We've worked with enough operators in Whanganui 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 call summaries project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Built and supported here - the way a Whanganui business would actually use it.
Our goal is to give Whanganui businesses a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI call summaries actually does
Every customer call recorded, transcribed, summarised, and coached. Managers spot what's working, reps see what to fix, and customers get follow-ups that actually reference what they said.
- 01 Auto-summary into your CRM after every call
- 02 Coaching scorecards for sales and support reps
- 03 Detects compliance phrases (or missing ones)
- 04 Searchable archive - find the call that mentioned X
Built on: Twilio AssemblyAI Claude Vercel
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI call summaries runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for Whanganui businesses first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI call summaries compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Kiwi Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
What's different about doing this work in Whanganui.
- Whanganui blends creative scene, river-led tourism, and steady local trades - AI here helps small operators run lighter and reach further.
- Tourism, creative industries, and a growing remote-work population. AI tools that scale a small team's reach without enterprise overhead win.
We work with teams across Whanganui: Whanganui CBD · Castlecliff · Aramoho · Marton · Bulls.
Talk to us about this →How we build AI call summaries for a Whanganui team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Whanganui business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI call notes + coaching.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing Whanganui businesses the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for Whanganui teams
We'd call the engagement a success when Whanganui teams are using the system without thinking about us. Sales coaching scales to every rep without doubling manager time.
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.
FAQ
When does AI call summaries actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a Whanganui - so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
How do you price AI call summaries 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 Whanganui businesses are surprised how small the first cheque is.
Can you walk us through a comparable build?
Yes - on the first call we'll pick the closest engagement we've shipped to what you're describing and walk through the outcome, the headcount and the time it took. Sales coaching scales to every rep without doubling manager time.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI call summaries can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Twilio, AssemblyAI, Claude, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
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.