Built by a builder who kept building the wrong things manually.
LinxAI is a founder-led automation studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa. We design and build intelligent systems that connect tools, eliminate manual work, and let businesses grow without growing their headcount.
Jan
Senior architectural technologist · 29 · Johannesburg
I am 29 and have loved IT and working with my hands my whole life. By trade I am a draughtsman and senior architectural technologist — I spent years designing and building kitchens, the kind of work that teaches you to measure twice and finish properly.
While I was in the workshop I kept building something else on the side: systems and websites for myself. Quoting tools. Stock management. A site that actually brought in enquiries. Little engines that made the business side of my work easier.
One day a mentor watched me do it and told me I had a knack for this — and that I should help other people. That sentence is why LinxAI exists. The agency was born out of a simple idea: the same practical, hands-on approach that works in a workshop works for software too. Measure twice. Build it properly. Finish the job.
Today I work with businesses that know they are wasting time on manual work but have not had anyone to build the way out. I still think like a draughtsman — draw it first, then build it properly, then hand over something that lasts.
To eliminate manual work by becoming the connective tissue between the tools, data, and people that run modern businesses — so ambitious teams can scale without scaling effort.
A future where every ambitious African business runs on intelligent, connected systems — not spreadsheets and sticky notes.
Four values we hire, work, and ship by.
Speed
We ship fast. Most systems go live within 48 hours of sign-off. Time is the only resource you cannot get back.
Clarity
No jargon. You always know exactly what we're building and why. If you can't explain it, we haven't done our job.
Results
We measure success in outcomes, not deliverables. A system that saves you 10 hours a week is worth more than a beautiful one that saves you nothing.
Partnership
We're in your corner long after go-live. Automations need maintenance, edge cases emerge, and businesses evolve — so do we.
Tool-agnostic by principle.
We pick the right tool for the problem, not the other way around. Click any of the tools below to see how we use it — or browse the full list.
Work with us.
If something in your business feels like it should already be automated — it probably should be. Let us show you what it would look like.