Kiln — AI studio, Hong Kong

AI agents, custom-built for how your business actually works.

Kiln designs, builds, and deploys AI automation for consumer brands, F&B operators, and service businesses across Asia. From customer conversations to internal workflows — crafted end-to-end, shipped in weeks, not quarters.

Where we come from
MicrosoftJ.P.MorganFWDHP
What we do

Three ways to put AI to work — shipped, not slideware.

01Service

Customer Conversation Agents

Handle inbound enquiries, bookings, order-taking, and after-sales across WhatsApp, IG DM, and web chat. 24/7 response in your brand voice, with clean handoff to your team when it matters.

Ideal for
Consumer brands, retail, hospitality, service operators
e.g. in F&B
Reservations & waitlist, menu Q&A, dietary info, delivery order capture, loyalty sign-ups.
02Service

Workflow Automation

Replace repetitive back-office work — report generation, data reconciliation, content production, supplier coordination — with AI agents that run quietly in the background. Connects to your existing tools (Notion, Slack, Google Workspace, POS, ERP).

Ideal for
Operations-heavy businesses of any kind
e.g. in F&B
Daily sales close, stock-take variance alerts, recipe costing, purchase orders, social content from POS data.
03Service

AI Strategy & Custom Build

Not sure where AI fits? Start with our 2-week audit: we map your operations, identify highest-ROI automation targets, and deliver an implementation roadmap. Or come with a specific workflow in mind — we'll scope, build, and deploy it.

Ideal for
First-time buyers, or teams with a specific workflow in mind
e.g. in F&B
Kitchen prep forecasting, shift scheduling, guest-feedback analysis across review platforms.
Why Kiln

A studio, not a consultancy.

Three principles we hold ourselves to, on every engagement.

  • i.

    Built by practitioners, not pitchers.

    Our team ships AI systems daily in our own work. No reseller middlemen, no slide-deck consulting.

  • ii.

    Fixed scope, fixed timeline.

    Every engagement has a clear deliverable and end date. No 6-month consulting swamps. If we don't ship, you don't pay.

  • iii.

    Asia-first, operator-minded.

    Based in Hong Kong. We understand F&B operations, consumer brand workflows, and the tooling landscape you actually work with — not Silicon Valley abstractions.

About

A specialist studio for consumer-facing businesses in Asia.

Kiln is a specialist AI studio building custom agents and automation for consumer-facing businesses across Asia.

We were started by operators and engineers who've spent years shipping AI in production — not just pitching it in decks. Our focus is narrow by design: we help F&B brands, retailers, and service operators turn repetitive work into AI-driven workflows, with deliverables that ship in weeks.

If you're exploring how AI could fit your business — or already have a specific workflow in mind — we'd love to talk.

Let's talk

Twenty minutes. One honest conversation.

Bring a workflow, a question, or a vague hunch. We'll tell you if AI is the right tool — and if it isn't, we'll say so.