AI governance · data platforms · automation · Melbourne, Australia

AI governance
you can defend.

Your board wants an answer on AI risk. Ad2Lab finds where AI is already running inside your organisation, measures the governance and privacy exposure, and builds the data foundations to move safely. Based in Melbourne, working across Australia and New Zealand.

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Independent technical advisory · Not legal advice or compliance certification · ABN 79 658 501 350

1–3wks
Typical fixed-fee engagement
10 domains
Governance assessed
Azure·Databricks
Platforms
AU·NZ
Remote delivery

If any of these sound familiar,
you're in the right place.

"We know we need AI, but we don't know where to start."
"Our data is everywhere and nobody trusts the numbers."
"The board asked what our AI risk is and we couldn't answer."
"We can't put customer data into a tool without a privacy story."

Each of those is a technical question with an evidence-based answer. That is the work.

Where we help.
One consistent standard.

Governance first. It is the urgent, budgeted question in a regulated market, and the rest supports it.

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AI Starter Assessment

Not sure where AI fits in your business? In two to four weeks we score your data maturity, find the use cases worth building, and hand you a ranked roadmap. Fixed fee. Plain language. An answer to "where do I start?"

Data maturity scorecard
AI opportunity map with ranked ROI hypotheses
Gap analysis & risk register
Prioritised 90/180-day roadmap
Executive readout
Fixed Fee 2–4 Weeks Ranked roadmap Readout included
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Data Platform & Architecture

"Our data is everywhere and nobody trusts the numbers." We design the platform and the governance around it, so the AI work that follows has a foundation.

Platform & architecture design on Azure and Databricks
Governance, security and compliance designed in from the start
Architecture decision records & handover documentation
Fractional CDO & delivery oversight
Azure Databricks Architecture Fractional CDO
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AI-Powered Web & Automation

Repetitive manual workflows, and a website that neither converts nor lets customers self-serve. We build the automation and the assistant, then hand it over working.

Professional website design & build
AI chatbot trained on your business
Online booking & scheduling systems
Workflow & process automation
Ongoing support & SaaS retainer
Small business RAG Chatbot Booking Systems Support retainer

Three ways to start,
each scoped in writing.

Most engagements move through these in order. The Quick Scan is one fixed week. The Review is the full governance assessment. The retainer puts a senior person on call. Data platform builds, automation and website projects are quoted per scope.

AI Governance Quick Scan
$4,950AUD, fixed fee
1 week
Fractional Advisory
$1,800AUD, per day
2–4 days a month

Fees in AUD, excluding GST. Nothing starts without a written statement of work. We turn work down rather than discount it.

What you can
hold us to.

You shouldn't have to take our word for it. Here is what we commit to on every engagement, and what you can measure us on.

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Senior delivery

The person who scopes the work is the person who does it. No juniors learning on your budget.

02
Ships to production

Anything we build is deployed, monitored and maintainable. No prototype handed over with "good luck".

03
Documented handover

Architecture decisions, system records and runbooks are yours, in writing, on full payment.

04
Evidence, not adjectives

Every finding traces to something we observed. No unsupported compliance claims.

Not ready for a conversation?
Find out where you stand in four minutes.

The free AI Governance Readiness Assessment scores your organisation against the Privacy Act, APRA CPS 234 and emerging high-risk AI guardrails, then shows you the five moves that cut risk fastest. No sales call.

Take the free assessment Runs in your browser · You see your score immediately

Senior depth.
One person.

01
Governance and engineering in one person

AI governance and policy, plus hands-on data engineering. It is an unusual combination to hire in.

02
Senior depth, hands on

Senior delivery on Azure and Databricks. Every system we build is deployed, monitored and maintainable. No slideware.

03
Australian privacy and APRA ready

Governance and data platforms are designed against the Privacy Act (APPs) and APRA CPS 234 from the start, not retrofitted later.

04
Melbourne base, remote across AU/NZ

Based in Melbourne, delivering remotely across Australia and New Zealand. You get a proper handover at the end.

Readiness snapshot (example)
// AI governance readiness
inventory ............ 40%
policy ............... 25%
risk ................. 35%
privacy .............. 50%
oversight ............ 30%
monitoring ........... 20%
 
// band: Developing
priority: model inventory, then policy
⬤ 5 MOVES
SCORE: 33/100
TIME: 4 min

From scoping to
production in weeks.

01
Discovery

A focused workshop to map where your data lives, what the business needs, and what the technology will allow. We leave with enough to scope precisely.

02
Architecture

Solution design with the tradeoffs written down. You see the system before we build it, so nothing surprising turns up mid-engagement.

03
Build

Iterative delivery with working software at every checkpoint. Tested, documented, and ready for your team to operate.

04
Embed & Scale

Handover with knowledge transfer, or ongoing retainer support. Your choice. Either way, nothing is a black box.

Questions we
get asked.

Do you provide legal advice or compliance certification?
No. We provide independent technical advisory. We work alongside your legal counsel and auditors; compliance and certification are theirs to determine, not ours.
What size organisations do you work with?
Mid-market to enterprise, roughly 100 to 2,000 staff. Usually they have data or AI ambition and no full-time senior data or AI leader.
Can you work under our brand, or with our existing IT partner?
Yes. We white-label engagements under a partner's brand and co-deliver alongside in-house teams and managed service providers.
How do you handle our data?
Under agreed data-handling terms. We take the minimum access needed, and we don't retain client data beyond the engagement.
How much does the readiness assessment cost?
The self-serve assessment is free. A one-week Quick Scan is $4,950. The full Governance Review is $15,000. Anything larger gets quoted after a scoping call.

Tell us the question,
not a brochure request.

We reply within one business day with a straight answer about whether we are the right fit. If we are not, we will say so.

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Email
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Location
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Remote across Australia & New Zealand
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Response time
Within 24 hours on business days
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Availability
Accepting new engagements now