South Africa's Forward Deployed AI Engineering Partner

Embedded AI Engineering for
Real Operations. Real Results.

We embed multidisciplinary AI engineering teams inside your operations — discovering high-value opportunities, building production-ready AI into your actual workflows, and remaining accountable for measurable business outcomes. Not PowerPoint. Production.

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Trusted by forward-thinking businesses

How We Engage

Four Ways We Deploy

Every engagement begins with your operational problem — not a product catalogue. We work inside your real workflows to find, build and run AI that creates measurable value.

Operational AI Discovery

We embed with your team to map real workflows, assess data readiness, and score every AI opportunity by financial impact, effort and time-to-value. You receive a prioritised deployment backlog — not a generic strategy report.

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NewGenIT AI Impact Sprint

In five working days, our engineers work alongside your team using real data to turn one high-value business process into a working AI-enabled workflow. The sprint ends with a live demonstration, baseline measurement and a fixed production roadmap.

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Production AI Deployment

From architecture through integration, testing and go-live. We build secure, scalable AI systems into your real operational environment — with human oversight controls, audit logs, and KPIs measured from day one.

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Managed AI Operations

We remain accountable after deployment. Model monitoring, prompt maintenance, integration upkeep, cost control and monthly ROI reporting — your AI keeps improving and your results keep compounding.

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Where We Deploy

Automotive Dealerships Tender & Government Insurance & Claims Property Management Manufacturing & Distribution

Not a chatbot company. An AI engineering partner.

If you're looking for a team that embeds inside your operation, builds production-ready AI and stays accountable for results — let's talk.

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Industry Solutions

Purpose-Built AI Platforms

Reusable AI platforms built through real forward-deployed engagements — available as standalone products or as part of a managed FDE engagement.

Insurance & Claims

AI Claims Automation

End-to-end claims processing from first notice of loss to settlement. Reduce manual handling, detect fraud in real time, and cut claim cycle times. Built for insurers, brokers, and TPAs.

AI Fraud Detection Auto Triage & Routing Claimant Portal
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Tender & Government

Tender Response SA

AI-powered tender qualification, compliance matrix generation, document-gap detection and draft response creation — built for South African B-BBEE, CSD and CIDB requirements.

B-BBEE Compliance CSD & CIDB Ready AI Draft Generation
Developer Tools

Code-X

AI-powered code review platform that analyses pull requests, flags issues, suggests improvements, and enforces standards — giving development teams faster, consistent code quality feedback.

AI Code Review PR Analysis Standards Enforcement
Digital Identity

QR Connect

Digital business card and QR-based contact sharing platform. Create a smart profile, generate a QR code and let contacts connect with you instantly — no app download required.

Digital Business Card QR Sharing No App Needed
Client Results

Real Impact, Measurable Outcomes

We measure success in outcomes, not outputs. Here's what our clients achieved.

Logistics
68%

Reduction in Manual Processing Time

We deployed an autonomous AI agent for a regional logistics company that automated document processing, shipment tracking, and exception handling eliminating hours of daily manual work.

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E-Commerce
3.2x

Increase in Customer Support Capacity

An AI-powered chatbot platform tripled the support capacity for a growing e-commerce brand without adding headcount, handling returns, queries, and order tracking 24/7.

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Professional Services
$240K

Annual Operational Savings

A professional services firm saved over $240K per year after we automated their contract review, compliance checks, and internal reporting workflows with a custom AI pipeline.

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The FDE Methodology

How We Deploy

A six-phase forward deployment methodology — from operational discovery to reusable AI intellectual property. Every phase produces a tangible business outcome.

We embed with your team for one to two weeks — interviewing executives and frontline staff, observing real workflows, mapping data sources and scoring every potential AI use case by financial impact, implementation effort and time-to-value. The deliverable is a prioritised AI Opportunity & Deployment Map, not a generic strategy report.
Over five working days, our engineers work alongside your team using representative operational data. Day 1 maps the target workflow and defines success. Days 2–3 connect data, configure AI and build the workflow. Day 4 tests edge cases and validates with real users. Day 5 delivers a live demonstration, a baseline measurement and a fixed production proposal — with your team present throughout.
We build the production-grade system — architecture, security, integrations, user interface, data pipelines, human approval workflows, audit logs, monitoring and failover. Every deployment includes a POPIA-compliant governance record, role-based access controls, and defined KPIs measured from go-live. Duration: four to twelve weeks depending on scope.
A system is not successful because it works technically — it is successful when employees use it and business results improve. We run structured onboarding, a user champions programme, weekly adoption reviews, usage monitoring, process redesign and executive KPI reporting to ensure the deployed AI produces real operational change.
We remain accountable for production performance through monthly retainers covering model and workflow monitoring, prompt maintenance, integration upkeep, cost control, security reviews, incident support and monthly ROI reporting. New use cases are identified and added within the same engagement — your AI operation keeps growing.
Every deployment is reviewed for reusable components — connectors, data models, agents, evaluation frameworks and workflow templates. These become NewGenIT.ai intellectual property, reducing the cost and time of future deployments and eventually forming the foundation of industry-specific AI platforms available to all clients in that sector.
The People

Meet Our Team

The founders and operators behind NewGenIT.ai united by a mission to make enterprise-grade AI accessible to every business.

Miguel dos Santos

Miguel dos Santos

CEO & Founder

South Africa

Entrepreneur and AI strategist driving the vision behind NewGenIT.ai helping businesses implement cutting-edge AI from strategy through execution and scaling.

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Laurence Van Zyl

Laurence Van Zyl

Operations Manager

South Africa

Keeps NewGenIT.ai running at peak efficiency overseeing client delivery, internal operations, and ensuring every project is delivered on time and to spec.

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Jasen Hollaway

Jasen Hollaway

AI Solutions Specialist

USA

Bridges technical AI capabilities with real-world business problems designing, testing, and deploying solutions that create tangible value for every client.

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Spike Ashworth

Spike Ashworth

Senior AI Voice Agent

United Kingdom

Specialist in AI-powered voice agents and conversational AI, transforming how businesses communicate through intelligent, natural-sounding voice automation.

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Nhlanhla Mbebe

Nhlanhla Mbebe

Senior AI Solutions Architect

South Africa

Designs and delivers end-to-end AI solutions that bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and real-world business impact. With deep expertise in enterprise architecture and intelligent system design, Nhlanhla leads complex AI integration projects — turning ambitious automation goals into production-ready platforms that scale.

Team Certifications

Developing an AI/ML Data Strategy: Aspects of a Robust AI Strategy
COURSE COMPLETION
AI in the Workplace
COURSE COMPLETION
ChatGPT Prompt Engineering Examples & Use Cases
COURSE COMPLETION
Generative AI Foundations: Ethical & Responsible Use of AI in IT
COURSE COMPLETION
Discovering Copilot for Windows 11
COURSE COMPLETION
Ethical, Privacy, & Intellectual Property Considerations for ChatGPT
COURSE COMPLETION
Generative AI and Its Impact to Everyday Business
COURSE COMPLETION
Responsible Use of AI
COURSE COMPLETION
Leading in the Age of Generative AI
COURSE COMPLETION
Prompt Engineering: Generative AI for Reconnaissance
COURSE COMPLETION
Learning completion
GenAI Academy: Yellow Belt Level 1
Gen AI Academy
Learning completion
GenAI Academy: White Belt
Gen AI Academy
What Clients Say

Trusted by Leaders in Their Fields

Ready to deploy AI into your actual operation?

Start with an Operational AI Discovery. In 1–2 weeks you'll have a prioritised map of your highest-value AI opportunities and a clear deployment roadmap.