Azure OpenAI, document automation and AI in your ERP or CRM, built by a US software company that has been writing business software since 2009.
Most companies don't need a new AI platform. They need the systems they already run (an ERP, a CRM, a customer portal, an HR or accounting app) to read documents, answer questions and handle routine steps on their own. That is what AI integration is: connecting AI models such as Azure OpenAI, OpenAI's GPT models or Google Gemini to your existing applications, data and workflows, so the work happens where your team already works.
SharpQuest is a custom software development company in Michigan. We have built and maintained business applications on Microsoft .NET and Azure since 2009, so we start from your systems and your process, not from the model. We pick the use case with the clearest payback, prove it in a short pilot, then build it into your application with the security, logging and human review a production system needs.
Add GPT models to your applications through Microsoft Azure, in your Azure subscription or ours, without your data being used to train the models. Summaries, drafting, search and question answering inside your own app.
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Automate the documents your team keys in by hand: invoices, purchase orders, resumes, patient forms, certificates of insurance, or any other document type. Built on dQuest.ai, our document AI platform.
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Bring AI into your custom ERP, Dynamics 365 Sales, SAP S/4HANA, Oracle or Salesforce: data entry from documents, exception alerts, plain-English questions about your data.
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An assistant that answers questions from your own policies, manuals and contracts, and shows which document each answer came from. Part of dQuest.ai.
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Read text from photos and scans, and analyze images with Azure AI Vision.
Transcribe calls and voice notes into your applications, or give them a voice, with Azure AI Speech.
Four problems we hear most. If one sounds familiar, that is usually the right first pilot.
One client project, four demos anyone can try, and the AI we run on our own site.
IntelliBee uses dQuest.ai to read candidate resumes and feed the data into their applicant tracking system. We had it running within a week.
Our careers page reads an uploaded resume with Azure OpenAI and fills in the job application for the candidate. See the careers page
Our own platform for AI document processing and chat with your documents, with a free plan to try. Document projects start from working software, not from scratch. Visit dquest.ai ↗
Sr. Manager - IT, SanDisk (Western Digital Company)
The SharpQuest team built an easy-to-use application that is well integrated with our existing ERP/data warehouse. It was well received by the business users due to its user-friendly UI, accuracy of data, and responsiveness.
IT Manager, TKS Industrial Company
When I first began working with SharpQuest, I was really out of my lane. The team has always assisted with providing clear guidance on the projects we have worked together on. We have really updated the use of the sql database, and it continues to evolve. They are very much in tune with what we ask, and can usually create this to work exactly the way we ask. It's a pretty high quality tracking space.
The first question every buyer asks, and the one the big AI agencies don't answer on their pages.
With Azure OpenAI, our default, Microsoft states your prompts and outputs aren't used to train the models and aren't shared with OpenAI.
It runs in your Azure subscription or in ours. In yours, your IT owns the network; we set up Key Vault, AI Search and the API calls.
Prefer OpenAI or Google Gemini? We connect to your own account, under that provider's business terms.
We sign HIPAA Business Associate Agreements, and we sign your NDA before you share details.
We look at your process, systems and documents, and pick 1-2 use cases with a clear payback.
A working version on your real documents or data, so you see accuracy and time saved before committing more.
We connect it to your ERP, CRM, portal, database or file storage through APIs or code changes, with single sign-on and role-based access.
Confidence thresholds send uncertain results to a person; we test against real cases.
We monitor results and tune prompts and rules as your documents change.
Business applications since 2009, including custom ERP and manufacturing systems. Connecting the model safely to the system of record is the real work.
.NET, Azure, SQL Server and Dynamics 365. Member of the Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program.
dQuest.ai is our document AI platform, so document projects start from working software.
AI handles the volume; people verify the exceptions. Nothing important posts without a rule or a person allowing it.
Projects are run and delivered from Michigan, in your time zone.
After launch, AI needs looking after: models get retired, documents change. Plans are monthly and cumulative.
AI integration means connecting AI models to the software and data you already use, so tasks like reading documents, answering questions or classifying requests happen inside your existing applications. You don't replace your systems; you add AI to them through APIs or code changes.
It depends on the number of use cases, the systems we connect to, and how much review and reporting you need. We start with a pilot scoped to one use case, so you see results on your own data before you invest further. For document processing, dQuest.ai has a free Community plan and a Pilot plan. Model usage (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI or Gemini) is billed by the provider and can run on your own account.
A pilot on one use case takes 2 weeks or more, depending on scope. A full integration with an ERP or other system of record takes 8 weeks or more, depending on how many systems and document types are involved.
Not with our default setup. We use Azure OpenAI unless you choose otherwise, and Microsoft states that your prompts and outputs aren't used to train the models and aren't shared with OpenAI. It can run in your own Azure subscription or in ours. If you prefer OpenAI or Google Gemini, we connect to your own account with that provider, and its terms for business API data apply.
Azure OpenAI by default, and OpenAI or Google Gemini when you prefer them, with Azure AI services (AI Search, Vision, Speech) around them. You can link your own model account. We choose per use case on accuracy, cost and where your data must stay.
Yes. We add AI inside custom ERPs whose source code we can change, and we work with Dynamics 365 Sales, SAP S/4HANA (custom AI solutions alongside it), Oracle (database or APIs) and Salesforce (Apex triggers and APIs). See AI integration for ERP.
Accuracy depends on document quality and how varied the inputs are, so we measure it on your own data during the pilot. Each result carries a confidence level; low-confidence results go to a person to check before anything is saved.
No. You need someone who knows the process and can review results during the pilot. We handle the models, prompts, integration and testing.
We monitor accuracy and errors, adjust prompts and rules when your documents or processes change, and update the integration when models are retired or replaced. Support comes in three monthly plans:
No. Our team is in Michigan, and we work with companies across the US.
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Tell us about the process that takes the most manual work. We'll show you what AI can do with it, using your own documents, in a free consultation.
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