AI & automation for Australian business
Your business is paying people to do work AI can already do.
We find where your team does the same work twice, hand the repetitive parts to AI, and build the first automations — so you save thousands a year, sometimes a great deal more.
Delivered async. No calls to sit through, no jargon, no black boxes.
12 hrs
of duplicated work a typical 10-person team carries each week
$25,000+
a year that duplicated work costs at $40 loaded labour
2 wks
from intake to your first working automations
0
live sales calls required — the whole thing runs async
Figures are illustrative, based on a typical 10-person Australian SMB. Your Snapshot estimates the real numbers for your business.
How it works
Three steps. One of them is optional.
You start small and low-risk, and only go further if the first step earns it. No retainer to sign before you've seen the value.
AI Readiness Snapshot
Send us your processes through a short form — no call. We map where your team is doing the same work twice and rank the top automation opportunities by return.
Automation Sprint
Over two weeks we build two to three working automations inside the tools you already use, document them, and hand them over. Fixed scope, fixed price.
Ongoing Care
Optional. We keep the automations running, fix anything that drifts, and add one new automation a month as your business changes.
What it costs
Start with a $490 Snapshot. Build from there.
Productised and fixed-price — you always know what you're paying before you commit. The Snapshot fee comes off your Sprint if you go ahead.
AI Readiness Snapshot
credited toward a Sprint
The front door. A written read on where AI can take work off your team's plate — and what it's worth.
- Async intake — no call to schedule
- Your top 3 automation opportunities, ranked by return
- A rough annual-saving estimate for each
- The one automation we'd build first, and why
- Delivered as a PDF and a short Loom walkthrough
Automation Sprint
Most chosenfixed scope · 2 weeks
The core engagement. We don't just tell you what to automate — we build it and hand it over.
- Everything in the Snapshot
- 2–3 automations built in your existing tools
- Documented and handed over — no black boxes
- 14-day delivery, fully async
- 30-day check-in to make sure it stuck
Ongoing Care
per month · optional
For businesses that want automation to keep compounding instead of going stale.
- Monitoring and fixes for what we built
- One new automation built each month
- Priority async support
- A quarterly roadmap of what to automate next
Why us
We don't just recommend this. We run on it.
Off The Ground Agency runs five public-data platforms that pull and refresh Australian government data automatically — and GuardRail, compliance software for regulated-care teams.
The automation we'd build for your business is the same machinery that lets a small team ship like a much bigger one. We're not selling you something we read about — we're selling you how we work.
GuardRail
Our own AI-compliance product, in live beta
Who you're working with
Real people, not a faceless agency.
You deal directly with the people doing the work — no account managers, no hand-offs.
Joey Pehrson
Partner
Joey flies helicopters for a living and builds automation for the love of it. From Brisbane he runs Off The Ground Agency: five public-data platforms that pull and refresh Australian government data on their own, plus GuardRail, compliance software for regulated-care teams. It's a small operation that ships like a much bigger one — because the same AI and automation he'd build for your business is what runs his. He's spent years turning messy, manual, repetitive work into systems that just run, and he'd rather show you what's possible than talk you into it.
Aaron Ware
Partner
Aaron has worked both ends of business — consulting in the oil and gas industry, where process and precision aren't optional, and building and running his own ecommerce and marketing companies, where lean operations decide whether you make money. That mix is rare: he's seen how large operations actually run, and what it takes to grow something small without drowning in admin. It's why he's quick to spot the repetitive work AI can take off a team's plate — and honest about the parts that still need a person.
FAQ
Common questions about AI & automation for business.
What is AI automation for a business?
- AI automation means handing repetitive, rules-based work — quoting, invoicing, scheduling, reporting, data entry — to AI and software so your team stops doing it by hand. We map where that work lives in your business, then build automations inside the tools you already use.
How much does AI automation cost?
- It's fixed-price, so you're never guessing. A $490 AI Readiness Snapshot tells you what's worth automating and the rough return. An Automation Sprint starts at $4,900 and builds two to three working automations in two weeks. Ongoing care is $500–$1,500/month and optional.
What can you automate in my business?
- Anything repetitive and rules-based: client onboarding, quote and proposal generation, invoice chasing, appointment scheduling, weekly reporting, lead research, inbox triage, and moving data between systems. If a person does it the same way every time, it's a candidate for automation.
Is AI automation worth it for a small business?
- Usually, yes — small teams feel duplicated work the most. A team carrying around 12 hours a week of repeated admin at $40 loaded labour is roughly $25,000 a year. The Snapshot estimates your real number before you commit to anything.
Do I need technical staff or to replace our software?
- No. We build automations into the tools you already use and hand them over documented — no black boxes, no rip-and-replace. You don't need a developer on staff to keep them running.
Which businesses do you work with?
- Australian small and medium businesses — trades, professional services, NDIS providers, ecommerce, and operations-heavy teams. We run our own marketing agency and five public-data platforms on the same automation we'd build for you.
How long does it take?
- The AI Readiness Snapshot is async and comes back within a few days. An Automation Sprint is two weeks from intake to working automations handed over. No drawn-out projects and no live calls to sit through.
Start here
Tell us where the repetitive work is.
This short form is the start of your AI Readiness Snapshot — it replaces the discovery call. We'll reply within one business day with what we'd look at first.
Already established and want the full picture? The same form kicks off a Snapshot for any Australian SMB.