What is AI process automation?+
AI process automation uses AI models together with ordinary automation to handle work that needs reading and judgment, not just fixed rules: sorting emails, extracting data from documents, drafting answers or summarising meetings. Classic automation moves data; AI process automation also understands it.
Which business processes are best to automate with AI first?+
Processes that happen often, follow a recognisable pattern and currently need a person to read something and retype or classify it. Typical first candidates are shared inbox triage, order or invoice data entry, repeat customer questions and weekly reporting.
How is this different from RPA or Zapier automation?+
RPA and tools like Zapier or Make follow fixed rules and break when the input changes. AI process automation adds a model that can read an unstructured email or PDF, decide what it is and pull out the right fields. We usually combine both: AI for understanding, fixed automation for moving data reliably.
What happens when the AI is not sure?+
It stops and asks. Every workflow has a confidence rule: clear cases go through, unclear or unusual ones land in a review queue for a person, with the reason highlighted. Those cases are also used to improve the rules.
Can an AI assistant answer questions from our internal documents?+
Yes, if the documents are accessible and reasonably up to date. The assistant answers only from the sources you approve, links to the document it used and says when it cannot find an answer. Access follows your existing permissions.
How long does AI process automation take to implement?+
A first process is usually live in about two weeks: mapping the process and collecting examples, building and testing on real documents or emails, then a supervised launch. We then monitor it and add the next process during ongoing care.