AI Agency for Software, Automation & AI Agents
Scorchsoft helps businesses turn AI opportunities into practical software, apps, portals, automations and AI agents. We combine strategic thinking, UX design, software engineering and AI integration to help you improve workflows, reduce manual admin, unlock data, and build smarter digital systems.
Building for teams across healthcare, logistics, motorsport and manufacturing
Trusted by 220+ organisations








How we work · VelocitySprint®
Bespoke software, without the usual risks
Software projects usually go wrong in three ways: the bill keeps growing, nobody can see progress, and you're locked in. VelocitySprint® is designed to stop all three.
Learn More- MonSprint starts
- TueDaily update
- WedDaily update
- ThuDaily update
- FriYour call: continue · change · stop
Daily progress through the week. Every Friday is your call: continue, change or stop.
Pay for output, not hours
Each deliverable is scoped and priced in OutputUnit® units, a unit of finished work rather than time spent. The bill doesn't grow because a task took longer.
See progress every day
Short sprints with daily updates and working software early, so you judge real screens rather than status reports.
Escape Hatch Friday™
You're never locked into a sprint that stopped making sense on Tuesday. Change direction or stop at the end of any week.
What will it cost? Bespoke builds under £7.5k are rare. Every sprint is priced before it starts and payments are phased with delivery, so you agree the cost of each step before it begins.
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Software that's live and working for real organisations

OxTrack: AI-enhanced teacher assessments that work offline
Oxford Education Labs asked us to build the platform behind its teacher assessment programme, on a fixed scope with wireframes agreed up front. It's live on the App Store and Google Play.
- teachers assessed in 2025
- 23,319
- assessments completed
- 46,251
- countries
- 4

StartupTools
Takes founders from scattered ideas to investor-ready plans with GPT-5 and Gemini. Many of our clients use it as a working demo of what AI can do before commissioning a bespoke build.

Gapped
A live video streaming social app for motorsport fans and teams, on iOS and Android.

