AI Automation
Agents and workflow automation that finish the work.
- Invoice, quote & contract processing
- Support triage, deflection & summarisation
- Back-office workflow orchestration
Bristol · AI & Microsoft Azure specialists
AI and cloud that pays back — safely.
We help UK teams design, build and run AI systems using the right models and infrastructure for the job — Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, or your own servers. From your first automation to a full AI-native operating model, we make the plan practical and the delivery boring.
Currently taking new engagements for this quarter
UK South
default data residency for client workloads
Fixed
scope and price, agreed before we build
Fortnightly
working software, not status reports
Published
pricing you can read without a sales call
Credentials
Microsoft-Certified Expertise
Earned by the engineer who leads your delivery — not a company reseller badge.
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Azure Solutions Architect
Expert
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Cybersecurity Architect
Expert
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Microsoft Certified Trainer
Trainer
Also certified
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Azure Administrator
Associate
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Cloud and AI Security Engineer
Associate
Technologies we work with
- Microsoft Azure
- OpenAI
- GitHub
- Databricks
- Microsoft Copilot
- Claude Code
Why Cloudpilar
Most AI projects stall in the gap between the demo and the day job.
We close that gap. The work is part architecture, part governance and part change — and it only counts when it is running in production, in your tenant, with someone accountable for it.
Adopt AI without the risk
We put guardrails on data, model access and human review before a single prompt reaches production.
Cloud that scales with you
Azure-native architectures your finance team can read and your engineers can operate at 3am.
Outcomes, not slideware
Every engagement is scoped to a measurable business outcome — not a shelf of unused pilots.
Architecture
From business need to measurable outcome
A controlled path from operational need through data, AI, governance and human oversight.
What we do
Nine services, one operating principle: ship something that works.
Start anywhere — an automation, an architecture review, a board-level strategy. Most clients begin with one and grow into three.
Custom AI Agents & Assistants
Private assistants that answer from your own data.
- Retrieval-augmented over SharePoint, SQL, PDFs
- Voice, chat & Copilot Studio agents
- Role-based access, audit trails, evals
AI-Enabled Applications
Production AI apps, built and run end-to-end.
- Full-stack app design, build & deployment
- Model integration, evals & guardrails baked in
- Managed hosting, monitoring & upgrades post-launch
AI Services & Solutions
Not sure where to start? This is the front door.
- Use-case discovery & opportunity mapping
- Model, platform & vendor selection
- Build, integration & production rollout
AI Consultancy
Independent strategy, governance and fractional CTO.
- AI strategy & adoption roadmap
- Governance, risk register & policy framework
- Board-level reporting & benchmarking
Solution Architecture
Vendor-agnostic system design and architecture reviews.
- System design & technology selection
- Architecture reviews & second opinions
- Build-vs-buy & vendor-agnostic roadmaps
Azure AI & Cloud Solutions
Well-Architected Azure landing zones and AI platforms.
- Landing zones & identity (Entra ID)
- Azure OpenAI & AI platform deployment
- Kubernetes, App Service, container apps
Azure Data Architecture
Data platforms built for AI — Fabric, Synapse, ADLS.
- Data platform: Fabric, Synapse, ADLS
- Data governance, lineage & access control
- Pipelines designed for AI & analytics workloads
AI & Cloud Security
Defensive security for your AI and cloud estate.
- Microsoft Defender & Sentinel roll-outs
- Access reviews, MFA, conditional access
- AI threat detection, model & data protection
How we work
A delivery method designed to be unremarkable.
No heroics, no surprises at the end. Four stages, fortnightly evidence, and a written plan you could hand to a different supplier tomorrow.
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Discover
Two-week discovery: value map, data audit, risk register, and a costed plan you can take to your board.
02
Design
Architecture, security posture, evaluation strategy. Nothing is built until the failure modes are named.
03
Build
Ship in fortnightly increments. Each release has metrics, tests and a rollback plan — no exceptions.
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Operate
We run it, monitor it and evolve it. Or we hand it over to your team with a runbook that reads like prose.
Reference architectures
How we would build it, before you commit to it.
Patterns we would propose, written out in full — including where each one gets hard. These are not delivered engagements, and we say so plainly rather than dress them up as one.
Claims triage assistant grounded in policy documents
How we would build a claims triage agent that reads policy wordings, drafts the adjuster opening letter, and cites the clause it relied on.
Clinician letter summarisation with human sign-off
How we would approach clinical correspondence summarisation inside an NHS trust's own Azure tenant, with clinician review before anything is saved.
Azure landing zone and FinOps re-platforming
How we would move a flat, untagged Azure estate onto a hub-and-spoke landing zone with cost boundaries a finance team can actually read.
Products
Buy the work without buying a project.
Productised AI you can procure without a long transformation programme — transparent scope, clear commercial terms and deployment designed around your security requirements.
