Professional Services
AI software for professional services
In a services firm, every hour of admin is an hour off the invoice. We build the internal AI layer that gets those hours back.
Where it hurts
- Institutional knowledge locked in individual inboxes.
- Business development is inconsistent between partners.
- Reporting and admin consume senior time.
What we build
Platforms for professional services
Intranet with AI layer
Search and answers across your documents, projects and precedents.
Business development tools
Target lists, outreach, proposal generation and pipeline visibility.
Admin automation
Timesheets, approvals, onboarding and reporting handled automatically.
Client portals
Secure spaces for deliverables, updates and approvals.
Track record
Already delivered in this sector
- An intranet with an AI layer, BD tooling and automation that saved over 80 hours of admin per week.
Deep dive
AI software for professional services: how we approach it
Professional services firms sell expertise measured in hours, so anything that consumes non-billable time is a direct hit to margin. The firms pulling ahead are using AI to compress research, drafting and administration while keeping partner judgement firmly in the loop.
The non-billable problem
Proposal writing, engagement setup, document review, research, status reporting, timesheet chasing and invoicing all sit outside the billable hour, and they scale with the size of the firm rather than its profitability. Most firms have no clear number for how much time they lose to it, which is the first thing we measure.
Knowledge fragmentation compounds it. Precedent documents, previous engagements, methodologies and expertise live in individual inboxes and folders, so the same work is redone and juniors cannot find the best example. That is a retrieval problem with a well understood solution.
What we build for firms
We build grounded knowledge systems over your own documents so a fee earner can find precedent, prior advice and methodology in seconds with citations back to the source. On top of that sit drafting assistants for proposals, reports and correspondence that use your templates and tone, document review and extraction for contracts and bundles, and research support with references.
Around the delivery work we build practice operations: engagement and matter management, time capture that fills itself from activity, automated status reporting and billing that goes out on time. The client-facing side often becomes a client portal where documents, progress and invoices live in one place.
Confidentiality and professional standards
Client confidentiality is non-negotiable, so access control follows the matter, data boundaries are explicit, retention rules are enforced and every AI interaction is logged. Output is always attributable and reviewable, because professional responsibility cannot be delegated to a model.
Handled properly, the result is a firm that responds faster, prices more confidently and gives juniors access to the institutional knowledge that used to live in a handful of heads. If you want to discuss what that looks like for your practice, get in touch and we will scope it honestly.
How the engagement runs
- 1
Quantify non-billable time
We measure where fee earner hours actually go and rank the recoverable ones by value.
- 2
Ground the knowledge
Your documents become a governed, permissioned retrieval layer with citations.
- 3
Automate the practice
Drafting, review, time capture and reporting go live, tracked against realisation and lock-up.
Proof
Case studies from this sector
Platforms we have shipped here, with the ROI levers they moved.
SaaS CRM with sales enablement
A multi-tenant SaaS CRM with sales enablement tooling built in: sequencing, scoring, content and forecasting for a growing sales team.
$25k to $200k pipeline in 45 days
ROI highlights
- Pipeline grew from $25k to $200k within 45 days of launch
- Rep admin time redirected to selling activity
AI intranet & business development hub
An intranet with an AI layer covering business development tooling, recruitment data capability and workflow automation.
80+ hours of admin removed each week
ROI highlights
- Over 80 hours of admin saved per week
- Institutional knowledge searchable in seconds
SemTech automated organic search marketing platform
SemTech is an automated organic search marketing platform covering long-tail keyword research, content production, publishing into the client website CMS, reporting, a client portal and per site subscription billing, all in one system.
1,100+ combined top three placements on long-tail terms
ROI highlights
- More than 1,100 combined top three placements across active accounts
- Average traffic increase of 39%, ranging from 7% inside four weeks to 79% over five months
Solutions
How we would approach it
FAQ
Professional Services AI software questions
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