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Owen Murphy
Founder · developer
Writes the code. Based in Chorlton; in the office a few days a week.
About
Three people. One studio. No enterprise theatre.
We're a tiny team in Manchester who build AI chatbots and automation for small businesses. Free trial, honest pricing, no sales calls.
Why we exist
In 2023 we got tired of watching small companies either buy a chatbot plugin that nobody trains, or get a $20k proposal for something they didn't need. There had to be a middle path.
So we built one: a free 14-day chatbot trial, a cheap monthly hosted option, and small fixed projects for document Q&A and light automation. If a spreadsheet and a good process would work better, we'll tell you.
We work from Lever Street in the Northern Quarter. Local clients meet us for coffee; everyone else gets video calls. We invoice in USD because our tools and many clients already work that way.
Why 1405?
1,405 is the number of hours we spent building our first chatbot prototype — nights and weekends while still at our day jobs. When the bot finally answered its first real customer question correctly, the stopwatch on the wall read 1,405:23.
We kept the number because it reminds us that good AI isn't magic, it's hours. Hours of testing edge cases, training on messy content, and fixing answers that almost work. That's what we still do — just for other people's businesses now.
It's also easy to say in any language, easy to type, and impossible to confuse with anyone else. No .com land-grab required. Just four digits and a good URL.
Try first
Free trial before paid plans. You should feel the product on your own site.
USD, written down
Fixed quotes. No "discovery phase" that quietly becomes a second invoice.
Small scope on purpose
We don't pretend to run enterprise AI programmes. One useful tool at a time.
You talk to builders
No account managers. The people who quote are the people who ship.
Team
That's all of us
Three people. Capacity is limited on purpose so projects don't stall.
PR
Priya Rajan
Co-founder · delivery
Runs trials, scopes projects, keeps us honest about what we can deliver.
JB
Jake Brooks
Part-time engineer
Jumps in when the queue is full. Builds web apps and automations for North West clients.
Facts
No inflated numbers
2023Started in Manchester
~18Paid projects so far
3People (1 part-time)
USDAll listed prices
Try the free trial
Best way to meet us is to put a bot on your site for two weeks. Or email enquiries@1405.one.