--- title: Melio AI --- [![Melio AI](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-1.png?width=208&height=65&name=logo-1.png)](https://pages.melio.ai/?hsLang=en) - [Home](https://pages.melio.ai/) - [Services](https://pages.melio.ai/services) - [Consulting](https://pages.melio.ai/consulting) - [Retainer](https://pages.melio.ai/retainer) - [AI As A Service](https://pages.melio.ai/ai-as-service) - [Fluid Assessment](https://pages.melio.ai/fluid-assessment) - [Workshops](https://pages.melio.ai/workshops) - [Products](https://pages.melio.ai/products) - [Kaidex](https://pages.melio.ai/kaidex) - [RubrlQ](https://pages.melio.ai/rubrliq) - [About](https://pages.melio.ai/about) - [Case Studies](https://pages.melio.ai/case-studies) - [Insights](https://pages.melio.ai/insights) - [Contact](https://pages.melio.ai/contact) # We Make AI Frictionless  We build AI that survives contact with production, not another pilot that stalls at the demo. Trusted across financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and technology.  How can we help? [Book an AI Readiness Call](https://pages.melio.ai/contact?hsLang=en) [View Client Outcomes](https://pages.melio.ai/case-studies?hsLang=en) ![Group 282](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/Group%20282.png?width=948&height=580&name=Group%20282.png) ![absa](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/absa.png) ![netcare](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/netcare.png) ![exxaro](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/exxaro.png) ![woolworths](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/woolworths.png) ![femmflo](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/femmflo.png) ![sanlam](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/sanlam.png) ![onlelinkage](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/onlelinkage.png) ![std](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/std.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/absa.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/netcare.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/exxaro.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/woolworths.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/femmflo.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/sanlam.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/onlelinkage.png) ![](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/std.png) ## Three AI problems we solve Most AI work stalls for the same handful of reasons, whichever industry it's in. A model gets built but never earns enough trust to run unsupervised. A pilot proves the concept and then sits there, disconnected from the workflow it was meant to change. The team that built it moves on, and nobody's left who can run it. Friction like this is why so much AI investment never turns into AI in production, and it's the specific thing Melio is built to remove. ![Models stall](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Rectangle%20211.png) ![Rectangle 211](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Rectangle%20211.png) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_3wgm6b3wgm6b3wgm](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_3wgm6b3wgm6b3wgm.jpg) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_j5g2c3j5g2c3j5g2](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_j5g2c3j5g2c3j5g2.jpg) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_g8a3m4g8a3m4g8a3](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_g8a3m4g8a3m4g8a3.jpg) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_z8husdz8husdz8hu](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_z8husdz8husdz8hu.jpg) ![Rectangle 211](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Rectangle%20211.png) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_j5g2c3j5g2c3j5g2-1](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_j5g2c3j5g2c3j5g2-1.jpg) ![Gemini\_Generated\_Image\_z8husdz8husdz8hu-2](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Gemini_Generated_Image_z8husdz8husdz8hu-2.jpg) MLOps ### Models stall before they reach production We build the ML platform engineering — pipelines, governance, deployment discipline — that gets models out of notebooks and into production, and keeps them there. [Explore more](https://pages.melio.ai/rubrliq?hsLang=en) Agent-Ops ### Agents multiply, governance doesn't  We design agentic systems with the guardrails, monitoring, and lifecycle management to scale past one demo without turning into ten unmanaged one-offs.  [Explore more](https://pages.melio.ai/?hsLang=en) Document-Ops ### Manual, document-heavy processes can't scale  We turn unstructured documents — statements, contracts, claims — into structured, auditable data your systems can act on directly.  ## Where Enterprise Depth Meets Ready-to-Deploy AI Melio works two ways, and they reinforce each other. Our consulting team goes deep on the hard custom problems, where AI needs to be genuinely integrated into how a business runs. Highwind takes what that work teaches us and turns it into ready-to-deploy AI services, so smaller teams get the same production-grade capability without the multi-month build. [See How We Work](https://pages.melio.ai/services?hsLang=en) ![hand](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/hand.png) ### Our Service Every engagement is staffed directly by Melio's own consultants and engineers. No subcontractors, no vendor you've never met. [Explore Our Services](https://pages.melio.ai/services?hsLang=en) ![tv](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/tv.png) ### Our Platform Highwind turns proven enterprise builds into ready-to-deploy AI services, including RubriQ and Kaida. [Explore Highwind](https://pages.melio.ai/ai-as-service?hsLang=en) ![box](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/box.png) ### Our Products Focused AI tools built from what our enterprise work has already proven out, ready for teams to put to work directly. [Explore Our Products](https://pages.melio.ai/products?hsLang=en) ![Group 202](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Group%20202.png) ![p2](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/p2.png) ![p1](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/p1.png) First