Shadow AI risk
Employees use ChatGPT on company documents — no audit trail, no permission model, no citations.
Vector RAG · Azure AI · Permissions · Copilot Studio
Stop staff pasting company documents into ChatGPT — build an internal AI assistant properly
Your team wants answers from SOPs, policies, and job packs — not another generic chatbot demo. Shadow AI is already happening in browsers. North Ark maps the safe path: permissions-aware vector RAG on your documents, or Copilot Studio agents in Teams — always after a fixed-price reality check so you don't leak what SharePoint already overshares.
- Staff ask the same questions daily — answers live in PDFs, SharePoint, and people's heads
- Someone already pasted client data into a public AI tool — you need governance now
- Copilot helps with email but doesn't answer from your job packs with proper boundaries
AI reality check $1,990 · Knowledge sprints from $18,000 · Fixed scope · 50% to start
Describe what you want staff to ask
What documents? Which teams? We'll recommend reality check vs full sprint — response within 4 business hours.
David Goulding delivers this work directly — senior engineering, not a handoff team.
Why you're searching
Something forced this decision — you're not browsing for fun
These are the triggers we hear on fit calls from MDs, IT leads, and ops managers across Brisbane and Australia.
Knowledge trapped in documents
Onboarding takes weeks because SOPs are scattered — new hires can't find authoritative answers.
Copilot isn't enough
You need Q&A on specific job packs and client history — not just draft email in Outlook.
Board wants an AI win
Leadership mandated 'do something with AI' — you need a scoped pilot that ships, not a strategy deck.
Sound familiar?
You're not alone — this is who we talk to every week
Managing Director
“I want our data searchable by staff — but I won't be the MD who leaked client files to a public model.”
Operations manager
“My team asks the same 20 questions every week — I need an assistant that cites the right SOP, not guesses.”
IT lead
“Marketing bought Copilot seats; I still need RAG on our drives with Entra permissions enforced.”
What you get
Outcomes you can sign off — not slide decks
Fixed scope, fixed AUD price, named deliverable. Senior engineer validates and walks you through what we found.
Clear build order
FC-07 prioritises Copilot vs custom RAG vs automation — 90-day plan with no vendor upsell.
Pilot assistant with citations
FC-26 delivers vector RAG on your documents — grounded answers, permission boundaries, pilot group.
Teams agents when ready
FC-25 Copilot Studio agents after tenant readiness — topics, actions, governance doc.
Start here
Three situations we fix every week
Don't know where to start
Three prioritised use cases and risk boundaries in two business days.
AI reality check — $1,990Ready to build RAG
Vector assistant on your docs — citations, permissions, pilot rollout.
Knowledge assistant sprintTenant not ready
Map SharePoint exposure before any AI indexes your data.
Copilot readiness — $2,750Fixed-price packages
Buy outcomes — not endless discovery
Fixed AUD price, timeline, and named deliverable. Assessments: 50% on booking, 50% on delivery.
FC-07
AI Reality Check
$1,990
2 business days
Copilot vs RAG vs automation — prioritised 90-day order.
Book this packageFC-26
Knowledge Assistant Sprint
$18,000–$35,000
4–6 weeks
Permissions-aware vector RAG with pilot group and handoff.
Book this packageFC-25
Copilot Studio Agent Sprint
$6,500–$9,500
2 weeks
Production agents in Teams after tenant readiness.
Book this packageCommon questions
- Is this ChatGPT for our company?
- Similar experience, different architecture — your documents, your permissions, citations to source files. Not training on public models with your data.
- How long until staff can use it?
- Reality check in 2 days. Pilot assistant typically 4–6 weeks after scoped sprint — depends on document quality and identity readiness.
- Do we need Copilot licences?
- Not for custom RAG assistants. Copilot and custom assistants solve different problems — FC-07 clarifies order.
Still deciding? Leave your details
Same form as above — we'll email the right fixed-price package and book a fit call if useful.
One senior engineer — not a handoff chain
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