What it costs to outsource AI development in Australia and how engagements are usually structured.
dgm is an independent osFoundry integration partner — not affiliated with osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC), and dgm has no completed client integrations yet.
Outsourcing AI development can move you faster, but it works best when you keep ownership of the data, models and outcomes. Here is how Australian businesses structure it.
What to outsource
Outsourcing suits the build and integration of a defined project, especially a first one. Keep strategy, data ownership and the decision about what to build in-house.
How engagements work
Usually fixed-scope for a defined project or time-and-materials for open-ended work. Insist on owning the code, data and any models, and on a model-agnostic approach so you are not locked to the vendor.
Protecting yourself
Agree on data handling under the Privacy Act, residency for sensitive data, and a handover so you can operate the result. osFoundry’s managed cloud pins data to the US, EU or Japan — it does not currently offer an Australian managed region. For data that must stay in Australia, the honest path is self-hosting osFoundry (BYO Cloud) inside an Australian cloud region such as AWS (Sydney or Melbourne), Microsoft Azure (Australia East, Australia Southeast or Australia Central in Canberra) or Google Cloud (Sydney or Melbourne), or running models locally on-device.
Where dgm fits
dgm is an independent integration partner that helps Australian businesses adopt osFoundry — scoping a first use case, handling the build, and connecting AI to the systems you already run. dgm is independent of osFoundry’s maker (OS LLC) and has no completed client integrations yet, so everything described here is a service offered, not a past result. If you want to scope a practical first project, dgm can help you map it out.