in Sub-Saharan Africa to achieve AWS AI Competency ![aws1](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws1.png) AWS AI Practitioner ![aws2](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws2.png) Solution Architect ![aws3](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws3.png) Solutions architects ![aws4](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws4.png) DevOps Engineer ![aws5](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws5.png) Security ![aws6](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws6.png) Data Engineer ![aws7](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws7.png) Developer ![aws8](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/aws8.png) Cloud Practitioner ## What We've Built ![q](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/q.png) ### RubrIQ  AI grading with an educator approving every result. Turns essay and open-ended marking from days into hours, without losing the human accountable for the final score.  [Explore RubrIQ](https://pages.melio.ai/rubrliq?hsLang=en) ![t](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/t.png) ### Kaidex Kaidex extracts and structures data from PDFs, scans and forms, with a confidence score on every field and a human review step for anything it isn't sure about.  [Explore Kaidex](https://pages.melio.ai/kaidex?hsLang=en) ![q](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/q.png) ### Agents  Content coming soon. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore.  Explore AI Agents ## Results From Our Clients' Deployments ‹ Healthcare ### A women's health AI agent, live in 12 weeks  A chat-based agent trained on hormone and mental-health data connects in-lab test results to personalised, real-time guidance for FemmFlo's users.  [Read the Full Story](https://pages.melio.ai/case-studies/a-womens-health-ai-agent-live-in-12-weeks?hsLang=en) 12 weeks from kickoff to live users Banking ### Stanbic Uganda – Hyper-Personalisation Campaign Platform AI-powered customer personalisation, validated in a proof of concept and now moving to full-scale production. Read the full story 8 → 1 weeks campaign turnaround › [View All Case Studies](https://pages.melio.ai/case-studies?hsLang=en) ## Proof, Not Promises 8+  AI agent projects deployed into production  6+  years of enterprise AI delivery  20%  average time saved from manual tasks across client deployments  100%  schools graded through RubrIQ at the IEB TechWays National AI Hackathon  ## What Our Clients Say Trusted by enterprises across financial services, healthcare and technology ‹ “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda “  We went from three broad segments to 46 tailored ones in a single campaign. The team finally has time to think about strategy instead of manual production.  LOGO Head of Customer Engagement Head of Customer Engagement Stanbic Uganda › ## The People Behind The Work Every Melio engagement is scoped, built and run by this team. ‹ › ![team-merelda 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-merelda%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-merelda%201.png) ### Merelda Co-founder & CEO MSc Eng (Electrical) ![team-harry 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-harry%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-harry%201.png) ### Harry Co-founder & CTO MSc Eng CNCF Ambassador ![team-greg 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-greg%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-greg%201.png) ### Greg COO BCom (Informatics) ![team-phil 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-phil%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-phil%201.png) ### Phil Principal Solutions Architect MSc ComSci ![team-lepolesa 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-lepolesa%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-lepolesa%201.png) ### Lepolesa Senior DevOps Engineer BSc Eng (Elec & Comp) ![team-matthew 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-matthew%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-matthew%201.png) ### Matthew Senior Software Engineer MSc Physics ![team-ruan 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-ruan%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-ruan%201.png) ### Ruan Senior ML Engineer MSc Data Science ![team-alex 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-alex%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-alex%201.png) ### Alex JobTitle Qualification ![team-divyan 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-divyan%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-divyan%201.png) ### Divyan Software Engineer MSc (CS), BSc(CS) (Hons) ![team-liam 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-liam%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-liam%201.png) ### Liam Data Scientist MS (Data Science) ![team-voldi 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-voldi%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-voldi%201.png) ### Voldi Software Engineer BSc (Hons) (Applied Mathematics), ![team-taliya 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-taliya%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-taliya%201.png) ### Taliya Data Scientist MRes (Bioengineering) ![team-tshepang 1](https://pages.melio.ai/hs-fs/hubfs/team-tshepang%201.png?width=100&height=100&name=team-tshepang%201.png) ### Tshepang Marketing and Operations Associate BAppSocSci [Meet the full team →](https://pages.melio.ai/about?hsLang=en) ## From Our Team Insights, ideas and perspectives from our team. [Visit Insights →](https://pages.melio.ai/insights?hsLang=en) [![Accelerating AI/ML Value: Transforming Investment to Impact](https://pages.melio.ai/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/cover-3.webp)](https://pages.melio.ai/insights/ai-time-to-value?hsLang=en) INSIGHTS ### [Accelerating AI/ML Value: Transforming Investment to Impact](https://pages.melio.ai/insights/ai-time-to-value?hsLang=en) Explore how to derive business impact, competitive advantage, and enhanced decision-making from AI/ML, and learn how to tackle the common challenges in achieving rapid time-to-value. 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