Is Sunburnt AI set up to work with Mackay based businesses?

Yes. Sunburnt AI works with Mackay businesses across operations, sales, finance and HR to build AI systems around your actual workflows rather than a generic product. Every engagement starts with a clear picture of where AI creates real leverage for your business.

Are these AI agents meant to reduce headcount over time?

No. AI augments your people rather than replacing their judgement, with clear human oversight built into every system.

How much does a small business gain from using AI agents?

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As a smaller operation, is AI a realistic option for us?

Every engagement starts with strategy first, so you only invest in what genuinely creates leverage for your size and budget.

Is Sunburnt AI set up to work with Townsville based businesses?

Yes. Sunburnt AI works with Townsville businesses across operations, sales, finance and HR to build AI systems around your actual workflows rather than a generic product. Every engagement starts with a clear picture of where AI creates real leverage for your business.

Are these AI agents meant to reduce headcount over time?

No. AI augments your people rather than replacing their judgement, with clear human oversight built into every system.

How much does a small business gain from using AI agents?

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As a smaller operation, is AI a realistic option for us?

Every engagement starts with strategy first, so you only invest in what genuinely creates leverage for your size and budget.

townsville · queensland

Less time on prequalification packs. More time on the next contract.

Practical AI for Townsville's resources services, defence and port businesses. Built around how North Queensland actually works, Australian-hosted, governed by design.

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Brisbane-based

Australian data sovereignty

Governed by design

The local picture

Townsville runs on the mines it services, the base it hosts, and the port that ships it all

Townsville is North Queensland's resources services capital, supplying the engineering, fabrication, plant hire and logistics businesses that keep the region's mines and processing operations running, without being a mining town itself.

The city is also home to Lavarack Barracks, one of the Australian Army's largest bases, which brings a steady base of defence contractors and support services, and to the Port of Townsville, a key export gateway for minerals and general cargo across northern Australia.

Across all three, the same pressure shows up: skilled trades and technical staff are hard to secure, resources and defence clients set a high documentation bar, and prequalification, safety and reporting work keeps climbing. That is exactly the kind of repetitive, high-stakes work well-governed AI is suited to, set up around the business rather than dropped on top of it.

townville at a glance

Resources services hub

Supplies engineering, fabrication and logistics to mines and processing operations across North Queensland

Lavarack Barracks

One of the Australian Army's largest bases, anchoring a defence contractor base

Port of Townsville

A key minerals and general cargo export gateway for northern Australia

Regional processing

Home to significant metals processing and heavy industry

Where AI helps

Six places it earns its keep in Townsville

Each of these starts from the work Townsville businesses already do every week, whether that is a resources tender, a defence contract or a port logistics job.

Tender & prequalification responses

Draft first-pass responses to resources, defence and port authority prequalification packs from your own capability statements and safety records.

→ Tender preparation time cut by 40 to 60%

Site compliance & SWMS packs

Generate Safe Work Method Statements, JSAs and site access documentation from the job scope and the client's standards, kept consistent across crews and sites.

→ Safety documentation prep reduced by around 50%

Workshop quoting & job packs

Turn an enquiry, drawing or scope note into a structured quote and job pack, so fabrication and engineering work is priced consistently when work comes in waves.

→ Quotes out the door in hours, not days

Maintenance & knowledge capture

Make years of service records, fault notes and manuals searchable in plain language, so new staff and contractors get accurate answers without pulling a senior tradesperson off the tools.

→Onboarding time reduced by around 40%

Defence contracting documentation

Draft the recurring compliance and reporting documentation that defence contracts require, built from your own project and personnel records.

→ Reporting turnaround cut from days to hours

Customer & supplier enquiries

Triage and draft replies to routine enquiries about parts, availability and service scheduling, so the office is not tied up on the phone during the busiest weeks.

→ Routine enquiries handled without escalation

What We Do

From Strategy to Deployment

We support organisations across the full lifecycle of AI adoption: from clarity and governance through to production systems and sustained capability.

AI Advisory

From uncertainty to clarity.

A clear picture of where AI creates genuine leverage in your business and where it doesn't. A defensible roadmap aligned with your strategy, risk profile, and team capability.

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AI Development

We build AI that works.

Production-ready systems built into your existing operations. Agents, automation, and copilots trained on your data. Deployed securely, handed over completely. You own everything.

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AI Training & Enablement

Empower people. Scale intelligence.

Your team, equipped to lead with AI. Practical, role-specific capability uplift that builds real internal confidence and not theoretical workshops that fade in a fortnight.

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Claw Strategy & Deployment

Autonomous AI agent teams.

Helping Australian businesses and teams implement CLAW: the agentic layer that lets humans orchestrate autonomous AI agents.

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AI Operating System

Beyond AI adoption.

Designed AI-first. Built around the people who matter. A flagship engagement for leaders ready to imagine what their business could be.

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What We Do

From AI Strategy to Deployment

We support organisations across the full lifecycle of AI adoption: from clarity and governance through to production systems and sustained capability.

AI Advisory

From uncertainty to clarity.

A clear picture of where AI creates genuine leverage in your business and where it doesn't. A defensible roadmap aligned with your strategy, risk profile, and team capability.