AI Automation Agency · Edinburgh - AI automation agency for Edinburgh businesses
Assist IQ is based in Arbroath, Angus, not Edinburgh, and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. Here is what working with us actually looks like if you are an Edinburgh business.
The problem - Edinburgh searches surface strategy talk, not delivery.
A lot of what ranks for AI consulting in Edinburgh is strategic positioning content, useful for a boardroom conversation, thin on what actually happens once you sign. Owner-led businesses do not need another strategy deck. They need someone to watch how the work really moves, fix the two or three worst points of friction, and keep the fix running.
What it looks like - The relationship, from first message to on-site day.
We are not going to claim an Edinburgh client list we do not have. Here is the relationship as it actually runs.
- A free, remote first conversation. Tell us about your business: five questions, roughly two minutes, a personal reply from Ross within one working day.
- A free fit call. To confirm there is a real problem worth spending a paid day on.
- The AI Operations Day, on site in Edinburgh. Up to six hours, the owner plus up to four staff, two or three real workflows observed directly. Priced as the AI Operations Day at £750, credited in full against a qualifying pilot or build agreed within 60 days.
- A written Opportunity Map. Within five working days, then a playback call. Nothing is connected, changed or automated on the day itself.
We are based in Arbroath, Angus, and we will travel to Edinburgh for the parts of the work that have to happen in person, by arrangement and priced into the written scope.
What “AI as a service” means here - A managed system, not a subscription.
The phrase gets used for everything from a raw API subscription to a fully managed operation. In our terms it means the Managed Service: we build the assistant layer, the automation and the workflows specific to your business, and then we keep running and improving them. You are not left holding a subscription and a login nobody on your team fully understands.
Sectors we build for - Where an Edinburgh business would slot straight in.
No named Edinburgh client yet, but these are the sectors we actively build for, and where an Edinburgh business would be building on the same method we run in our own businesses.
- Professional services and consultancies. Firms buried in document and admin work. See the professional services page.
- Trades and contracting. Businesses losing jobs to slow quoting and follow-up. See the trades page.
- Hospitality operators. Missing enquiries and no-shows outside staffed hours. See the hospitality page.
- Landlords and property. Buried in compliance chasing. See the landlords and property page.
- Oil and gas and engineering. Field and compliance paperwork that used to live on site. See the oil and gas page.
AI personal assistant, Edinburgh - Not a personal assistant, a managed system.
If you searched something closer to “AI personal assistant Edinburgh”, it is worth being clear: we do not sell a consumer-style personal assistant app. What we build are AI employees, configured systems handling a defined job inside a business, managed by us on an ongoing basis.
No named Edinburgh client yet. Here is what we can show instead.
We are not going to manufacture an Edinburgh case study to make this page look stronger than it is. What we can point to is the same method, live in businesses we own: at ScottishWill, intake and chasing run without staff intervention, the admin of four people carried by one. HALO Intervention Services swapped paper field records for an electronic process, with its ISO 9001 system generated on those same automation principles instead of retrofitted for an audit. PCMG Property tracks every renewal and certificate across its portfolio, nobody keeping tabs by hand.
The method transfers directly. The client names do not, yet.
Questions Edinburgh businesses ask us.
Straight answers, including where we are not the right fit.
Do you have an office in Edinburgh?
No. Assist IQ is based in Arbroath, Angus. We travel to Edinburgh for the AI Operations Day and any on-site work; everything that does not require being physically present is delivered remotely.
What does an on-site AI Operations Day in Edinburgh involve?
The owner and up to four relevant staff, all in one location, for up to six hours. We watch two or three real workflows and identify where work waits, repeats or depends on one person. Nothing is connected or changed on the day. A written Opportunity Map follows within five working days.
What does "AI as a service" mean with Assist IQ?
It means we build the system and keep running it, rather than selling you a subscription and leaving you to operate it. That is our Managed Service: the assistant layer, the automation underneath it, and ongoing management, priced to the work and agreed in writing before anything starts.
Do you offer an AI personal assistant for individuals?
No. We build managed systems for businesses, what we call AI employees, configured to handle a specific job inside your operation. If you are looking for a personal productivity assistant for one person rather than a business system, that is not what we sell, and we would rather say so directly.
How is Assist IQ different from other AI consulting companies in Edinburgh?
Most do not publish a price or stay involved after the build. Assist IQ publishes one figure, £750 for the AI Operations Day, and runs the resulting system afterwards rather than handing it over.
Start with a free enquiry
Not a discovery call. Not a pitch with a calendar link. Five questions about how your business actually runs, and it costs nothing. Ross reads every enquiry himself and replies within one working day with a straight first answer: what looks worth automating, and what doesn’t.
If it looks like we can genuinely help, the next step is the AI Operations Day: one working day inside the business, followed by a written Opportunity Map. It shows what is hurting, what should stay human, and the best one or two jobs to prove first. That part comes later, and only if it makes sense for you.
Free to ask. No obligation. Ross replies personally within one working day.