# VanteriQ > VanteriQ is a Vancouver-based AI solutions company that builds custom AI software for document-heavy industries across Metro Vancouver. We help businesses adopt AI through three services: consulting (strategy and roadmap), implementation (custom AI systems built and deployed), and training (hands-on AI workshops for teams). Our work focuses on knowledge base search, document analysis, workflow automation, voice agents, lead generation, and natural-language database querying. VanteriQ was founded by Dean Whaley, PE and Ethan R. We serve clients in real estate, law, financial services, and engineering & technical industries throughout Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, and the rest of British Columbia. The site is organized around services (what we offer), industries (vertical-specific solutions), free tools and resources, and a blog of practical articles and case studies. ## Core pages - [Home](https://vanteriq.com/): Overview of VanteriQ's AI consulting, implementation, and training services for Vancouver businesses, with an extensive FAQ section covering common AI adoption questions. - [About](https://vanteriq.com/about): Company background, founders, mission, and what makes VanteriQ different as a Vancouver AI partner. - [Contact](https://vanteriq.com/contact): How to reach VanteriQ to discuss a project or book a free initial consultation. - [Our Work](https://vanteriq.com/our-work): Demonstrations of AI tools VanteriQ has built, including knowledge base search, query auto-responders, document analysis, natural-language SQL, voice agents, and mortgage-rate lookup. ## Services - [AI Consulting](https://vanteriq.com/consulting): Discovery, feasibility analysis, and implementation roadmap for businesses adopting AI. Identifies high-ROI opportunities and prioritizes use cases. - [AI Implementation](https://vanteriq.com/implementation): End-to-end design and deployment of custom AI systems including voice agents, RAG knowledge bases, workflow automation, and bespoke AI tools. - [AI Training](https://vanteriq.com/training): Hands-on AI training for business teams covering prompt engineering, department-specific workshops, ChatGPT/Claude/Copilot/Grok use, and data readiness. ## Free tools and resources - [AI Readiness Assessment](https://vanteriq.com/ai-readiness): A free 10-question assessment for Vancouver and BC businesses that scores how prepared a company is to adopt AI, from 1 to 10, across team understanding, data, processes, leadership, and security. Explains the four score levels and next steps, with results emailed to the participant. - [AI Funding Eligibility Checker](https://vanteriq.com/ai-funding-checker): A free client-side tool that asks a few questions about a business and its AI project, then shows which federal and BC programs it may be eligible for (BDC LIFT, NRC IRAP, SR&ED, PacifiCan RAII, BC Employer Training Grant, Innovate BC Fast Pilot, Innovate BC Ignite) and what to confirm with each provider. The page also explains which programs fit AI implementation, custom AI development, AI training, and AI consulting projects, how grants, loans, repayable contributions, and tax credits differ, how programs can be stacked, how to prepare an application, and an FAQ. - [The AI Guide for Business (free PDF)](https://vanteriq.com/free-guide): A free 8-chapter PDF guide to AI for business owners and managers. Plain-English definitions of LLMs, automations, agents, RAG, and agentic search with realistic timelines and cost ranges, a staged rollout roadmap, and the security and privacy questions to settle before starting. The page itself includes the key definitions, a sample excerpt on where AI pays off, and an FAQ. Updated 2026-09-11. ## Blog - [Blog Index](https://vanteriq.com/blog): All VanteriQ articles and case studies on custom AI, retrieval-augmented generation, document search, automation, and AI adoption. - [AI for Real Estate in Vancouver](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-for-real-estate-vancouver): How custom AI helps property management, development, brokerage, and investment teams with document search, tenant and client email drafting, contract and proposal comparison, and draw reporting, plus an FAQ on security, integrations, timelines, and cost. Published 2026-09-23. - [AI for Law Firms in Vancouver](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-for-law-firms-vancouver): How custom AI helps law firms with legal document search, drafting assistance, contract review, and intake processing built around a firm's own precedent, plus an FAQ covering discovery, practice areas, and Law Society of BC confidentiality. Published 2026-09-23. - [AI for Financial Services in Vancouver](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-for-financial-services-vancouver): How accountants, mortgage and insurance brokerages, advisors, and payroll providers use custom AI for client onboarding, document extraction, compliance review, and client communication. Published 