5 ways 5Y does AI differently

AI is transforming how businesses collect and analyse data. From automated data migrations to real-time insights, there’s no shortage of use cases. But there is a shortage of companies with truly comprehensive and embedded AI offerings.

5Y is different.

Unlike other companies that superficially use artificial intelligence, we embed AI deeply into our entire offering. In doing so, we help clients drive substantial and measurable value from their investments in the form of accelerated time to insights, decreased operational costs and enhanced business performance.

Keen to understand how? Below, we outline the specific ways we do AI differently from other data and analytics companies. You’ll learn what sets us apart and how our offering works, so you can decide whether 5Y is right for you.

Let’s get started.

1. We transform your data before training

High-quality data is essential for any AI solution. But most AI companies don’t think twice about the data you supply. That’s the first way we’re different.

At 5Y, we recognise that you only get value from AI tools when the underlying data is as accurate, complete and well-structured as possible. That’s why we use AI from the outset when preparing your data to:

• Remove duplicate entries
• Cleanse inconsistencies
• Transform data into a standardised format

The result is a single source of truth that’s ready for any AI solution — ours or otherwise.

We also use AI to accelerate the data integration process. Unlike traditional methods that rely heavily on manual configurations and custom-built solutions, we use AI-powered automation to connect legacy systems, ERPs and other business applications rapidly.

As a result, we can build data pipelines twice as fast and at half the cost of internal teams or consultancies. It also means we can integrate every data source, not just the most popular apps.

2. We keep your data private and secure

Most AI tools use public models from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic to power workloads. While powerful, these models usually require you to send private company data off-premise.

Worse still, they use interaction data to train and refine future models. Public models capture and store every prompt, along with user profiles and device-specific information, like IP addresses. This can put your data at risk of a breach, exposing your company to cybercrime and unwanted surveillance.

We don’t believe companies should have to compromise their privacy to access the benefits of AI. That’s why we use proprietary models and algorithms that avoid sending your data off-site. It stays secure in your vault and within our platform, no matter how many AI-powered queries you make.

3. We deliver AI use cases across your organisation

Many AI tools are designed for specific purposes, such as finance, marketing, or supply chain analysis. That’s great if you’re a small company or have a very specific problem to solve. However, it means enterprises end up procuring multiple platforms, which increases costs, complexity and risk.

Less is more if you want to drive AI adoption across your organisation. Fewer tools means fewer training sessions, lower costs and less time spent by your IT team handling queries.

That’s why we’ve embedded AI throughout our versatile platform so that everyone, from the C-Suite to finance to IT, can use the technology to optimise their workflows and uncover insights.

Here’s a small example of the many ways teams use our AI:

• Finance teams can forecast financial performance
  
• Procurement teams can analyse spending in real-time
  
• Operations teams can identify bottlenecks and optimise processes
  
• Manufacturers can analyse production workflows and improve outputs
  
• Retail teams can forecast demand and personalise offers

If you do things right, you don’t need multiple AI platforms. You just need 5Y.

4. We empower self-serve access with an AI-powered digital assistant

You shouldn’t have to be a data analyst to analyse business data using AI. That’s why we created Myles, our conversational AI chatbot that acts as a digital assistant for business intelligence.

Myles offers intuitive, chat-based access to your data, allowing you to ask natural language questions and receive near-instant analytical responses. Whether you want to understand sales trends, customer behaviour or operational KPIs, Myles delivers insights in seconds.

That’s because Myles understands the context and content of the data, dashboards and reports within the 5Y Business Transformation Platform. As a result, he flattens the AI learning curve, helping you to embed a data-driven culture at every level.

Most importantly of all, Myles inherits our stance on data privacy and security. He only accesses your data and a handful of pre-defined and vetted sources, ensuring that sensitive queries remain secure.

5. We activate intelligence across your enterprise with professional services

Technology alone is insufficient to address your analytics and data needs. A shiny new AI tool is useless without an in-depth onboarding experience, an underlying strategy and ongoing support.

That’s why we’ve embedded AI into all of our professional service offerings to help you implement, operationalise and govern AI effectively.

Here’s how we support clients at every stage of their AI journey.

• Advisory services – Our consultants assess where AI and automation will deliver tangible value. They leverage proprietary tools, such as our Transformation Hub and maturity models, to baseline the current state of AI readiness, prioritising use cases that will cut costs, save time and elevate service levels.

• Implementation services – Our team custom-builds AI tools and agents that are trained on your organisation’s proprietary data. We embed these tools into your existing workflows and applications to increase access and uptake.

• Enablement services – We empower users, administrators and anyone else responsible for extending I capabilities with the skills and knowledge they need. This includes runbooks, documentation and structured onboarding to support sustainable AI-driven transformation.

Thanks to these services, our clients can drive immediate value with AI, improve knowledge access across their organisation and, ultimately, work to make themselves independent of our offering. 

Start your AI journey with 5Y today

So, how do you want to use AI within your company? An off-the-shelf platform might promise immediate results, but it’s unlikely to get your data in shape or advise you on making AI a part of your growth strategy.

If you really want to maximise the value of AI, you need to partner with a company that embeds the technology from the ground up.

Book a demo today and explore how 5Y Technology can accelerate your AI journey.