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AI FOR SWISS SMES · ZÜRICH

Your team answers faster. Your back-office runs itself.

We build AI systems for Swiss companies — knowledge bases, customer agents and automated workflows. Private by default. Built for production. Clear scope. Fast deployment. Predictable timelines.

Three things we build.

Each one designed to save your team real hours every week.

AI Knowledge Base

Ask your documents a question. Get the answer in seconds.

Standard · Sovereign
  • Searches across hundreds of files at once
  • Works in German, English, Italian and French
  • Always up to date — syncs automatically
  • Answers include references back to the source document
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Customer AI Agents

Your customers get answers at 3am. Your team handles only the hard cases.

Standard · Sovereign (depending on sector)
  • Runs on your website, email and WhatsApp
  • Plugs into your existing CRM
  • Hands off to a human when needed
  • Speaks German, English, Italian and French
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AI Workflows

The repetitive work that nobody likes — done automatically.

Standard · Sovereign (depending on sector)
  • Orders to invoices to accounting — hands-free
  • Pulls data out of PDFs and emails
  • Connects ERP, CRM, email and cloud storage
  • Alerts you when something needs human attention
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One question decides which option is right for you.

Do your documents contain client data covered by professional secrecy? If yes, you need the Sovereign stack. If no, the Standard stack provides the right balance between speed and cost.

Standard

Who it's for

E-commerce, logistics, marketing, trades

Where your data lives

Swiss-configured cloud (OpenAI / Claude) — business agreements prohibit use of your data for model training

Architecture focus

Leverages frontier AI models via secure business APIs

Why it matters

Fast to deploy, easy to maintain, suitable for companies not bound by professional secrecy

Setup CHF

5'000 – 15'000

Monthly CHF

300 – 600

Sovereign

Who it's for

Fiduciaries, law firms, finance

Where your data lives

Your own server or Swiss cloud only — no calls to foreign AI services

Architecture focus

Runs open-weight models hosted entirely in Switzerland

Why it matters

Designed for sectors where Berufsgeheimnis or banking secrecy applies

Setup CHF

10'000 – 25'000

Monthly CHF

1'000 – 3'000

Why companies in Zürich work with us.

  • We are based in Zürich and work only with Swiss companies.
  • We match the architecture to your sector — not the other way around.
  • Transparent pricing: one setup fee, one monthly retainer. That's it.
  • No vendor lock-in. You own your system.

Not sure where to start?

Tell us what you do and what slows your team down. In 30 minutes we'll tell you what we would build and what budget to expect.