AI CONSULTING · AUSTRALIAAI consulting for Australian enterprises whose AI pilots never reach the P&L

Why start with the business case, not the technology?

Most AI programmes stall because nobody can say what a use case is worth or what it costs to run.

Australian guidance makes the same point. The National AI Centre’s Guidance for AI Adoption starts with deciding who is accountable and understanding impacts before you build. [1]

So we start where your P&L does: cost per transaction, cycle time, error rates, revenue per customer.

That is why we describe ourselves as a business consultancy first. We help enterprises adopt AI to improve bottom-line performance and growth, and we stay through build and adoption so the value you sized on paper turns up in your numbers.

The tempting choice: buy a tool, then look for a problem.

The better choice: price the problem, then pick the tool.

How does our AI consulting work?

Every engagement follows the Quantana Path: Map, Solve, Prove, Grow. Inside it are six pieces of work.

1. Opportunity assessment. We map processes and workflows with the people who run them, then list where AI could remove effort, cut errors or open revenue. We also check your data architecture and team readiness, because most organisations overestimate how ready they are.
2. Cost-saving sizing. For each candidate we record the baseline (cost, time and quality today), the addressable volume, the expected lift and our confidence. The result is an annual value range, not a single hopeful number. Our value-sizing method shows the arithmetic.
3. Growth-potential sizing. The same method applies to revenue: lead response time, conversion, retention, new services. Growth cases carry wider ranges, and we say so.
4. Roadmap. AI Compass ranks use cases on an ROI feasibility matrix and sequences them, with owners, decision gates and stop rules. You get your AI roadmap in 14 days.
5. Build. AI Labs builds what the roadmap selects: custom retrieval-augmented generation (RAG, which answers from your own documents), legacy integrations and private LLM deployments. Q-Squad deploys governed AI agents.
6. Govern and adopt. We put ISO-aligned controls, role-based access and audit logging around each system. AI Academy trains leaders and teams so the tools get used. People approve; the AI drafts, reads, matches and flags.

Want the stage-by-stage version you can run yourself? Read our guide on how to implement AI in your business.

What does a typical engagement look like?

Three steps. Timing after the roadmap depends on your data and approvals.

AI Compass: From A$15,000 + GST. One fixed fee, never per user. Builds are priced per use case once the roadmap has sized them.

Our enterprise AI roadmap guide sets out typical phase lengths, owners and gates if you want to plan the rest.

Which industries do we work in?

These examples come from our published case studies.

• Mining and resources. For PX4 Software Resources we built a tenement compliance platform used by mining companies including Glencore, Fortescue and Aurelia Metals, supporting 60+ regulatory jurisdictions across 6 continents, with 35% cost savings in mining project planning.
• Life sciences. CasX.ai’s autonomous pharmacovigilance platform has processed more than 50,000 case records, with a reported 50% to 80% reduction in pharmacovigilance cost across deployments.
• Private equity. We regularly speak at Warburg Pincus portfolio companies and help them adopt AI. Read the case study, or see AI for private equity.
• Manufacturing and mobility. For AISIN (Toyota Group) we designed an edge computing solution that detects and reports road issues in real time, operational in Japan and Europe.
• Financial services and insurance. A peer-to-peer lending platform approved by the Central Bank of Bahrain and verified by independent VAPT, and an AI submission and quoting platform for a US insurance services firm. See also AI for MGAs.
• Hospitality. An AI email agent for Greenpark Hotels sorts messages into bookings, escalations, FAQs and priority queries and drafts replies, ending manual email sorting.
• Education. ISB’s learning platform, engineered for 100,000 users, uses AI-generated content to cut course development from months to minutes.
• Facilities. Facillizence’s IoT and AI platform reports savings of up to 20% of operations and maintenance cost per square foot.
• Australian brands. Frosty Boy, Surf the Urge (Sydney) and BookJoy (Brisbane).

“Feels like almost 10 years with Quantana. They are second to none, true experts in digital platforms and AI.”

Browse all case studies or see the industries we serve.

How do you choose an AI consultancy? A buyer’s checklist

Use these ten questions with any firm you shortlist, including us.

1. Do they size value before they recommend tools? Ask for a sample value calculation with a baseline, a volume, a lift and a confidence level.
2. Will they put a stop rule in writing? Good roadmaps say when a pilot is cancelled, not only when it scales.
3. Can they show measured outcomes? Look for published case studies with numbers, not logos alone.
4. Are they model-neutral? A firm tied to one vendor will recommend that vendor. Ask how they choose models and how you could switch.
5. Where will your data be processed? Storage and inference can sit in different countries. Ask about storage, inference, logs and support access separately. [2]
6. What certifications cover delivery? ISO/IEC 27001 covers information security management. Ask for the certificate, not the badge.
7. How do they map to Australian guidance? Ask how their governance covers the six practices in the Guidance for AI Adoption, the OAIC’s advice on personal information in AI tools and, if you are APRA-regulated, CPS 230 and CPS 234. [1][3][4]
8. Do they plan for the 10 December 2026 privacy change? From that date, organisations covered by the Privacy Act must describe in their privacy policy automated decisions that could significantly affect individuals. [5]
9. Who builds and who trains? Adoption fails when people are not ready. Ask who delivers training and how adoption is measured.
10. Is there an Australian entity? Check the ABN on the Australian Business Register, and where contracts, support and liability sit.

General information, not legal advice. Regulatory position as at 8 November 2026, with links to the primary sources.