AI specialists
Seasoned AI engineers who build alongside your team
No lone freelancer and no demo that ends up in a drawer. You get engineers who build alongside your team, take a PoC to production, and hand over the knowledge so you run it yourself afterwards.
- From PoC to real production
- Knowledge handover to your own team
- AI only where it's genuinely needed
In short
Hiring an AI specialist only works if something keeps running after the specialist leaves. We provide seasoned AI engineers who build alongside your own team, take a proof of concept through to production, and hand over the knowledge so your team takes it on. This is the same team that built Simply's AI stack (notetaker, document parsing, agentic chat) and the RAG pipeline for Planit Consulting over 18,429 documents. Fixed price agreed upfront, everything yours and ready to hand over, and we'll tell you honestly when AI isn't the best route.
What gets in the way
AI is easy to demo and hard to put into production. A notebook that works on ten examples is a very different thing from a system that handles thousands of documents, cites its sources, and doesn't fall over the moment a user asks something unexpected. That's where the gap sits. Plenty of companies have an idea and maybe a first experiment, but lack the people who can actually finish it. That's the gap we fill. You don't hire a lone freelancer who builds a black box on their own, you get engineers who sit next to your team and build something you can maintain yourself afterwards. This is the team that built Simply's AI automations, from the notetaker to the agentic chat, and the full RAG pipeline for Planit Consulting over an archive of 18,429 documents with a citation back to the original. We bring that experience, and we hand it over. Because an AI engineer who walks off with all the knowledge in their head isn't a solution, that's a new problem. We think along with you: we listen first to what you want to achieve now and where you are heading, then choose the technology to match, for the most scalable and powerful result that is cost-efficient at the same time.
AI know-how is missing in-house
You can see the opportunities, but your team has never built a RAG pipeline, an agent or function calling. Hiring someone who can is the obvious move, as long as they also hand it over. This is the same team that built Simply's AI stack and Planit's RAG chat.
The PoC never reaches production
A demo on ten examples is quick to build. But thousands of documents, real users and sources that hold up, that's a different game. At Planit Consulting we made exactly that leap: from idea to a live RAG system over 18,429 documents that finds precedents in seconds.
Dependent on one lone freelancer
A single external building a black box on their own feels fast but turns into a risk. When they leave, all the knowledge leaves with them and nobody dares touch the code. We build alongside your team instead, and everything is yours, with documentation and handover.
AI where it isn't needed at all
Not every problem calls for a language model. Sometimes a simple integration or a script is faster, cheaper and more stable. An honest specialist says so. At Simply, AI sits in the notetaker and document parsing, but the Salesforce detection is just a script, because that works better.
What we build
How we help
Engineers who build alongside your team
Not an external who locks themselves away with a brief, but engineers who work in your codebase, your standup and your tooling. We build together, so your team watches and grows along. That's how entire AI stacks have come about, with our engineers building next to the team on parts like a notetaker, document parsing and agentic chat.
From proof of concept to production
We don't let an idea get stuck in a demo. We take it through to something that handles real volumes and real users. Think a full pipeline: document classification, semantic chunking, embeddings, a vector store and a chat that cites the source on every answer.
Knowledge handover so your team takes over
The end goal is that you no longer need us. We document how it works, why it's built that way and how you extend it. The code, the prompts and the configuration are fully yours, with documentation and a clean handover. No black box, no dependency on one person.
RAG, agents and function calling, on your own data
We build the patterns that actually work now: retrieval over your own documents with source citations, agents that drive functions and automations, and function calling that wires AI into your systems. Think an agentic chat that drives functions from a single prompt, or a RAG chat that points back to the original document.
Honest advice on when AI isn't the answer
We don't bolt AI onto a problem to make it sound modern. If something calls for a simple integration or a script, we'll say so, even when that means fewer hours for us. We apply AI where it demonstrably makes the difference, like understanding, summarising or searching text, and nowhere else.
Proof
We have built this
Real projects we can name.
Simply
Recruitment SaaS
An AI recruitment suite, a native Salesforce app, a secure back-office and a marketing site. The full Simply stack, built end to end.
4-6 hrs/week
Recruiter time saved
Native Salesforce (Apex)
Integration
Planit Consulting
Planning consultancy
An AI chat that makes 18,429 planning documents searchable, with source citations.
