Automationthatpaysforitself.
We build AI systems and custom software that turn manual work into measurable ROI - for Canadian SMBs and founders ready to ship.
No pitch. Just a real conversation.
4–8 wk
Time to live
<90 days
Typical ROI
100% senior
On every line
Why teams come to us
If any of this sounds familiar, we should talk.
Your team spends hours on work software should do.
Every week, the same tasks. Quoting, follow-ups, data entry, status reports. The cost compounds.
Your tools don't talk to each other.
CRM, accounting, support, email. Five logins to do one thing. Information slips through the cracks.
You have an idea but no way to build it.
You can see the product clearly. The dev quotes you've gotten don't match the budget you have.
How we operate
Numbers we're willing to put on a contract.
Time to live system
From kickoff to production. Most engagements ship sooner.
Typical ROI window
Most automation pays itself back inside a single quarter.
Senior-led delivery
The person who scopes your engagement is the one who builds it.
What we build
Four ways we help teams automate and ship.
We pick a small number of things and do them well. Each one ends in shipped software you own - and a measurable result you can put on a P&L.
What this looks like in practice
22-person insurance brokerage. 3 hours → 8 minutes.
Names withheld. Numbers are real. This is the kind of engagement we ship most months.
Before
~3 hours per new client. Document collection, manual quote sheets, copy-paste between four tools.
What we built
Workflow automation engine on edge compute, backed by a managed database. Document ingestion → structured extraction → quote generation → CRM update, end-to-end.
After
8 minutes of human review per client. Same team, ~22× the throughput. Paid back in 11 weeks.
$0 added headcount. Same staff, automated where it counts.
See workflow automationHow we work
A predictable path from problem to production.
Discover
1–2 weeks · paid
We map your workflows, rank opportunities by ROI, and produce a roadmap. You leave with a plan whether you build with us or not.
Build
4–8 weeks · fixed price
We design, build, integrate, and deploy. ROI-anchored from day one - we don't bill hours, we deliver outcomes.
Care
Optional monthly
Monitoring, tuning, edge cases, and small new features. Your system gets better over time as your business evolves.
Every engagement starts with a paid audit. No free proposals, no guesswork.
Honest comparison
We're not the only option. We are the right one if -
You want senior delivery, fixed pricing, Canadian residency, and something live in weeks. If two of those don't matter, hire someone else.
Criterion
Time to first live system
In-house
Agency
Automine
Criterion
Year-1 cost
In-house
Agency
Automine
Criterion
Senior on every line of code
In-house
Agency
Automine
Criterion
You own the code, day one
In-house
Agency
Automine
Criterion
SR&ED-ready documentation
In-house
Agency
Automine
Criterion
Canadian data residency
In-house
Agency
Automine
Why teams choose us
We're built different on purpose.
Outcome-priced, not hourly.
You pay for results, not time. Every engagement has a defined success metric.
Canadian data residency.
Canadian-resident managed database on a global edge network. PIPEDA and Quebec Law 25 aware by default.
SR&ED-eligible.
Most of our build engagements qualify for Canadian R&D tax credits.
Senior-led delivery.
The person who scopes your project is the one who builds it. No junior pass-throughs.
Frequently asked
Answers, not adjectives.
The ones we get on every audit call. If yours isn't here, ask it on the call - we'll answer it directly.
How is this different from a traditional dev shop?
Two ways. First: senior-only delivery - the person scoping your engagement is the one writing the code. Second: outcome-priced, not hourly. We commit to a result before we commit to a build, and we don't bill against estimates.
How long does an engagement actually take?
Discover is 1–2 weeks. Build is 4–8 weeks for most engagements. You'll have a fixed price and timeline at the end of Discover - before you commit to anything beyond it.
What does pricing look like?
Discover engagements start at $4K. Most Build projects land between $25K and $80K. We give you a fixed quote at the end of Discover so there are no surprises - and you can walk away without owing us anything for the build.
Will any of this qualify for SR&ED?
Most of our custom builds do. We flag SR&ED-eligible work during scoping, document it the way the CRA wants to see it, and hand the package to your accountant. We don't file for you - we just make it filable.
Where does our data live?
Canadian residency by default - managed database with Canadian zones, global edge network with Canadian points of presence. PIPEDA- and Quebec Law 25-aware out of the box. We never use your data to train external models, and self-hosted is on the table when it has to be.
Do you work with non-Canadian clients?
Yes - but the infrastructure we ship still defaults to Canadian residency unless you explicitly ask otherwise. Most of our clients are Canadian SMBs and founders.
What if we already use a workflow automation tool?
Great. We integrate with what you have, and we'll only suggest replacing it if there's a clear technical reason. We're not loyal to any one tool - we're loyal to your outcome.
Our products
We build our own software, too.
We don't just build for clients. We ship our own products to prove the methods we use.
Find out what's automatable in 30 minutes.
Free 30-minute call. No pitch. We'll tell you what we can automate, what we can't, and what it would cost.
We reply within 1 business day.