AI and automation,
delivered end to end and supported
for as long as you need.
Pantheon IQ is an AI and automation company founded in 2024 and based in Auckland.
We serve businesses across New Zealand and Australia.
We deliver solutions end to end, offer managed services to support them, and build our own AI products.
What Sets Us Apart
We deliver end to end, and can support you for as long as you need.
We take solutions from design through build and into live operation. If you want ongoing support, our managed services monitor, support and improve what we deliver, so it keeps working as the business changes. Some clients run solutions themselves and some ask us to. Either way, one partner covers every stage.
We build our own products.
We know how businesses run, not just how AI works.
Our co-founders bring more than 50 years of combined professional services experience in process improvement, business transformation and enterprise systems. AI is the newest tool we use. Many problems are fixed by better process, cleaner data or integration, and we say so when that's the case.
We build governance in from the start.
AI policy, security and a controlled path for staff-built tools are set up alongside each solution, so adoption stays safe as it spreads.
We know ANZ mid-sized businesses.
We understand the systems they run, the budgets they work to and the speed they need to move.
Research and Development
AI changes every few months. A solution designed on last year's assumptions can be out of date before it's finished.
We invest in R&D so our clients don't carry that risk. Part of our time goes into testing new models, tools and techniques, building working prototypes and measuring what holds up. Only what holds up goes into client solutions and our products.
Our R&D covers:
- 01
Our own products.
Supply Chain Intelligence Agent, the AI Knowledge Base and the AI Adoption Platform are developed in-house and improved through our research.
- 02
New models and agent technology.
We test new releases from the major providers on real business tasks before we recommend them.
- 03
Governance and security.
Our governance is aligned with ISO/IEC 27001, so the way we handle client data meets the standards we ask clients to meet.
- 04
Capability building.
Our citizen development and AI training programmes come from what we learn about how staff in client businesses build and adopt AI tools.
Our R&D is supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment's New to R&D Grant.
Award-Winning
In 2026, Pantheon IQ won Best Emerging Business for the North and West region at the 2degrees Auckland Business Awards.
The category recognises businesses that started trading in the last five years and have achieved significant growth through effective planning and delivery. Entries are assessed on growth in revenue and customers, strategy, resilience and readiness for the next stage.
The award reflects the work of our team and the clients who trusted us early.
Warren Beard
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Warren has worked in professional services for over two decades. His expertise includes data and AI, robotic process automation and business transformation. He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Information Systems at the Auckland Institute of Studies and is pursuing a Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Otago.
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Sam Pankhurst
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Sam has worked in professional services for over 30 years, covering digital transformation, process automation and business transformation. He specialises in improving client business processes with AI and automation to deliver customer-centric operational excellence. Sam is a Chartered Engineer and a Six Sigma Black Belt.
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Warren Beard
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer
Warren has worked in professional services for over two decades. His expertise includes data and AI, robotic process automation and business transformation. He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Information Systems at the Auckland Institute of Studies and is pursuing a Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Otago.
Sam Pankhurst
Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer
Sam has worked in professional services for over 30 years, covering digital transformation, process automation and business transformation. He specialises in improving client business processes with AI and automation to deliver customer-centric operational excellence. Sam is a Chartered Engineer and a Six Sigma Black Belt.
Our Values
We work with you, not for you.
We recommend what works for your business, including when that isn't what we sell.
We measure ourselves by your outcomes.
Our Group
Pantheon IQ has three parts: delivery and managed services for clients, our own AI products, and a membership network for independent IT consulting firms. The network includes Ascend AI and Converge IQ. See the Partner Network page to learn more or become a member.