2026-09-23. - [AI for Engineering & Technical Teams in Vancouver](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-for-engineering-technical-teams-vancouver): How engineering, architecture, and technical teams use custom AI for technical document search, report drafting, document comparison, and RFP responses, plus an FAQ on CAD integration, accuracy, timelines, and cost. Published 2026-09-23. - [How Much Does AI Consulting Cost?](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-consulting-cost): What advisory and strategy work costs in 2026, what drives the price, approximate CAD hourly rates for independent, boutique, mid-market, and MBB/Big Four firms, how fixed-fee, hourly, and outcome-based payment structures differ, and why firms that also implement give more grounded advice. Published 2026-09-09. - [How Much Does It Typically Cost to Develop a Custom AI Solution?](https://vanteriq.com/blog/custom-ai-development-cost): What drives the cost and timeline of a custom AI project, why smaller specialized teams cost less than large consulting firms, and approximate CAD ranges for simple, standard, and complex builds plus ongoing support. Published 2026-09-08. - [BC Employer Training Grant for AI Training](https://vanteriq.com/blog/bc-employer-training-grant-for-ai-training): How BC businesses may use the Employer Training Grant to cover 80% of eligible AI training costs, including eligibility, limits, and application steps. Published 2026-09-07. - [Prompt Engineering Training for Professionals](https://vanteriq.com/blog/prompt-engineering-training-for-professionals): Core prompt engineering techniques worth training a team on, a state-goal-constraint framework, and when to use a system prompt instead of a chat message. Published 2026-08-18. - [How to Automate Client Emails with AI](https://vanteriq.com/blog/automate-client-emails-with-ai): How AI email automation works and how sorting emails by risk keeps a human in the loop for anything involving money, contracts, or an upset client. Published 2026-08-17. - [AI Training for Businesses in Vancouver](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-training-for-businesses-vancouver): What good corporate AI training covers, why teams need it, common mistakes to avoid, and how to tell if a business is ready. Published 2026-08-17. - [AI Solutions for Small Businesses: A Simple Starting Guide](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-solutions-for-small-businesses): A plain-language roadmap from free chat tools through automations, agents, RAG, and agentic search, with cost ranges and a suggested starting point. Published 2026-06-30. - [AI for Engineering Firms: Where It Actually Helps](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-for-engineering-firms): How engineering and technical firms use AI for documentation, standards and specs, and admin work while preserving engineering judgment. Published 2026-06-28. - [AI Strategy Consulting for Vancouver Businesses](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-strategy-consulting-vancouver): What AI strategy consulting involves, from workflow discovery to a phased roadmap, and why keeping strategy and implementation together matters. Published 2026-06-17. - [Offline AI Deployment: Keeping Your Data In-House](https://vanteriq.com/blog/on-premise-ai-deployment): What on-premise AI means for privacy, security, and cost when running models locally on hardware you own. Published 2026-06-15. - [Case Study: Using 15 AI Agents to Recover Thousands in Missed Rental Billings](https://vanteriq.com/blog/ai-billing-audit-case-study): A North Vancouver rental company deployed 15 AI agents across a year of order data and correspondence, surfacing over 60 billing issues. Published 2026-06-12. - [Funding Your AI Transformation: Grants & Initiatives for BC Businesses](https://vanteriq.com/blog/funding-your-ai-transformation): A guide to BDC LIFT, NRC IRAP, SR&ED, PacifiCan RAII, the BC Employer Training Grant, and Innovate BC, including eligibility and stacking. Published 2026-06-08. - [Levels of Custom AI for Professionals: Going Beyond ChatGPT](https://vanteriq.com/blog/levels-of-custom-ai): Five levels of custom AI, from a sharper system prompt through to tools that complete real work on your behalf. Published 2026-05-22. - [How to Search Thousands of Internal Company Documents Using AI](https://vanteriq.com/blog/search-thousands-of-documents-with-ai): How retrieval-augmented generation lets teams search by meaning instead of exact keywords, with sources attached. Published 2026-05-08. - [Case Study: Querying SQL Databases in Plain English with AI](https://vanteriq.com/blog/natural-language-sql-case-study): A Vancouver communications company removed its reporting bottleneck with a natural-language interface over its SQL databases. Published 2026-04-24. ## Optional - [Privacy Policy](https://vanteriq.com/privacy): How VanteriQ collects, uses, and protects information submitted through the site.