We've worked with enough operators in Geelong to know that the brief that arrives in our inbox is rarely the brief that ends up shipped. The first thing we do on any AI HR assistant project is sit with your team for a day before we propose anything.
Built and supported here - the way a Geelong business would actually use it.
Our goal is to give Geelong businesses a three-day weekend, so people can spend more time with their families and the people they love :)
What AI HR assistant actually does
An AI HR assistant trained on your policies, awards, and the Employment Relations Act. Answers staff questions, drafts contracts, screens applicants, and flags HR risk - without replacing your people lead.
- 01 Answers leave, pay, and policy questions 24/7
- 02 Drafts contracts, warnings, and PIPs from templates
- 03 Screens CVs against role criteria with reasoning
- 04 Flags ER risks before they become disputes
Built on: Claude Employment Hero API BambooHR Vercel
Without Koala Dynamics
With Koala Dynamics
What you actually get
Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. This is what is in the box.
- A working pilot, in productionNot a prototype on someone's laptop. The first slice of AI HR assistant runs against real work within weeks.
- Your data stays yoursIt runs on your accounts and your tools. If we part ways you keep the system and everything in it.
- The workflow mapped before codeWe write down what good looks like for Geelong businesses first, so nobody is guessing at handover.
- Support after it landsThe people who built it stay reachable when the business changes shape around it.
How AI HR assistant compares
The two things most businesses do instead, and where each one runs out.
| Hiring for it | An off-the-shelf tool | Koala Dynamics | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit to how you work | Fits perfectly, costs a salary | You bend your process to suit the tool | Built around the workflow you already run |
| Time to something useful | Immediate, and permanent | Quick to switch on, slow to make fit | A working slice in weeks, then hardened |
| Who owns the data | You do | The vendor, on the vendor's terms | You do, in your own accounts |
| When it breaks | That person sorts it, if they are in | A support queue and a ticket number | The people who built it |
| What it costs | A salary, every year, forever | Per seat, forever, used or not | Scoped and quoted up front |
Why Geelong businesses are a fit for this.
- Geelong has rebuilt itself around health, education and advanced manufacturing since the car plants closed - AI here supports a city that's already proven it can reinvent.
- A major hospital redevelopment, Deakin University's waterfront campus, and a manufacturing base that's shifted from cars to precision and renewables work. Geelong teams want AI that fits a city used to modernising fast.
We work with teams across Geelong: Geelong CBD · Newtown · Belmont · Corio · Ocean Grove · Torquay.
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How we build AI HR assistant for a Geelong team.
We scope narrow, ship a working pilot, then harden it into production. The first slice is the highest-leverage workflow for your Geelong business, so value lands before the build is finished. AI HR and people ops.
Talk to usHow the work runs
- Find the one workflowWe look for the job costing Geelong businesses the most hours or the most leads, and deliberately ignore the rest for now.
- Ship a working sliceA narrow version goes into production in weeks, against real work, so the value shows up before the build is finished.
- Prove it, then widenWe measure it against what the work cost before. If it does not pay for itself, we say so rather than scaling it.
- Harden and hand overLogging, fallbacks and a real handover, so it keeps running when we are not in the room.
The outcome for Geelong teams
What changes for Geelong teams after this lands: the work that used to need a person stays done, the work that needs a person gets done with their attention undivided. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month - leaders get their week back.
Not your typical AI agency.
Honest about what AI can and cannot do
Ships the one workflow that pays for itself
Hours given back, never the size of the invoice
*Every engagement is scoped and quoted up front. Results vary by workflow and business.
FAQ
When does AI HR assistant actually pay back?
Inside the first quarter, in our experience. We pick the first slice specifically because it's the highest-leverage workflow for a Geelong - so the savings start landing before the rest of the build is finished.
Do you do hourly billing or fixed price?
Fixed price for the pilot, every time. After that it's your call - fixed price per milestone or a small monthly retainer for ongoing iteration. We don't run open-ended T&M because it disincentivises us from finishing.
Has this actually shipped for a real Geelong?
Yes. HR enquiries drop 65% in the first month - leaders get their week back. We'll share comparable engagements on the call.
Will this run on our own infrastructure?
Yes, where it makes sense. AI HR assistant can sit entirely in your cloud account, with model calls routed through endpoints you control. We default to Claude, Employment Hero API, BambooHR, Vercel but the architecture supports your existing platform choices.
Skip the pitch.
Tell us the workflow and we'll come back with what we'd build first.
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Tell us what you're trying to do and we'll reply with how we'd build it - no obligation.