Harnad AI · Chennai, Tamil Nadu
An AI automation company in Chennai, working with teams in India and abroad.
Harnad AI is a Chennai-based studio that removes repetitive manual work from any process with production AI systems. We work with small businesses, corporate teams, clinics, and government departments in Chennai, across India, and worldwide, and most builds ship in four to eight weeks.
What we do
We learn how your work really runs, map where AI pays, then build and run AI systems that take the repetitive part off your team: customer enquiries by phone and WhatsApp, onboarding and document handling, reporting and records, and operations on the ground. Systems run in your own cloud and you own the code and the data.
Who we work with
- Small and growing businesses with a few people doing a lot of repetitive work
- Corporate offices and back-office teams
- Clinics and healthcare front desks
- Government departments and public bodies
- Industrial and field operations, in any industry
Why a Chennai studio
We work in Indian time and in the languages your customers use. Harnad Voice handles mixed speech such as Tanglish and Hinglish, and WhatsApp-first customers are something we build for every day. For teams abroad, we deliver worldwide with working-hour overlap across time zones.
Contact
Harnad AI Private Limited, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Email hello@harnad.com, call +91 93858 76140, or message us on WhatsApp at the same number.
Case studies

Healthcare · 8 Weeks
Healthcare AI Orchestration
Manual front-desk call handling automated: 750+ calls a day in two languages.

Fintech · 7 Weeks
Automated Credit Onboarding Platform
Manual intake and document chasing removed: leads arrive consultation-ready.

Operations · 6 Weeks
Operational Intelligence Platform
Paper reporting removed: floor teams report by voice, managers see analytics the same day.
Built from this work
Harnad Voice
AI phone agents on a live number. Answer inbound calls 24/7, book appointments, capture leads, and warm-transfer when needed.
Harnad Connect
Official WhatsApp Business automation: inbox, templates, auto-replies, contacts, and AI agents that run on your own model key (BYOK), from one secure dashboard.
Questions
What does an AI automation project start with?
With an AI automation audit. We sit with the people who do the work, map the process, and rank each repetitive task by time saved and cost to automate. You get a process map, a ranked list of opportunities, and a cost and savings estimate, and we agree in writing on the one worth building first.
Do you work with teams outside India?
Yes. We are headquartered in Chennai and deliver worldwide, with working-hour overlap for teams across time zones.
How much does AI automation cost, and how do you keep AI running costs low?
It depends on the process, so we quote a fixed scope after the audit rather than guessing up front. Most builds in our case studies took four to eight weeks. To keep running costs low we use the right model for each task, cache and route requests, and measure the cost per process, so you can see what each automated task costs to run.
Will AI replace my team?
No. We target the repetitive, time-consuming tasks that fill people’s days: copying data between systems, chasing documents, answering the same questions, compiling reports. Your team keeps the work that needs judgement, relationships, and exceptions, and every system we build has checkpoints where a person approves or takes over.
Tell us where time goes today. We’ll show you what we’d automate first.


