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A business operations partner, not an AI agency.

Systems and process first. We get inside the business, write down what repeats, fix the process, and take the recurring work off you and your team. We add AI where it makes sense, and your people everywhere else.

Founded by
Jennifer Bourke
Built for
Owner-led teams of 1 to 30
Registered
Ireland, remote-first
Jennifer Bourke, founder of ZERO ARC AI
FounderJennifer BourkeZERO ARC AI LIMITED
From Jen

Hi, I'm Jennifer.

I'm the founder of ZERO ARC AI.

What brought me to this is a long-running curiosity about technology. When the new generation of AI tools started appearing on the market, I began investing heavily in learning and building with them. I started with smaller automations, and over time moved into building full operating systems for solo entrepreneurs and SMEs. The aim is always the same: give owners back the hours the business takes from them, so they can spend them on growing it.

Working alongside an open-source decentralised compute platform has been a major catalyst. It shaped the way I think about AI and accelerated my own learning significantly.

Before any of it is automation, it's a system: the list of what repeats, the process written down, one place to check it, and a receipt for everything that runs.

That's the part I care about most, because it's the part that keeps working when the tools change.

My approach is practical and steady. One small layer at a time, tested properly, and built around the tools and team you already have. Something that keeps running quietly in the background as the business grows.

JenniferFounder, ZERO ARC AI
Our method

We don't start with AI.
We start with the work.

That's the whole method. It isn't complicated. It's just done properly, every time, by someone who'd trust it with her own business first.

The listExample
Week oneEvery job that repeats
23jobs found
Quote follow-ups 4hInstall date emails 3hInvoice chasing 3hSupplier orders 2hWeekly numbers 2hSite photos to the file 1.5hNew starter paperwork 1hReview requests 1hand 15 more

Each job gets an owner, the hours it costs and where it waits. You sign off the numbers.

Process · written downQuote over €50k
v2 · agreed with Dan
  1. 1
    Survey booked within two daysOwner: Dan, Sales
  2. 2
    Quote built from the survey templateOwner: Dan, Sales
  3. 3
    Over €50k goes to Sarah to approveOwner: Sarah, Owner
  4. 4
    Sent the same day, follow-up in fiveOwner: Emma, Ops

Only once the steps are agreed does anything get automated.

One at a timeWhat's come off the team
3of 23 off
Month 1Quote follow-upsOff · stays off
Month 2Invoice chasingOff · stays off
Month 3Install date emailsOff · stays off
Month 4Supplier ordersNext, agreed on the review call
Who does whatMachines and people
The system does
  • Reminders and chasers
  • Copying data between tools
  • Pulling the weekly numbers together
  • First drafts, for a person to check
Your people keep
  • Pricing and discounts
  • Conversations with clients
  • Anything that needs judgement
  • The final yes
YoursYour data, your accounts
Outputs, data and accounts are yours
Your data comes back with you if you leave
Run for ninety days after notice if you leave after the initial term, or we stop trading
Every automation documented so someone else can rebuild it
A receipt for everything that runs
Principles

Four rules on every engagement.

The same four rules, regardless of industry or scope. They're why the first 30 days look the way they do.

01

One layer at a time

We don't rebuild your business. We install one piece, prove it works, then install the next. You're never asked to change tools, team or habits before you see the value.

02

Operator-tested first

Every system we ship is one we've already run on our own workflows. If we wouldn't trust it to handle our inbox, our calendar or our reporting, we don't put it into yours.

03

Built around your business

Off-the-shelf automations break the moment your business does anything non-standard. We build for the way you actually work: the edge cases, the exceptions, the things no template covers.

04

Quiet by design

A good system keeps running in the background. The best feedback we get is a client forgetting we installed something because it's been running for six months. That's the bar.

Who you'll work with

A small team. One person you talk to.

Jen is the only full-time person at Zero Arc, and she's who you deal with, from the first call onwards. When a build needs more hands, two contractors, John and Valera, take on the custom builds.

A small team keeps the line short between the person who learns how your business runs and the people who build for it. When something breaks, a named person fixes it inside one business day.

Founder · Full time

Jennifer Bourke

Runs every engagement. Your point of contact for the first call, the first 30 days and every monthly review.

Contractor

John

Custom builds.

Contractor

Valera

Custom builds.

The company
Name
ZERO ARC AI LIMITED
Registered
Ireland · Company No. 807786
How we work
Remote-first, operator-led
Clients
Anywhere, including Ireland, the UK and Australia
Work with us

Not a sales pitch. A working session.

Bring a real problem from your business.

Twenty minutes, operator to operator. We'll tell you what we would take off your desk first, what it would cost, and what you could run yourself. Whether you continue with us or not, you leave with a direct read.

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