Garli is targeting revenue of $50 million this financial year, mostly from expansion projects within a booming WA resources industry, as well as State Government work.
It is also looking to accelerate its entry into other industries such as defence and oil and gas. While the lion’s share will come from WA, Garli now generates 10 per cent of its revenue from a growing civil contracting market in Queensland and northern New South Wales.

To lead the expansion, Garli will become the first Aboriginal business to adopt software technology from UK-founded and New York-based AutogenAI which uses generative artificial technology to improve contract bid writing.

Garli said it received invitations to bid for more than 100 tenders worth $370m. In the past financial year, it submitted proposals valued at $80m.
AutogenAI launched in 2022 and arrived on Australia’s shores in late 2023 with technology that it says streamlines time-consuming bid and procurement writing for contractors chasing public and private work.

Mr Lundberg — a former WA ministerial chief of staff and Main Roads engineer and project manager — said as a small team, Garli wanted to save time and become more efficient.

“To be able to pull relevant data in a matter of seconds, rather than taking a month or two months in some cases, to create more accurate submissions will lead to more successful bids and fast track our growth aims,”he said.

AutogenAI users reported 12.4 per cent growth in revenue between FY23 and FY24, according to a reportpublished on its website.