Australian AI companies: a directory for 2026

Key takeaways

• The directory lists 24 Australian AI companies in 5 groups, each confirmed on its own website on 8 November 2026. Entries run alphabetically within each group, and none is ranked above another.
• Voice and customer service is the largest group, with 8 companies, most of them selling AI receptionists to Australian businesses. Daisee, founded in Sydney in 2017, analyses contact centre calls instead of answering them.
• Most companies here are based in Sydney or Melbourne. AiDial, Johnni, Kaylo and Plotlogic are in Queensland, Fivecast is headquartered in Adelaide and Vertical AI is in Perth.
• Several companies sell AI compute or hosting kept in Australia. Maincode serves its Matilda model from hardware it owns in Melbourne, and Sharon AI keeps its core infrastructure in a Melbourne data centre.
• A company is listed only when its own site names an Australian base or an Australian registered company behind it. Well-known names are missing where their site did not show that on the day we read it.

How we chose these companies

Every company here passes each test below, checked on its own website on 8 November 2026. We read the company's site itself, not a directory listing or a press story about it.

• Its own site names an Australian head office or founding city, or names an Australian registered company, such as a Pty Ltd with an ABN or ACN, as the business behind it.
• It builds and sells an AI product of its own, described on its own site. Consultancies, resellers and agencies that only build for clients are left out.
• Its site loaded and described the product on the day we read it. A company whose site blocked our reader, or named no Australian base, waits for a later read.
• No company paid to be listed or was asked to take part. Vertical AI sits in the voice group because it meets the same tests.
• Each card shows the city or state the company's site names. Where the site names only Australia, the card says Australia.

Voice and customer service

These companies answer business calls with AI, resolve customer requests or analyse contact centre conversations.

• AiDialSells an AI receptionist and outbound calling plans, and says its platform runs only on Australian infrastructure.Sunshine CoastVoice
• AnswRRuns a 24/7 AI receptionist for trades that books jobs and takes messages on local +61 numbers.MelbourneVoice
• DaiseeTranscribes and scores every contact centre interaction to surface compliance gaps and agent performance, and began in Sydney in 2017.SydneyContact centre analytics
• JohnniBuilds AI receptionists for service businesses that answer around the clock and book into Google or Outlook calendars.BrisbaneVoice
• KayloAnswers business phones 24/7 in an Australian voice, taking messages, answering questions and booking appointments.Gold CoastVoice
• LorikeetBuilds an AI concierge that resolves customer requests for fintech, healthtech and insurance companies inside the helpdesk and CRM they already run.SydneyCustomer service
• SophiieSells an AI receptionist and office tools to trade businesses, booking jobs into ServiceM8, Simpro and Google Calendar during the call.AustraliaVoice
• Vertical AIBuilds AI voice and text agents that answer calls for Australian businesses, with each call kept in Australia by default.PerthVoice

AI agents and models

These companies build general AI agents, models or AI platforms that other businesses run their own work on.

• DovetailRuns an AI-native customer intelligence platform that gathers and analyses unstructured customer feedback, from a head office in Surry Hills.SydneyAI platform
• MaincodeBuilds Matilda, a chat model and coding agent made and hosted in Melbourne on hardware the company owns.MelbourneAI models
• Relevance AIOffers a platform for building and governing teams of AI agents for sales, customer success, marketing and operations, with staff in Sydney and San Francisco.SydneyAI agents

Health

These companies build AI for clinicians, from note-taking during a consult to reading medical images.

• CoviuRuns a telehealth platform for clinics with an AI scribe for clinical notes, and began in CSIRO's Data61 labs.AustraliaHealth
• Harrison.aiMakes AI decision support for radiology, covering CT brain, chest X-ray and CT chest studies, from an office in Sydney.SydneyHealth
• HeidiBuilds an AI assistant that listens to patient visits and drafts clinical notes and follow-up documents for clinicians.MelbourneHealth

Data and infrastructure

These companies supply the data, search and compute that AI products are built on.

• AppenSupplies training data, data annotation and model evaluation to AI teams, from its corporate headquarters in Sydney.SydneyData
• FirmusDesigns and operates AI factories and the Firmus Cloud, and runs Project Southgate, an AI infrastructure program in Australia.AustraliaInfrastructure
• MarqoBuilds AI search, recommendations and merchandising for online retailers, trained on each store's own catalogue.MelbourneSearch
• QuantiumApplies data analytics and AI to complex business problems for large organisations, from its Sydney headquarters.SydneyData and AI
• Sharon AISells GPU cloud compute for AI, with its core infrastructure in a Tier IV data centre in Melbourne.AustraliaInfrastructure

Industry-specific AI

These companies build AI for one industry, such as mining, security or the upkeep of physical assets.

• DatarockMakes explainable AI that standardises geological characterisation for mineral exploration and plugs into existing software and databases.MelbourneMining
• FivecastProvides open-source intelligence software for security and intelligence work, and was founded in Australia to counter terrorism.AdelaideSecurity
• PlotlogicPairs sensors with AI in OreSense, which gives mine operators real-time ore data, and began as research at the University of Queensland.QueenslandMining
• TiliterBuilds vision agents that check photos taken in the field against a business's own standards and trigger the next step.AustraliaComputer vision
• Unleash LiveDeploys computer vision across critical infrastructure, with a library of ready-made AI apps and a tool to build your own.SydneyComputer vision

Questions to ask an Australian AI company

An Australian head office does not tell you where your data goes. Put these questions to any company on this list before you sign.

• Where does the AI model run, and where are your recordings, transcripts, documents and prompts stored?
• Which parts of the product does the company build itself, and which does it buy from suppliers overseas?
• Who owns what you build on the product, and can you export it if you leave?
• Which prices are published, and which need a sales call?
• Which Australian rules does it publish guidance on for your use, such as the Privacy Act, call recording consent or the Do Not Call Register?

Who publishes this directory

Vertical AI builds AI voice and text agents in Perth for Australian businesses. By default our agents keep the whole call in Australia, including the call audio, speech recognition, voice, AI model, recordings and transcripts.

We list ourselves in the voice group, in alphabetical order, under the same tests as everyone else. Book a call if you want an agent built for your own phone line.

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