AU-hosted · Compliance-aware · Built for regulated industries

The AI layer
your business runs on.

Harborlight AI builds custom AI operating systems for Australian businesses — voice agents, intelligent chat, and automated communications across every channel. Hosted in Australia. Built to operate inside regulated environments.

24/7
Always-on intake
AU
Data residency
5 min
Avg. response time
100%
Enquiries captured

The problem

Most businesses are stuck working
in the engine room.

Answering the same questions. Chasing the same tasks. Missing enquiries while you're in a meeting. The bandwidth that should go to growth goes to operations instead.

The AI Operating System changes that equation — not hypothetically, but right now. Every recurring task audited. Every automatable workflow automated. Every customer touchpoint covered, 24 hours a day.

48%
of Australian professional service firms are effectively unreachable by phone
64%
of missed callers receive zero follow-up
4.46:1
fee earner to support staff ratio in AU law firms

Services

One AI layer.
Every channel.

Voice Agents

AI that answers every inbound call to your business — 24/7, 365. Captures enquiry details, qualifies leads, books callbacks, and delivers structured intake notes before you've had your morning coffee.

After-hours cover Lead capture AU infrastructure

Intelligent Web Chat

A chat experience trained on your business — not a generic support bot. Understands your services, qualifies enquiries, and hands off warm leads directly to your team.

Trained on your content Lead qualification Seamless handoff

Social & Email Automation

AI-powered responses across Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, WhatsApp, and email. Every inbound message handled, every lead captured — across every channel you operate.

Facebook Messenger WhatsApp Email triage

Custom AI Builds

Bespoke AI systems built around your specific workflows. We audit every recurring task, identify what can be automated, and build the systems that give you the time back.

Task audit Workflow automation AIOS design
Flagship product

Meet Nexus.

The multi-channel AI communications platform built for regulated professional services. Nexus answers every call, SMS, web enquiry, and after-hours contact — capturing the prospective client's details before you even know they called.

Pre-retainer only. No legal advice. No privileged communications. AU-hosted infrastructure. Built for law firms, mortgage brokers, and insurance brokers who need compliance from day one, not as an afterthought.

Phone · SMS · Web · WhatsApp
All inbound channels, one platform
AU data residency
All data stays in Australian infrastructure
Compliance-aware from day one
ASCR Rule 9 · AML/CTF Tranche 2 · Privacy Act
$699–$1,300/month
Flat monthly fee. No per-call pricing surprises.
Coming soon: Facebook, Instagram, Voice
Full omnichannel rollout underway

About

Built by someone who
knows the inside.

Harborlight AI is founded by Andy Barnes — a 20-year IT career that includes large-scale program architecture at IAG, one of Australia's largest insurers. $100M+ transformation programs. TOGAF certified. A practitioner, not a presenter.

The compliance moat isn't marketing. It comes from having actually worked inside AML/CTF programs at non-bank lenders, understood data residency requirements at the architecture level, and navigated the regulatory frameworks that trip up every offshore AI vendor trying to sell into AU regulated industries.

We built on AU infrastructure from the start. Not as a feature. As the product.

Law firms
ASCR Rule 9 · Privacy Act · AML/CTF Tranche 2 · December 2024 joint statement
Mortgage brokers
NCCP Act · Privacy Act · Responsible lending · ASIC RG 209
Insurance brokers
FSR Act · FAR · ASIC oversight · AMS/BMS integration
AIOS Framework
Audit every recurring task. Automate the ones that can be automated. Give the bandwidth back to growth, strategy, or the life you actually wanted.

Get started

Ready to build your
AI operating system?

Tell us a bit about your business and we'll be in touch to arrange a free 30-minute discovery call.