AI training & workflow automation · New Zealand

Your firm knows it needs to act on AI. We show you exactly where to start.

Structured training, governance frameworks, and workflow automation for NZ professional services firms. Practical. Measurable. Vendor-independent.

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✦ Co-founded by a UoA Business School teaching fellow✦ Vendor-independent✦ NZ Privacy Act aligned

Where do you start?

Two paths. One question first.

Structuring AI use

My team is already using AI. We just have no structure around it.

Staff are using ChatGPT, Copilot, and other tools without guidelines, without governance, and without consistency. Some are getting real value from it. Others aren't using it at all. The gap is widening and the risk is real. We help you build the framework, the policy, and the practical skills to get your whole team working confidently and responsibly.

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Automating your workflows

There's time being lost somewhere. We help you find it and fix it.

Maybe you already know exactly which processes are killing your team's time. Maybe you suspect there's something worth automating but haven't scoped it yet. Either way, we start with your actual systems and your actual workflows, identify what's worth building, and then build it. Fixed scope. Fixed price. Full documentation. You own everything.

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Who we are

The people behind AIpex.

Patrick Dodd

Patrick Dodd

Co-founder · Strategy & Training

Professional Teaching Fellow · University of Auckland Business School

Patrick leads strategy and training at AIpex. He helps NZ professional services firms build the governance frameworks, practical skills, and organisational confidence to make AI work across their practice.

Brendan Choi

Brendan Choi

Co-founder · Technical Lead

Honours in Computer Science · University of Auckland

Brendan leads technical delivery at AIpex. He designs and builds the workflow automations, system integrations, and AI implementations that turn strategy into working tools.

Services

Where most firms start.

Three entry points. Each is scoped, priced, and delivered without a drawn-out discovery process.

Training · Entry point

Executive AI Briefing

NZ$1,250 · fixed fee · 90 minutes

A 90-minute session for partners and senior managers. You leave with a clear picture of where AI applies to your firm, what your obligations are, and what to do first. No slides about the future of work.

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Training · Team programme

AI Capability Workshop

From NZ$2,750 · fixed fee · half-day or full-day on-site

A half-day or full-day workshop for up to 20 staff. Practical, hands-on. Teams leave with a governance framework, an acceptable-use policy, and skills they can apply the following week.

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Automation · Fixed scope

Workflow Integration Sprint

NZ$6,500–$18,000 · fixed fee · four to eight weeks

We scope, build, and hand over one or two automations inside your existing systems. Fixed price. Four to eight week delivery. Full documentation included. You own everything we build.

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Track record

What participants say about Patrick's teaching.

Patrick previously co-delivered the AI Essentials programme through the University of Auckland's Executive Professional Development programme. Here's what participants said.

Source: UoA Executive Professional Development — AI Essentials participant evaluation, July 2025 (n=15)

100%

agreed the course was a valuable use of their time

80%

strongly agreed the facilitator was knowledgeable and engaging

0

disagrees or strongly disagrees on any measure

I don't normally rate courses so highly, but I thoroughly enjoyed this learning experience. A very practical course, with content I can apply readily to a range of situations.

Participant · AI Essentials · UoA Executive Professional Development · July 2025

Exceeded expectations — great practical information as well as inspiration for how to apply it back on the job.

Participant · AI Essentials · UoA Executive Professional Development · July 2025

Resources

Practical reading for NZ firms.

Written by Patrick Dodd. No vendor agendas. No recycled global content repackaged for NZ.

Governance

AI governance for NZ professional services firms: a practical starting point

What your firm's AI use policy needs to cover, why most templates fall short, and how to build one your team will actually follow.

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The five workflows NZ accounting firms automate first

Based on engagements with NZ accounting firms, these are the processes that deliver measurable time savings within the first six weeks.

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How to build an AI use policy your team will actually follow

The difference between a policy that sits in a SharePoint folder and one that changes how your team works. With a template you can adapt.

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Common questions

Questions about AI for NZ professional services firms.

What managing partners and operations managers ask most often before getting in touch.

What does AIpex actually do?
AIpex provides two types of service: structured AI training programmes for professional services staff and leadership teams, and fixed-scope workflow automation builds. Training services help firms build internal AI capability and establish governance. Automation builds identify and implement specific operational improvements within a firm's existing systems. Both are fixed-fee with defined deliverables.
Who is AIpex for?
AIpex works primarily with NZ professional services firms — accounting and advisory practices, architecture and planning consultancies, engineering firms, and legal practices. Typical clients have between 10 and 100 employees. The common denominator is that AI is already happening informally and the firm needs structure, governance, and practical capability to make it work properly.
What makes AIpex different from a generic AI course or a Microsoft Copilot reseller?
AIpex is vendor-independent. It doesn't resell software licences and doesn't receive referral fees from technology vendors. All training content is built specifically for NZ professional services workflows and NZ Privacy Act 2020 obligations — not global content repackaged for a local audience. Automation builds use whatever tools make sense for the firm's existing systems.
Is AIpex eligible for MBIE AI Advisory Pilot co-funding?
Several AIpex services are eligible for co-funding under the MBIE AI Advisory Pilot, which provides up to 50% government co-funding for eligible engagements (up to NZ$15,000). Eligible services include the full-day AI Capability Workshop, the AI Readiness Assessment, and both Workflow Integration Sprint tiers. See the pricing page for details.
Who is Patrick Dodd and what is his role at AIpex?
Patrick Dodd is co-founder of AIpex and leads strategy, training, and client relationships. He is a Professional Teaching Fellow at the University of Auckland Business School. At AIpex, he delivers AI capability programmes, governance frameworks, and executive briefings for NZ professional services firms.
What industries does AIpex work with?
AIpex primarily works with NZ professional services firms including accounting and advisory practices, architecture and planning consultancies, engineering firms, and legal practices. Training programmes and workflow automations are tailored to the specific workflows and compliance obligations of each sector, including NZ Privacy Act 2020 obligations around client data handling.

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