Managed Apps
Your production AI apps, on our operating table.
We host, monitor and evolve the AI apps we build for you. Fixed monthly cost, incident response inside an hour, model and dependency upgrades handled.
- 24/7 monitoring with human on-call
- Model & dependency upgrades
- Quarterly evaluation & drift reports
- Change requests inside the SLA
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Automations
Ready-to-deploy AI workflows for common back-office pain.
Pre-built, source-available automations — accounts payable, sales handovers, inbox triage. We install them in your Azure tenant so your data never leaves.
- Deploys into your Azure tenant
- Source-available; no lock-in
- Human-in-the-loop by default
- Priced per workflow, not per seat
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Secure AI Assistant
A private AI assistant grounded in your organisation's own knowledge.
Deploy a production-ready assistant over policies, procedures, manuals and internal knowledge — with permissions, citations and human escalation built in.
- Deploys into your Azure environment
- Answers from approved company knowledge
- Role-aware access and permissions
- Citations back to source documents
- Human escalation for sensitive cases
- Monitoring and evaluation included
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Who we help
Regulated, cautious, and short on time.
Our best work happens where the data is sensitive and the tolerance for failure is low — which is exactly where most AI vendors go quiet.
Financial services
KYC automation, advisor copilots, regulated-data retrieval.
Healthcare & life sciences
Clinician assistants, coding and summarisation, safe patient data.
Legal & professional services
Matter intake, contract review, structured extraction.
Manufacturing & logistics
Ops assistants, forecasting, supplier automations.
Retail & consumer
Merchandising copilots, service deflection, dynamic content.
Public sector & education
Citizen-safe assistants, admin automation, secure Azure landing zones.
Engagement models
Priced in the open, because you should not have to ask.
Indicative starting points. The discovery call gives you a real number, and we would rather tell you it is too expensive than sell you the wrong thing.
Advisory retainer
from £4,500
per month
Fractional CTO and AI counsel for founders and CIOs. Weekly sessions, async on demand.
- 2 × 90-minute weekly sessions
- Architecture & vendor reviews
- Board reporting pack
- Slack / Teams response inside 4 hours
Most chosen
Fixed-scope project
from £18,000
per outcome
Discovery through delivery of a named outcome. Fixed scope, fixed price, fortnightly demos.
- Two-week discovery included
- Fortnightly production releases
- Evaluation & rollback plan
- 30-day post-launch care
Managed service
from £3,500
per app / month
We run the AI apps we built for you. Monitoring, upgrades, incident response, evolution.
- 24/7 monitoring plus on-call
- Model & dependency upgrades
- Quarterly drift & evaluation report
- Included change budget
Security & governance
The paperwork your procurement team will ask for.
We have been through NHS, financial services and public sector due diligence. The answers below are the ones that usually unblock it.
Cyber Essentials aligned
Our engagements and internal controls follow the NCSC Cyber Essentials scheme.
UK GDPR & Data Protection
Data stays in UK South by default. DPAs signed before kick-off; DPIAs supported.
ISO 27001 informed
Documented ISMS-style controls; happy to be audited against your customer requirements.
Microsoft Certified
Certified professionals across Azure, Data & AI, and Security — validated by Microsoft.
Questions
The six things everyone asks us.
If yours is not here, ask it on the call — we will give you a straight answer, including when the answer is that you do not need us.
Where does our data go?
It stays in your Azure tenant, in UK South, by default. Where OpenAI models are used we default to the Azure OpenAI Service with the abuse-monitoring opt-out and private endpoints — nothing leaves your tenancy unless you explicitly ask it to.
How quickly can we see something working?
We scope engagements to put a working, in-tenant prototype in front of you within four to six weeks. We will not skip discovery to get there — the first two weeks go on understanding the value, the data and the failure modes, and we would rather move the date than cut that.
Do we need to be a Microsoft shop already?
No. We work best with organisations already on Microsoft 365 or Azure, but a large part of what we do is meeting teams where they are and helping them move cleanly.
Can you work alongside our internal engineering team?
Yes, and we prefer it. We pair with your engineers, transfer the code and the runbook, and leave. Everything we ship is meant to be maintainable by a team that is not us — if you need us permanently, we have built the wrong thing.
What is your approach to AI safety and governance?
Every project ships with an evaluation harness, a human-in-the-loop plan, an incident playbook and a written risk register. We will not put a model in front of users without those four.
Do you take on smaller businesses, or only enterprise?
Both. The advisory retainer suits a founder or a small team who need senior judgement without a full-time hire; the fixed-scope project suits an organisation with a named outcome and a budget attached. We size the engagement to the problem rather than to the size of the company.
Start the conversation
Tell us the outcome you need. We will tell you what it takes.
A 30-minute discovery call, no charge and no pitch deck. You will leave with a straight answer on feasibility, rough cost and the first sensible step.