We build with AI at the core, shipping faster, building bespoke AI products, and advising enterprises on where AI actually pays off.
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We use AI throughout design, prototyping, and build to ship apps faster and more cost-effectively (for startups and enterprises) without cutting quality. We also help software teams adopt AI-assisted development safely.
See our AI tool playbookBespoke AI products, built end to end: multi-agent systems, conversational AI, and chatbots designed around your data and your workflows.
Explore AI solutionsOur engineers work inside your business to take one enterprise AI workflow from a two-week diagnostic to production, then train your team to run it.
Meet our Forward-Deployed EngineersStart with a two-week AI workflow diagnostic. It measures one real workflow, checks data and security, and ends with a go/no-go decision. If the answer is go, our engineers take that workflow to production and train your team to run it.
App Developer Studio is a Registered Partner in the OpenAI Partner Network. We build production OpenAI agents, multi-agent workflows and ChatGPT integrations, and deploy on the platform your organisation approves, including Claude.
A safe space to share personal stories with over 335K followers, anonymously or openly, and build community through honest conversations.
A women-first app that makes the hidden cost of being a woman visible, with a cost calculator, a women-owned directory, and community tools.
Our own multi-agent AI platform, built to fix our own sales bottleneck. Cut our sales lead-to-conversion time from two months to three weeks.
Our own engineering intelligence platform, unifying Cursor, Jira, GitHub, Figma, Slack, and Google Workspace into one dashboard.
AI-powered car damage detection, built with Tcheck on a model trained on 100+ cars.
A personal security app fighting gender-based violence in South Africa. Winner, MTN/FNB App of the Year, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
A compassionate AI chatbot combatting gender-based violence. GRIT / Zuzi AI Award Winner, 2024.
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We are a team of designers, developers, scrum masters, testers, and managers who are passionate about what we do. Rob Maclean, our CEO, holds a Masters from Oxford University and spent 15 years in financial services before building his own portfolio of apps.
We combine that business discipline with full-stack engineering flexibility, agile delivery, and an AI-first approach to every project we take on.
Meet Our Team“Their team is wonderful to work with, they bring new ideas and expertise to the table and they deliver products on time and within budget”
Head of Digital, Penguin Random House South Africa
“ADS has consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of the project requirements, innovative problem-solving, and a commitment to excellence.”
Executive Director, Eyerus App (Winner MTN App of the Year Award 2022, 2023, 2024)
“Working with ADS was an exceptional experience. They proved to be highly collaborative and receptive to our ideas. What stood out most was their willingness to embrace new concepts and technologies with enthusiasm. Their commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction truly sets them apart, and we wouldn't hesitate to recommend them.”
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Whether you're starting from a sketch or scaling a live product, our team can help you move from concept to launch in weeks.
