Conversational platforms

Conversational AI platform

This conversational AI platform uses your data and preserves your brand voice inside your current workflows.

Overview

Chat that uses your data to provide answers

A conversational AI platform is a tailored chat solution constructed from your particular data and rules. It does not operate like a generic assistant that retrieves answers from the open internet. Instead, the system draws on your verified sources to deliver answers in your established tone. It integrates with the workflows your teams already use and includes governance controls to govern what the AI can access and convey.

Generic assistants deliver answers based on information from the open internet. This often results in confident replies that are inaccurate for your specific business. We construct conversational platforms using your documentation, emails, internal systems, and verified content. The chat comprehends your business, customers, and workflows because it is limited to using only your data.

The system handles routine questions automatically, allowing your staff to concentrate on complex issues. It applies business logic to route enquiries, supply answers, and aid users. The tool also keeps your specific brand voice consistent across every conversation all day.

A bespoke AI chatbot constructed in this manner answers questions using your approved content, follows your specified procedures, and is tested with real questions before launch. Our guide to when to build a bespoke AI chatbot and when to buy one outlines the necessary evaluations.

What you get

What you get

Grounded answers

The system creates responses using your verified content and data sources to ensure the information is factual and consistent.

Routine work, absorbed

Automated systems process repetitive queries and triage. This lets staff concentrate on high-impact requests.

Routing based on context

The system routes, escalates, and offers assistance according to your business logic. It pinpoints the exact moments when a human agent must intervene.

One channel to many

Start with a single channel and grow to other teams and products without needing to rebuild.

Proof

Evidence of effectiveness

Working with the team at Shipshape has been really positive. The team were very flexible in addressing our requests. When we encountered problems, they rolled up their sleeves and found solutions for us.

Edt Goris, Partner and Country GM at Slimstock
Read the Slimstock case study
Method

Our delivery process

  1. Determine the business value

    We define the purpose of a custom chat by its primary function: boosting efficiency, enhancing the user experience, or expanding support capacity.

  2. Prepare your data

    We organise and categorise your knowledge base. This step ensures the chat delivers accurate information, so we require it for every project.

  3. Integrate the right model

    We employ domain-tuned large language models or retrieval-augmented generation pipelines to deliver accurate and context-rich responses based on your content.

  4. Deploy and measure

    We launch products quickly to see how people use them. We then refine them using actual data instead of assumptions.

  5. Scale confidently

    Governance, security, and observability come as integrated features. This guarantees that each rollout satisfies the same requirements.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What is a conversational AI platform?

A conversational AI platform is a custom chat tool that is built on your specific data and rules rather than on a generic assistant. It draws on your verified sources to respond using your established tone. It works within your existing workflows and gives you control over the information it accesses and the responses it produces.

What distinguishes this from a standard AI assistant?

Standard assistants deliver answers based on public internet data and their general training. Our assistants rely on your specific documentation, systems, and verified content. This makes sure that responses are accurate, relevant, and aligned with your brand voice.

Can the chat connect to our current systems?

Yes. We embed the chat into your existing tools, such as CRMs and internal portals. This stops your team from needing to visit a separate website or application.

How do you ensure that answers are correct?

We incorporate human evaluation, observability dashboards, and compliance safeguards into every deployment. These tools let us continuously measure output quality rather than assuming the system works correctly.

When will we go live?

Typically, it takes 4 to 6 weeks to move custom chat systems from the initial concept to production.

Is our data secure?

We adhere to enterprise standards for data governance, encryption, and access control. We align on these standards with your IT and security teams before building any systems.

What is a bespoke AI chatbot?

A bespoke AI chatbot is a conversational tool that uses your specific data, rules, and systems rather than relying solely on a general model. It delivers answers based on the documents you supply and handles tasks according to your business logic. The assistant employs your preferred brand voice and works within the communication platforms your users already use.

A conversational platform is the most visible element we create, and it is what visitors assess in the first thirty seconds. Whether yours performs well depends on the data beneath it. Talk to us and we will plainly tell you whether your data is ready to hold a conversation.

Start at your core.

Tell us where your data is today and what you want AI to do. We'll come back with a straight answer on what your foundation needs and where the quickest real win is.

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