Do you work with Adelaide businesses remotely from Perth?

Yes. Delivery uses video calls, screen sharing, workshops and written review. Perth and Adelaide have strong working hours overlap. We aim to respond within one business day and can scope travel where it adds value.

Can you build AI tools for a DISP participant?

We can design data handling, access, logging and review around DISP or Essential Eight requirements the client has confirmed. The exact requirements depend on the membership, contract, information and system. We do not certify DISP or Essential Eight compliance and do not replace the client's security or legal advisers.

Can you help with the AIML Industrial AI SME Grant Program?

Yes. The Australian Institute for Machine Learning launched its Industrial AI SME Grant Program in June 2025 to give SA businesses access to expert AI engineering support. We can help you scope a project that is a good fit for the programme, and deliver the build once you are accepted. The grant provides engineering expertise rather than direct funding, so having a clear project scope matters.

What Adelaide industries do you serve?

We work with defence supply chain and space tech businesses at Lot Fourteen and Osborne, advanced manufacturing firms at Tonsley, wine and food producers across the Barossa, McLaren Vale and broader SA regions, professional services firms serving the defence sector, and health and medical research organisations. Reach out if your sector is not listed.

Perth-based | remote delivery | 1.5 hours behind ACST

Adelaide AI consulting

VibeZero provides AI consulting for Adelaide businesses in defence supply chain, space, advanced manufacturing, food and agriculture. Work is delivered remotely from Perth by senior consultants, with a fixed scope and strong business hours overlap.

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Delivered remotely from Perth. Travel is scoped only where it adds value.

About Adelaide

Defence, space and biomedical, a city with serious sectors

Adelaide is home to the AUKUS submarine programme at Osborne, the Australian Space Agency at Lot Fourteen, a $3.8 billion biomedical precinct on North Terrace, and one of Australia's most productive agtech and wine regions.

ASC and BAE Systems Australia are building Australia's first SSN-AUKUS submarines at a $30 billion Osborne construction yard. Lot Fourteen hosts the Australian Space Agency, SmartSat CRC, the Australian Institute for Machine Learning, and over 150 deep tech businesses within a few city blocks. Adelaide BioMed City, centred on SAHMRI at the edge of the CBD, is the largest health and medical research precinct in the Southern Hemisphere. The University of Adelaide's AIML launched an Industrial AI SME Grant Program in June 2025 to connect SA businesses with expert engineering support for AI adoption.

Why Adelaide

Supply chain security meets Lot Fourteen ambition

Adelaide's defence and space sectors can carry data sovereignty and security requirements set by a contract, programme or information classification. The Defence Industry Security Program (DISP) sets security requirements for participating entities across governance, personnel, physical and cyber domains. The Essential Eight is an ASD recommended baseline and may also be required by a customer or contract. We record the applicable boundary before selecting controls. We do not certify DISP or Essential Eight compliance.

Outside defence, Adelaide's Tonsley Innovation District connects advanced manufacturing, education and research. The Barossa and McLaren Vale wine regions and the broader SA food and agriculture sector also rely on quality, traceability and compliance workflows. A useful first project starts with a defined source record, accountable reviewer and measurable operational problem. Any grant eligibility or security obligation remains subject to the relevant programme and authorised adviser.

How we help

The capabilities around this work

Consulting, automation, security and training, plus build and fix work when you need it. 32 capabilities in total.

Servicestrategy | roadmap | adoption

AI Consulting

Map your ops, identify where AI makes sense, build an implementation plan your team can follow.

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Serviceworkflow automation | n8n | Make | workflows

Automation

n8n, Make, Power Automate, custom integrations. The boring tasks your team does weekly? Automated.

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Servicebusiness | staff | workshops

AI Training

Train your whole team to use AI well, from frontline staff to managers. Role based programs, hands on workshops and coaching across Claude, ChatGPT and Copilot.

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Flagship capabilityDLP | Copilot | M365

AI Data Loss Prevention

Reduce or block agreed pathways for business data entering Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Scope can cover tool inventory, M365 controls, policy, staff guidance and incident response informed by relevant privacy obligations.

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The gap

World class precincts, underserved SMBs

What Adelaide businesses need

AI tools built around the DISP, Essential Eight or contract controls that apply
Internal assistants that keep sensitive data within the environment the client approves
Process automation for quality control and compliance in manufacturing
Supply chain and export traceability tools for wine and food producers
Support scoping a project before grant eligibility is assessed

What most are still doing

Watching Lot Fourteen grow while their own operations stay manual
Using generic off the shelf AI before the DISP or contract boundary is confirmed
Missing the AIML SME Grant because they cannot scope a project
Assuming security obligations are only a prime contractor problem
Starting a broad programme before the first useful workflow is clear

Industries

Adelaide industries we serve

Defence & Space

Defence & Government

We build controlled AI workflows for defence supply chain businesses and Lot Fourteen tenants, based on the DISP, contract and information requirements they confirm.

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Manufacturing

Advanced Manufacturing

We build AI driven quality control, process optimisation and compliance tooling for Tonsley and the broader SA advanced manufacturing sector.

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Wine & Agtech

Agriculture & Food

We build supply chain traceability, quality assurance and export compliance automation for Barossa, McLaren Vale and SA food producers.

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Professional Services

We build tender drafting assistants, knowledge management and document automation for the professional services firms serving SA's defence and government sectors.

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Coverage

Adelaide delivery at a glance

Delivery: RemoteVideo calls, async collaboration, screen sharing. On site when the project needs it.
Industries: Defence, space, manufacturing, agtechDefence supply chain, space tech, advanced manufacturing, wine and food, professional services, health
Response time: 1 business dayWe aim to reply within one business day, with strong working hours overlap
Timezone: AWST (UTC+8)1.5 hours behind ACST; 2.5 hours behind ACDT in summer

Adelaide areas we work with include the CBD and Lot Fourteen precinct, Osborne and Port Adelaide, Tonsley Innovation District, Mawson Lakes, Adelaide Hills, Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale, and across the SA metro area and regions. The AIML Industrial AI SME Grant Program may offset the cost of your first AI project.

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