AI developers & AI governance specialists

AI you can trust. Impact you can measure.

We plan, design, build, operate and govern full-stack AI systems for aged and disability care, and other high-stakes, regulated industries.

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Outcomes from real engagements

AI workflows 270% first-year return Modelled projection. A customer support function in the tech sector. Read the case study AI strategy 90% reduction in service backlog Measured result. A compliance function in the public sector; detail is client-confidential. See the workflow AI systems engineering 120% return per annum Modelled projection. A safety function in heavy industry. Read the approach

PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor certified

ISO/IEC 27001 PECB Lead Auditor certified. Information security & AI management.

Social Traders certified social enterprise

Certified social enterprise Verified by Social Traders.

10+ years In regulated environments

We run it for you

Managed AI services

Three services we operate on your behalf, hosted onshore in Australia. Start with one and add the others as the work grows, each with four tiers from a fixed monthly plan to a deployment in your own environment.

Three services, one security model

Credential boundary
Sandboxed per tenant
Fully auditable
Onshore & sovereign options
100% renewable, Tier III-equivalent

Managed AI Agents

Self-learning AI assistant

Hand real work to an autonomous agent that stays under your control and gets sharper the longer it runs.

Persistent memory and self-improving skills
40+ built-in tools, scheduled automation
Model tiers you control, onshore inference from Business

4 tiers · Basic → Business → Professional → Enterprise From $349 per month

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Managed AI Workflows

Enterprise-grade AI orchestration

Put AI in the processes you cannot afford to get wrong, with a result your risk and compliance teams will accept.

Durable execution with automatic retries
Schedule, event and webhook triggers
Full run observability and replay

4 tiers · Basic → Business → Professional → Enterprise From $990 per month

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Managed AI Infrastructure

Your optimised private AI cloud

Technology-agnostic management of the infrastructure your AI runs on, with no platform of our own to push.

One managed inference gateway, lower token spend
Cost and usage you can measure
Your cloud, your premises, or our sovereign data centre

Sovereign Private Cloud from $49,900 one-off From $990 per month

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Get the team on board

Training & Enablement

Practitioner-led, delivered on-site, and embedded into how your teams really work, from the front line to the boardroom.

On-site, hands-on
Staff to executives
SCORM for your LMS
Governance in every session

From $199 per head Discovery & Design from $3,000

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A Cadent training cohort working together on-site

Decide and prove · fixed-price entry points

Consulting

Find where AI pays off, govern it properly, and prove one idea works before you commit to a build. Each starts with a discovery call and an honest read on what is worth doing.

Strategy

A roadmap you can act on

Turn what your people already know into a prioritised, ROI-backed roadmap your leadership can take to the board.

Stakeholder interviews
Prioritised roadmap
Expected ROI

$12,000-$18,000 most engagements, + GST

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Governance

Adopt AI with oversight in place

Stand up the policy, the committee and the ongoing oversight to govern AI properly, so you can move without slowing down.

ISO 42001
Essential AI 6
Policy + committee

$15,000-$25,000 setup, + from $1,990/mo oversight

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Prototyping

See it work before you build

Turn one high-value, low-risk idea into a working proof of concept, so leadership decides on evidence rather than a pitch.

One initiative
Working prototype
Leads into a build

$9,900-$15,000 + GST

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Talk to us about where to start

Build it properly · IP and data security non-negotiable

Engineering

Full-stack custom software on private AI with a sovereign onshore option. When a prototype proves out, this is the team that takes it to a production system you own outright.

What we build

Membership management systems
Mobile applications
Business systems
Consumer-grade ecommerce
CRMs
Integrations
Custom software plugins
Governance, risk and compliance platforms

From $30,000 for a production system · scope confirmed on a call

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Custom Software Development

Qualified engineers, and the fleet of agents behind them.

Two teams on every build. Our engineers own the architecture and the accountability; Cadent's agentic AI engineering harness gives them the reach to deliver a broad range of work rapidly, at high quality. Even your codebase stays in Australia, in our private cloud.

Private AI, sovereign onshore option
You own the IP
Codebase stays in Australia
Aligned to ISO/IEC 27001

How we work

The Trusted AI Pathway

One repeatable method, governance-first and measured at the end. We govern, plan, build, operate and prove the impact of every system we run.

01 Govern We set the guardrails first - security, accountability and the standards your sector demands - so everything that follows is safe by design.

02 Plan An honest look at where AI genuinely helps, and where it does not. You get a clear, costed path before anything is built.

03 Build We build on a small, real workflow first, measured against your numbers, so the value is proven before it scales.

04 Operate We run and monitor it in production, keeping it aligned as your service, your standards and the rules change.

05 Impact We measure the return and keep compounding it - the outcome you can put in front of a board, an auditor or a regulator.

Every pathway starts the same way - a Discovery call, and an honest look at what is worth doing.

Who we work with

Organisations where AI must earn its keep, and be run with care.

Aged & Disability Care Providers

Aged care, disability and NDIS, allied health

Staff hours are the most precious thing you have, and the people you serve can't carry the cost when AI gets it wrong.

How we help in care

NFP & Public Sector Organisations

Not-for-profits, peak bodies and government agencies

You answer to members, funders and the public, so anything AI touches has to be transparent and accountable.

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Professional Services

Legal, finance and accounting firms

Every output has to be defensible.

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Past & current clients

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Meet the team

United by purpose since 2021

Cadent was founded in the city of Moreton Bay well before the rise of generative AI. But since our small team has been together, we've been motivated by helping organisations realise the benefits of AI and minimise its risk of harm to people and the environment.

James Gauci, founder and CEO of Cadent — James Gauci · Founder & CEO

Questions

Common questions

What does Cadent do?

Cadent puts AI into the operations of regulated and mission-led organisations and stays accountable for how it runs. The same small team handles everything from the first conversation to ongoing operation - strategy, governance, systems engineering, and managed AI services.

How much do Cadent's managed AI services cost?

Managed AI Agents from A$349/month + GST; Managed AI Workflows and Managed AI Infrastructure from A$990/month + GST; AI Training and Enablement from A$199 per head + GST. Every engagement begins with a Discovery call.

Which sectors does Cadent work with?

Cadent specialises in aged, disability and nursing care - high-stakes, regulated services where AI has to be safe, private and accountable. We also work across the public sector, large not-for-profits, peak bodies and regulated professional services.

Is Cadent's AI safe and well governed?

Yes. Cadent works to ISO/IEC 42001 and 27001, the Voluntary AI Safety Standard, and the AI.gov.au Essential Practices, with an ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Auditor on the team and 10+ years in regulated environments.

Where is Cadent based?

In the Moreton Bay region of Queensland, Australia, working with organisations Australia-wide.

How do engagements start?

Every engagement starts with a Discovery call - an honest look at what's worth doing - then follows our Trusted AI Pathway: we govern, plan, build, operate and measure the impact of the system we run.

Skip the innovation theatre. Let's get to work.

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