Barrass AI designs and builds bespoke, AI-powered management platforms for New Zealand businesses — fixed price, delivered in weeks, and yours outright.
Pawly — operations platform for a Wellington dog daycare
Selected work
Most platforms below are live in production — open a demo and use it yourself. Past engagements are shown as case studies.
Pet services · Flagship platform
A complete operations platform for a Wellington dog daycare. One-tap check-ins with photos, van-run routing with automated SMS ETAs, vaccination tracking, AI-written visit notes and a client portal — five disconnected tools replaced by one system the team actually enjoys using.
Vehicle rental
Fleet compliance, timesheets, rostering, fine tracking and provider billing built for a NZ car rental company — with an offline-capable app for staff on the yard.
Automotive
Stock, compliance, PDI & WoF boards, yard audits and AI number-plate scanning across two dealership entities for a Queenstown motor group.
Landscaping & trades
Job scheduling, quote-to-invoice, purchase orders, staff and CRM for field service businesses — with natural-language search across the whole operation.
Websites
Beauty
Premium bridal hair studio — gallery, testimonials and a clean enquiry flow.
Wellness
EFT tapping therapy practice in Wellington — services, testimonials and booking.
Trade
Metal fabrication showcase for a Whanganui craftsman — projects, gallery, mobile-first enquiry.
What we build
From the first quote to the final invoice — designed around the way your team already works, not a template you adapt to.
Scheduling, jobs, clients, compliance and reporting in one place — the core system your operation runs on.
Number-plate scanning, AI-written visit notes, plain-English search across your data. Practical, not a chatbot bolted on.
SMS ETAs, reminders, invoicing and follow-ups that happen on their own — so admin stops eating the week.
Xero, payments, mapping and messaging connected properly, so data flows through without re-entry.
Installable apps that work offline on the yard, in the van or on site, and sync when you're back in range.
Fast, custom-built sites and self-service portals that capture leads and keep clients in the loop.
How it works
01
A free 30-minute call. We look at where time and money are leaking and whether custom software is the right fix. No pitch.
02
We map your workflows, pick the highest-value pieces, and set a fixed price and timeline before any code is written.
03
We build, test and deploy. You own the code and data outright. Then we stay on — iterating as the business grows.
Fixed price
Agreed before we start. No surprises.
You own it
Code, data, everything. No licence fees.
Weeks, not months
Most builds ship in 4–12 weeks.
“Working with Oliver was straightforward from day one. The system does exactly what we needed and the team picked it up immediately.”
The founder
Before Barrass AI, I worked in recruitment and business development — building a branch from scratch and finishing my first year at 147% of budget. The useful part wasn't the numbers. It was sitting inside dozens of trades, tourism, rental and service businesses every week and watching good operators get slowed down by software that didn't fit.
So every project here starts before any code: time with the people doing the work, mapping how the business actually runs. What comes out is software that fits the operation as it already is — and that the owner keeps.
Oliver Barrass
Founder
Queenstown, NZ
Working nationwide
Founder-led
On every project
Questions
A developer builds what you specify. We start by understanding your business properly — where the real problems are, what's costing you time and money, and what software will actually make a difference. You get strategy and execution combined, not just a contractor waiting for a brief. Everything is fixed price, so you always know the cost before work begins.
Not at all. You understand your business — we handle the technology. We talk in plain language about outcomes and problems, not APIs or code. If you want to go deeper into how something works, we're happy to explain, but it's never required.
Automation projects typically deliver in two to four weeks. Custom software builds vary by scope — anywhere from four weeks for something targeted to a few months for a full operational system. We agree a timeline upfront before any work begins, so you're never left wondering.
We spend time properly understanding your business through calls and a detailed questionnaire. We map your current workflows, tools, and pain points, then produce a clear written proposal with a fixed price, scope and timeline. You know exactly what you're getting before anything starts.
Yes. Most of our work happens remotely, so location is rarely a constraint. We're NZ-based and work with businesses across New Zealand — trades in Canterbury, tourism operators in Rotorua, professional services in Auckland. If you need us in person, we can usually make that work too.
You do. Everything we build for your business is yours — the code, the data, the workflows. No ongoing licence fees to us, no lock-in. Some projects use third-party services (like cloud hosting or payment providers) that have their own costs, but we make those clear in the proposal upfront.
That's exactly what our ongoing partnership is for. We don't disappear after launch. Most clients continue with us on a rolling basis — iterating on what we've built, adding new features as the business grows, and staying ahead of problems before they become expensive. One relationship, long term.
Free AI audit
A free 30-minute audit. We'll identify the highest-value opportunities for software and automation and send you a written summary. No obligation.
Get in touch
Replacing software that doesn't fit, or starting from scratch — either way, we reply within one business day.