Taking new clients · Auckland-based

Software shaped
to your business.

We design and build custom digital platforms for New Zealand small businesses — with AI woven in where it earns its keep. One system, shaped around how you actually work, with code that belongs to you.

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Sound familiar? —
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Six SaaS subscriptions, none of which quite fit how you actually work.
02
A spreadsheet running operations no spreadsheet should run.
03
Big agencies quoting six figures and six months for an idea you sketched in a meeting.
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AI is everywhere in the news, but nowhere in your day-to-day.
What we build

One platform.
Your platform.

We design, build and maintain custom digital platforms — with AI woven in where it earns its keep. Every system is shaped around your operations, and the code is yours.

Custom Web Platforms
Web apps, customer portals, admin tools — built around your actual workflow, not someone else's template.
AI Automation
Customer-service triage, document parsing, workflow shortcuts. Practical AI tied to your data, not a chatbot bolt-on.
Integrations
Stripe, Xero, suppliers, payment gateways, marketplaces — connected end-to-end so nothing is keyed in twice.
Data & Reporting
Real-time dashboards, GST-compliant accounting exports, custom analytics for the questions you actually ask.
Migration & Training
We move you off legacy systems without losing data, and train your team until they trust the new one.
Long-term Partnership
Monthly maintenance, security patches, feature releases. We don't disappear after launch.

How we work

Week 0
Discovery
Two days mapping how your business actually runs. No deliverable yet — just understanding.
Week 2
Demo live
A working build on your test domain. Real screens, real flows, real data.
Week 4
Demo accepted
You and one team member trial it for a week. Concerns surfaced, scope locked.
Week 6
Integrations
Payment gateways, accounting and third parties moved from sandbox to live.
Week 8
Go-live
DNS switched. Team trained. Your customers move over.
Beyond
Partnership
Monthly retainer keeps the system improving as your business evolves.

How we compare

Real trade-offs. Here’s where we fit between off-the-shelf SaaS and big-agency consulting — and why builders who’ve burned their team on either know to look here.

Off-the-shelf SaaS
Cheap monthly
Generic templates. Doesn't quite fit how you work. Hard to leave once you're in.
Big NZ agency
Six-figure quotes
Six-month timelines. Project managers and account managers between you and the engineer.
Overseas freelancer
Cheap but risky
Lowest sticker price, until they vanish in month three and nobody knows the codebase.
NeuralNest
Built around you
8–12 weeks. Custom code you own. NZ-based. The same engineer who built it stays for maintenance.
What we do

Three shapes we build often.

Real screenshots of what each one tends to look like on day one. Click for details — or jump straight to all eight.

Law firms · Consultancies · Real estate teams
Custom CRM
For the workflows that off-the-shelf CRMs don't fit. Your stages, your data model, your screens.
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Clinics · Salons · Cafés · Studios
Booking & scheduling
One system that takes bookings, syncs your calendar, sends reminders — without three separate SaaS tools fighting each other.
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Anyone whose owner spends Sundays in Excel
Xero integration + dashboard
A real-time view of the numbers Xero shows you and the ones it doesn’t — per-client P&L, project profitability, cash runway.
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See all eight use cases →
Honest pricing, scoped to your case — talk to Nia for a ballpark in five minutes.
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The person behind

Hi, I’m Max.

“Ten years building custom systems for businesses, now solely focused on New Zealand SMBs. Most small businesses don't need something complicated. They need something that fits — and someone who stays. That's what NeuralNest is for.”

Source on GitHub· Private repo, you own it
Local Support· Auckland-based, on-site available
Code You Own· No vendor lock-in

Let’s have a coffee.
Even on Zoom.

No pitch deck. We look at your current setup and give you an honest answer about whether we can help — and what it would actually cost.