AI use
How Aequa uses AI
Aequa uses an AI model in three features. Everything it produces is advisory. Your officials decide, as they do now.
The route ranking does not use AI. When you select Analyse on a plan, Aequa ranks the routes to market against set rules, with the pros and cons of each.
Last updated 2 October 2026 · pre-launch
The three features
| Feature | What it does | What is sent to the model |
|---|---|---|
| Advice on a route | When you ask for advice after Analyse, drafts further advice on the ranked routes | The plan's details you have entered, such as what is being bought, the estimated value and timing |
| Strategy papers | Drafts a procurement strategy for your team to edit | The plan's details and the inputs you give it |
| Assistant | Answers questions as you work | Your question, and the records and documents you can see that it needs to answer |
Everything else in Aequa (the dashboard, pipeline, contract register, route ranking, audit trail and reports) works without an AI model.
Your choice of provider
Your agency chooses the AI provider and supplies its own key. Supported providers today are Anthropic, OpenAI and Google. What you enter in the three features above goes to that provider under your agency's own agreement with them, and may be processed outside New Zealand.
Today, if no key is set, the system falls back to a default provider. We're removing that fallback before any pilot.
No agency data goes into Aequa until your security and AI risk assessment is complete.
Advisory, not authoritative
- AI output can be wrong. Treat it as a draft to check, not as procurement or legal advice.
- Aequa doesn't approve anything. Your team chooses the route and approves it through your own delegations.
- Changes to plans are recorded in an audit trail: who changed what, and when.
This website
getaequa.com and the Rules Navigator don't use AI. The navigator's results come from fixed logic and quoted rule text, checked by people.