Private & Secure AI for Your Business

Private AI & Business Automation —
That Never Leaves Your Building

Inferred builds private AI and business automation for SMEs across Sussex, Surrey and the South East. Ask your own files a question and get a straight, sourced answer — no jargon, no cloud, no data leaving your network. Installed and looked after by a local expert in Horsham.

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Our Product — the place most businesses start

Meet Cortex — the memory of your business

Your file server already knows the answer. The problem is finding it. Cortex lets your team simply ask.

Inferred Cortex

A private AI appliance that sits in your building, reads the documents you already own, and answers your team's questions — in seconds, in plain English, with the source shown every time.

  • ✓ Ask in plain English — answers from your own documents
  • ✓ Exact figures from your spreadsheets, computed not guessed
  • ✓ Permissions built in — people only see what they should
  • ✓ One box for the whole team. No per-seat fees, no usage caps
  • ✓ Nothing ever leaves your building
One price to own it
From £4,950 installed

Yours outright, with your first three months of care included. Then optional Cortex Care from £195/month — cancel any time. If you never pay us again, it keeps working.

Bring one question. We'll let Cortex answer it.

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Cortex
Which jobs used part 4471?
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Not in your files? Cortex says so — it doesn't guess.
The Cortex appliance — a rack-mount unit with the Inferred Cortex badge
One box. Installed in your building, on your network.
Why Businesses Choose Inferred

AI Can Feel Overwhelming.
We Make It Simple.

There's too much noise, too many technical choices, and a real risk of letting your company's secrets leave your building. At Inferred, we cut through the confusion. We don't just sell software — we build the entire system around your specific needs, ensuring everything stays local, secure, and easy to use.

Your Data Stays Yours

We use local AI solutions that ensure sensitive information never leaves your control. Your company's secrets stay in your building — period.

No IT Headaches

We handle the setup, configuration, and ongoing maintenance. You get the benefits of automation without needing a dedicated tech team.

Built for You, Not Off the Shelf

We don't sell generic software. We build systems designed around your specific workflows — so everything actually works the way you do.

Beyond Cortex — What We Build

Business Automation, Built For You

Not every job needs AI — and when simple automation beats it, we'll say so. Here's the work we build around Cortex, priced as fixed projects, owned by you.

01

Process Automation

Stop doing the same repetitive tasks by hand every day. We identify the busywork eating up your team's time and build automations that just work.

Repetitive Task Removal Data entry, report generation, file organisation — we automate the boring stuff so your team can focus on meaningful work.
Workflow Automation When one thing happens, something else follows automatically. Invoices sent when orders are placed. Notifications when stock runs low.
Custom Integrations We connect the tools you already use so they work together seamlessly — no need to replace your existing software.
02

Data Analysis Made Easy

Got messy spreadsheets full of data you wish you understood better? We turn your existing files into clear, actionable insights — in seconds.

Spreadsheet to Insights Upload your sales records, inventory lists, or customer data and get clear answers about trends, patterns, and opportunities.
Document Question & Answer Ask your business documents plain-English questions like "What were our top products last quarter?" and get instant answers — no data science degree required.
Simple Dashboards See your key metrics at a glance with clean, easy-to-read dashboards that update automatically.
03

Smart Assistants

Imagine having a helper that never sleeps — one that can manage your calendar, triage your emails, and answer customer questions around the clock. That's what we build.

Scheduling & Calendar Management Automatically book, reschedule, and remind clients about appointments — no more double bookings or missed calls.
Email Triage & Drafting Prioritise what needs your attention and draft responses to routine enquiries so you can focus on the important stuff.
Customer Query Handling Your AI assistant answers FAQs, provides order updates, and escalates complex issues to the right person — all privately, with no data leaving your business.
04

Full Setup & Training Included

Every solution comes with complete installation, configuration, and hands-on training for your team. We don't just hand you something complex and walk away.

Done-For-You Onboarding We set up everything, configure it to your needs, and make sure your team knows exactly how to use it from day one.
Ongoing Support We're always here when you need us. Regular check-ins, updates, and improvements as your business grows.
How Working With Us Works

The Inferred Ladder

Five rungs, each one optional until it earns the next. You climb at your own pace — and you own everything we build at every step.

1

Qualify

A free 15-minute call. Bring one question your business struggles to answer — we'll tell you honestly whether we can help, and what we'd do first. No pitch, no obligation.

2

Operations Audit

A fixed-price look at how your business actually runs — where the hours go, what your data could answer, and what's worth automating. You get a written report you keep, whoever you hire.

3

Build

Fixed-price automation projects, quoted from the audit. We design, build, test and train — and you own the result outright, code included. No day-rate drift, no surprises.

4

Cortex

Our AI appliance, installed in your building — the memory of your business. From £4,950, yours outright. Many businesses start here directly.

5

Care

Optional ongoing support from £195/month — monitoring, updates, tested backups and small fixes, on a rolling month with no lock-in. Cancel any time; everything keeps working.

Not ready for AI at all? That's fine — plenty of our work is straightforward business automation with no AI in it. The ladder works the same way.

Who It's For

Built for SMEs That Want a Competitive Edge

Whether you're in a regulated profession or just tired of manual admin, our solutions are designed for businesses like yours.

Professional Practices & Consultancies

Architects, engineers, surveyors, law firms and consultancies. Keep client data strictly confidential — document review, project records and research answered without anything leaving your building.

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Bespoke Manufacturing, Print & Trade

Made-to-order quoting, artwork intake, job tracking and production paperwork — all automated on your own premises. Built for sign makers, printers, fabricators and joineries.

