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AI automation · Pretoria

AI that doesthe busywork.

We design, build, host and support AI automations for South African businesses: workflows that run across the systems you already use, and assistants that answer from your own knowledge. A person stays in charge of every decision that matters.

The automation bench

Watch itrun.

Four everyday workflows, step by step. The pattern is always the same: a trigger, a few steps that run themselves, and a person who signs off.

Illustrative examples. Every workflow is scoped to your own systems, and the time figures are typical estimates, not promises.

  1. Trigger
    An invoice PDF lands in accounts@
  2. AI
    Reads supplier, invoice number, amount, VAT and due date
  3. System
    Matches it to the purchase order and supplier record
  4. System
    Drafts the bill in your accounting system
  5. Human
    Your approver gets one message in Teams
Run logRunning
    By hand
    about 12 min each
    Automated
    under a minute + 1 approval

    Captured, matched, filed and approved. Nobody retyped a thing.

    Illustrative examples. Every workflow is scoped to your own systems; time figures are typical estimates.

    What we build

    Five waysto start.

    Most clients begin with one workflow automation or a knowledge assistant, prove the payback, then extend.

    Repetitive work moved off your team's desks.

    Workflow automation

    Invoices, onboarding, approvals, enquiries and reports, rebuilt as automations that run across Microsoft 365, your accounting package and the line-of-business systems you already use. A person approves wherever judgement matters.

    • Microsoft 365, Power Automate and API integrations
    • Approvals in Teams or email
    • Every run logged and monitored

    Answers from your policies, procedures and documents.

    AI assistants on your own knowledge

    A private assistant that searches and drafts from your own material, respects who is allowed to see what, and keeps an audit trail. Where data must stay in South Africa, we host it in Microsoft Azure's South Africa North region.

    • Access follows your existing permissions
    • In-country hosting available
    • Audit logs and usage reporting

    Clean up before you switch it on.

    Microsoft 365 Copilot readiness

    Copilot can reach whatever each user can already reach, so oversharing becomes visible overnight. We tidy permissions, apply sensitivity labels, run a pilot group and train people, so the licences earn their keep.

    • SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams permission review
    • Sensitivity labels and retention
    • Pilot, training and adoption tracking

    When nothing off the shelf fits.

    Custom AI apps

    We design, build, host and support the tool your business actually needs: an intake portal, a document generator, a dashboard that explains itself. You get one team accountable for the app and the IT underneath it.

    • Built around your process, not a template
    • Hosted and secured by us
    • Supported on the same retainer

    Clear rules before staff paste in client data.

    AI policy and governance

    An acceptable-use policy, an approved-tools list, POPIA-aware data handling and short training sessions, so your people can use AI confidently without putting client information at risk.

    • Acceptable-use policy and approved tools
    • POPIA-aware data handling
    • Staff training that fits in a lunch hour

    Not sure where to start?

    The free Automation & Risk Check finds the two or three workflows with the best payback.

    Book the check

    By industry

    Where itpays off.

    A consultant mapping a business process on a glass wall while colleagues watch.

    Accounting practices

    Supplier invoices and bank documents captured and filed; month-end packs assembled; client document requests chased automatically.

    Law firms

    Matter intake, precedent search and first drafts from your own templates, with confidentiality controls that follow each matter.

    Engineering & architecture

    Drawing transmittals, RFIs and project document control kept in order, with weekly status reports written for you.

    Medical practices

    Admin, bookings and reminders handled in the background, while clinical information stays where it belongs.

    Manufacturing

    Orders, delivery notes and stock queries routed and answered faster, with exceptions flagged to a person.

    Non-profits

    Donor acknowledgements, programme reporting and funder updates prepared from the data you already capture.

    How we build

    Guardrailsfirst.

    The rules every automation we build has to follow. They're why we're comfortable putting our name on it, and supporting it at 2am.

    A person signs off

    Automations draft, sort and prepare. People approve anything that commits money, reaches a client or changes access.

    Least privilege

    Each automation gets only the access it needs, under its own account, never a shared admin password.

    Everything logged

    Every run is recorded and monitored. If a step fails, our helpdesk knows before your team does.

    Your data stays yours

    Business-grade AI services that don't train on your data, with in-country hosting where it matters.

    POPIA-aware by design

    We map what personal information a workflow touches and keep it to what the job needs.

    Built on secure IT

    Identity, backups and monitoring come first. Automation inherits the state of the systems it runs on.

    Cloud ITS × Tailored Intelligence

    Two companies.One bench.

    Some professions are best served by a product built just for them. Others need something made to measure. Between the two companies, you get both.

    Builds it into your business

    Cloud ITSAI automation & IT

    We connect AI to the systems you already run, automate the work around them, and host, secure and support all of it on one retainer.

    • Workflow automation
    • Integration
    • Hosting & security
    • 24/7 support
    Tailored
    Intelligence

    Builds the products

    Tailored AIfor one profession

    Our sister company designs and owns AI products made for one profession at a time. The first is Silk, the AI workbench for South African law firms.

    • Silk for law firms
    • More professions next
    Visit tailoredai.co.za

    When a Tailored Intelligence product fits your profession, Cloud ITS rolls it out, connects it to your systems and supports your people. When nothing off the shelf fits, Cloud ITS builds it for you.

    Questions

    Askedfirst.

    Do we need to replace our systems to use AI automation?

    No. We start with what you already run, usually Microsoft 365, your accounting package and a line-of-business system, and connect them. Replacement only comes up if a system genuinely blocks the work.

    Will AI make decisions on its own?

    Not the ones that matter. Our default is that automations prepare and people approve anything that spends money, reaches a client or changes someone's access.

    Where is our data processed?

    We use business-grade AI services that don't train on your data. Where information must stay in South Africa, we host assistants in Microsoft Azure's South Africa North region.

    How do we start?

    With a free Automation & Risk Check: a 30-minute conversation about where automation would pay off, plus a look at the basics underneath it. You get a one-page summary, with no obligation.

    We aren't a Cloud ITS managed IT client. Can you still help?

    Yes. Many automation projects start on their own. We'll check that the systems underneath are secure and backed up, because an automation is only as reliable as what it runs on.

    Start here

    Free30-minute check

    A short conversation about where time goes in your business, plus a look at the basics underneath it. You get a one-page summary of what to automate first and what to fix before you do.

    • The two or three workflows with the best payback
    • Backups, security and documentation: what's solid and what isn't
    • Microsoft 365 licences you may not need
    • No obligation, no disruption and no requirement to change providers

    Book a free Automation & Risk Check

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