We've worked with enough operators in Nelson to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI knowledge base project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Nelson-Tasman · Applied AI
For Nelson operators who want a working pilot in weeks, not a year-long programme.
What AI knowledge base actually does
Your team's tribal knowledge, finally searchable. Upload your SOPs, training videos, past emails, and Slack threads – your team asks questions and gets answers with citations.
- 01 Ingests PDFs, Word docs, videos, Slack, Notion, Drive
- 02 Answers with citations back to source documents
- 03 Permission-aware – staff only see what they should
- 04 Detects stale docs and prompts owners to update
Built on: Claude Pinecone Vercel AI SDK Postgres MCP
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What's different about doing this work in Nelson.
- Nelson is creative, outdoorsy, and full of clever small businesses – AI here is about giving owner-operators their evenings back.
- Aquaculture, hops, tourism, and a deep creative sector. Nelson teams want tools that fit a smaller crew without enterprise overhead.
We work with teams across Nelson: CBD · Stoke · Tahunanui · Richmond · Motueka · Brightwater.
Talk to us about this →How we build AI knowledge base for a Nelson team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Nelson business, so value lands before the build is finished. Internal AI knowledge base.
Talk to usThe outcome for Nelson teams
New staff get to productive 3x faster – less senior-team interruption. For Nelson teams, that almost always shows up as fewer interruptions and a calmer week, not a dashboard chart.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
Questions
FAQ
How long does AI knowledge base take to ship for Nelson businesses?
We aim for a working pilot inside 4-6 weeks – narrow scope, real Nelson businesses data, measurable outcome. From there it's another 6-8 weeks of hardening before you'd consider it production. Full rollouts (multiple sites, multiple teams) typically land in 3-4 months.
How do you price AI knowledge base engagements?
Fixed-scope pilots first, then either project pricing or a small monthly retainer for the ongoing work. No long lock-ins, no 18-month black-box deals. Most Nelson businesses are surprised how small the first cheque is.
Has this actually shipped for a real Nelson?
Yes. New staff get to productive 3x faster – less senior-team interruption. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
Who owns the code and the model setup?
You do, on delivery. We deploy AI knowledge base into your own cloud account where possible, with the model setup, prompts, evals and integration code all checked into a repo you own. Claude sits in your account too – we don't operate it from ours.
Get in touch
Talk to us about this
Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it — no obligation.