# Advancer Limited > Advancer is a boutique technology consultancy and AI product studio based in Wellington, New Zealand. We combine hands-on CTO-level expertise with deep AI and cloud skills to help organisations accelerate product development, recover troubled projects, and build high-performing technology teams. ## About Advancer Limited is led by Sean Davidson, Managing Director, a hands-on CTO with international CEO experience across government, banking, telecommunications, and retail sectors. We operate across New Zealand and Australia. Founded in 2020, Advancer works at the intersection of consulting and product development. We deliver real technical outcomes, not slide decks. ## Services - **AI Strategy and Implementation**: Taking AI from proof of concept to production using Azure OpenAI, RAG pipelines, GraphRAG, and vector search. - **CTO Advisory and Technology Leadership**: Fractional CTO services providing C-level technology leadership, team building, and strategic direction. - **Technology Project Recovery**: Independent assessment and hands-on recovery of troubled technology projects. - **Startup Acceleration**: Helping founders who use AI and vibe coding build production-ready products with enterprise practices (testing, CI/CD, cloud deployment, monitoring). - **Product Development**: Building AI-powered platforms and custom software solutions. ## Products and Investments - **Aiqbee**: Enterprise AI knowledge platform using GraphRAG to connect organisational knowledge as a graph. - **Askance**: Mission control for coding agents, providing governance and oversight for AI-assisted development. - **ThinkSpace**: Rapid AI development case study, built from concept to production in under 8 hours. - **SupportSpace**: Rapid AI development case study, built from concept to production in under 8 hours. ## Contact - Website: https://www.advancer.co.nz - Contact form: https://www.advancer.co.nz/contact - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/advancer-limited - Sean Davidson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanmdavidson/ - Location: Wellington, New Zealand ## Insights (Articles) - [Beyond Vector Search: What the Research Says About GraphRAG](https://www.advancer.co.nz/insights/beyond-vector-search-what-the-research-says-about-graphrag) - [Why Your AI Tools Need a Single Source of Truth](https://www.advancer.co.nz/insights/why-your-ai-tools-need-a-single-source-of-truth) - [Building Production Apps in Under 8 Hours](https://www.advancer.co.nz/insights/building-production-apps-in-under-8-hours) - [Askance: Why Coding Agents Need a Control Plane](https://www.advancer.co.nz/insights/askance-why-coding-agents-need-a-control-plane) - [AI-First Development: From Prompts to Production](https://www.advancer.co.nz/insights/ai-first-development-from-prompts-to-production) ## Full Content For the complete content of all pages, see: https://www.advancer.co.nz/llms-full.txt