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How AAA Works · Phased Engagement · Incl GST

AI automation for Australian SMEs, delivered in phases.

AAA by Artigellence builds production-grade AI agents and automations for Australian SME owners — anchored by a fully refundable Phase 0 pilot. You see real results on your own data before you commit to a build. The risk sits with the operator at the start.

All prices below are in Australian dollars and include GST. AAA fees do not include LLM/API credits, workflow automation hosting, or third-party SaaS subscriptions — those are paid by the client directly, scoped during Phase 0. The only contractually binding commitment in any AAA engagement is the Phase 0 refund.

A phased engagement — money on the table only when you see results.

No upfront lump sums. Each phase paid on delivery. You can stop at the end of any phase and keep everything built so far.

Phase 0Pilot

The refundable pilot

A 10-to-30 day diagnostic on your real business data. First working result delivered by day 10. You decide between day 10 and day 30 whether to continue or refund. The full A$4,500 is refundable up to day 30 — no questions asked.

A$4,500incl GST
fully refundable
Phase 1Build

Per-agent build — A$3,000 each, minimum 4

Pick the agents your business needs. A$3,000 each (incl GST), minimum 4 agents — so A$12,000 floor. Standard Build is 8 agents at A$24,000. Each agent paid on delivery, not upfront. Real-time integration with your existing systems (Xero, MYOB, Cliniko, ServiceM8, LEAP, your inbox, custom APIs).

A$3,000per agent
min 4 · on delivery
Phase 2Full Retainer

Fractional COO · 14-agent ceiling on Standard package

Raj as fractional Chief Operating Officer. Daily cockpit review. Continuous agent tuning. Quarterly strategy review. Direct founder access. Standard Year-1 Engagement clients can scale to 14 agents total during retainer at no additional build cost (agents 9 through 14 included). 3-month break clause — never a lock-in.

A$3,500/moincl GST
Month 5–12
3-mo break
Phase 2Lite Retainer

Lower monthly commitment · Direct access retained

For clients who want a lower monthly commitment. Reduced scope, agreed at engagement signing. Same 3-month break clause. Direct founder access retained — the lite tier reduces frequency and SLA, not access. 14-agent ceiling does not apply — additional agents during lite retainer charged at A$3,000 each.

A$1,750/moincl GST
scope at signing
3-mo break
↳ 14-Agent Ceiling · Standard Package Only

Clients on the Standard Year-1 Engagement (Phase 0 + 8-agent Build + 8 months full retainer) can scale to a total of 14 agents during the retainer period at no additional build cost. Agents 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 included.

Below the Standard package? Additional agents during retainer are charged at A$3,000 each. The 14-agent ceiling is specifically a feature of the full Standard package.

Top-up path open. A client who started with fewer than 8 agents can top up at any point by paying the difference at A$3,000 per agent. From that point the 14-agent ceiling applies for the remainder of the retainer term. No upgrade traps. The price you signed at is the price that holds.

Monthly run-costs you pay directly. AAA fees do not include LLM/API credits (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google), workflow automation hosting (n8n, Make, Zapier), or any third-party SaaS subscriptions. Indicative worked example for an SME-scale 8-agent build: roughly A$200–A$500/month — illustration, not a quote. AAA does not mark up these pass-through costs. Scoped and quoted during Phase 0 before any commitment beyond the refundable pilot.
Year 1 · Standard Engagement · Incl GST
A$56,500 all-in
A$4,500 (Phase 0, refundable) + A$24,000 (8-agent Build) + A$28,000 (8 months × A$3,500 full retainer, Month 5–12)
Run-costs (LLM/API/SaaS) paid by client directly · Scoped during Phase 0 · Not included above

What you actually get.

Not software. Four things that change how the business runs.

01

Your time back

The admin and repetitive work that makes the owner the bottleneck — handled by AI agents, so you can run the business instead of operating it.

02

Agents you own

Every agent is deployed in your own accounts. If the engagement ends, you keep the agents, prompts, documentation and credentials. No vendor lock-in.

03

Direct to founder · every tier

25 years in regulated consulting. Every meeting, every build, every decision — the founder. Applies to lite retainer too (frequency and SLA reduce, access does not).

04

Risk-free start

Phase 0 fully refundable. Build paid on delivery. Both retainers have a 3-month break clause. The risk sits with the operator at every step.

↳ Going Deeper Than AAA · Aarambh

For founders who want more than AI automation — Aarambh is seven days, your office, full business build.

AAA handles the AI layer. Aarambh — The Founder Forge handles the whole foundation: legal structure, AI stack, MVP build, go-to-market, pitch documents, twelve months of one-to-one monitoring. A$25,000 incl GST, seven consecutive days in your office, one founder one operator.

If you take Aarambh and AAA within 12 months — 80% of the Aarambh fee credits to AAA. Worked example: A$25,000 Aarambh → A$20,000 credit on AAA. Standard Year-1 AAA (A$56,500) becomes A$36,500 net. Credit applies only to the full Standard Year-1 Engagement, one-off, non-stackable, non-transferable.
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⚠ Honest disclosure · founding-client phase

AAA by Artigellence is in its founding-client phase. The only contractually binding commitment is the Phase 0 refund. Industry case studies referenced elsewhere on the site are third-party context, not AAA client outcomes. Your Year-1 result depends on your data, your team's adoption discipline, and which agents you build — scoped during Phase 0.

↳ BEYOND THE CORE ENGAGEMENT

AAA also offers eight focused Extended Services — case-by-case pricing, scoped per business via the same Brief form. AI Opportunity Map, Strategy & Consultancy, Integration Sprint, Workflow Automation, Pipeline Intelligence, Training, Oversight, and AI Insights Brief.

See all eight Extended Services →

Not sure where to start?

Send Raj your single biggest operational headache — three lines, not an essay. You'll get a written response showing how AAA would approach it, direct from the founder.

START PHASE 0 → 19 HONEST FAQs

FULLY REFUNDABLE · 10-30 DAYS · DIRECT TO FOUNDER · ALL PRICES INCL GST