AI systems for the industries still running on too much manual work.
Edison AI works with Australian SMBs across finance, manufacturing, property, education, trades, professional services, retail, health, and construction. We audit workflows, automate manual work, build practical AI systems and dashboards, and train teams to use AI confidently. Industry-specific, founder-led, built for how the work actually moves.
ACSC-aligned · OAIC-respecting · Australian SMB focus · Built on your existing stack
See the operating model we'd build for you.
Pick your industry. We've mapped the workflows that hurt the most, the systems we'd build, and the order we'd build them in. If your business straddles two sectors, start with the closest fit. The Audit refines the rest.
Finance & Insurance
Documents, compliance, follow-ups, pipeline. The four corners where margin leaks.
Open blockManufacturing & Wholesale
Inventory, suppliers, quotes, margin. The operating layer most SMBs are missing.
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Maintenance, owner comms, inspections, portfolio reporting. Without the admin tax.
Open blockEducation & Training
Enrolment, curriculum, AI policy, staff capability. Done responsibly.
Open blockTrades & Field Services
The field-to-office gap, finally closed. Quotes, schedules, jobs, customers, in sync.
Open blockProfessional Services
Proposals, knowledge, client comms. AI that respects expert judgement.
Open blockRetail & Ecommerce
Support, content, inventory, performance. The operating side of D2C.
Open blockHealth & Allied Clinics
Admin relief and patient communication. Privacy-first.
Open blockConstruction & Projects
Tenders, variations, subbies, site updates. Project margin protected.
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Don't see your exact industry? Most SMBs straddle two. Talk to the team →
Different industries. Same shape underneath.
The pain looks different in a mortgage brokerage versus a building site versus a clinic. The operating shape is almost identical: scattered systems, manual handoffs, missing visibility. Here's where AI tends to land first across the nine industries we work with.
- Finance & Insurance →
- Highest-value workflow
- Document collection and compliance comms
- Fastest quick win
- Renewal radar
- Biggest risk
- Compliance breach via unsafe AI
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Pipeline and renewal radar
- Best training
- Responsible AI plus Role-Based
- Manufacturing & Wholesale →
- Highest-value workflow
- Quoting and margin reporting
- Fastest quick win
- Quote drafting engine
- Biggest risk
- Margin discipline and data accuracy
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Margin operating dashboard
- Best training
- Role-Based plus Foundations
- Real Estate & Property →
- Highest-value workflow
- Maintenance triage and owner reporting
- Fastest quick win
- Maintenance triage agent
- Biggest risk
- Tenant and owner privacy plus comms tone
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Portfolio operating brief
- Best training
- Role-Based for PMs
- Education & Training →
- Highest-value workflow
- Staff capability and AI policy
- Fastest quick win
- AI policy and Foundations training
- Biggest risk
- Student privacy and academic integrity
- Best first service
- AI Adoption Programme
- Best dashboard
- Principal operating brief
- Best training
- Foundations plus Responsible AI
- Trades & Field Services →
- Highest-value workflow
- Quote follow-up and field-to-office
- Fastest quick win
- Job enquiry agent
- Biggest risk
- Cashflow leakage via slow invoicing
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Owner weekly brief
- Best training
- Role-Based for admin plus Foundations for techs
- Professional Services →
- Highest-value workflow
- Proposal drafting and knowledge
- Fastest quick win
- Internal knowledge layer
- Biggest risk
- Confidentiality and professional standards
- Best first service
- Bespoke AI Systems
- Best dashboard
- Partners' brief
- Best training
- Role-Based plus Responsible AI
- Retail & Ecommerce →
- Highest-value workflow
- Support deflection and content velocity
- Fastest quick win
- Support drafter plus product descriptions
- Biggest risk
- Brand voice drift
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Trading brief
- Best training
- Role-Based for marketing and support
- Health & Allied Clinics →
- Highest-value workflow
- Reminders and intake automation
- Fastest quick win
- Appointment reminder agent
- Biggest risk
- Patient privacy and clinical boundary
- Best first service
- AI Readiness Audit
- Best dashboard
- Clinic operating brief
- Best training
- Responsible AI plus Role-Based
- Construction & Projects →
- Highest-value workflow
- Variation capture and project margin
- Fastest quick win
- Variation capture agent
- Biggest risk
- Margin leakage and safety compliance
- Best first service
- Operating Intelligence
- Best dashboard
- Project operating dashboard
- Best training
- Role-Based for PMs plus Foundations for site
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Not sure where to start? Start here.
