AI that
earns its place
in your business.
Automation that pays back. Training that sticks. From the team behind TestDel — ten years of independent UK software testing, now applied to AI.
Most AI agencies sell magic.
We sell the operating manual.
Independent AI partner for teams that need outcomes, not theatre. Born from a decade of UK software testing — the same discipline applied to a less-tested category.
Who we are
Independent. Outcome-priced. Built to outlast us.
TechDel is an independent AI automation and training partner, from the team behind TestDel. We have no platform allegiance and no licence to resell. Every recommendation we make is in your interest, not ours — including the ones where the recommendation is "don't use AI for this."
About TechDelHow we work
Diagnostic, then build, then embed.
Every engagement starts with a paid two-week diagnostic — fixed price, with the right to walk away. We produce a prioritised list of automations, each with an owner, a measurable outcome, and a clear failure mode. Then, if it makes sense, we build. And if it really makes sense, we stay on as your embedded AI partner.
See our processWhat we build
Automations that survive the demo.
We build AI automations scoped to a single measurable result — quote turnaround, ticket handle time, contract review hours saved. Every project ships with monitoring, runbooks, ownership transfer, and a kill switch. If we can't measure it, we don't build it.
AI automation servicesWho we are not
The things we won't sell you.
We don't sell prompts as a product. We don't rebrand Zapier as AI. We don't train custom foundation models for mid-market companies who don't need them. And we don't take projects we can't measure. The five projects we turn down every month — and why — is the most useful thing we've written.
Read the essayHow we structure every engagement
Process
From diagnostic to embedded — the way we work.
Every engagement starts with a paid two-week diagnostic. Most stop there with a clear list, a few proceed to a scoped build, a smaller number engage us as their embedded AI partner. Each case study below shows where a real client landed and what changed for them.
See all engagementsHow We Helped a Major UK Bank Cut Release Cycle Time by 40%
Accessibility Overhaul for a National Healthcare Portal
Scaling a Streaming Platform to 5 Million Concurrent Users
Automation that pays back. Training that sticks.
Three things, done well. Each scoped to a measurable result, each owned by a named person, each shipped with a clear failure mode. Pick the one closest to your current bottleneck — or let the diagnostic decide.
AI Automation
We take one job a real person does every week — quoting, triage, contract review, onboarding answers — and automate it. Outcome-priced, with monitoring, runbooks, and a kill switch from day one.
Learn moreAI Training for Engineers
A short, opinionated rollout of Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code across your engineering team. Explicit norms, evaluation through your existing CI gates, and a 90-day check on cycle time, defect rate, and confidence.
Learn moreAI Training for Your Company
Stop banning ChatGPT — start using it on purpose. Role-specific tracks for ops, legal, sales, and L&D. Workflow homework, a governance baseline, and a 90-day stick-rate check.
Learn moreTwo-Week Diagnostic
Fixed price. We spend two weeks inside the business and leave you with a prioritised list of automations, each with an owner, a measurable outcome, and a failure mode. Right to walk away.
Learn moreAI Governance & Safety
Boring but unavoidable: data perimeters, eval harnesses, audit trails, and the runbook for what happens when a model gets it wrong. Sized to fit a mid-market team, not a bank.
Learn moreEmbedded AI Partner
For teams shipping multiple AI workflows: a quarterly retainer where we sit beside your team, ship the next automation, and own the eval surface. Not a steering committee.
Learn more98%
Client satisfaction
Benefits
Independent. Outcome-priced. Built to outlast us.
No platform allegiance, no licence to resell, no reason to oversell. We say no to projects we can't measure — including yours, if it comes to it. Every automation we ship transfers ownership to your team, with monitoring, runbooks, and a clear off-ramp.
Born from a decade of UK software testing, applied to a category that has been moving too fast for anyone's good. We bring the same discipline that ships quality software to the question of what to do with AI.
2 wk
Fixed-price diagnostic
100%
Outcome-priced builds
90 d
Training stick-rate check
10 yr
From the TestDel team
Four tiers. No mystery pricing.
Most teams start with the Diagnostic and decide what happens next. The other tiers exist because we have learned, slowly, that the same engagement model does not work for everyone.
Start here.
