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New Zealand's community-driven AI consultancy

AI expertise,
built together.

Model-agnostic expertise across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and open-source. We help NZ organisations harness AI that actually works.

For individuals, a free nationwide community — monthly Claude meetups, weekly catchups, free courses, and AI job opportunities.

FOR ORGANISATIONS

Three ways we work
with organisations.

Choose the engagement that fits — or combine them.

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HIRE AI RESOURCES
Find and hire AI talent

Access NZ's top AI talent — all profiled and matched based on their skills, experience and cultural fit.

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FOUNDING ORGANISATION
Founding Organisation Programme

Paid membership giving your team access to AI briefings, workshops, playbooks, templates, and implementation pathways — built for teams that need capability, not more hype.

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SERVICES
From strategy to implementation

Discovery workshops to identify high-impact opportunities, production-ready pilots that prove ROI, ongoing strategy partnership, and full-scale enterprise transformation.

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FOR INDIVIDUALS

Join the
Colab Community

Free membership for individuals who want to build, learn, and stay ahead. Monthly Claude meetups across New Zealand — plus weekly Zoom catchups, free courses, and AI job opportunities.

✓ Priority entry to Claude in-person meetups.
✓ Access video and slides from every past event.
✓ Weekly Zoom catchups — share what you're building, see what others are creating.
✓ Register your interest for AI roles across NZ partner organisations.
✓ Use of Colab's curated AI tools and skills resources.
✓ Free training courses to sharpen your AI skills.
✓ AI readiness assessment for industry benchmarking.
✓ Get plugged into the collective wisdom of our WhatsApp community to access expertise across all domains.
✓ Test your capability against our assessment engine to identify knowledge gaps.
Join the community — it's free → See upcoming events
NZ's first Claude Ambassador — Adam Holt
800+ community members
NZ-wide meetups
Model-agnostic — OpenAI, Anthropic, Google
THE OPPORTUNITY IN NZ

AI adoption is surging — capability is the gap.

87%
of NZ orgs use AI
Nearly doubled from 48% in 2023 · AI Forum NZ
88%
stuck in pilot mode
Only 12% have scaled AI across their business
32%
cite skills as barrier
Lack of internal capability blocks adoption
$76B
economic potential
NZ AI Strategy forecast by 2038
FOR GOOD

AI applied to problems
that matter.

The For Good Project is an open research commons where people and AI work together to solve New Zealand's biggest societal challenges — connecting the charities and non-profits who understand the problems with the organisations who want to fund the building of solutions.

Explore For Good ↗ Tell us about a problem → For charities & non-profits Join the community to contribute → For AI builders
CHARITIES & NON-PROFITS

Surface the problems

Organisations working on the frontlines of social issues bring deep knowledge of where AI could make a real difference — we help them articulate and scope those opportunities.

THE COLAB COMMUNITY

Build the answer

Our network of AI practitioners, engineers, and strategists take on scoped problems — working alongside AI agents as an open research commons to prototype and deliver real solutions.

FUNDING ORGANISATIONS

Fund the solution

Companies and foundations who want their AI investment to have genuine social impact can direct funding toward well-scoped, community-validated problems — not just worthy causes.

Not sure which path is right?

Many of our corporate partners started as community members. Many of our community members work inside corporate organisations. Book a free 20-minute call and we'll point you in the right direction.

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