Zylo AI

Founded by Andrew Tavares and Phillip Brey, this Canberra firm advises government agencies and businesses on AI, trains their staff and builds AI systems. Both founders hold Australian Government security clearances and bring backgrounds in federal technology programs, Defence and cyber security. The firm is veteran owned and vendor neutral, with no reseller deals or platform commissions, and the founders lead each engagement themselves.

Advice covers readiness checks, strategy, governance and acceptable-use rules, privacy and risk reviews, vendor selection and pilot design. For agencies, work moves through four steps: a briefing, a written assessment, a pilot on one workflow with agreed success measures, and a decision to expand, refine or stop. Systems run inside the client's approved environment, follow its records rules and have their data flows documented.

Build work includes an AI receptionist for phone and web chat, agentic workflows, process automation, data pipelines and AI models deployed on a client's own infrastructure. Hosting stays in Australia by default. Training ranges from executive briefings to hands-on team workshops and a multi-day practitioner course. The firm works on site in Canberra and online across Australia.