AI consulting for Australian businesses doing $1M - $100M
Your business is leaking time and money.An AI audit shows you exactly where.
We map how your team actually spends its week, find the hours and margin disappearing into manual work, and show you where AI pays for itself - and where it doesn't. We'll find $30,000+ in lost revenue or we'll refund your audit fee.
NxtLayr AI is a Sydney-based AI consulting firm helping Australian businesses ($1M–$100M revenue, 10–500+ staff) put AI to work without the jargon or enterprise overhead. Two entry points sized to your business: the $990 AI Business Audit for $1M–$10M businesses, or the $3,950 AI Operations Diagnostic for $10M–$100M operations-heavy businesses. Then choose ongoing leadership: Managed AI Operations ($5,000/mo) or Fractional Head of AI ($12,000–$20,000/mo). All retainers month-to-month, no lock-in.
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AI is everywhere. Most businesses have no idea where to start.
You’re hearing about it. Reading about it. Watching videos about it. But without someone in your corner who actually knows AI inside out, how do you cut through the noise and map it across your business?
Most operators don’t know where AI fits, or how much time and revenue is quietly leaking out of their week. So nothing changes - and the leak keeps running.
Those that find it and fix it will accelerate. Those that don’t will get left behind.
How much is your business actually leaking?
Answer three quick questions and see a rough number for the time your team loses moving work between tools that don’t talk to each other. An estimate, not a quote.
Your office / admin team — not the whole headcount if you run a floor or fleet.
Estimated annual leak
$46,200
±20% — a rough estimate from your inputs, not a quote.
Hours back / week
~10 hrs
Recoverable / year
$18,480+
Between $18,480 and $34,650 of that is the kind of repetitive, between-the-tools work AI handles well. The audit tells you exactly which parts, and what it would cost to fix.
The audit replaces these assumptions with real numbers from your actual operation.
How the maths works
Every disconnected tool adds manual re-keying time: about 1.5 hours per person per week beyond the first couple, capped at 14 hours.
Leak = those manual hours × people × an assumed loaded admin cost (~$55/hr, typically $45-60) × 48 working weeks.
Then scaled modestly by revenue — a larger business runs more volume through the same manual steps, so each one costs more.
Recoverable by AI = 40–75% of that (conservative for repetitive admin).
Deliberately conservative. The audit replaces every assumption with real numbers from your operation.
Real results, in their words.
“Chris set up Claude on my MacBook and configured it specifically for how I work as a mortgage broker. He took the time to understand the business before touching anything, which made a real difference — what he built actually fits the way I operate day to day. Straightforward to work with, knows his stuff, and didn't overcomplicate anything. If you're a small business owner wanting to get AI working properly (not just installed), Chris is worth talking to.”
“We brought Chris from NxtLayr in to consult for us. He ran an AI audit which found a few gaps in our process. We're a concrete business and before meeting Chris I assumed AI couldn't do much for us. The team is fully in the know and using the AI System every day now for quoting, writing scopes, admin, and more. If you're a business owner who knows AI is coming but has no idea where to start then talk to him. We couldn't recommend him more highly.”
“Chris built my dental business a custom AI operating system. He connected my tools into AI so now I can ask it questions on my revenue, customers, and it helps me get more things done in my day.”
“I was hearing a lot about AI but not knowing where to start. Chris was very knowledgeable and patiently explained the advantages. Many of his recommendations were surprisingly low cost and easy to use. The audit paid for itself already, and we plan to engage NxtLayr AI to automate more processes.”
“In an evolving area Chris is really on top of what's available and how these can add real value to your business.”
“Every business owner is either already engaging with AI to looking to start. The conversation I had with Chris and the audit he conducted on my business was helped me understand it where to start and how easy it can be to get some quick wins. Thank you”
Two ways to work with us — sized to your business.
$1M – $10M
AI Business Audit
A 45-minute deep-dive into your workflows, a written report of your top AI opportunities, and a 30-minute walk-through of the findings.
Get clarity on where to start — and what it's worth.
$10M – $100M
AI Operations Diagnostic
A two-week engagement: stakeholder interviews, workflow mapping, and a 90-day implementation roadmap delivered in an executive presentation to your leadership team.
