Redkite AI
Software · AI · Automation — South Africa

Software that ships in weeks, not quarters.

Redkite AI is a South African software studio. We design and build custom platforms, AI agents and automation for businesses that want to move faster — and we build them fast.

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2–6 wks
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We build on modern, proven foundations

  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Cloudflare
  • Postgres
  • Python
  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • React Native
  • Supabase
  • AWS
  • Tailwind
  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • GitHub
  • Next.js
  • TypeScript
  • React
  • Cloudflare
  • Postgres
  • Python
  • Claude
  • OpenAI
  • React Native
  • Supabase
  • AWS
  • Tailwind
  • Node.js
  • Docker
  • GitHub
What we build

Whatever your business needs, we can build it.

From a single automation to a full multi-tenant platform. One senior team, end to end — strategy, design, engineering, AI and cloud.

How we work

A process built for momentum.

No 40-page specs, no six-month silences. You see working software every week from the first sprint.

  1. 01

    Week 1

    Discover

    We sit with your team, map the real workflow and agree on what success looks like. You leave with a scoped plan, a fixed price and a timeline — no surprises.

  2. 02

    Week 1–2

    Design

    Clickable prototypes and architecture you can react to before a line of production code is written. Fast feedback, fewer expensive changes later.

  3. 03

    Weekly sprints

    Build

    Senior engineers using AI-assisted tooling ship working software every week to a preview environment you can use. You see progress, not status reports.

  4. 04

    Ongoing

    Launch & scale

    We deploy, monitor and hand over clean, documented code that you own outright. Stay with us for support and iteration, or take it in-house — your call.

Why Redkite

Big-agency capability. Small-team speed.

We are engineers first. We use AI in our own workflow every day, which is why we can deliver in a fraction of the usual time — and why we know exactly where it helps your business and where it does not.

“Our goal is simple: make every South African business we work with faster, leaner and harder to compete against.”

— The Redkite team
  • 01

    Weeks, not quarters

    AI-assisted engineering and battle-tested foundations mean a typical MVP ships in 2–6 weeks. Speed without cutting corners.

  • 02

    Senior people, small teams

    Every project is led by an experienced engineer who has shipped production systems. No hand-offs to juniors, no account managers in the way.

  • 03

    Fixed scope, fixed price

    You get a clear price in Rands before we start. Changes are discussed openly and priced transparently — never buried in an invoice.

  • 04

    You own everything

    Source code, infrastructure, accounts and documentation belong to you from day one. No lock-in, no ransom at renewal time.

  • 05

    Built for South Africa

    Local team, local time zone, ZAR invoicing, POPIA-aware architecture and integrations with the tools SA businesses actually use.

  • 06

    AI that is honest

    We tell you where AI will genuinely help and where plain software is the better answer. We measure output quality so you can trust what ships.

Where it lands

Built for the way South Africa does business.

Every industry has its own manual bottlenecks. Here is the kind of thing we build to remove them.

  • Retail & e-commerce

    Inventory forecasting, product-catalogue enrichment, WhatsApp order assistants

  • Logistics & fleet

    Route planning, proof-of-delivery apps, automated POD reconciliation

  • Financial services

    KYC document extraction, client portals, compliance reporting

  • Healthcare

    Patient intake, appointment automation, clinical note summarisation

  • Legal & professional

    Contract review copilots, matter management, time capture

  • Property & construction

    Tenant portals, snag-list apps, quote generation from plans

  • Agriculture

    Yield dashboards, field-data capture, supplier integrations

  • Manufacturing

    Production tracking, quality-control vision, maintenance scheduling

Questions

Straight answers.

Everything people usually ask before they get in touch. Anything else, just email us.

  • Most first releases ship in two to six weeks depending on scope. We work in weekly sprints and put working software in front of you every week, so you see momentum from the first few days rather than waiting for a big reveal.

Ready when you are

Tell us what is slowing you down. We will build the fix.

A 30-minute call is all it takes to scope your project. You will leave with a clear idea of what is possible, how long it will take and what it will cost.

Book a discovery callhello@rkai.co.za