WSH supplier portal
A supply-chain procurement portal with map-based supplier discovery.
Rapid Results with AI Implementation Sprints
Our sprint-based process helps you move from AI opportunity to working prototype or MVP quickly, with clear scope, practical milestones, and a delivery plan focused on business value rather than AI hype.
AI Discovery & Opportunity Mapping
We review your workflows, systems, data and business goals to identify where AI could create real value. You leave with clearer priorities, practical use cases and a sensible first step.
AI Software & Automation Builds
Our UK development team builds AI-powered apps, portals, dashboards, workflow tools and AI agents using focused delivery sprints, transparent progress updates and practical engineering standards.
Launch, Measure & Improve
We help you launch useful AI features, test them with real users, measure their impact, and improve the product based on feedback, usage data and changing business priorities.
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Solutions for All Industries
We create bespoke software that caters to the specific needs of individual industries. Here are just a few we have worked with.
UK AI Agency for Business Systems & Software
If you are exploring how AI could improve your business, we can help you move from vague ideas to practical implementation. Whether you need an AI-powered app, internal workflow automation, smarter customer portal, data processing tool, or AI agent, we will help you shape the right approach and give you a clear route from concept to delivery. Get a Free Quote.
AI can be powerful, but only when it is applied to the right business problem. Many organisations know they should be exploring AI, but they are not always sure where it fits, what is technically realistic, or how to turn the opportunity into a reliable piece of software.
Scorchsoft helps you cut through that uncertainty. We look at your workflows, users, systems, data and commercial goals, then identify practical ways AI could save time, reduce repetitive work, improve decision-making, speed up service delivery or create a better customer experience.
As an AI agency with deep software development experience, we do more than recommend tools. We design and build the systems that make AI useful inside your business. That could include AI apps, portals, internal dashboards, document processing tools, CRM automations, knowledge assistants, reporting workflows or custom AI agents.
Our team brings together business analysis, UX design, project management and experienced UK software developers, so your AI project is shaped properly, built securely, integrated with your systems, and maintained for the long term.
Got an App Idea? Let's Build It Together
Tell us what you want to improve, automate or explore, and we will talk through your workflows, users, systems and goals before recommending a sensible first move.
In our clients' words
On time, on budget, and sold before it was finished
“It was delivered on time - early in fact - and on budget. Highly recommend.”
Rebecca PalserDragonfly Intelligence“We were able to sell the product for use by our first customer before the product was finished.”
Since launching, they’ve secured a major television network as a client.
Aimee SpinksMD, ImageApprovals.com “They have been accurate with timelines and budget, delivering a solid product.”
A web portal for monitoring patients remotely while they use a novel at-home medical device.
Daniel GreenSensTrain
Where to start
Where are you starting from?
- Find & prioritise
“We need to improve, but don’t know what to build”
We find the friction in how your team works, pick the first improvement worth making and put it into controlled use over 90 days.
- Build & change
“We know what we need built”
Apps, web portals, integrations and automation, delivered in VelocitySprint®.
- Operate & improve
“Our software needs rescuing or support”
Understand the risks in an existing app, rescue a stalled build or arrange support for live software. The free App Risk Check below can help you identify what to verify first.
- Plan & validate
“We have an idea and need to know if it’s worth it”
Validate, scope or prototype it before you commit a full budget, then launch a first version fast.
Not ready to talk yet?
Find the next question worth answering
Choose a free assessment for your business, existing app or startup. If you already know what help you need, you can enquire directly.
- AI Opportunity ScoreWhere could AI save effort or create value?
- Free App Risk CheckWhat needs checking before you rely on an existing app?
- AI Readiness ScoreAre the foundations in place for an AI pilot?
- Startup Readiness ScoreWhat should you validate before funding a build?
Sample report · example values
- Opportunity Hotspots
- Growth Upside
- Data & Knowledge Fuel
- Build-vs-Buy Fit
- Readiness to Act
An opportunity to explore: Reduce repeated document handling before adding more tools.
- A score and a breakdown by area
- Practical actions based on your answers
- A report emailed to you to discuss with your team
Frequently Asked AI App Development Questions
Here are answers to common questions we receive about AI app development, AI-powered features, integrations, costs and project delivery.
An AI agency is a specialist service provider that helps businesses use artificial intelligence to improve processes, automate work, create smarter software and unlock value from data. A good AI agency should not just talk about AI tools; it should help identify useful opportunities, design practical solutions, build reliable software and support implementation.
Yes. Scorchsoft works as an AI agency for businesses that need practical AI software, automation, AI agents, apps, portals and system integrations. We combine AI strategy with custom software development, which means we can help you plan the opportunity and then build the technology needed to make it useful.
An AI agency can help with AI opportunity discovery, workflow analysis, AI implementation planning, software development, AI automation, AI agents, data processing tools, integrations, prototypes and ongoing support. The exact work depends on the business problem, the available data, the systems involved and the value you want AI to create.
An AI agency can help your business reduce manual admin, speed up workflows, improve reporting, process documents, support customer service, automate repetitive tasks, connect systems and create smarter user experiences. The best opportunities are usually found by looking at real business processes rather than trying to force AI into the company for the sake of it.
Scorchsoft can build AI-powered apps, customer portals, internal dashboards, workflow automation tools, document processing systems, AI chat interfaces, reporting assistants, knowledge search tools, CRM automations, API integrations and custom AI agents. We focus on software that solves practical business problems and can be maintained properly over time.
Yes. We can design and build AI agents that help users complete tasks, retrieve information, process data, generate outputs or automate parts of a workflow. AI agents need careful planning because they must work within clear boundaries, use the right data, integrate with the right systems and include suitable safeguards.
AI automation uses artificial intelligence to help automate tasks that usually require human judgement, language understanding, classification, summarisation, decision support or data interpretation. Examples include processing documents, categorising enquiries, drafting responses, extracting structured data, routing tasks, generating reports or helping staff find information faster.
AI implementation is the process of introducing AI into a business in a practical, controlled and useful way. This can include identifying the right use case, reviewing data, selecting suitable AI technologies, designing workflows, building software, integrating systems, managing risks, training users and improving the solution after launch.
No. Many businesses know they want to explore AI but do not yet know where it should be used. We can help review your workflows, systems and pain points, then identify the AI opportunities that are most likely to create value. From there, we can recommend a sensible first project or prototype.
Yes. Our AI Opportunity Audit is designed to help businesses find realistic AI use cases. We look at your processes, data, systems, users and commercial goals, then prioritise opportunities based on value, feasibility, risk and likely return. This helps you avoid wasting money on AI features that sound impressive but do not solve a meaningful problem.
Yes. Scorchsoft builds custom AI software for businesses that need more than an off-the-shelf AI tool. Custom AI software can be designed around your workflows, data, users, permissions, integrations and reporting needs, making it a stronger fit for specialist processes or business-critical systems.
Yes. We can integrate AI features with existing systems such as CRMs, ERPs, finance platforms, databases, websites, customer portals, APIs and internal tools. Integrations are often essential because AI becomes much more useful when it can work with the data and workflows your business already relies on.
Yes. If you already have an app, portal or internal platform, we can review whether AI features could improve it. This might include smart search, AI chat, document processing, automated summaries, recommendations, reporting assistance, data extraction or workflow automation. We can also advise whether your existing system is technically suitable for extension.
The cost depends on the scope of the work, the complexity of the workflows, the number of integrations, the quality and availability of data, the type of AI features required, and whether you need strategy, prototyping, full development or ongoing support. A focused AI prototype or audit will usually cost less than building a full AI-powered software platform.
Timelines depend on the scale and complexity of the project. A short discovery or opportunity audit can happen relatively quickly, while a custom AI app, portal or automation platform will take longer to plan, design, build, test and launch. We usually recommend starting with a focused first version that proves value before expanding the solution.
No. AI is powerful, but it is not the right answer for every problem. Some workflows are better solved with simpler automation, better software design, improved integrations or clearer processes. A good AI agency should help you choose the right approach, even when that means recommending a simpler non-AI solution.
Security and risk need to be considered from the start of an AI project. We can help with secure authentication, permissions, data handling, API controls, audit trails, human review points and sensible safeguards around AI outputs. The right approach depends on the data being used, the users involved and the consequences of incorrect outputs.
An AI agency focuses on helping businesses use artificial intelligence, while a software development company focuses on designing and building digital systems. Scorchsoft combines both. That means we can identify AI opportunities, plan the right solution, and then build the apps, portals, automations and integrations needed to make the AI useful in practice.
Scorchsoft combines AI implementation capability with over fifteen years of software development experience. We understand that successful AI projects need more than a clever model; they need strong UX, secure architecture, good data handling, reliable integrations, clear project management and a practical understanding of the business problem.
The best first step is to tell us what you want to improve, automate or explore. We can discuss your workflows, users, systems and goals, then recommend whether an AI Opportunity Audit, prototype, MVP or full software project is the right next move.
Next step
Tell us what you want to improve
An idea or a problem is enough; no specification needed. We'll come back with our thoughts, a realistic plan and a rough cost estimate.
We aim to reply within one working day a free 15-minute call a plan and a ballpark.

Andrew Ward
Founder & Managing Director, Scorchsoft
