Saves time
We map the current work
A focused audit finds where requests, documents and decisions lose hours. No long discovery process.
01 Inbox
02 Business records
03 Team handoffs
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Make Google AI, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Claude Work for Your Business
Modern teams run on scattered tools, manual handoffs and hidden admin. Find where AI can remove repetitive work, see the likely annual value, and leave with a clear first implementation your team can own.
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Free AI opportunity assessment
Find the first AI workflow worth implementing
No website?
No loginPublic pages onlyIndicative estimate
One useful workflow first.
Designed around your people, tools and approval points.
Built around the tools your team already uses
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Outlook
Microsoft Teams
Microsoft PowerPoint
OneDrive
SharePoint
OneNote
Gmail
Google Sheets
Google Drive
Slack
Xero
Salesforce
Notion
Trello
Asana
Zoom
DropboxProblem
Manual work compounds. Can you see where?
Small delays across intake, approvals, reporting and follow-up quietly become lost capacity. The audit makes those costs visible before recommending any technology.
Which request still starts with manual sorting?
Where does your team retype the same information?
Which leads wait until someone checks the inbox?
What work stops when one person is unavailable?
How many systems get reconciled by hand?
Which customer update is still chased by hand?Which request still starts with manual sorting?Where does your team retype the same information?Which leads wait until someone checks the inbox?How it works
From your website to a working system in four steps
You can stop after step one. The assessment is free and yours to keep.
01
Run the free assessment
Enter your website. We read it, name the workflow worth automating first, and show the indicative value and the price. No email required to see it.
02
Talk it through
Ask for a fit call and Tylar, who does the build, sends a booking link within one business day. Challenge the assumptions before you spend anything.
03
Reserve the window
The kickoff deposit, from $1,500, secures your start date and pays for the scoping. We agree the measurable target before any build begins.
04
Build and hand over
The workflow goes live with your team, who own it. The logic, configuration and documentation are yours.
Outcome guarantee. We agree one measurable target before the build starts. If your workflow has not met it 90 days after handover, we keep working on that workflow at no extra cost until it does. Read the terms
Pricing
Fixed prices, published up front
Run the free assessment and we tell you which one your first workflow needs. You are not committed to any of them to find out.
AI Workflow Launch
3 weeks$4,800
$1,500 kickoff deposit
Put one useful, production-ready AI workflow into your team's hands.
- One mapped and implemented workflow
- Up to two existing-tool integrations
- Human approval, testing and team handover
AI Workflow Accelerator
5-6 weeks$9,500
$2,850 kickoff deposit
Connect the first workflow across more of the operation and measure the return.
- One multi-step production workflow
- Up to four integrations and an operations view
- Team rollout plus 30 days of optimisation
Owned Workflow System
8-10 weeks$18,000
$5,400 kickoff deposit
Own a custom operating layer around the first workflow, with room to build from it.
- Custom workflow layer across teams or stages
- Role controls, audit trail and priority integrations
- Team rollout, measurement and 60-day roadmap
Prices are in Australian dollars. The kickoff deposit is non-refundable because scoping starts immediately. See the refund policy and the outcome guarantee.
Done for you
Your first AI workflow, done for you
We map the work, build the workflow around the tools you already use, test it with your team, and hand it over. You save time, cut cost and reduce errors without becoming an AI expert.
Cuts cost
We build it for you
The repetitive steps run automatically inside your existing tools. Approvals and exceptions stay with your team.
New customer updateAI draft
Customer update drafted. Notes and next steps are ready for review.
Approval required before sending
Improves accuracy
We prove the return
Time saved, cost avoided and rework are measured against the original workflow before anything expands.
Time
12h
saved each week
Cost
$1.9k
avoided each month
Accuracy
68%
less rework and re-typing
Workflow performance tracked from day one
The boring work AI takes off your team, inside the software you already own
Customer follow-ups sent on time 3.5h/wk savedInbox triaged every morning 4h/wk savedStatus updates posted for the team 2h/wk savedMeeting actions captured 1.5h/wk savedCall notes summarised and filed 2.5h/wk savedData typed once, synced everywhere 5h/wk savedReports compiled without copy-paste 3h/wk savedInvoices drafted and reconciled 4.5h/wk savedProposals and documents drafted 3h/wk savedCRM updated after every call 2.5h/wk savedFiles named and filed consistently 1.5h/wk savedAttachments filed to the right client 2h/wk savedHandover notes kept current 2h/wk savedTasks created from new requests 2.5h/wk savedDocument approvals routed 3h/wk savedYour decision layer
The intelligence behind your first AI workflow
A recommendation only matters when the assumptions are visible. Every estimate connects the current work, the proposed change and the expected return.
01Business context
Start informed, not from a blank form
Your website pre-fills the likely services, customer journey and workflow entry points. You correct what matters instead of documenting the whole business.
Business profile
Northstar Ops
Industry
Broad services
Team
5-50 people
Primary work
Intake & handoffs
Current stack
Inbox + spreadsheets
Confirm the highest-value bottleneck
02Opportunity model
See the return and challenge the assumptions
Savings are shown as a range, with the weekly time cost, recoverable percentage and capacity rate kept visible for refinement.