For operations-heavy businesses that need more than a report.
We build AI into your operation — then keep it running.
01 — Identify
We start by mapping where your operation is absorbing time it shouldn't be. Audits for smaller businesses. A structured two-week Diagnostic for mid-market operations.
02 — Build
Once the opportunities are clear, we build them. Automations, AI agents, workflow integrations — whatever the highest-impact move is. Scoped and delivered in fixed-price engagements.
03 — Maintain
For businesses that want ongoing AI leadership without a full-time hire, we operate as a fractional Head of AI — embedded in your operations, shipping improvements every month.
What we’ve found inside real businesses.
Three engagements. Three outcomes. Click any one for the full story — methodology, build, and measured impact.
50+ hours/week recovered. ~$2M in revenue capacity unlocked. A 23-person sales-and-admin team freed from manual quoting, with a 2-point close-rate lift on a $30M business — from a custom AI quoting assistant, live in 3 weeks.
75% reduction in leadership email time. Plus auto-summarised virtual meetings filed straight to CRM and OneDrive — 20+ hours a week back to billable work, live in 4 weeks.
A 9-hour audit uncovered the firm’s single biggest operational drag. Document handling identified as the largest leverage point — costed roadmap delivered, ready to deploy when the firm is.
Built for operators who want to actually move.
Who this is for
- Australian businesses doing $1M–$100M in revenue
- Repeatable operations and growing teams (10–500+ staff)
- Owners where time is the constraint on growth
- Leaders carrying operational complexity and margin-eating bottlenecks
- Manufacturing, distribution, construction, logistics, professional & financial services, healthcare
- Focused on revenue-per-employee, not headcount
Who this is not for
- Sole traders and one-person businesses
- Single-location retail or single-cafe hospitality
- Businesses under $1M revenue
- Anyone wanting a 100-page strategy deck with no execution
- Teams not ready to actually implement
Built by someone who's been on your side of the table.
Chris Gulotta is the founder of NxtLayr AI. He spent the last 7+ years at some of the world's biggest technology companies in cyber security and e-commerce, and has been consulting and selling AI solutions since 2022 — so when he maps your operation, he's thinking about what actually closes and what the team will actually use, not just what's technically possible.
NxtLayr works with Australian mid-market businesses across manufacturing, distribution, professional services, and more. The goal is always the same: AI that earns its place in your operation, not AI for the sake of it.
Things people ask before booking.
Updated April 2026
Start with the Leak Calculator above — three quick questions and you'll see a rough number plus the right next step for your size. Businesses doing $1M–$10M book the $990 AI Audit directly. For $10M+ operations-heavy businesses, we begin with a short scoping call for the AI Operations Diagnostic. Either way: no pitch, no pressure.
A 45–60 minute deep dive into your operations. We look at where your team spends time, what tools you're using, where the bottlenecks are, and where AI can have the biggest impact. You walk away with specific opportunities, ROI projections, and a clear roadmap.
That's exactly who this is built for. No jargon, no acronyms. Every recommendation comes with a plain-English explanation of what it does and what acting on it actually involves.
Professional services (legal, accounting, planning, consulting), financial services, manufacturing & distribution, healthcare groups, multi-location operators, construction & engineering firms, logistics, and insurance. Australian businesses doing $1M–$100M in revenue with 10–500+ staff. We do not serve sole traders, single-cafe hospitality, or single-shop retail — those are better served by lower-cost specialist agencies.
The fee isn't refundable, but it IS credited in full toward any engagement. So if you work with us, the audit was essentially free. If you don't, you keep the full AI roadmap and recommendations.
No. The report is yours. Some clients implement things themselves using the quick start plan. Others ask us to handle the build. There's no obligation either way — you paid for the clarity.
The audit gives you clarity within a week. Implementation is typically 2–4 weeks depending on complexity. These are practical systems designed to deliver ROI fast, not 6-month enterprise projects.
Not sure where to start?
Run the numbers in 30 seconds. You'll see roughly what AI is worth to your business — and we'll point you to the right next step, whether that's the audit or the diagnostic.