About Maintain AI
A New Zealand company building agentic AI systems on Google’s stack — and running the infrastructure they sit on. We reduce manual overhead so your team can stop firefighting and get on with the work that matters. We work with New Zealand businesses, usually 5 to 200 staff, that want AI doing real work inside the tools their team already uses.
The founder
Vaughan Taylor is an AI practitioner and infrastructure automation specialist based in Hamilton, New Zealand. With deep experience across network infrastructure, cloud platforms and autonomous AI systems — including running 24/7/365 network environments — Vaughan founded Maintain AI to bring the same operational discipline to AI-powered automation.
He has spent years building and operating his own autonomous AI infrastructure, including self-hosted AI agents, knowledge systems and end-to-end automation. Maintain AI is the product of that practical experience: systems that don’t just talk about automation — they run it.
Why we lead with Google’s AI
Google’s AI stack covers more of what a typical New Zealand business actually needs — documents, inboxes, reporting, internal knowledge, customer responses — in fewer products, than any other single platform. That makes it the sane default.
It is not a religion. We run the same honest test we offer clients: if a job needs on-premise inference, a Microsoft-native estate, or a specialist media model, we say so and recommend accordingly. Specialising in Google is a claim about depth, not a refusal to look elsewhere.
We do not earn commission on Google licences, which means the recommendation is the one we would give a friend.
How we work
Say where the platform stops
Every engagement starts by naming what Google’s AI should not be used for. A specialist who cannot describe the edges of their platform is selling, not advising.
Build it, then run it
Automation that cannot fail safely is not automation, it is risk. Monitoring, alerting and rollback are part of every deployment, not an upsell afterwards.
No commission, no cult
We hold no reseller arrangement and no partner badges we have not earned. If another platform fits better, we will name it and help you get there.
Company facts
- Legal entity
- VNT Investment Solutions Ltd
- Trading as
- Maintain AI
- NZBN
- 9429042178705
- Based in
- Hamilton, New Zealand
- Founded
- 2025
- Contact
- hello@maintainai.co.nz
Engagements are fixed scope and fixed price. Most start with the NZ$495 Google AI Challenge, credited in full against a build started within 60 days and refunded if Google’s AI cannot meet the agreed criteria.
Start with the free assessment
We audit your current setup, map what can be automated, and tell you honestly whether Google’s AI is the right tool for it. You get the written recommendations either way.