AI Development & Automation
We build custom AI systems — support chatbots, internal knowledge assistants, and workflow automation — for companies across the US, UK, and Europe. Most engagements run $10,000–$50,000 and ship in 6–10 weeks, with weekly demos and a fixed quote from day one.
What you get
- Customer support chatbots trained on your docs and policies
- Internal knowledge assistants (RAG) that answer from your own documents
- Document processing & data extraction pipelines
- AI features embedded inside your existing product
- Workflow automation with human-in-the-loop guardrails
How we build it
Discover
A free call to map your workflow and data sources, and scope exactly which AI solution fits — chatbot, RAG assistant, or automation.
Prototype
A working proof-of-concept on your real data inside the first two weeks, so you see accuracy before committing to the full build.
Build & guardrail
We build the production system with grounded answers, a fallback-to-human path, and logging — weekly demos throughout.
Launch & monitor
Deployment, usage monitoring, and a support window to tune accuracy as real usage comes in.
Why work with us
Top 5 — bdapps Innovation Summit 2025
- Our own AI product, Shikhi AI (shikhiai.com), placed Top 5 at the bdapps Innovation Summit 2025 and is live on web and Google Play
- Senior AI engineers at $25–60/hour vs $150–250/hour in the US and Europe
- 2–4 hours of daily overlap with US and European working hours
- Fixed quotes against a written scope — no hourly surprises
Questions, answered
Custom chatbots and knowledge assistants built on your data typically cost $10,000–$40,000. Document processing pipelines and deeper workflow automation can run up to $50,000+, depending on integrations. We quote a fixed price after a free scoping call.
Related guides
Case Study: Building Shikhi AI — An AI Learning Platform That Placed Top 5 Nationally
How we built Shikhi AI, our own AI-powered learning companion, from architecture decisions to placing Top 5 at the bdapps Innovation Summit 2025.
How Much Does an AI Chatbot Cost for a Small Business? (2026)
An AI chatbot costs a small business $15–$500/month for a no-code tool or $5,000–$50,000 for a custom build. Here's the honest 2026 breakdown — and how to choose.
What Is a RAG Chatbot? How Retrieval-Augmented AI Assistants Work
A RAG chatbot answers questions using your own documents, not just an AI model's training data. Here's how retrieval-augmented generation works, and why businesses use it.
Can You Train ChatGPT on Your Own Business Data? (Custom GPT vs RAG)
You can't literally retrain ChatGPT, but you can make an AI assistant answer from your business data. Here's how — custom GPTs vs RAG vs fine-tuning — and which to pick.
Let's build your AI Development project.
Tell us about your project — our team reads every message and gets back within 24 hours with honest answers and a fixed quote.
- — Free discovery call, no obligation
- — Fixed quote against a written scope
- — You talk directly to the engineers