Modeled annual capacity
$18k-$29k
12h
weekly cost
35-55%
recoverable
$55
capacity rate
03
A recommendation you can inspect
The output names the first workflow, what changes, what stays under human control, the delivery window and an indicative package.
Build my recommendationRecommended first build
AI intake and follow-up workflow
Capture requests from inboxes and forms
Draft summaries, tasks and replies
Review, approve and update the source systems
Indicative implementationfrom $4,800
From rented stack to owned system
Own the software and workflows that run your business
Stop stacking generic subscriptions around spreadsheets and inboxes. Keep the specialist tools that earn their place, then own the operating layer connecting them.
Built around your business
Replace layers of friction with one operating system
Your rules, approvals and data flow become a business asset instead of another monthly subscription carrying a generic process.
Reduce duplicate subscriptions
Retire tools that only bridge gaps between other tools.
Own the workflow
Control the rules, approvals and interface your team depends on.
1
source of truth
3
approval controls
0
manual re-entry
Connected operations
Your tools. Your rules. One workflow.
Owned
Your operationsRequest ready
Approve
Exception found
Review
Follow-up due
Send
Implementation, not theatre
Built around the business you already run
The work starts with the existing process and tools, then removes the smallest number of steps needed to create a measurable result.
A working system, not another strategy deck
We map, build and hand over the first workflow with the people who use it.
01
Audit the real workflow
02
Connect what already works
03
Ship with human control
One live workflow, connected end to end
Approvals and exceptions remain visible while repetitive steps move automatically.
01Enquiry captured
02AI summary drafted
03Owner approval
04Follow-up scheduled
Control
Human control where it matters
Approvals, exceptions and an audit trail are part of the build, not an afterthought.
Measurement
Measured from the first release
Recovered capacity, response time and exception rates stay visible after handover.
Evidence before expansion
Know what success means from day one
Your baseline and target are agreed before the build, so every result can be checked against the work your team was doing before.
Modeled baseline
8-14h
weekly capacity recovered
A visible range based on the confirmed weekly workload and recoverable percentage.
Focused delivery
One workflow first
Adoption, controls and measurement stay manageable before the system expands.
Payback
3-9 mo
indicative payback range
Measured every week
Prove the change in your own data
No invented ROI and no hidden assumptions
Adjust the time, recovery and rate assumptions in the recommendation. Final scope follows a workflow audit with the people doing the work.
Tylar Edwards
Founder and engineer, laikodev
Sydney, NSW - working with clients worldwide
Who does the work
The engineer on your fit call is the engineer who builds it
laikodev is run by one person, on purpose. Tylar spent nine years on the engineering and contracts side of major construction projects, across aged care, residential and industrial work, living the exact spreadsheet, inbox and approval workflows this page describes. He has been building software for small businesses alongside that since 2020.
That double background is the point: your workflow is scoped by someone who has done operational work for real, and built by the same person who agreed the target. No account managers, no handoffs.
- Bachelor of Applied Science (Construction), Curtin University
- Nine years delivering $50M-$500M construction and infrastructure projects
- Building software for small businesses since 2020
- Anthropic-certified AI fluency
Common questions
Before you take the first step
Clear assumptions, a focused scope and a path to speak with the people doing the work.
Is the opportunity estimate guaranteed?
No. It is a directional range based on your answers and a standard capacity rate. We validate the workflow, volume, data and integrations before confirming the final business case.
Do we need to replace our current software?
Usually not. The first implementation is designed around the tools your team already uses. We only recommend replacing a system when integration would create more fragility than value.
What happens after the kickoff deposit?
We confirm the scope and implementation window, map the current workflow with the people who do the work, then build and test the first production workflow with your team.
Can we talk to someone before paying?
Yes. Every recommendation includes a fit-call path. Ask for it and Tylar, who does the build, sends a booking link within one business day so you can challenge the assumptions, review security and integrations, and decide with the right stakeholders. There is no obligation to proceed.
Who owns the software and workflow after delivery?
You do. The implementation, workflow logic and operating documentation are handed over to your business. Any ongoing hosting or third-party model costs remain visible and separable.
How do you handle security and customer data?
The audit identifies what data each step needs before anything is connected. We design for minimum access, explicit approvals, traceable actions and the security controls available in your existing systems.
What if the first workflow does not prove the expected return?
That is why the baseline and success measure are agreed first. We review the actual adoption, exceptions and time recovered before recommending expansion, so you are not committed to a broad transformation program.
Do you guarantee the result?
We agree one measurable target before the build starts, taken from a baseline we record together. If your workflow has not met that target 90 days after handover, we keep working on that workflow at no extra cost until it does. The guarantee covers the agreed target for the workflow we build, not a general savings figure.
Why a fixed price rather than a share of the savings?
A share of savings sounds fair but is hard to measure honestly. Recovered hours rarely appear as cash unless headcount changes, and the measurement quickly becomes an argument. A fixed price with an outcome guarantee keeps the cost known up front and still puts the risk on us if the workflow does not perform.
Take the first practical step
Own the workflow that sets your business apart
Start with your website, see the modeled opportunity, then choose an implementation or a fit call.
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Your workflow
Requests
Customer updates
Approvals
Follow-up
Your data