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AI consultancy & engineering partner, Netherlands

Let's build AI products automations & custom software that drive
business growth

The AI consultancy and engineering partner that builds what it advises. We take enterprise AI from strategy to production and compliance for Dutch and European organisations: AI agents, intelligent automation and custom software, EU AI Act-ready and measured on business outcomes.

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Who we are

Consulting · Engineering · AI Products

Crux Digits is the Netherlands-based specialist in applied AI: a full-service AI agency and engineering firm spanning cloud, data, agentic AI and AI agents. We take organisations across Europe from AI strategy through AI implementation to working production systems, combining consultancy with hands-on engineering under one roof.

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Crux Digits in 30 seconds

How we're different

By the second call, you get a working MVP, not a 60-page document

Most agencies disappear after the first call and come back with a thick requirements spec. We don't. Once we understand your problem, our second conversation is built around a working MVP you can actually click. From there we shape it together: what to improve, what to drop, and what's truly essential, so you reach the right product faster.

First call: we listen

You walk us through the problem and what you're trying to achieve. No jargon, no sales deck.

We build an MVP

Instead of a document, we come back with a working prototype you can see, click and react to.

Second call: we refine together

We use the MVP to decide what's truly essential, what to improve and what to cut, then build the real thing.

Skip the deck. Book the first call → You get a working MVP by the second call.

How we work

Adopting AI is hard. The right partner makes it simple.

Want to validate an AI idea or win over early investors?

We build a production-ready MVP fast: the first version of your key workflows on your real data, so you can prove the concept, convince stakeholders and raise with confidence, without standing up a big team first.

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Not sure where AI fits in your business?

We start with a free 30-minute consult and a clear roadmap: discovery, strategy, build, scale, so every step has a measurable goal and real ROI.

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The Intelligent AI Layer
for Your Business

From AI strategy to strategic implementation, Crux Digits is the AI consultancy that also ships the product. We build AI solutions for business: data, models, AI agents and the applications around them, for faster decisions, automated operations and measurable ROI from one accountable partner.

AI Audit & Strategy

A clear-eyed audit of your data, systems and opportunities, turned into a prioritised AI roadmap with projected ROI.

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AI Implementation

We take AI from proof-of-concept to production, deployed, integrated and maintained inside your existing stack.

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Data Engineering

Pipelines, warehouses and clean, AI-ready data, the reliable foundation every model and dashboard depends on.

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Custom Software Development

Custom AI-powered web and software applications, built end-to-end around your workflows and your users.

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Machine Learning

Custom models for prediction, classification and automation, trained on your data and tuned to your domain.

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Computer Vision

Image and video intelligence: inspection, detection and recognition, tuned to your real-world environment.

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LLM Optimisation

Fine-tuning, RAG and evaluation that make large language models accurate, safe and cost-effective for your use case.

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Generative AI

Assistants, copilots, content and document generation, and AI agents, built on your own data and shipped to production, not left as demos.

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AI for small business

Big-company AI, small-business fit

Large companies use AI at 4× the rate of small ones. Real CBS data, 10 use cases and fixed prices from €2,500 show where AI pays off for a company your size, without the enterprise price tag.

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29.8%

of Dutch SMEs already use AI

4×

the lead large firms hold over small

50%+

of SMEs plan to invest in AI

The technology we build with

From OpenAI, Anthropic and Mistral to your cloud and data stack. We pick the tools that fit the job, then engineer them into production.

OpenAI

Anthropic

Mistral AI

Hugging Face

Meta Llama

AWS

Microsoft Azure

Google Cloud

Python

PyTorch

LangChain

Docker

PostgreSQL

Enterprise AI transformation, without the big-consultancy overhead

Founded in 2022 in the Utrecht region, Crux Digits brings together data scientists, engineers and strategists: a senior, hands-on team that gives larger organisations an accountable, fixed-price alternative to the big consultancies for AI transformation. We help businesses across the Netherlands and Europe adopt AI that is practical, compliant and built for measurable ROI.

Fast delivery

From discovery to deployment in weeks, with clear milestones and ROI projections.

Industry expertise

Cross-sector experience in finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail and logistics.

Transparent pricing

Three fixed-price steps, each scoped in writing before work starts.

Compliance-first

Privacy, security and governance built into every engagement.

End-to-end

Strategy, data, models and deployment, one partner across the whole journey.

