About

Measurable AI for
regulated work.

Cardinal Automation Partners is a consulting firm that builds and operates AI-powered workflows for healthcare and financial services teams. We're based in the Research Triangle, North Carolina.

Our premise

AI should be decisive,
not decorative.

Most AI engagements produce demos. We produce production systems — with the controls, evidence, and operating playbook that regulated environments require.

We believe the value of AI in healthcare and finance is not in replacing judgment — it's in reclaiming the time reviewers spend on work that a model can do more consistently, faster, and with a complete audit trail.

Our engagements are narrow by design. One workflow at a time. One team in the loop. One source of truth for the audit log. That constraint is a feature: it means every deployment ships ready for a regulator, not just a demo.

47+
Workflows in production
6wk
Typical pilot-to-prod
98%
Client retention
0
PHI exposure incidents
How we operate

Evidence first.
Always.

Every decision we make — for our clients and internally — is grounded in measurement. We don't ship without a baseline. We don't claim success without data. We don't sell what we can't operate.

Measure before we build

Every engagement starts with a baseline report. We don't propose automation until we've traced the workflow and measured what's actually happening.

Ship on schedule

Our six-week timeline is fixed because the work is structured. Discovery, design, ship — each phase has a hard exit criterion before the next begins.

Audit-ready by default

Controls, logs, and evidence aren't add-ons — they're part of every first release. Our default posture is what other vendors call "enterprise."

Based in the Research Triangle

Durham, NC · Working
with teams across the US.

We work remotely-first but travel for discovery calls and go-live events. On-site in the Research Triangle Park region is always an option.

Book a discovery call hello@cardinalautomation.com