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Wholesale, Parts & Distribution

Order entry automation, plain-English stock queries across multiple branches, supplier document processing and demand forecasting — without your pricing data leaving your network.

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Automotive Parts & Dismantling

Plain-English stock queries across thousands of part lines, goods-in paperwork, interchange lookups and multi-branch inventory — answered in seconds, on your own premises.

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Recycling & Materials Processing

Digitised goods-in, compliance document automation and digital waste tracking readiness — deployed on your own infrastructure ahead of upcoming digital waste-tracking requirements.

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Warehouse & Logistics Operations

Goods movement, picking, yard management, weighbridge integration and site status displays — the physical side of warehousing, fully automated on your premises.

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Any Business Ready for Automation

If you're tired of manual admin, spending hours on repetitive tasks, or wish you had more time to focus on growth — we have a solution for you.

A Quick Test

Could AI save your business time?

Tick anything that sounds familiar. Be honest — nobody's watching.

0 ticked — tick what rings true and see where you land.
Free Resources

Take the thinking away with you

The same plain-English guides we hand to customers in person. No forms, no email gates — just take them.

New · Interactive · The complete pack

Build Your Internal AI Toolkit

Ten questions, one ZIP: use policy, risk assessment, staff agreement, tools register, supplier checklist, incident plan and review schedule — all personalised to your business.

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12-page guide

The Plain-English Guide to AI for Your Business

What AI actually is, the quiet risk you may already have, renting vs owning, and a self-scoring checklist. No hype, no jargon.

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Watch · three short films

The Inferred films

Cortex explained in 38 seconds, the Paste Problem, and Renting vs Owning — each under a minute, each in plain English.

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2-page leaflet

Cortex — The Memory of Your Business

Your file server already knows the answer. See what asking it looks like — sources, exact figures, and all.

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Evergreen reference

The AI Jargon Decoder

LLM, on-prem, hallucination, RAG, per-seat pricing — every term you keep hearing, in one honest sentence each.

Open the decoder →
Interactive · two minutes

Shadow AI Policy Builder

Your team is probably already pasting work into free AI tools. Build your company's one-page policy right here — your name, your rules, download the PDF.

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The honest comparison

Renting AI vs Owning It

Per-seat subscriptions look small until you multiply them. What renting really costs over three years — and when renting is genuinely the right call.

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Sourced & dated

AI Adoption — The Real Numbers

How many UK businesses actually use AI, what it's used for, and what the regulators say — every figure sourced, linked and dated. No vendor surveys.

See the stats →

In manufacturing, wholesale or logistics? Each sector page has a one-page version written for your world. And if you're curious what searching for answers actually costs: try the two-minute calculator →

For The Technically Curious

How It's Built — In Plain English

You don't need to read this section to buy from us. But if you (or your IT person) want to know how the machinery works, here it is without the jargon.

Everything runs where you say it runs — in your building, on your network, under your control. No cloud accounts, no third parties handling your data, no software that stops working if a supplier changes their mind.

It lives in your building

The AI runs on hardware we install on your premises. Your documents are read there, your questions are answered there, and nothing about the process touches the internet.

Models you keep, not rent

We use openly published AI models installed on your machine — not a subscription to someone else's black box. Nobody can raise the price, change the rules, or switch it off remotely.

Works with what you have

It reads the files you already own — shared drives, spreadsheets, PDFs, scans, old Word documents — and connects to the software you already use. Nothing needs replacing.

The Facts at a Glance

Where it runs In your building, on your network
Where your data goes Nowhere — 100% stays with you
The AI models Open-weight, installed on your hardware
UK GDPR No third-party processing to explain
If the internet goes down It keeps answering
Who owns it You do — hardware, software and code
Honest Answers

The questions you're right to ask

What about GDPR?

Compliance is about how you process data, so it stays your assessment to make and we won't claim otherwise. What we can say is narrower: because everything runs on your premises, your data isn't transferred to a third party for AI processing, which takes the hardest questions (international transfers, processor agreements, retention on someone else's servers) off the table. You remain the controller of your own data, and we'll give your adviser the paperwork to check it.

What if the AI makes things up?

Ours is built not to bluff. Answers come from your own documents with the source shown, exact figures are computed from your spreadsheets rather than guessed, and when the answer isn't in your files, it says so plainly. You can always check its working — that's the point of the sources.

What happens if the internet goes down?

Nothing. The system doesn't use the internet to work — that's the whole idea. Your team keeps asking questions and getting answers on your own network while the broadband is down.

Can it read scans and old PDFs?

Yes. Scanned paperwork, old PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets — including the legacy files from years back. If your business can open it, we can usually make it answerable.

What does Cortex cost?

From £4,950 installed — one price, yours outright, with your first three months of care included. After that, Cortex Care is optional at £195 a month on a rolling basis: monitoring, updates, tested backups and small fixes, cancel any time. And if you never pay us another penny, everything keeps working — that's what owning it means.

You're one person. What happens if something happens to you?

A fair question, and the answer is architectural rather than a promise: Cortex keeps working without us — it runs on your premises, doesn't phone home, and nothing about it expires. You own everything we build, including the code, and it's documented for handover so any competent engineer could pick it up. We'd rather prove continuity through ownership than ask you to take it on faith.

Let's Talk

Ready to Get Smarter?

If you're tired of manual admin and want to see how AI can save you hours every week, let's talk. No pressure, no jargon — just a genuine conversation about where AI can help your business. Prefer a page you can bookmark or send to a colleague? inferred.co.uk/contact →

Systems Architect & Founder Charlie Essex
Office Line 01403 597 099
Mobile 07947 442 731
Location Horsham, West Sussex
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