Straight answers.
Who does AI automation for businesses in South Africa?
Probock does. We build AI systems that get rid of manual work, spreadsheet copying and admin for South African businesses, from Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Johannesburg. For Labex, a laboratory equipment supplier, we found 32 hours a week of manual work across 8 processes, worth R1.24M a year.
How do I stop my staff copying data between spreadsheets?
Connect the tools so the data moves itself. Probock maps where your team retypes the same numbers, then builds automations that carry them between your spreadsheets, CRM and accounting tool, for South African businesses on the tools they already use.
What does AI implementation cost for a small business?
At Probock it is priced on what it saves you. There is no fixed price list: the free AI audit works out what your manual work costs, so every build sits against a rand figure. For Labex, a South African laboratory equipment supplier, the audit found 32 hours a week across 8 processes, worth R1.24M a year.
Do you work in Johannesburg and Cape Town?
Yes. Probock is based in Stellenbosch, works with businesses across Cape Town, and is on site in Johannesburg one week every month. The rest runs remotely, anywhere in South Africa.
What is an AI audit?
A free 45-minute call about how your business runs. Then we build your audit: every process that leaks hours, priced in rand per year. On a second call we walk you through what each leak costs and what fixing it costs.
What does it cost?
The AI audit is free, both calls. A build is priced on what it saves you, worked out in the audit. There is no price list.
How long does it take?
The first call is forty-five minutes. We then build your audit and walk you through it on the review call.
What do we get at the end?
Every leak we found, what it costs you a year, and what fixing it costs, ordered by what to fix first. You decide on the review call whether to build. You keep the numbers either way.
Do we have to do the build with you?
No. The audit is free and nothing is bundled. Most clients continue because the builder who priced the leak is best placed to close it.
How fast is the first automation live?
Week one or two of the build. If your first system isn't live within 14 days of the build starting, you pay nothing more until it is.As long as you give us access and reply within 48 hours.
What tools do you build on?
The ones you already use. WhatsApp, Excel, your accounting package, your inbox, plus the automation layer that connects them. No migrations for their own sake.
Who is this not for?
Enterprises with an IT department and a procurement process. Startups that would rather build it themselves. Anyone shopping on price. It's just me, hands-on, and I say no when I'm full.
What areas do you serve?
Based in Stellenbosch, on site in Johannesburg one week every month, serving Stellenbosch, Cape Town and Johannesburg. Remote delivery means we take clients elsewhere where the fit is right.
Is our data safe with you?
We collect only what we need to prepare for your call, store it securely, and never sell or share it. POPIA applies and we act like it.
Question not here? Ask it on the call.