We Don't Sell AI Strategy. We Ship AI Outcomes.
Most consultancies bill you to think about AI. We bill you to deploy it — into your workflows, your tools, and your P&L. AI Surge is an Australian-born AI consulting company that helps businesses and educators move from experimentation to execution, with measurable results in weeks.
The AI revolution isn't coming. It's already here. Most businesses are still watching.
Organisations everywhere are buying AI subscriptions, running pilots, and attending webinars — yet nothing sticks. The tools sit unused. The pilots never scale. The strategy deck gathers dust. Meanwhile, the businesses pulling ahead aren't the ones with the most licences — they're the ones who decided where AI would earn its keep and deployed it with structure, speed, and accountability.
That's the gap AI Surge fills.
We take organisations from "we should do AI" to "AI runs 40% of our operations" — with governance, training, and measurable ROI built in from day one.
End-to-end AI transformation. Not advice. Not decks. Deployed outcomes.
Strategy & Roadmaps
Costed, sequenced AI roadmaps built around your workflows and P&L. Ranked use cases, ROI modelling, 90-day execution plans, and platform alignment across Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, and Gemini.
Implementation & AI Agents
Custom AI agents embedded into your tech stack — Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, CRM, ERP. Trained on your data, aligned to your workflows, deployed in weeks. Not months.
Training & Professional Development
From one-day workshops to 12-month programs. Practical, role-specific AI capability building that turns hesitation into confidence and experiments into embedded, daily workflows.
Governance & Compliance
Privacy safeguards, ethical frameworks, data handling policies, and access controls — documented before a single agent goes live. Responsible AI isn't an afterthought. It's our foundation.
Ongoing Optimisation
AI doesn't stand still. Neither do we. Monthly performance reviews, prompt library maintenance, new feature rollouts, and continuous ROI improvement. A fractional AI team without the overhead.
AI & Innovation Summits
Exclusive, invitation-only events where leaders connect, explore cutting-edge AI, and share real-world implementation stories through workshops and hands-on demonstrations.
Most consultancies bill you to think. We bill you to deliver.
The AI consulting market is full of generalists who hand over an 80-page deck and move on. We're not that. We stay in the room — from first strategy session through to deployed agents, trained teams, and compounding returns.
What we do differently
- Start with your P&L, work backwards to the AI
- Outcome-guaranteed flagship engagements — if we miss, we keep working at our cost
- Multi-platform specialists — Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini — no vendor bias
- One team: strategy, build, deploy, train, optimise. No offshore handoffs
Who we're built for
- Australian & NZ SMBs and mid-market (20–200+ employees)
- Professional services, manufacturing, construction, agriculture, trades
- Education — schools, universities, and training organisations
- Leaders who want results in weeks, not quarterly reviews
Built by operators. Led by people who ship.
AI Surge was founded by two people who got tired of watching organisations drown in AI strategy decks that changed nothing. So they built a company that ships outcomes instead.
Troy Vertigan
An accomplished technology leader and entrepreneur who has scaled businesses across Australia, the USA, and Europe. With deep commercial expertise in software, SaaS, and AI, Troy empowers organisations to reimagine strategies, streamline operations, and accelerate growth. He helps executives elevate leadership impact and align teams around transformation — enabling businesses to unlock efficiency, capture new revenue, and build sustainable competitive advantage as future-ready, AI-powered enterprises.
Bex Rose
A seasoned education leader with over two decades of experience, dedicated to empowering educators to embrace the transformative potential of AI. As Director and Head of Innovation at AI Surge, Bex is a passionate AI facilitator and mentor with a deep understanding of its challenges and opportunities. She excels as a leadership facilitator, empowering educational leaders to develop their skills and drive positive change across their communities.
AI that transforms how businesses operate and how educators teach.
Business
Bespoke AI transformation for organisations that are done experimenting and ready to embed AI into the way they operate, compete, and grow.
- AI roadmaps tied to ROI, not hype
- Custom agents deployed into your tech stack
- Team training from frontline to C-suite
- Governance, security, and compliance built in
- 3–10x typical first-year returns
Education
Comprehensive AI programs that empower schools and educators to use AI ethically, improve teaching and learning, and streamline operations.
- Responsible classroom integration
- Assessment integrity and student data protection
- Admin efficiency and operational streamlining
- Professional development from half-day to 12-month
- Policy frameworks and governance guidance
From factory floors to classrooms — AI that fits your context.
Professional Services
Higher utilisation, consistent quality, scalable expertise without proportional headcount.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Smarter forecasting, leaner processes, stronger margins, predictive maintenance.
Construction & Trades
Faster quotes, clearer site visibility, healthier margins, less admin, faster payments.
Agriculture
Predictive insights, improved yields, streamlined operations, sustainable practices.
Education & Schools
Responsible AI integration, admin efficiency, data-informed decisions, empowered educators.
SMBs & Not-for-Profits
Cost-effective AI that streamlines operations, improves service delivery, and scales impact.
Six reasons organisations choose us over every other option.
Transformation-first
We start with your P&L, not a tool demo. Every engagement is tied to a business outcome.
Multi-platform specialists
Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini — deep expertise across all four. No vendor lock-in.
End-to-end delivery
Strategy, build, deploy, train, optimise. One team. One relationship. Full accountability.
Outcome-guaranteed
If we don't hit the target outcome on flagship engagements, we keep working — at our cost.
Security & governance first
Data handling, compliance, ethical frameworks — documented before a single agent goes live.
Based in Australia & NZ
Local, responsive, and aligned with how businesses and schools in our region operate. No offshore handoffs.
Stop paying to think about AI. Start banking the returns.
Whether you're a business ready to deploy AI that compounds or an educational institution building capability for the future — the conversation starts here.
Your competitors aren't waiting. Your peers are already building. The question is: will you lead, or follow?