Ant is a Cardiff-based AI consultant with 25 years of experience running a commercial SME and an MSc in Computing. He built AI tooling inside his own company before consulting anyone else on how to do it. That is not a common starting point.
You've seen the demos. You've read the articles. But when someone says "AI will transform your operations", you still can't picture what that looks like on a Monday morning in your business.
ChatGPT is helpful for the odd task. But you know there's more to it, and you don't have time to figure out where to focus or what to tackle next.
The last big technology investment didn't deliver what was promised. You need a straight answer about what's realistic before you commit time or money to anything.
You have staff, customers, deadlines, and cash flow to manage. You need advice from someone who has dealt with all of that first hand, not a theory from someone who hasn't.
"Most AI consulting comes from people who have studied the technology. This comes from someone who used it on real customers, in his own business, and measured the results."
Ant is the Managing Director of Vanda Coatings, a Cardiff-based commercial recoating business with clients including BAA, Canary Wharf, and Google. He holds an MSc in Computing from Cardiff University and spent years building Python and AI tooling inside his own business before working as an AI consultant for other UK SMEs.
That means the consulting is grounded in what actually works in a real SME, not what looks good in a slide deck.
Read the full background"I built a document processing tool that saves roughly six hours a week in admin at Vanda. It took four weeks to build, cost almost nothing to run, and the team uses it every day. That kind of outcome is what I look for with every client."
Ant — MD, Vanda Coatings & smedigital.ai
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