sdpwr / AI development

AI development

Build knowledge assistants, intelligent applications and agents around a defined business task. Connect approved data, evaluate performance and keep human review where decisions need it.

Systems we can build

Knowledge assistants, content workspaces, support copilots and task agents with a bounded set of business actions.

Core deliverables

A working application, approved source connections, review controls, an evaluation set and operating guidance.

Decision boundary

The agreed system supports a defined task. Sensitive decisions and external actions remain subject to named approval rules.

Choose the system by the work it must produce

The starting point is a useful business output, supported by suitable data and a clear review path.

Knowledge and support assistants

Build an assistant that answers from approved product, policy or operating documents and shows supporting sources. Restrict retrieval by user permissions and route unanswered or ambiguous questions to an appropriate person.

Content and analysis workspaces

Create a workspace for product drafts, multilingual content or structured document analysis. Preserve source material, editing history and reviewer decisions so an approved output can be distinguished from a generated draft.

Task agents with bounded authority

Develop agents that retrieve records, prepare proposed changes or complete a limited set of approved tasks. Define permitted actions, spending limits and approval gates before enabling any write to a business system.

Deliver the controls around the model

Useful AI software needs source management, understandable behavior and an operating cost that can be reviewed.

Approved knowledge and data access

Inventory permitted sources, assign content owners and define update and deletion rules. Agree which information may reach an external model service and assess its retention settings before using business data.

Versioned instructions and review tools

Deliver task instructions, output formats and a review interface appropriate to the application. Record the relevant configuration and reviewer outcome so changes can be evaluated and an earlier configuration restored if needed.

Model selection and usage controls

Compare suitable services against the agreed quality, response-time and cost requirements. Set usage visibility and operating limits, and document any external service charges or availability dependencies separately from development fees.

Test the limits before expanding responsibility

Evaluation uses agreed examples and explicit failure conditions. A convincing demonstration alone is not acceptance evidence.

A representative evaluation set

Build a reviewed set of ordinary, difficult and unsupported requests. Agree measures such as source accuracy, required-field completion and review effort, then record results against the baseline and acceptance thresholds.

Permission and adversarial checks

Test cross-role access, instructions embedded in documents and requests for unauthorized actions. Apply permission checks outside model-generated text and require human approval for agreed sensitive changes or publication.

Abstention, escalation and recovery

Define what happens when sources are missing, outputs fail validation or a model service is unavailable. The system should stop the affected action, preserve useful context and give a reviewer a practical way to continue.

From scope to delivery

Agree on the business scope, then build, validate, and improve in stages.

  1. 01

    Define the task

    Choose a target user, a bounded output and the decisions that need human judgment. Establish a baseline for the current work.

  2. 02

    Prepare sources and evaluation

    Confirm data permissions, curate representative examples and agree quality thresholds, operating limits and approval requirements.

  3. 03

    Build and assess

    Implement the application and review controls. Compare outputs, costs and failure behavior against the agreed evaluation set.

  4. 04

    Pilot with supervision

    Run a limited pilot, review real exceptions and confirm operating ownership. Expand access only after the agreed acceptance review.

Common questions

Do we need to train our own model?

Not necessarily. An existing model with approved knowledge sources may be sufficient. We assess retrieval, configuration and any need for further training against the task, available data, evaluation results and budget.

Can the system answer every question accurately?

No system can promise error-free answers. We define supported topics, require source evidence where appropriate and build a route for uncertainty or unsupported requests. Human review remains necessary for decisions with material business consequences.

Will our information be sent to an external provider?

That depends on the agreed architecture. Data destinations, permitted fields, retention settings and access controls are reviewed before use. Hosting and model options must fit your information-handling requirements and the selected provider's terms.

How is AI development different from AI automation?

AI development delivers a system that can answer, generate, analyze or propose actions. AI automation defines when work starts, how records move between systems and how approvals, retries and exceptions are handled during ongoing operation.

How do you decide whether the system is ready?

We use agreed evaluation cases and thresholds, permission tests and a supervised pilot. Readiness is specific to the approved task and operating conditions; it does not imply that the system is suitable for unrestricted use.

Describe the AI system your team would actually use

Bring a sample task, anonymized source material and an example of a good result. We can discuss the application, review requirements and evidence needed for a useful pilot.