Small software · we build it
Invoice handling automation
AI reads, codes and routes purchase invoices straight into the ERP. Built hands-on in a few weeks.
~80% less manual invoice handling
AI & Automation adoption partner
Get AI adopted,
not just piloted.
Velho is your embedded partner for AI and automation. We find what's worth doing, build it together with your teams, and make sure it's actually used — then keep the value compounding, month after month.
Value proven from week one — with no long commitment or lock-in.
Everyone's investing in AI. Almost no one is capturing it.
The gap isn't ambition — it's execution. Most initiatives stall in the space between a promising demo and everyday, adopted use.
0%
of organisations use AI in at least one function — but only 39% see any bottom-line impact.
McKinsey · State of AI 2025
0%
of companies capture AI value at scale — 60% see no material value from their spend.
BCG · 2025
0tn
in potential annual value from generative AI — most of it still untapped.
McKinsey Global Institute · 2023
0%
of Finnish enterprises now use AI — Europe's #2 adopter, and rising fast.
Eurostat · 2025
The blocker is people and ownership — not the tech.
Ideas without an owner
Automation opportunities live in people's heads across the organisation — nobody's job is to find, compare and prioritise them.
Pilots that never ship
Proofs-of-concept get built, demos impress — then stall before production because rollout, integration and change fall through the cracks.
Talent you can't hire
AI and automation specialists are scarce, expensive, and hard to keep busy full-time inside a single organisation.
One expert inside your business — working with your people.
You get a dedicated expert who works inside your organisation as your automation contact person, with a full delivery team and vendor network behind them. With your teams, not above them — owning the agenda together, from first idea to adopted value.
Identify
Through a thorough due-diligence process and interviews across your teams, we find where AI and automation can genuinely help.
Plan
We turn the best opportunities into a prioritised implementation plan — with a clear delivery schedule and a roadmap to adoption.
Deliver
We build it, help you adopt it, or source the optimal solution for your need — and drive the rollout until your people can, and want to, run it without us.
A continuous loop — done with your teams.
Every month the loop runs again, so adoption compounds instead of stalling after one initiative. Each step is done together — and each cycle gets faster as we learn your organisation.
Hover each step to watch the plan take shape →
- 01
Map together
We map every place AI and automation could help — shadowing your teams so nothing is missed.
- 02
Prioritise together
You choose what matters most — we shortlist the options and sequence the work around your call.
- 03
Roll out with your teams
Build, buy or integrate in short sprints — co-designed with the people who'll use it.
- 04
Iterate & educate
Measure the value, train your people, and start the next cycle — every month.
Opportunity map
candidates found
Hover a step to watch the plan take shape.
Value in motion within four weeks.
No open-ended discovery billed by the hour. Here's the concrete path from day one to a prioritised roadmap and your first delivery slot.
-
Week 0 · Setup
We embed
Access, a stakeholder map, and an operating rhythm agreed with your sponsor — so day one is productive.
-
Weeks 1–2 · Discover
We listen & map
Shadow teams, interview across functions, and log every automation opportunity with a rough value.
-
Week 3 · Prioritise
We agree the plan
Score every opportunity by value and effort, and pick the first quick win together.
-
Week 4 · Live
You see the value
A prioritised roadmap and business case presented to leadership — and your first automation project ready to start.
-
Then · Monthly
It compounds
The loop runs again every month — more shipped, more adopted, more value realised.
What a year can look like.
An illustrative Core-tier year: two lanes, mixed project sizes, quick wins first — agreed quarter by quarter on the shared roadmap.
M01M02M03M04M05M06M07M08M09M10M11M12
Opportunity mapping
Quick win
Small project
Quick win
Large project
Externally sourced tool — onboarding
Small project
Quick win
Externally sourced tool — onboarding
Advanced / real-world pilot
Expansion of an earlier project
We build
We scale
We source
Advanced / real-world
Illustrative — planned together
The right solution, whatever shape it takes.
We're not selling one product. We pick the fastest route to value for each opportunity — and our incentive stays the same whichever one we choose.
Small & custom
We build it
Targeted software and AI automations delivered hands-on — fast wins in weeks, not quarters.
Large projects
We scale it
Bigger builds delivered by our extended team, or sourced from trusted partners — with your expert as the accountable lead.
Best of market
We source it
When a great product already exists, we select it, negotiate it, and onboard your organisation onto it.
The neutrality test: every recommendation is the one we'd make if we earned nothing extra from it.
Vendor-neutral — we work with the tools you already run
From the inbox to the real world.
We start where the value is today — and take you as far as automation can go, across three widening horizons.
01
Workflow automation
Repetitive knowledge work: documents, data flows, reporting, integrations.
