AI Consulting in India
The AI consulting company in India that doesn't stop at advice.
Most AI consulting ends exactly where the work should start. You get a strategy deck, a list of tools worth trying, and an invoice. Six months later the business runs the way it always did.
Z21 Launchpad is an AI consulting company in India for small and medium businesses. We audit your operations, tell you where AI pays back first, and then build the systems ourselves: orders, follow-ups, invoicing, inventory, reporting. Our prices are on this page, because you should know what it costs before you book a call.
What an AI consulting company should actually do for an Indian SMB
For a business with a team of five or fifty, AI consulting has one job: take the work that eats hours every day and make it run without someone watching over it. That happens in three steps, in this order.
First, find the leaks. Where do hours go every week on work that never needed human judgement? Where do orders, leads or payments slip through because nobody had time? That is the audit.
Second, build the fix. Not a list of tools to try. A working system wired into the software you already use, built by the same people who found the problem.
Third, make it stick. Train the team until the new way is the normal way, then measure before against after. If the number did not move, it did not work.
Why most AI consulting in India ends in a slide deck
Large consulting firms are built to advise. Their teams are measured on recommendations delivered, not on whether your invoices get chased next Tuesday. Smaller vendors usually sell one tool and wire it up on its own. Either way, someone still has to build the system, train the team and keep it running, and that someone usually ends up being you.
We are operators first. We have run businesses, owned the P&L, and embedded AI into our own work before offering it to anyone else. So we scope and price around a single outcome: a working system your team uses every day.
What we build
We point AI at the parts of the business that repeat every day, the work that eats hours but never needed human judgement.
Orders and follow-ups
Customer orders coming in over WhatsApp and Instagram answered, confirmed and routed. Every inbound lead followed up the same day.
See AI Transformation.
Inventory and stock
Stock movements recorded as they happen instead of reconciled at the end of the month, so you know what you have and what to reorder.
See AI Transformation.
Invoicing and payments
GST-ready invoices raised automatically and pending payments chased on schedule, without someone tracking who owes what in a spreadsheet.
See AI Transformation.
Dashboards and reporting
Sales, stock and customer data pulled into dashboards that update themselves, plus answers in plain language when you ask a question.
See AI Intelligence.
Marketing and retention
Win-back messages for customers who have gone quiet, campaign follow-ups that trigger themselves, and content drafted in your own brand voice.
See AI Growth.
How an engagement runs
No 40-page proposal. Four steps, in this order.
- 01
Free consultation
Thirty to forty-five minutes, no cost, no pitch deck. We talk about how your business runs and whether AI is worth doing yet. Sometimes the honest answer is not yet.
- 02
AI Audit
Remote or in person. We map your workflows, find where AI pays back first, and hand you a prioritised automation roadmap with a fixed build quote.
- 03
Build
A fixed-price build, scoped from the audit. Typically 2 to 8 weeks, depending on your systems and data. We build it ourselves and wire it into the tools you already use.
- 04
Run and measure
We train your team and measure before against after: hours saved, orders recovered, payments collected. Ongoing support is available if you want us to stay on after go-live.
What AI consulting costs with us
A typical build costs ₹2,50,000 to ₹6,00,000 + GST, at a fixed price agreed before any work starts. That is typically less than one year of the SaaS it replaces.
Build and implementation
₹2,50,000 to ₹6,00,000 + GST
Typical range, fixed price
Scoped after the audit, so you know the full number before you commit. Typical timeline is 2 to 8 weeks, depending on your systems and data.
AI Audit, remote
₹50,000 + GST
One week from receiving your data
Run over video calls and shared data. You get a prioritised automation roadmap and a fixed build quote.
AI Audit, in person
₹1,00,000 + GST
2 to 3 days on-site
We spend time on-site with owners and staff and observe workflows in person, including the undocumented processes your staff manage. You get a prioritised automation roadmap, a fixed build quote, and a walkthrough of the findings with your team.
Ongoing support retainer
From ₹40,000/month + GST
After go-live, minimum 3 months
Continued support from our team once the system is live.
Start with a free call. If there's a fit, the audit is the next step.
If you commission a build within 60 days of your audit, ₹50,000 + GST of the audit fee is credited against the build.
We take on 3 new builds a quarter. All prices exclude GST.
Built for Indian SMBs
If you have been looking for an AI consultant for small business rather than an enterprise transformation programme, this is the part that matters. We build for the way Indian SMBs actually run.
WhatsApp first. Most of your customers already message you there, so that is where orders, support and follow-ups get automated first.
GST-ready. Invoicing and reporting built for the Indian tax system, not adapted from software designed for somewhere else.
Your existing tools. We wire AI into the billing, CRM and stock tools you already pay for. Replacing them is rarely the answer.
Rupees and your time zone. Published pricing in INR and a team based in Bengaluru, working the same hours you do.
Work we've done: Pooja Silver Square
Client
Pooja Silver Square
We built two systems for Pooja Silver Square. The first is an inventory management automation. The second is an AI dashboard and intelligence layer on top of their business data, so the owners can see what is happening and ask questions of it directly.
Who you'll work with
We are not a chatbot vendor or a software reseller. We are operators who have spent more than a decade running businesses, growing brands and leading teams across India and international markets. Everything we build for a client, we have run on ourselves first. Meet all three founders on Who We Are.
Written by
Akhil Kashinath, Founder, Z21 Launchpad
Growth Strategy · Marketing & Branding · Business Transformation
A seasoned D2C and marketplace operator with an AI-first approach to business building.
FAQ
How much does AI consulting cost in India?
At Z21 Launchpad, a fixed-price AI build typically costs ₹2,50,000 to ₹6,00,000 + GST and takes 2 to 8 weeks. It starts with an AI Audit, which costs ₹50,000 + GST remote or ₹1,00,000 + GST in person, and gives you a prioritised roadmap and a fixed build quote. Ongoing support after go-live starts from ₹40,000/month + GST, with a minimum of 3 months. If you commission a build within 60 days of the audit, ₹50,000 + GST of the audit fee is credited against the build.
What's the difference between the free consultation and the paid audit?
The consultation is a free 30 to 45 minute conversation to decide whether AI is worth doing for your business right now. The audit is the paid first stage of the work: we map your workflows, find where AI pays back first, and give you a prioritised roadmap with a fixed build quote.
Should I choose the remote or the in-person audit?
The remote audit suits businesses whose processes are mostly documented and whose data can be shared easily. The in-person audit suits businesses where a lot of the work lives in people's heads, because we observe workflows on-site over 2 to 3 days, including the undocumented processes staff manage, and walk your team through the findings.
How long does an AI consulting engagement take?
The remote audit takes one week from receiving your data. A build typically takes 2 to 8 weeks after that, depending on your systems and data. We tell you the expected timeline in the fixed build quote, before you commit.
Is my business too small for an AI consultant?
No. We work with small and medium businesses, usually teams of one to fifty. Businesses that still run on WhatsApp, phone calls and spreadsheets often see the fastest results, because so much of their daily work is manual.
Do you work with businesses outside Bengaluru?
Yes. The remote audit works for businesses anywhere in India. If you want an in-person audit outside Bengaluru, mention it on the free consultation and we will talk through it.
Do we need a technical team to work with you?
No. We do the build. The only real requirement on your side is a willingness to change how the team works.
Is our business data safe?
Yes. We use established, reputable platforms, set up access controls properly, and never use your business data for anything beyond your own systems. We walk you through exactly where your data lives and who can see it.
How many clients do you take on?
We take on 3 new builds a quarter.
More answers on the FAQ page.
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