Practical AI for Melbourne business

Put real AI to work in your business, in a week.

I am Dr. Isaac Balbin. I have founded, built and sold technology companies, and I work with the same AI the frontier labs are shipping. Now I help Melbourne businesses use it where it actually pays off: faster customer replies, less admin, marketing that keeps up, and tools built around how you already work.

Ph.D. Engineering, Monash Built & exited tech ventures 2 patents · 19 publications Spoken in Barcelona, Boston, Amsterdam
Why work with me

Most businesses get a strategy deck or a YouTube rabbit hole. You get someone who builds it with you.

The big consultancies charge five figures and hand you a report. The online courses leave you on your own. I sit in the middle: a senior operator who will look at how your business really runs, then set up the two or three things that save you the most time.

01

Depth, not slideware

A Ph.D. engineer who ships AI for a living. You get someone who understands the technology, not someone reading you a vendor brochure.

02

Built around your work

I set things up inside the tools you already use, on real jobs from your business, so it keeps working after I leave.

03

Local and on call

Melbourne based, and a message away when you or your staff get stuck. Not a helpdesk in another timezone.

Ways to start

Pick the starting point that fits

Start small at a workshop, go deep with a 1:1 Jumpstart, or keep me on call every month. Most people begin with one and grow into the next.

01

AI for Business

Group workshop, 2 hours
from$99 per person

A hands-on session where you leave with AI set up on your own laptop, not notes you never open again.

  • Plain English, no prior experience needed
  • Five tools and ten prompts you will use the next day
  • Take-home cheat sheet and recording
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02

AI Jumpstart

1:1, done with you, half day
from$750

I audit how your business runs, find your biggest time-wins, and build them with you, live, in your own tools.

  • Audit of your workflows and admin
  • Three AI systems built with you, ready to use
  • Action plan and two weeks of follow-up support
03

On-Call AI Partner

Monthly retainer, no lock-in
from$1,500 per month

Keep me in your corner. I keep your AI running, build new automations, and I am there when your team has questions.

  • Priority support for you and your staff
  • New automations built every month
  • Monthly review and training as you grow

Currently taking on a small number of foundation clients. Not sure which fits? Book a free consult and I will point you the right way.

Real, useful builds

Things I can build for your business

Not moonshots. The practical tools that quietly save hours and make you look sharp, set up properly for how you work.

Trades

A quote from a voice note

Speak the job into your phone on the drive home and get a formatted, on-brand quote ready to send.

Any business

A website assistant that never sleeps

Answers your customers' common questions and books them in, day or night, in your voice.

Retail & artists

A month of content from one photo

Turn a single product or artwork shot into weeks of captions and posts across your channels.

Artists & makers

Commission enquiries, handled

An assistant that qualifies enquiries, sends your pricing, and books the ones worth your time.

Any business

Your inbox on quiet mode

Draft replies to enquiries in your own tone, ready for you to glance over and send.

Professional services

Notes and next steps from every call

Meetings and phone calls turned into clear summaries and action lists, automatically.

Artists

An artist statement that sounds like you

Bios, gallery blurbs and grant text drafted in your voice, not corporate filler.

Consultants & agencies

Proposals in minutes, not evenings

Turn a rough brief into a polished, branded proposal you would be happy to send.

Any business

A private assistant trained on you

A tool that knows your prices, policies and tone, for you and your staff to lean on.

Have something specific in mind? That is exactly what the free consult is for.

Simple and fast

From overwhelmed to up and running this week

1

Free consult

Tell me about your business. I will tell you honestly whether AI can help and where. No jargon, no sales pitch.

2

Pick your path

Join a workshop, book a Jumpstart, or go straight to a retainer. Whatever fits your budget and how hands-on you want to be.

3

Start saving time

We set up your first AI wins together. You walk away using them the same week, not someday.

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Dr. Isaac Balbin

I am a Melbourne technology founder with a Ph.D. in engineering and fifteen years building, scaling and selling companies at the intersection of deep technology and real commercial outcomes.

I have taken a startup from zero through to an ASX acquisition, founded an AI venture studio, and I keep a foot at the frontier of what these tools can do. What I enjoy most is the opposite end: making powerful technology genuinely usable for people who do not have a technical team.

Ph.D., Monash University, Douglas Lampard Prize
Founder and CTO through a full M&A exit
International speaker and media commentator on AI
The honest version

You get the person who builds it, not an account manager.

I would rather set up three things that genuinely save you time than dazzle you with twenty you will never touch. Everything is done in plain language, on your real work, so your team can actually run it once we are finished.

Start with a free consult. If I do not think AI will move the needle for your business right now, I will tell you that too.

Book a free consult
Good questions

Before we start

Do I need to be technical? +
Not at all. If you can send an email, you can do this. Everything is in plain language and I set it up with you, step by step. The whole point is to take the technical side off your plate.
Is my business data safe? +
Yes, and that is a core part of what I set up. I use tools and settings that keep your data yours rather than feeding it into a training set, and I show your team the simple do's and don'ts so nothing sensitive leaks.
Which AI tools do you use? +
Whatever fits your business and budget, usually the mainstream ones plus a few specialist tools for chatbots, notes and automation. I am tool-agnostic and recommend what actually helps, not what pays a commission.
How fast can we start? +
This week. A free consult can happen within a day or two, and a Jumpstart or workshop can be booked in the same week. You will be using your first AI wins almost straight away.
What does the monthly retainer include? +
Think of me as your part-time AI person: priority support for you and your staff, new automations built each month, a monthly review, and training as you grow. It is month to month, with no lock-in contracts. We size it to your business on the consult.
Get in touch

Book a free consult

Fifteen minutes, no charge. Tell me what is eating your time and I will show you where AI actually helps. No jargon, no pressure.

Pick a time that suits you
or send a message

Prefer to write first? Leave a note and it comes straight to me. To book a workshop, Jumpstart or retainer, mention it here and I will send an invoice to confirm your spot. I usually reply the same day.

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Ready to become an AI-powered business?

Book a free consult and let's find the two or three things that will save you the most time. It costs you nothing to find out.

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