02
AI agents
Agentic systems that handle whole processes — triage, drafting, decisions with human oversight.
03
Advanced & real-world automation
Where digital meets the physical: computer vision, sensor and IoT data, connected operations and field automation — up to autonomous systems where they genuinely fit.
What this looks like on the ground.
A few of the automations we build, scale and source — one for each delivery path.
Illustrative scenarios, not client references — replaced with real cases as engagements complete.
Large software · we scale it
Customer-service AI agent
An agent that resolves routine tickets across email and chat, integrated with the CRM. Delivered by our extended team.
~50% of tickets resolved without human touch
Advanced · real-world
Vision-based quality inspection
Computer vision checks every unit on the line and flags defects in real time — cameras and sensors sourced from vendors, the use-case software built to fit.
~90% of defects caught on the line
Shipped isn't the finish line. Adopted is.
Most automation fails at the people, not the technology. Onboarding your teams is built into every rollout — and we're accountable for usage, not just delivery.
Co-designed with your people
Solutions are shaped with the teams who'll use them — not handed down. Ownership starts before launch.
Champions & training
We teach as we go and train superusers in each team, so capability lives inside your organisation.
Embedded in the daily workflow
Automations plug into the tools people already use — no new portal, no parallel process.
Adoption measured, not assumed
Usage and realised value are tracked every month. If people aren't using it, we fix it.
There's always someone to call — your dedicated expert, on hand whenever questions or issues come up. No ticket queue, no scoping a new project. Just ask.
A whole team, for about the cost of one hire.
For roughly what one more specialist would cost you, you get a team of AI and automation professionals — and none of the risk of hiring.
A team, not a single hire
One contact person you know by name, with a full delivery team and vendor network behind them.
None of the hiring risk
No recruitment, onboarding, ramp-up or attrition. We're productive from week one, and you can scale us up or down.
No long commitment
Nothing locked in beyond the initial phase. We earn the next step by proving value — every single month.
An ongoing partner, not a one-off project.
A software project ends with a hand-off — the knowledge leaves and the value plateaus. An embedded partner keeps finding, shipping and improving, so value compounds instead of stalling. That's the whole difference.
A one-off software project
- Ends at hand-off — then the momentum stops
- The knowledge walks out the door with the team
- A large fee up front, before value is proven
- Built once, so it dates as your business moves on
- The incentive is to sell you the next big project
Velho — an ongoing partner
- Ships working automation every single month
- Knowledge of your business that compounds over time
- A predictable monthly fee — change or stop with notice
- Continuously improved as your needs change
- The incentive is to keep proving value, every month
Every engagement includes
- A dedicated expert, on call
- A living opportunity map
- Hands-on delivery of quick wins
- Training & enablement for your people
- Vendor & partner sourcing, chosen neutrally
- Monthly reporting of realised value
Start small. Scale when it's working.
Choose the execution speed that fits: one project per month, two projects per month, or a bespoke programme for larger needs.
Foundation
1 project per month
Month one maps and prioritises the automation roadmap. After that, one selected project is delivered from discovery to rollout each month.
Discuss fit →Most chosen
Growth
2 projects per month
For teams with more workflow volume: the same discovery foundation, then two automation projects delivered and adopted each month.
Discuss fit →Bespoke
Custom cadence
For larger, cross-team rollouts and advanced programmes where the right project cadence needs to be designed around the organisation.
Discuss fit →Straight answers.
The questions we hear most from teams deciding how to start.
A simple monthly fee, scoped to how many projects can be executed in parallel: one project per month, two projects per month, or a bespoke cadence for larger programmes. Larger builds and third-party licences are quoted separately and only with your sign-off.
You'll see realised time and money saved in a monthly report to leadership. You can scale us down or stop with one month's notice — we re-earn the engagement every single month, which keeps our incentives honest.
No. We work alongside your people and we're vendor-neutral — we'll build, buy or source whatever is fastest to value, and hand ownership to your team. Our recommendation is the one we'd make if we earned nothing extra from it.
The first month is discovery: workflow mapping, prioritisation, and a delivery roadmap. After that, the project cadence starts — one or two automation projects per month depending on the tier.
We follow your data classification and security rules, never move data to unapproved tools, and flag any GDPR or EU AI Act questions to your team early rather than improvising. Credibility is our most valuable asset.
Most have — and it's almost always people, not technology. Adoption is designed in from day one: co-design with the people who'll use it, champions and training in every team, and usage measured monthly. If people aren't using something, that's our problem to fix.
Get in touch
Let's find your first automation win.
Book a short intro call. We'll talk through where automation could pay off fastest in your organisation — and how to start, without commitment.
- A prioritised opportunity map within the first month
- Your first automation project selected and ready to start
- No commitment beyond the first phase — we earn the next month, every month