AI automation for businesses
AI automation is the automation of work processes where artificial intelligence handles the steps that require someone to read, interpret or assess content, while fixed rules handle the rest. AIKI automates manual routines for Norwegian businesses, such as invoice processing, rate cards, email and reporting, connected to the systems you already use and with checks before the result is passed on.
- price as a project
- Fixed price after scoping
- Estimated hours saved per year
- 1,200+ h
- Carriers in one platform
- 9 → 1
What is AI automation, and how does it differ from regular automation?
Traditional automation, such as RPA, works well when data always arrives in the same format. Invoices from different suppliers, rate cards with their own structure and free-text emails need more. AI automation uses language models to understand that kind of content, so these processes can be automated too.
The key design decision is where to use AI. AIKI uses artificial intelligence where documents have to be understood and interpreted, and fixed rules and checks where the result has to be predictable, such as dates, periods, counts and value limits. That way errors are caught before they are passed on.
AI automation is often the first step towards AI agents. The automation handles one fixed routine, while an agent can choose between several paths and act in several systems.
AI automation use cases for Norwegian businesses
Good candidates are routines that recur every week, take a lot of time and follow a pattern, even when the content varies.
Invoice and document processing
Invoices and forms are read, the supplier is recognised and the content is structured into Excel or the finance system.
Rate cards and tables
Long rate cards are split up, interpreted and combined, so zones, products and prices are ready to use without manual review.
Monitoring external sources
Changes on web pages, PDFs and portals are picked up automatically, as when TopLogic tracks transport surcharges from 9 carriers.
Synchronisation between systems
Data is kept consistent across tools. For Tredal an automation counts trailers per location and updates capacity between Rentit and Google Sheets.
Reports and alerts
Numbers from several systems are compiled into fixed reports, with alerts when something deviates or new figures fail to arrive.
How AIKI automates a work process
Map the routine
We map how the work is done today, where the time goes and which systems are involved, and estimate the saving.
Agree the scope
You get a description of the flow, integrations, checks and acceptance criteria, with a fixed price in AI Development or as the next task in AI Partner.
Build with checks
We build the flow, add checkpoints that stop errors and duplicates, and test against real data from your daily work.
Operations and follow-up
The automation goes live with status, history and alerts, plus documentation and training for its users.
How much does AI automation cost?
AIKI delivers AI automation within existing services. One well-defined routine can be a project in AI Development with a fixed price based on scope. For several routines over time, AI Partner fits: every month we find the most time-consuming task, calculate the gain and build the automation, for a fixed monthly price.
Whether an automation pays off depends on how much time the routine takes today. Run the numbers with the ROI calculator before you get in touch.
AI Development
Fixed price after scoping
Custom AI solutions delivered as defined projects with a fixed price after scoping, documentation, and handover.
Read about AI DevelopmentAs an ongoing partnershipAI Partner
NOK 59,000/month
Your external AI department. We find the time sinks and build AI colleagues that do the job, inside the programs you already use. A fixed price every month.
Read about AI PartnerClient case: AI automation for TopLogic
TopLogic handles freight and transport across the Nordics. AIKI is TopLogic's external AI department and has built a logistics platform that reads invoices and rate cards, tracks transport surcharges from 9 carriers and runs checks before the result is passed on. The internal estimate is more than 1,200 hours saved per year.
View the caseFor Tredal, AIKI automated trailer capacity updates between Rentit and Google Sheets, part of a delivery that saves 30 hours of manual work per month.
Read the Tredal case- Estimated hours saved per year
- 1,200+ h
- Carriers in one platform
- 9 → 1
- Estimated saved per rate card
- 3 h
AI automation: questions and answers
What is the difference between AI automation and regular automation?
Regular automation follows fixed rules and needs data in a fixed format. AI automation can also read and interpret content that varies, such as invoices, rate cards and free-text email. AIKI combines the two: AI where content has to be interpreted, fixed rules where the result has to be predictable.
How much does AI automation cost?
As a scoped project in AI Development you get a fixed price based on scope before we start. With AI Partner you pay NOK 59,000 per month, and we automate one new task at a time and look after what we have delivered.
Which processes are best suited to AI automation?
Routines that recur often, take a lot of time and follow a pattern: document processing, moving data between systems, monitoring external sources and fixed reports. If you are unsure where to start, an AI Audit maps the whole business.
What happens if the AI misreads a document?
We add checks that verify the result before it is stored or passed on, such as date, period, count and value limits. At TopLogic several checkpoints run before delivery, and the solution raises an alert when a job is only partially completed.
Do we have to change systems to automate?
No. The automation connects to the systems you use today, and the result is delivered in the formats you need, such as Excel, CSV, email or directly in the finance system.
How quickly will we see results from AI automation?
The effect can be measured from the moment the routine is live. We estimate the gain before we build, so you know what the automation should save, and follow up that it does.
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View all servicesWhich routine takes the most time in your business?
Book a call, and we will look at the routine and estimate what it could save before you decide.