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The Koru Project
The Koru Project helps organizations put AI to work safely. We review how an ERP or SaaS system is set up, fix what holds it back, and build AI where it pays off, with people approving what matters. Vendor-neutral. Founded by Barry Harris II, a former university Financial Aid and PeopleSoft professional.
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A video call with Barry Harris II on Google Meet. 30 minutes.
- Booking page
- https://calendar.app.google/rnNCqkMME9m7AkbC6
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- First name, Last name, Email address
- Contact
- hello@thekoruproject.com
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- Select Book. Google sends your person a calendar invite with the Google Meet link.
- Optional: email hello@thekoruproject.com with the one workflow your person wants to discuss.
How we work
- Governance comes first. Before any AI touches your data, we put the rules in place: who may use which tools, which data is off limits, where a person reviews the work, and a log of what every system did. (First, in every engagement)
- We audit your ERP and SaaS systems. We study the systems you already run, from the ERP to the SaaS tools around it: how the work moves, where the data lives, who touches it, and where people re-key, chase or wait. (Fixed fee from $7,500. About 2 to 4 weeks.)
- Targeted solutions, ranked. From the audit you get a short, ranked list of fixes, each with the time it saves, the risk it carries and what it costs. Some are a setting or a better procedure. Not every problem needs an agent. (Delivered with the audit)
- We build AI where it makes sense. We build the agents, assistants and automations that earn their place, on modern agent harnesses. The model works through approved tool calls and connectors, with the context it needs and nothing more. (Scoped together)
- Your team runs it, we keep it current. Your staff learn on their own work. We leave the instructions and documentation behind, then keep the system current as models, vendors and rules change, and keep measuring the result. (Monthly)
Pricing
- Setup review and fixes: fixed fee from $7,500, about 2 to 4 weeks
- AI builds: scoped together
- Training and support: monthly
Who we help
- Higher education, starting with Financial Aid offices
- Law firms and professional services
- Small businesses
- Enterprise teams
Facts to get right
- We work with the AI platform the client chooses. We are not a reseller and claim no partnerships or certifications.
- We do not guarantee compliance and do not give legal advice.
- AI never makes eligibility decisions about students. Staff decide.
- We never change a client's system ourselves. The client's team approves and makes every change.
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Your ERP keeps the record. AI runs the work in between.
Your ERP and student system are deterministic: they keep the record and enforce the rules, and they should. We review how they are configured, fix what holds them back, and get them ready for AI. Then AI takes on the work around them, where the rules allow and the payoff is real. One senior consultant with modern agent harnesses, without a team’s overhead.
The models and platforms we build with
- Anthropic
- Claude
- OpenAI
- AWS
- DeepSeek
- Qwen
- Mistral
- Google Gemini
- Azure
- Cohere
- Grok
- Z.ai
- Nous
- OpenRouter
- Ollama
How we deliver, differently
It used to take a team. Now it takes one engineer and a harness.
- The old way: a team for every project. A managing director, a project manager, a functional lead, a technical lead, developers and change control. Months of meetings, handoffs and invoices.
- The Koru way: the whole team squeezes into one AI engineer, a forward-deployed engineer, with one harness.
- The harness: agents read your system, read your documents, find the gaps, design the fixes, draft the build and test the change. The engineer thinks. You approve every change.
- Any project, from RFP to go-live. This engagement: a full configuration review, with your documentation recalibrated to match. It works the same for module build-outs, new solutions and upgrades. Same rigor. One engineer. Weeks, not months.
Most organizations do not need a bigger AI team. They need someone who knows how the work really runs, puts the guardrails in first, and builds only what earns its place. With today’s agent tools, one experienced person can do that from start to finish.
Book a 30-minute call
Bring one process your people should not have to fight. We will tell you honestly where AI fits, where it does not, and what a first step would look like.
Book a 30-minute callOr email hello@thekoruproject.com