AI on a foundation you can trust.

GDATA's DaaS Platform carries council data from source systems up to G-Bot, our AI that answers questions accurately. Layer by layer, it's wrapped in security, permissions and governance the whole way.

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How it works

Four stages. One boundary around all of them.

The DaaS Platform (Data as a Service) is GDATA's data and AI platform for local government. Every stage sits inside the same security and governance layer, so the answer G-Bot gives is one your council can stand behind.

SecurityPermissionsGovernanceAudit
01 · Source

Source systems

TechnologyOne, Pathway, Civica, legacy databases and spreadsheets.

GL 4410-220 · CONTRACTOR - RESEAL RD · 184220.00
02 · Model

Modelled data

Cleaned, typed and tested into council data models.

fct_expenditure · Infrastructure · $184,220.00
03 · Meaning

Semantic model

Council business logic: measures and definitions AI can read.

[Expenditure Variance] = [Actual] − [Adopted Budget]
04 · Answer

G-Bot

A plain-English answer with the table, chart and query behind it.

Infrastructure: +$4.82m (6.1%) over budget
PermissionsEach person's existing access, enforced end to end
LineageEvery figure traced back to its source table
StewardsA named owner for every dataset and measure
AuditEvery question and data view logged
G-Bot · Live example

A finance question, answered in seconds.

Finance systems are where answers go to hide. G-Bot lets a director ask in plain English and get the figure, the explanation and the query behind it. It comes with the DaaS Platform or on its own.

  1. 01Question in plain English
  2. 02Council definitions applied
  3. 03Read-only query, checked against your access
  4. 04Answer, table and source
GG-BotExample City Council · Finance
Which directorates had the largest Expenditure Variance against the Adopted Budget in FY2025/26?
  • Understood the question
  • Found measures: Adopted Budget, Total Expenditure
  • Wrote a read-only query
  • Checked it against your access

Infrastructure had the largest variance in FY2025/26: $4.82m (6.1%) over its adopted budget, mainly from storm-recovery road works and higher contractor rates. Across all five directorates, Council finished $5.36m (2.8%) over.

DirectorateAdoptedActualVariance
Infrastructure$79.10m$83.92m+$4.82m (+6.1%)
Community Services$41.35m$43.47m+$2.12m (+5.1%)
City Planning$22.75m$21.36m−$1.39m (−6.1%)
City Futures$16.40m$15.63m−$0.77m (−4.7%)
Corporate Services$28.60m$29.18m+$0.58m (+2.0%)
Finance semantic modelRefreshed today 6:00amYour access appliedView query
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We make AI work inside your council.

We don't hand over software and leave. GDATA's team works with yours to deliver data and AI initiatives that save staff time. The DaaS Platform is what stays behind.

  1. Find the value. We pick the questions and processes where AI will save your staff the most time.
  2. Build the foundation. We connect your systems, model the data and set up the semantic layer and governance.
  3. Put AI to work. G-Bot goes live for your teams, we train them, and we keep improving it with you.

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