Agents that finish the job
Multi-step work done end to end: gather, check, act, follow up. Human checkpoints are designed in wherever a decision matters, so nothing important happens unreviewed.
AI development
AI that does real work, not a demo.
We're Codebased, a UK software studio. We build practical AI into the tools your business already runs on: assistants that answer from your data, documents that read themselves, drafts written for you, and agents that finish whole jobs, always with a human in the loop.
Trusted by established UK businesses
What it is
Practical AI that solves a problem, not AI for the sake of it.
There is a lot of noise around AI right now, and plenty of projects that look clever but change nothing. We take the opposite approach. We start with a job your business needs doing, then work out whether machine learning, a large language model or a much simpler tool is the right way to do it.
This is the right fit if your team loses hours to repetitive admin, if you are making important decisions on gut feel, or if you have years of data sitting in spreadsheets and systems that you have never been able to put to use.
Whether the result is AI woven into your existing software or a new tool built around it, the aim is the same: something measurable that makes the working day easier and the business stronger.
We hold ourselves to the same rules we build for clients: AI used deliberately, under senior review, with your IP and data protected at every step. Read exactly how we use AI.
What you get
The kinds of AI work that actually pay off.
Real capabilities we build into businesses, each tied to a clear, practical outcome rather than a buzzword.
Drafting done for you
Quotes, replies, reports and summaries written as first drafts by AI and finished by a person. It's how our own product Toolbelt AI works, and it gives hours back every week.
Document and data processing
Get information out of paperwork without the typing. We extract and classify the contents of invoices, forms, contracts, emails, photographs and scans, then push the clean data straight into your systems.
Assistants on your data
Ask questions, get answers from your own documents, policies and systems, not the open internet. Built with guardrails so it says "I don't know" instead of guessing.
Smarter search and matching
Help people find the right thing fast. We add search that understands meaning, not just keywords, and matching that connects the right product, record or person automatically.
Voice AI
Phone lines answered, calls transcribed and spoken interfaces for hands-busy work. Useful where typing was never realistic, with a person always reachable behind it.
How we work
From a real problem to proven value.
We keep AI projects grounded. We prove an idea is worth it before committing to it, then build, measure and improve in the open.
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Start with the problem
We dig into where the real friction and cost sit, and what a good outcome would actually be worth to you.
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Prove it works
We test the approach on your real data with a small, fast prototype, so you can see the value before committing budget.
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Build it properly
Senior engineers turn the prototype into reliable, secure software, integrated into your tools and built to be maintained.
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Measure and improve
We track it against the numbers we agreed, then refine it as your data and needs change, so it keeps paying off.
Why Codebased
Software engineers who happen to do AI well.
Plenty of people can wire up a model. The hard part is building it into a real business and making it last. That is what we do.
No hype, honest advice
If AI is not the right tool, we will say so. We would rather lose a project than sell you something that does not deliver.
Production, not experiments
We build AI that runs reliably day after day, with the testing, monitoring and engineering rigour of any serious system.
Senior, UK-based team
You work directly with experienced engineers from our Staffordshire base, with no hand-offs to juniors after the pitch.
Your data stays protected
We are careful about where your data goes and design to keep sensitive information in your control, in line with UK GDPR.
Focused on the bottom line
We care about time saved, errors cut and revenue won, not how clever the model is. The result has to show up in the business.
Partners for the long run
We stay on to support and improve what we build, and to help your team understand and own it for themselves.
FAQ
Questions we hear about AI projects.
Straight answers on data, results and how AI fits into what you already run.
How do you decide where AI is actually worth using?
We start from a real business problem, not the technology. We look at where your team spends time on repetitive work, where decisions rely on guesswork and where data is sitting unused. If a simpler approach would do the job, we will tell you. AI only goes in where it clearly earns its place.
Is our business data safe?
Data protection is built into how we work. We are clear about where your data is processed and stored, we keep it within trusted UK and EU infrastructure where that matters, and we design so that sensitive information is never sent anywhere it does not need to go. We handle everything in line with UK GDPR.
Doesn't AI just make things up sometimes?
Left alone, yes, and confidently. That is why nothing we build ships on trust: answers are grounded in your data, risky actions get a human checkpoint, and everything is reviewed by a senior developer, tested and monitored in production. Read exactly how we use AI on our blog.
Will adding AI disrupt our existing systems?
No. We integrate AI into the tools and processes you already use, and we roll it out gradually so your team can keep working throughout. You stay in control, with the ability to review and override what the system does while everyone builds trust in it.
How do we measure whether it is working?
We agree what success looks like before we build, usually time saved, errors reduced or a clear commercial number, then measure against it once it is live. If the results are not there, we adjust or stop. You should be able to point to the difference it has made.
Can you work alongside our in-house IT team?
Yes. We work well as an extension of an existing team. We fit in with your standards and ways of working, document what we build and share knowledge as we go, so your people can confidently own and maintain it afterwards.
Related services
Where AI fits into the bigger picture.
AI rarely stands alone. It works best as part of well-built software, and we can help with all of it.
Custom software
Bespoke systems built around your processes, ready for AI to plug into where it helps most.
Learn more →Machine learning development
Vision, forecasting and prediction models trained on your data. The other half of this story.
Learn more →Legacy software modernisation
Bring ageing systems up to date so they can hold the data and connections AI needs to work.
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