Invoice and document intake
Pull details from invoices, orders and forms in your inbox, check them, and enter them into your accounting or ERP system.
AI workflow automation
Automate the busywork.
Keep the judgement.
Northlane builds practical AI automations for small and growing businesses. We start with one repetitive workflow, connect it to the tools you already use, and keep a person in the loop wherever decisions matter.
Built around your workflow. Measured by your outcome.
What we automate
The repetitive work behind your operation.
Customer and staff questions
Answer repeat questions from your own policies and documents, show the source, and hand anything unclear to a person.
Request routing and follow-up
Sort incoming requests, send each one to the right person or queue, and send the follow-ups that usually slip.
Reporting and data entry
Move data between the systems you already use and produce the recurring reports your team builds by hand.
Example
What one automation looks like.
- Step 1
An invoice arrives
A supplier emails a PDF to your accounts inbox.
- Step 2
AI reads it
Supplier, invoice number, dates, line items and totals are extracted.
- Step 3
Rules check it
Duplicates, totals and purchase-order matches are checked automatically.
- Step 4
A person approves exceptions
Anything unusual or low-confidence is flagged for review instead of guessed.
- Step 5
It lands in your system
Approved invoices are entered into your accounting software, with a log of every step.
How it works
Start small. Build what lasts.
A clear path from a useful first win to a system your business can rely on.
01 — Find
Map the friction
We understand the real workflow, the handoffs and the cost of leaving it as-is.
02 — Focus
Choose the win
We isolate one high-value opportunity and define what success will look like.
03 — Build
Make it useful
We design, integrate and test a focused system around the way your team already works.
04 — Grow
Earn the next step
Once the value is visible, we extend the system with confidence—not guesswork.
What you get
Useful on day one, not in a roadmap.
- A working automation connected to your real tools, not a slide deck.
- People stay in control: human checkpoints wherever a decision needs judgement.
- A clear definition of success, agreed before anything is built.
- Documentation and a handover, so your team knows how it works.
Who you work with
Northlane is led by Sajjad Ali, an AI-native engineer and senior .NET systems architect with production experience across automation, cloud platforms, identity, knowledge systems and full-stack products.
You talk directly to the person designing and building your system.
FAQ
Before you ask.
What kinds of workflows are a good fit?
Repetitive, rules-based work that follows a pattern: reading documents, answering repeat questions, moving data between systems and routing requests. If someone does the same steps many times a week, it is worth a look.
Do we have to change the software we use?
No. We design the automation around the systems you already run, connecting the tools and decisions behind your operation instead of asking your team to start over.
Which tools can you connect to?
Most business tools that offer an API, email access or data exports, such as accounting, CRM, helpdesk and document systems. We confirm what is possible for your setup on the discovery call.
What happens when the AI gets something wrong?
We design for it. The automation checks its output against your rules, flags low-confidence cases and routes them to a person rather than guessing.
How long does a project take, and what does it cost?
It depends on the workflow and the systems involved. We scope it on the discovery call and agree the timeline and price with you before any work starts.
How is our data handled?
We agree it up front: which systems the automation can access, where it runs and which AI services it uses. Access is limited to what the workflow needs.
Get started
There is probably one workflow worth fixing first.
Tell us what it is. A few lines about the steps, the tools involved and what a good outcome looks like is plenty.
Prefer email? hello@northlane.live