AI & data consultancy · Aotearoa New Zealand

The obvious answer, inverted.

Most AI projects fail the same way: a demo that never survives contact with production. We design and operate data and AI systems the other way round — production constraints first, model second. The result is infrastructure that works on Monday morning, not just in the pitch deck.

What we do

01

Data platforms

Pipelines, warehouses and governance that your team can actually operate after we leave. Boring where it should be boring, clever only where it pays.

02

AI in production

LLM and ML systems designed around latency, cost and failure modes from day one — evaluated, monitored, and reversible.

03

Independent review

A second opinion on an AI or data build before you commit the budget. We tell you which parts are load-bearing and which are theatre.

How we work

Constraints first

Before any architecture, we pin down what production actually demands: data volumes, latency, compliance, who's on call. Then we design to those, not to a trend.

Ship the smallest real thing

We put a thin slice into production early — real data, real users, real failures — then harden it. No six-month discovery phases.

Leave it operable

Documentation, runbooks and handover are part of the build, not an afterthought. If it needs us to keep running, we did it wrong.

Solo, senioryou talk to the person doing the work — always
Production-first15 years operating real infrastructure, not slideware
No lock-ineverything we build is yours, documented and transferable
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Contact

Tell us what you're building. We'll tell you if it's the wrong shape.

hello@subvertlabs.nz