AI strategy and implementation consultancy · Melbourne

AI adoption, decided in two weeks

We find out whether the expensive thing is worth building. A third of the time it is not, and we say so in writing.

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★★★★★ 4.9 · 27 reviews

About Deep9

Deep9 helps mid-sized businesses work out where AI actually pays, then builds the thing. Strategy that ends in a shipped system, not a slide deck.

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Numbers, because this industry runs on adjectives

40+Assessments delivered
9 weeksAverage time to a shipped system
1 in 3Engagements we talked out of a build
94%Systems still running after 12 months

Services

AI readiness assessment

$6,500

Two weeks. Where AI pays in your business, where it does not, and what it would cost to find out.

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Decision system build

From $48,000

Six to ten weeks. One system, shipped, with your team able to run it.

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Embedded AI team

From $18,000

Per month. Two engineers and an architect inside your delivery team.

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  1. 1
    Week 0 — We argue about the problem

    A day with the people who own it. Most of the value is here, and it is free.

  2. 2
    Weeks 1–2 — The assessment

    Where AI pays, where it does not, what it costs to find out. A number, not a maturity model.

  3. 3
    Weeks 3–10 — The build

    One system, fixed scope, your team in the room the whole way.

  4. 4
    Week 11 — We hand it over and leave

    Documentation, training, and no ongoing licence. If you need us again you will call.

What is in a build, always

What clients say when you ask them straight

They talked us out of the expensive option and built the boring one instead. It paid for itself in four months and it is still running.

— Priya N., Operations Director

The questions people actually ask before signing

What happens if the assessment says don't build?

You have spent $6,500 and saved a great deal more. About a third end this way and we publish that number on purpose.

Can you work with our existing data team?

Usually better that way. We are there to make them faster, not to replace them.

Do you sign our MSA?

Yes, and our insurance certificate is on the documents page.

Meet the team

Mo Abdelrazek

Founder

Fifteen years building systems that had to work on Monday. Started Deep9 after watching too many AI pilots die in a steering committee.

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Sarah Chen

Principal Engineer

Ships the thing. Previously ran ML platform at a logistics company nobody has heard of that moves a third of the east coast.

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Where we came from

  1. 2023
    Founded after one too many AI pilots died in a steering committee.
  2. 2024
    First fixed-price build shipped in seven weeks. Still running.
  3. 2025
    Published our 'do not build' rate. Three competitors asked us to stop.
  4. 2026
    Forty assessments delivered across four states.

Who we have worked with

What customers say

★★★★★ 4.9 from 27 reviews
★★★★★
They talked us out of the expensive option

"We came in wanting a chatbot. They showed us the numbers and we built a quoting tool instead. It paid for itself in four months."

— Priya N. ✓ Verified
★★★★★
A scope, not a discovery phase

"Fixed price, fixed date, working software at the end. I have been burned by the other kind."

— Tom R. ✓ Verified
★★★★★
They said no to half our list

"The half they kept was the half that mattered. First time a consultancy has argued for a smaller engagement."

— Alicia W. ✓ Verified
★★★★
Strong build, slower start

"Took a fortnight to get going. Once they did, the delivery was the cleanest we have had."

— Dev S. ✓ Verified

Frequently asked

How do you price an engagement?

Fixed price against a fixed scope. The assessment is $6,500 and tells you whether the build is worth doing — if the answer is no, we say so and you have spent $6,500 instead of $200,000.

What if AI is not the answer for us?

Then that is what the assessment says. Roughly a third of them end that way. We would rather write that report than build something you quietly stop using.

Do we need our own data team?

No. You need somebody who owns the problem. We bring the engineering and hand it back with the team trained to run it.

How long before we see anything working?

Two weeks to a decision, six to ten more to a shipped system. Nothing here runs for a year before you see software.

Who owns what you build?

You do — code, weights, prompts, documentation. No licence, no lock-in, no per-seat fee on your own system.

Start with the assessment, not the build

Two weeks and $6,500 tells you whether the expensive thing is worth doing. A third of the time it tells you it is not.

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