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Provoke Solutions is an end-to-end technology services firm founded in 2001 and headquartered in New Zealand, with operations across Australia and the United States. The company employs between 51 and 200 people, spanning disciplines that include software engineering, systems architecture, UX design, and digital strategy. Its work spans digital product development, cloud-native applications, and modern workplace transformation, with clients that include Westpac, VTNZ, and Microsoft.

The firm's current technical focus centres on AI-accelerated software delivery. Provoke has developed KNOVVA.AI, a patent-pending platform designed to compress the software development lifecycle using Generative AI. The company has evolved over more than two decades from early roots in integrating user experience into software development to a broader emphasis on AI-enabled digital product delivery.

Provoke operates across several industry verticals, including banking and financial services, automotive and vehicle testing, and enterprise software. Its stated approach prioritises practical, end-to-end delivery - covering design through to engineering and architecture - with a stated goal of making innovation faster and more cost-effective. The company's R&D investment, as evidenced by the KNOVVA.AI platform, reflects an internal commitment to applying Generative AI across its own delivery processes as well as client engagements.

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