross-checks against Xero, flags image gaps + pricing anomalies, and posts the digest to Slack before the team's morning standup.

Total runtime: about 90 seconds. Total API cost: roughly $5 AUD a month. Average stockout response dropped from 8+ hours to under 30 minutes, measurable in protected ad spend on top-10 SKUs.

48+

Australian businesses served, May 2026

15+ hrs

Of weekly admin shifted to AI, on average

100%

Australian-owned · Boring Ventures Pty Ltd · ABN 67 671 943 758

From the writing desk

The most recent six.

Practical AI for Australian small business. Tutorials, guides, case studies, tool reviews. Updated weekly.

Claude Code

How to install Claude Code on Windows and Mac, the Australian 2026 guide

Step-by-step install of Claude Code on Windows + Mac. Includes the VS Code extension, your first run, the PowerShell quirks no-one warns Windows users about, and a 5-minute first-agent build.

19/05/2026 · Read the deep dive →
 Guide

AI for ad copywriting: Meta + Google Ads in 2026 (Australian playbook)

How to use Claude and ChatGPT to ship 10x more ad creative variants without dropping conversion rates. Real prompts, real testing patterns, real Australian examples.

19/05/2026 · Read the guide →
 Guide

AI for B2B sales outreach: the Australian 2026 cold email + LinkedIn playbook

How to use Claude + ChatGPT to ship 10x more B2B outreach without becoming the spam that everyone deletes. Real prompts, real targeting, real reply-rate numbers.

19/05/2026 · Read the guide →
 Guide

AI for email: the inbox-zero playbook for Australian small business (2026)

How to use Claude and ChatGPT to triage, draft, and respond to email at 3x speed without losing your voice. Real workflows, real prompts, no Microsoft Copilot required.

19/05/2026 · Read the guide →
 Guide

AI for creative agencies: the Australian edition (Claude, voice work and client briefs)

How Australian creative agencies are using Claude in 2026 for multi-brand voice work, faster client briefs, draft cycles cut from days to hours, and the line between AI-assisted craft and the work clients are actually paying for. AUD pricing, team plans, and the patterns that don't kill the craft.

19/05/2026 · Read the guide →
 Guide

AI for Excel + Google Sheets: 9 things Claude/ChatGPT do that change your week

Concrete spreadsheet workflows where Claude and ChatGPT save Australian small business owners 2-5 hours a week. Real prompts, real examples, real numbers.

19/05/2026 · Read the guide →
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FAQ

Questions? We've got
answers

No. We build and deploy everything. You tell us what's eating your time, and we build the systems to fix it. You don't need to understand how any of it works.
Whatever you already use. Shopify, Xero, Gmail, Outlook, Meta, Google Workspace, your booking system, your CRM. We build AI systems on top of your existing stack. We can also connect tools that don't currently talk to each other.
The opposite. AI handles the boring, repetitive stuff so you have more time to be personal with your clients. Your clients won't know AI is involved. They'll just notice you're more responsive.
Even better. We set up AI to handle the repetitive tasks your VA is doing now, which frees them up for the work that actually needs a human brain. You get more done without adding more hours.
The Quick Start is a one-off $497 AUD where we audit your business and build your first automation. From there, the Growth plan is $2,000 per month for 10 hours of build and support time. The Scale plan is $4,000 per month for 20 hours plus a dedicated VA. Every engagement starts with a free audit call.
Us. Locally. We're an Australian team based in Melbourne. You talk to us directly, not an offshore call centre. We build your systems, we support them, and we're available during Australian business hours.
Your automations keep running. If you want ongoing support, new systems built, and someone to keep optimising as your business grows, that's what our monthly plans are for. But there's no obligation. If the Quick Start is all you need, that's fine too.

The AI rollout already started in your category. Don't watch it from outside.

Book a free 30-minute audit with Jenn. She maps your business live on the call, names the three highest-ROI agents we'd build, quotes them fixed AUD on the spot. No deck. No pitch theatre. No obligation.

Or email Jenn directly: jenn@onautopilot.com.au, reply within 1 business day, AEST.

No lock-in. No obligation. Just a conversation about what's possible.