Proven results

5★ rated on Google. We deploy, monitor and continuously improve.

Fast delivery

From discovery to deployment in weeks, with clear milestones and ROI projections.

The transformation agenda

The new transformation agenda
for the AI era

Accelerating software delivery in the AI era

AI is accelerating software delivery at every stage, but faster code alone doesn't make teams more productive. Engineering leaders need to redesign how teams plan, build, test and ship. Crux Digits helps organisations transform their engineering operating model and turn AI acceleration into measurable output.

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AI insights 2026: the year software delivery becomes AI-native

Four problems most teams accept.
Here's the before and after of each.

Before

AI pilots that never reach production.

With Crux Digits

Working AI in production in weeks, not quarters.

The old way

Endless proofs-of-concept that stall in a notebook.

No clear path from experiment to product.

With Crux Digits

End-to-end delivery: from raw data to a deployed model.

Clear milestones and ROI at every step.

Before

Vendors who talk jargon, not outcomes.

With Crux Digits

Plain-language strategy tied to real ROI.

The old way

Buzzwords and slide decks with no business case.

You're left translating hype into a plan.

With Crux Digits

A roadmap your team can act on immediately.

ROI projected before a line of code is written.

Before

Data too messy to build AI on.

With Crux Digits

Clean, AI-ready data pipelines.

The old way

Siloed, inconsistent data across tools.

Models starved of reliable inputs.

With Crux Digits

Unified pipelines and a single source of truth.

Real-time, decision-ready data.

Before

No idea whether the AI actually works.

With Crux Digits

Every model measured and monitored.

The old way

Black-box models you can't fully trust.

No visibility once it's live.

With Crux Digits

Accuracy, drift and ROI tracked live.

We monitor and continuously improve.

Two ways to
work with us

Full build or advisory, whichever fits your team and stage.

Full AI Build

We design, build, deploy and maintain your AI solution end-to-end, from raw data to production, so your team can stay focused on the business.

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Advisory & Strategy

Guide your in-house team with an AI roadmap, architecture reviews and hands-on strategy, starting with a free consultation.

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Designed for
your industry

Wwft & KYC

Finance & Banking

Wwft screening, KYC files and transaction monitoring built into the systems the bank or insurer already runs, with a person on every decision and an audit trail DNB can read.

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Wwft and KYC file screening
Transaction monitoring with a reviewer on every hold
Audit trail for DNB and the AFM

KYC file screenedJust now · Wwft review

Review

Client fileChanged: UBO

SourceChamber of Commerce extract

DecisionTo the compliance officer

Audit trailWritten

EPD & declarations

Healthcare

Consult notes drafted for the clinician to sign, DBC and ZPM coding checked before the declaration goes out, NEN 7510 and hosting in the Netherlands from the first design.

Healthcare solutions →

Consult notes drafted, signed in the EPD
DBC and ZPM coding checked before sending
NEN 7510, data hosted in the Netherlands

Note ready to signJust now · outpatient clinic

Draft

ConsultTranscribed

DraftIn the EPD

CodingDBC checked

DecidesThe clinician

ERP, MES & TMS

Manufacturing & Logistics

Quotes priced from the drawings and past jobs in your ERP, MES stops explained instead of counted, CMR and pakbon read at the dock and matched to the TMS order.

Operations solutions →

Quotes drafted from drawings and ERP history
MES downtime and rejects explained
CMR and pakbon matched to the TMS order

CMR matched to orderJust now · inbound dock

Matched

DocumentCMR read

TMS orderMatched

ExceptionQuantity differs, to planner

SettlementReady for self-billing

SCADA & grid data

Energy & Utilities

Load and congestion forecasting on your own meter and SCADA data, maintenance planned from the readings, and the reports to the ACM and the grid operator built from one source.

Energy solutions →

Load and congestion forecasting per connection
Maintenance planned from SCADA readings
ACM and grid-operator reporting from one source

Congestion forecast updatedJust now · 24-hour horizon

On track

SourceSCADA and meter data

Horizon24 hours

Flex requestPrepared for the grid operator

DecidesThe dispatcher

GLOBALG.A.P. & sensor data

Agriculture & Horticulture

Grading by camera at line speed, the GLOBALG.A.P. file built as the pallets pass, climate and sensor data turned into decisions per greenhouse or field.