Diagnostic
Fixed price · two weeks
Two weeks inside your business. You leave with a prioritised list of automations, the business case for each, an owner, a metric, and a failure mode. Right to walk away.
- →Workshops with the function under the most pressure
- →Top 3–5 automations, scoped and priced
- →Honest "do not build" recommendations where they apply
- →Written report you can take to the board
Most teams start here.
Build
Outcome-priced · per result
We build a scoped automation tied to a single measurable outcome — cost saved, hours returned, error rate reduced. Ships with monitoring, runbooks, and ownership transfer.
- →Outcome contract, not a billable-hour SOW
- →Eval harness and monitoring from day one
- →Ownership transferred to your team at close
- →Kill switch and rollback baked in
For teams shipping multiple workflows.
Embed
Quarterly retainer
A small TechDel team sits alongside yours, ships the next automation each cycle, and owns the eval surface across everything you have already built. Not a steering committee.
- →Quarterly engagement, capped scope
- →Roadmap reviewed every six weeks
- →Cross-automation evals and governance
- →Direct line to the engineers doing the work
Larger programmes.
Enterprise
By arrangement
For organisations rolling AI out across multiple functions, with compliance, procurement, and security teams to satisfy. We staff a senior pod and partner with your existing change function.
- →Multi-function rollout, sequenced quarterly
- →Security and compliance posture documented
- →Joint steerco with your sponsor
- →Knowledge transfer to internal Centre of Excellence
‘TestDel transformed how we think about quality. We went from dreading release day to looking forward to it. Their embedded team caught issues we'd been blind to for years, and built the automation backbone that lets us ship with confidence every sprint.’
Sarah Mitchell
VP Engineering, FinPulse Technologies
Testimonials
The most useful thing
our clients say about us.
“TestDel transformed how we think about quality. We went from dreading release day to looking forward to it. Their embedded team caught issues we'd been blind to for years, and built the automation backbone that lets us ship with confidence every sprint.”
Sarah Mitchell
VP Engineering · FinPulse Technologies
“We needed to pass enterprise security assessments to close deals worth millions. TestDel's security team found exactly the vulnerabilities that would have killed those deals, gave us clear remediation guidance, and had us back in front of prospects within three weeks. Genuinely business-critical work.”
James Okafor
CTO · PayRoute
“Our accessibility audit results were embarrassing. TestDel came in without judgment, built a remediation roadmap we could actually execute, and trained our developers so we wouldn't fall back into the same patterns. A year later, we're the accessibility benchmark in our sector.”
Dr. Helen Carter
Digital Director · NHS Trust Digital Partner
“We'd tried building automation in-house twice and failed both times. TestDel took a different approach: they designed for maintainability from day one. Eighteen months later that test suite is still running green in our pipeline, and our team actually understands it.”
Ravi Sharma
Head of Engineering · Shopfront Commerce
Insights
The things we've written down.
IoT Testing: What Connected Device Teams Get Wrong (And How to Fix It)
IoT products fail in ways that software-only testing doesn't catch. From firmware edge cases and protocol nightmares to power brownouts, security vulnerabilities, and performance degradation at scale. Here's what comprehensive IoT testing actually involves.
Security Testing Explained: What It Is, What It Covers, and Why Your Product Needs It
Security testing is one of the most misunderstood disciplines in software quality. Here's a clear breakdown of what it actually involves, from static analysis to penetration testing, and how to decide what your product needs.
Penetration Testing: What It Is, What to Expect, and How to Get Value From It
Most organisations treat penetration testing as a compliance obligation and get mediocre results. Here's how to commission a pen test that actually finds meaningful vulnerabilities, and what to do with the results.
The questions people actually ask.
Most of these came from the first three months of conversations. If yours is not here, ask it directly — we will write it back as plainly as we can.
Ask us a questionHow is TechDel different from the AI agency we already spoke to?
What does a two-week Diagnostic actually produce?
We have already paid for Cursor / Copilot / Claude Code. Why bring you in?
Will you sign an NDA / data processing agreement / handle our security review?
How quickly can you start?
What kinds of automation do you actually build?
What if the project does not work?
Not sure where to start? Spend two weeks with us.
Fixed price. You leave with a prioritised list of automations, the business case for each, the owner, the metric, the failure mode — and the right to walk away.