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AI consultancy · strategy + build

AI that earns its place in how you actually work.

We help established teams adopt AI in the right order - strategy, capability, then custom builds - with a consultant and head developer working side by side.

40%
revenue lift in three weeks for one client
2,500+
hours freed per year in a team of 20
30–60 min
reclaimed per person, every day
2025
NBN Innovation Awards finalist
What we do

One partner, three ways to move - learn, strategy, build.

01 / LEARN

Learn

Bring the whole team up the curve - and keep them there.

  • Keynotes - in-house talks that demystify AI for everyone.
  • Workshops - hands-on capability inside your own tools, including Microsoft Copilot workshops for teams using Microsoft 365.
Digital toolkitAI for Teams Toolkit →Get your AI foundations right - governance, tool-selection and team buy-in - so adoption finally sticks instead of stalling. Explore Learn →
02 / STRATEGY

Strategy

Know exactly what to build, and in what order.

  • AI Roadmaps - a sequenced plan mapped to your business.
  • Consulting & Scoping - find the high-value opportunities.
  • Governance - policy & data handling, Australian standards.
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03 / BUILD

Build

Custom AI, built around how you actually operate.

  • Tools & Automations - agents built inside your platform.
  • Voice Agent SaaS - production voice agents, shipped.
  • AI-Forward Web & AEO - fast sites built to be found by AI search & win online visibility.Rod Fernandez Design ↗
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How we work

A clear path from “we should use AI” to running systems.

01

Discover

We sit with your team and scope where AI creates real value - and where it doesn't. No tech-for-tech's-sake; we map the work, the data and the highest-leverage opportunities first.
02

Roadmap

A sequenced plan - foundations, capability, then agents - with clear priorities, owners and a realistic order so the gains compound instead of stalling.
03

Capability

We build genuine team capability - responsible, compliant, safe AI use that turns a few power users into an org-wide skill. It's the multiplier: teams that invest here see up to 2× ROI on their AI spend.
04

Build

We design and build the tools, agents and automations around your real workflows - inside your platform, with security and compliance baked in, not bolted on.
05

Embed

We make it stick: adoption support and the habits that turn a one-off project into capability that keeps compounding long after we've gone.

Every engagement starts with a conversation. Book a discovery call →

What makes us different

Consulting,
training, adoption
and custom builds
all under one roof.

Most businesses do one or two of these. We do all of it - strategy through to shipped systems - so nothing falls through the gap between advice and delivery.

AI Collab = your collaborative partner for the whole AI journey.

Proof

Real businesses, putting AI to work.

Professional services
+40%

One sales & operations coordinator lifted business revenue 40% in three weeks - with an AI offsider built to absorb the busywork and free her for higher-value work.

“It paid for itself before the month was out.”
Accounting
30–60 min/day

AI now coaches junior bookkeepers through tricky reconciliations before they escalate - saving senior and junior staff 30–60 minutes each, every day.

“The team stopped queuing at my desk.”
Service business
1 week

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“Finally, AI we can actually stand behind.”

Six months from now, this is your team - or it's your competitor's. Let's make it yours →

“

My productivity has increased tenfold since working with Rod and Kim. What impressed me most is how clear, concise, and practical their approach is - the perfect balance of technical expertise and educational support. I can't recommend AI Collab highly enough.

Simone Shannon · Business Advisor, BisHealth
About us

Your consultative AI partner, safe, compliant and effective.

AI Collab exists to make AI adoption something you can trust - through a considered, sequenced approach and a genuine partnership with your team, not a hand-off to a vendor. As one of Australia's first hybrid AI consulting and technology companies, our strategy and our engineering move together, so what's promised is what gets built. Kim is also a sought-after keynote speaker: Kim Fernandez - Speaking

Kim Fernandez

Kim Fernandez

CONSULTANT · CO-FOUNDER

ASX-listed operational background; 2025 NBN Innovation Awards finalist. Boardroom strategy to team implementation.

Rod Fernandez

Rod Fernandez

HEAD DEVELOPER · CO-FOUNDER

20+ years in development. Designs the stacks, security architecture and systems that ship - including Rod Fernandez Design.

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Questions

The things people ask us first.

What does AI Collab actually do?

We help established Australian businesses adopt AI safely and in the right order. That runs on two tracks: equipping your team through keynotes, workshops and toolkits, and building your systems through roadmaps, automations and custom agents. Governance comes first in both, because adoption that outruns its guardrails is what creates the problems we get called in to fix.

What changes on 10 December 2026?

The Privacy Act's disclosure obligations take effect. If your business makes decisions about people using automated systems, you have to say so. For most mid-market businesses this is the only near-term hard rule, and it applies whether or not you think of yourself as an AI company. A tool your team adopted without telling anyone still counts.

Should we wait for AI legislation before doing anything?

No, and waiting is the more expensive option. Australia is not writing a dedicated AI Act for everyday business use. Everyday AI is governed through existing technology-neutral law, the Privacy Act, Consumer Law and anti-discrimination law, and any broader framework is not expected before 2027. The rules that apply to you already apply.

Who do you work with?

Established Australian and New Zealand businesses, typically professional services, finance, insurance, legal, HR and manufacturing, usually with a team rather than a founder working alone. The common thread is a business with something to lose: existing revenue, client data and a reputation that an unmanaged AI rollout could damage.

Where are you based?

Lake Macquarie, New South Wales. We work across Newcastle, the Central Coast and Sydney in person, and Australia-wide remotely. Keynotes and workshops are delivered both in person and virtually, and workshops involving workflow redesign are in person.

How does an engagement usually start?

Most begin with a conversation and a free AI diagnostic, which shows where your business actually sits before anyone proposes work. From there the usual next steps are a short express consult on one or two specific opportunities, or an opportunity roadmap that maps your systems and produces a twelve-month plan. You are not asked to commit to a build before anyone has looked at your business.

AI Collab · AI for humans

We believe AI should enhance the human experience.

Responsible AI, delivered in the right sequence, keeps your business competitive and capable - with compounding returns.

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