Agriculture solutions →

Class one or class two decided by camera
GLOBALG.A.P. file built as pallets pass
Climate and sensor data per greenhouse or plot

Pallet gradedJust now · grading line

Class 1

GradeClass 1

GLOBALG.A.P.Entry filed

DeviationTo the line lead

DecidesThe grader

HACCP & BRC

Food & Beverage

Vision inspection on the line, HACCP and BRC records written as production runs, demand and production forecasting on your own order history.

Food & beverage solutions →

Vision inspection at line speed
HACCP and BRC records written during the run
Production forecasting on your order history

Seal check on line 4Just now · vision inspection

Reject

DefectSeal, underfill

ActionRejected, HACCP logged

BatchTraceable

DecidesThe QA lead

Our work

Case studies

Real AI systems we've designed and shipped across the Benelux, from precast concrete lines to occupational-health decision support.

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HealthcareCase study

AMAN AI: medical-fitness decision support

An occupational-health platform that supports medical-fitness decisions with a maker-checker model: live at national scale, ~100,000 assessments processed, clinicians always in control.

~100k assessmentsLive, national scale

Concrete crack detection on the production line

ConstructionCase study

Concrete crack detection on the line

A computer-vision system that catches cracks, spalling and voids on precast segments at line speed, flagging only the uncertain cases for review and feeding robotic handling.

Real-time edgeLine-speed inspection

Demand forecasting and production planning

ManufacturingCase study

Demand forecasting & production planning

Forecasting models (Prophet + gradient boosting) that turn historical demand into reliable production plans for a large footwear manufacturer.

+8% revenue+7% capacity

Proof

What you can count on

Rated five stars by the businesses we work with.

5★

Google rating

2022

Founded in the Netherlands

Founded in 2022 by Tom Joseph, Managing Director, a team of data scientists, engineers and strategists making advanced AI accessible to every business.

3 steps

Fixed-price steps

Three steps, three fixed prices, each scoped in writing before work starts.

Frequently asked questions

Crux Digits is a Netherlands-based AI consultancy and product-engineering firm serving clients across the Netherlands, Benelux and Europe. We cover the full path: AI strategy, AI implementation, machine learning, generative AI, AI agents, computer vision, data engineering and custom AI application development, taking you from the first roadmap to a working product in production, with the EU AI Act and GDPR built in. We are the hands-on, senior alternative to the big consultancies.

Fixed scope and fixed price, in three steps: AI Audit & Strategy at €2,500, Production-ready MVP at €20,000 and Production Launch from €50,000, all excl. VAT. Each step is a separate agreement, so you approve the audit on its own and decide on the build with the roadmap and its price on the table. The audit fee is credited against the MVP within 60 days.

Logistics and transport (TMS, WMS, CMR), accountancy (Exact, AFAS, Wwft), construction (Wkb, bestek, werkbon), healthcare (EPD, DBC, NEN 7510), machine building and food processing (ERP, MES, HACCP), energy, maritime and agri-food. Every engagement is written in that sector's own systems, documents and rules.

Most engagements move from discovery to a working solution in weeks, with clear milestones along the way. Larger builds scale from there.

No. We can work end-to-end, or advise and upskill your in-house team, whichever fits your stage and resources.

Nieuwegein, Netherlands (Vlierhoeve 100, 3438 MW). We work on-site and remotely with clients across the Netherlands and the rest of Europe.

Tell us the workflow you have in mind, by form or in a call. Tom Joseph replies within one business day with a written proposal or a short list of questions. The first step is the AI Audit & Strategy, one to two weeks in your own data.

Yes. Crux Digits gives larger organisations a hands-on, senior, fixed-price alternative to big-consultancy AI transformation: the same strategic rigour without the layered teams, junior staffing or open-ended day rates. We scope each engagement to a fixed price (AI Audit & Strategy €2,500, Production-ready MVP €20,000, Production Launch from €50,000), stay accountable from strategy through to production, and build the EU AI Act and GDPR in from day one. We are a specialist boutique, not a global firm, and for AI transformation that is usually the point.

Both. Crux Digits is a full-service AI product and engineering firm: we do strategy and consulting, then design, build, deploy and maintain the actual product under one roof. That covers custom AI software and applications, AI agents and copilots, machine learning models, and the data engineering and LLM optimisation (RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation) underneath, deployed to cloud or on-prem. You can engage us for advisory only, or for the complete end-to-end build. Most clients start with a roadmap and continue into the build with the same team.

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