AI & Automation
Take repetitive operational work off your senior people, with human review kept on the decisions that matter.
Explore AI & AutomationSenior engineers, automation specialists and advisors who mobilise faster than hiring, on one predictable monthly retainer.
Replace fragmented agencies, individual hires, and handovers with senior capability mobilised around one business priority.
Take repetitive operational work off your senior people, with human review kept on the decisions that matter.
Explore AI & AutomationCloud platforms, delivery pipelines, and observability that make releases routine rather than risky.
Senior guidance on architecture, investment, and sequencing, argued in commercial terms.
Experienced engineers and specialists embedded in your team, or hired permanently.
Explore TalentPolicies, controls, and oversight so your use of AI stands up to customers, auditors, and your board.
The same team stays with the work from the first conversation through delivery and every review after it. No handover between sales, delivery, and support.
A focused conversation about the priority, the systems involved, and the outcome that matters. No preparation needed.
Scope, the capabilities involved, the monthly retainer, term, and notice, all in writing before you commit.
Senior specialists start on the agreed priority, with clear ownership and a regular reporting rhythm.
Each month we review what changed and agree together where the retainer goes next.
The first step is a conversation, not a commitment.
Book a discovery callMost scaling businesses cover technology gaps with a mix of hires, freelancers, and agencies. Each solves one problem and adds another to manage.
| Internal hire | Freelancers | Agency | Autano | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Getting started | Recruitment, notice periods, and onboarding before work begins | Quick for one skill, then a search for the next | Procurement, scoping, and a statement of work | One discovery call and a written proposal |
| Disciplines covered | One role per hire | One skill per person | Usually one specialism | Automation, engineering, advisory, talent, and AI governance |
| Your management load | Line management, retention, and career growth | You coordinate every contributor | You manage the handovers between suppliers | One accountable partner to manage |
| Cost shape | Salary, benefits, and recruitment fees | Day rates that move with demand | Project quotes and change requests | One predictable monthly retainer |
| When something breaks | Depends on who is available | Unclear across contributors | Bounded by the contract scope | One team owns the outcome |
Each engagement combines the disciplines the work needs, with one team accountable for decisions, delivery, and keeping things running afterwards.
Infrastructure that limits release speed, resilience, and operational visibility.
Platform foundation, infrastructure as code, environment parity, and a repeatable release path.
A documented platform foundation, a sequenced migration plan, and a release path your own team can run.
Manual releases, unclear ownership, and slow feedback between build and production.
Pipeline design, automated testing gates, observability, and on-call and incident practice.
Automated pipelines, monitoring you can act on, and a working incident routine, with release frequency and recovery time tracked from the start.
High-volume repeatable operational work absorbing senior team capacity.
Process mapping, decision logic, system integration, and human review where it is required.
Live automated workflows with clear review points, documentation, and a named owner for what runs automatically.
See how automation engagements runAgeing applications that are costly to change and difficult to integrate.
Prioritised replacement, incremental migration, and integration that keeps the business running.
A prioritised replacement roadmap and systems moved in stages, without a big-bang cutover.
Recognise one of these challenges?
Talk it through on a discovery callStraight answers on pricing, timing, and commitment. Anything not covered here is a good first question for the discovery call.
One fixed monthly retainer, sized to the disciplines and senior time your priority needs. The proposal states the monthly fee and exactly what is in and out of scope, so there are no day-rate surprises and no invoices that change with the hours.
Faster than recruiting: there is no hiring cycle, notice period, or onboarding of individual contractors. The proposal names a start date and the first delivery cycle, based on the priority and specialist availability, so you know when work begins before you sign.
Everything is in writing before work begins: the scope, the monthly retainer, the initial term, and the notice period. The discovery call itself carries no commitment, and nothing starts until you have agreed the proposal.
Security, access, and oversight are designed into the work from the start rather than added at the end. The controls are set out in the proposal and depend on the systems, data, and risk profile involved, including how any AI use is reviewed and documented.
Yes, and most engagements should. The first conversation focuses on the one problem that matters now, then identifies which capabilities it needs. More can be added later as priorities change.
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