18,429
Documents
95,592
Chunks
Our approach
From idea to working software in four phases
Every project runs through the same four phases, so you always know what's happening, what comes next and what it costs — from first call to live software, usually in weeks rather than months.
- 01 Phase 1 Free intake
Understand & analyse
Everything starts with a good conversation. We map your goals, processes and the bottlenecks worth solving — no sales pitch, just an honest read on where the biggest win sits.
- 02 Phase 2 Free blueprint
Blueprint & quote
We turn the analysis into a blueprint: a clear plan showing exactly which steps we'll take and why, paired with one fixed quote. You know up front precisely what we build, what it costs and when it's done — no open ends, no hourly billing, no surprises afterwards. And getting that blueprint is completely free, no obligation.
- 03 Phase 3 Prototype in days
Build, test & deploy
Then we build, in short iterations. You see a working prototype in days and a finished product in weeks. We work on a modern, AI-native and secure stack — with data protection and GDPR in mind from day one.
- 04 Phase 4 100% your code
Implement & optimise
We launch, hand over the full codebase and keep improving on your terms. You get 100% ownership of the code we write — no lock-in, no licensing games. Hosting and maintenance are optional, never required.
What you always get
Fixed price
Agreed up front, never an open end.
100% code ownership
Your code, fully yours, no lock-in.
Live in weeks
Prototypes in days, finished in weeks.
Modern & secure
A scalable stack that always integrates with the latest tech. Secured by our in-house cybersecurity experts.
Tools & tech
We're not tied to one model or platform. We pick the AI approach that fits your data, budget and goal — an off-the-shelf model, a custom pipeline, or a mix — and we're honest when simpler tech does the job just as well. No hype, no lock-in.
What you get
- Seasoned AI engineers who work in your codebase and your process
- A proof of concept that we take through to a production-grade system
- RAG, agents or function calling on your own data and documents
- Source citations and checkpoints wherever the output must be verifiable
- All code, prompts and configuration fully yours, documented and ready to hand over
- Documentation and knowledge handover so your team can run it themselves
- Honest advice on where AI pays off and where a simpler option is better
- A fixed price agreed upfront, with no open ends
Our promise
Your software stays yours
- Full code ownership The full source code is and stays yours, documented and ready to hand over.
- No vendor lock-in Stop working with us and your system keeps running. Any developer can pick it up.
- Fixed price up front You get a no-obligation blueprint and quote up front: no open-ended billing and no surprises afterwards.
- Security in every layer We build security-by-design, with a specialist in-house.
Frequently asked questions
What does it cost to hire an AI specialist?
You always get a fixed price agreed upfront, no hourly billing that runs on forever. The price depends on what you want to build and how far it already stands: taking a PoC to production is different from starting from scratch. We map your situation first, break the work into pieces, and then give a price for what you actually need. That way you know from the start where you stand.
How long before there's something working?
We work in short iterations, so you see a working version quickly instead of waiting months. A first usable setup often lives within weeks; a full production pipeline like Planit's, with classification, chunking, embeddings and a chat UI, takes more. The exact timeline depends on how much data is involved and how clean it is, and we agree that upfront.
Who owns what you build, and am I locked in?
Everything is yours. You get the code, the prompts and the configuration in full, with documentation and a handover. That's the whole point of how we work: we build alongside your team and hand over the knowledge, so your team takes over. No vendor lock-in and no black box only one person can access. You can continue on your own or with another party at any time.
Will this replace my own people?
No, it strengthens them. We come to bring the know-how that's still missing, not to replace your team. We build next to your people, explain why we do it this way, and hand it over so they can maintain and extend it themselves. At Simply we built next to the founders; the goal was never for us to stay needed forever, but for the team to run it themselves.
Is AI genuinely needed here?
Not always, and we'll say so honestly. If your problem calls for a simple integration, a script or ordinary automation, that's faster, cheaper and more stable than a language model. We apply AI where it demonstrably makes the difference: understanding, summarising and searching text. At Simply the notetaker and document parsing run on AI, but the Salesforce detection is deliberately just a script.
Do you work on our own data and in our environment?
Yes. We build RAG, agents and function calling on your own data and documents, inside your environment and respecting your security requirements. At Planit it was an archive of 18,429 documents with a citation back to the original so consultants can always verify; at Simply it was sensitive candidate and client data. We set it up so the output stays verifiable.
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