ABOUT
N+1 was founded by Tony Simmons, a former M&A lawyer with three exits, including ASX-listed Full Circle Group and Sonnant, acquired by SoundStack, and buy-side due diligence for multinationals. He has sat on both sides of the table: building the business, then being the buyer’s lawyer looking at how it actually runs.
The founder
For twenty years, Tony Simmons has done the same thing in different industries: walked into a business that ran on undocumented process and people’s memory, and turned it into software that runs without them. Sonnant, an AI-driven production system now deployed at Southern Cross Austereo. Full Circle Group, a data platform for telecommunications. Builds across tourism, volunteering, property compliance, education, retail, finance and law.
Each one followed the same sequence; do the work, codify the workflow, capture the data, then make it run without them.
The conviction underneath is simple. AI makes code cheap, but it doesn’t make context, workflow or proprietary data cheap. The best-run businesses will have the best funnel, the best margins, and the best institutional memory.
That’s the work. Not advising from the outside, but going in, running it, and leaving an asset behind. Working systems, built by someone who has built them before.
The BUSINESS AND THE builds behind the thesis
What that means in practice
01 · Run, not recommend
We are accountable for delivery
We scope it, build it and are measured against acceptance tests at handover and reviews at thirty, ninety and three hundred and sixty-five days. Your market and your team’s adoption stay yours, so we say so.
02 · Build, not bolt on
We leave an asset.
You own your data, documents and firm-specific rules, and you keep the agreed right to run the system. N+1 keeps its reusable code and may reuse generic components. A joint product for your industry needs a separate agreement covering permissions, revenue share, deductions and responsibilities. Buying the audit or the build does not commit you to that product.
03 · Assets, not jobs
We build for the exit.
The goal is always the same, turn a person-dependent business into an asset that runs, scales and sells without the person who built it.
WHAT N+1 IS NOW
We build AI workflows that improve your margins, then help you licence them to others in your industry for recurring revenue. We start with the work, measure it, build inside your systems alongside your team, and are judged on the receipt at twelve months. Particular expertise in professional services and complex, regulated workflows.
Work with us
Start here.
Or email hello@np1systems.com with one paragraph on the workflow.
First, it pays for itself.
Then, others pay for it.
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