The Readiness Audit refines all of it, but you can self-select before you book.
- If you are unsure where to begin
Start with AI Readiness Audit.
Two weeks, fixed fee. You leave with a roadmap, a risk register, and a quick-wins shortlist.
AI Readiness Audit - If your team is manually moving information between tools
Start with Workflow Automation.
The cheapest, fastest leverage in your business. Forms to CRM, invoices to books, approvals routed, reports compiled.
Workflow Automation - If your staff are using AI inconsistently
Start with AI Workshops for Teams.
Two days, whole team, shared baseline. Then layer Role-Based Training on top.
AI Workshops for Teams - If leadership wants clarity on the business each week
Start with Operating Intelligence.
Live dashboards plus AI-written weekly briefs. Monday morning, already briefed.
Operating Intelligence - If marketing visibility is the issue
Start with AI Marketing & Search Visibility.
GEO-ready content, AI sales assistants, presence in answer engines.
AI Marketing & Search Visibility - If you need company-wide adoption
Start with AI Adoption Programme.
12 weeks. Audit, design, build, train, embed. One plan, one team, one outcome.
AI Adoption Programme - If you're building agents that qualify leads, draft replies, update records
Start with AI Agents.
The brain layer above your automations.
AI Agents - If you need a custom AI tool built around your data
Start with Bespoke AI Systems.
Internal AI tools, knowledge layers, intelligent dashboards. ACSC-aligned by design.
Bespoke AI Systems - If your team needs a reusable AI library
Start with AI Playbooks & Prompt Systems.
The institutional IP that turns personal AI knowledge into team capability.
AI Playbooks & Prompt Systems - If risk and compliance are the blocker
Start with Cybersecurity & Responsible AI Training.
AI Use Policy, risk register, training records, incident response.
Cybersecurity & Responsible AI Training - If your function leads need depth, not breadth
Start with Role-Based AI Workflow Training.
Per-function curriculum tailored to sales, marketing, ops, finance, support, admin, leadership.
Role-Based AI Workflow Training - If the founder or CEO needs personal AI fluency
Start with Executive AI Enablement.
One-to-one or small-group personal coaching.
Executive AI Enablement
Your business straddles two sectors, or your shape isn't on the list? Tell us where it actually lives and we'll work out the closest fit.
Talk to the teamThe same operating patterns show up everywhere.
Different industries, same drag: inboxes, handoffs, reporting lag, document chase, quote delay, customer follow-up, and team knowledge trapped in people's heads. Edison AI maps the pattern, then builds the system.
Intake Agent
Receives the form, triages, drafts the first reply, drops a clean record into the CRM.
AI AgentsDocument Collection Agent
Sends requests, follows up on a cadence, tracks status, alerts when files complete.
Workflow AutomationReporting Agent
Pulls live data, drafts the weekly brief, surfaces the variance worth a conversation.
Operating IntelligenceCustomer Comms Agent
Drafts in your voice across email and SMS, with escalation rules baked in.
AI AgentsWorkflow Automation Layer
Forms to CRM, invoices to books, approvals routed, notifications sent. The connective tissue.
Workflow AutomationExecutive Briefing Agent
Sunday-night brief: pipeline, risks, capacity, recommended actions. Monday meeting ready in 60 seconds.
Executive AI Enablement
In two weeks, Edison AI maps where AI will actually pay back for you.
Fixed-fee audit. No replatforming. Built on your existing stack. You leave with a sequenced roadmap, service recommendations, and a clear first build.