Kōwhai AI Limited
VerifiedKōwhai AIAuckland, New Zealand
Auckland consultancy that stages enterprise AI adoption from strategy and governance, through Power Platform automation and agents, to a managed centre of excellence.
About
Kōwhai AI is an Auckland consultancy that takes New Zealand enterprises through AI adoption in three stages: strategy and governance first, then automation, apps and agents, then a centre of excellence that runs the models. The work leans on Microsoft Power Platform and Databricks. Three clients are named on the site with attributed quotes: RMG, ProCare and Lotto NZ. Only the Lotto NZ engagement is described specifically, covering Databricks FinOps and Azure Databricks cost control. None carries a figure. Co-founder Gavin Sharkey spoke at the Aotearoa AI Summit in September 2025 alongside Lotto NZ's data lead, and presented at a Ricoh and Microsoft event that November. Nothing from the firm dates later than November 2025.
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4- talkAotearoa AI Summit 2025 session, presented jointly with Lotto NZ's Head of Data and Analytics; documented in a third-party summit write-up
- talkC-suite Lunch & Learn run by Ricoh New Zealand with Microsoft; Gavin Sharkey presented the Power Platform automation session, 6 November 2025
- talkThe AI Corner podcast episode 27, featured guest, dated 12 October 2025
- talkConvergence Partners webinar recording, 26 November 2024
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