// AI engineering & consulting · Australia
AI engineering and consulting, built to ship in Australia.
Propel Ventures is a Melbourne-based AI engineering and consulting partner. We're practitioners first — product strategists, designers, and engineers who advise and deliver. From AI strategy and operating-model design to production-grade AI products, we build alongside your team and lift their capability as we ship.
// how we partner
Ways to work with us
Every one is anchored in outcomes, not artefacts: we measure what changed, not what we delivered.
// enable
AI Enablement
Get your whole team building with AI from session one. Hands-on workshops, innovation days and embedded build — applied to your real work, with the same tools we use every week. Skip the frameworks and six-month roadmaps; every session leaves something working behind.
- Hands-on training — your team builds in the first session
- Innovation days that ship working prototypes
- Embedded implementation of automations & agents
- Coaching for leaders & internal AI champions
// rewire
AI Transformation
The org-level rebuild that makes the 20x compound. Operating model, AI-native ways of working, capability uplift — so AI changes how decisions get made and work gets done — and how your product & engineering teams build.
- Operating model & team design
- AI-native PDLC for product & engineering
- Capability uplift & training
- Change & adoption
// build
AI Product & Engineering
Embedded teams shipping production AI software. New AI-native products, AI features in existing platforms, automations and integrations — all built to the same product-led standard that's defined Propel for a decade.
- Discovery, design & delivery planning
- End-to-end product development
- AI features & automations
- Systems integration & data
// our work
Just a few of our clients.
A decade of work across financial services, energy, retail, health, education, property and the firms that invest in them.
// Proof
What our clients say.
A decade of shipping production software for Australia's most ambitious teams — from ASX-listed enterprises to scale-ups.
// 01
AGL
AGL engaged Propel to further accelerate our transformation from an energy company to a digital-first, multi-product retailer. Propel's forthright advice and deep but rapid engagement model were impactful and refreshing. Within just eight weeks, Propel built a strong understanding of our business and operating environment, identifying efficiency gains and operational improvements that enabled us to reduce costs while improving productivity.
// 02
MYOB
Propel have been a key partner in delivering a number of solutions to our customers. They bring together deep experience and knowledge in product management that ensures we are delivering the most important features first with a customer-centric mindset. Mixed with their ability to deliver in an agile way, leveraging cloud technologies, makes them a strong full-service delivery partner.
// 03
Banjo
Before pushing any sort of solution or advice, Propel was thorough in their endeavour to understand our business, its stakeholders and their relevance to the business. This made us really feel like we were working with an invested partner, not just another consultancy.
// 04
Readytech
We had the pleasure of working with the team at Propel Ventures in bringing the Ready People mobile app to life. From the initial stages of architectural design to the final deployment, their team of talented engineers demonstrated remarkable technical expertise and a meticulous attention to detail, and ensured the handover was as smooth as possible.
// frequently asked
AI engineering & consulting in Australia — your questions.
What Propel does, where we're based, how engineering and consulting fit together, the industries we serve, how we price, and how fast we can start.
- Who offers AI engineering and consulting in Australia?
- Propel Ventures is a Melbourne-based AI engineering and consulting partner working with companies across Australia. Founded in 2016, Propel blends product strategy, design, and software engineering with AI strategy and transformation — delivered by forward-deployed teams that ship production software end-to-end and upskill client teams as they build. Propel is ISO 27001 certified and a partner of AWS, Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic, with more than 100 client engagements across financial services, energy, retail, health, education, property, and hospitality.
- Where is Propel Ventures based?
- Propel Ventures is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia with offices in Sydney, Australia and Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam, and works with ambitious teams across Australia and beyond. The firm was founded in 2016 and operates as an AI transformation partner for Australian companies in financial services, energy, retail, health, education, property, hospitality, and private equity.
- What's the difference between AI engineering and AI consulting?
- AI consulting sets the direction — the strategy, operating model, and prioritised roadmap for where AI creates real value. AI engineering builds and ships it — production-grade AI products, features, automations, and integrations. Propel does both under one roof: practitioners who advise and deliver, so strategy doesn't stall in a slide deck. Embedded teams build alongside your people and transfer capability as the work ships.
- What industries does Propel work with in Australia?
- Across a decade of work, Propel has delivered for teams in financial services and wealth, energy and utilities, retail and consumer, health and education, property and construction, hospitality, and the private equity and venture capital firms that invest in them. Clients include AGL, MYOB, Netwealth, Prospa, EML Payments, Experian, and Humm.
- How does Propel price AI engineering and consulting work?
- Propel offers outcome-based pricing anchored in measurable results rather than artefacts or pure time-and-materials. Consulting engagements typically start with an Executive AI Sprint, an AI Strategy & Roadmap, or an Embedded Transformation Partner model, while engineering work is delivered by embedded product teams scoped to your goals. Specific commercials are agreed during discovery.
- How quickly can Propel start on a project?
- Propel runs a deep but rapid engagement model — for AGL, the team built a strong understanding of the business and identified efficiency gains within eight weeks. An Executive AI Sprint can begin in a week, an AI Strategy & Roadmap from two weeks, and embedded engineering teams are scoped during discovery. Propel commits to coming back within a day on whether they're the right partner and what the first 30 days look like.
// let's talk
Ready to rewire how you work?
Tell us where you are — building AI products, transforming how a function operates, or somewhere in between. We'll come back within a day with a view on whether we're the right partner, and if we are, what the first 30 days look like.
