Hands-on AI consulting: Proven solutions instead of AI hype
Artificial intelligence accelerates processes that were never built for this speed. Forcing it blindly into rigid architectures only creates congestion faster instead of real innovation. We set the pace that fits you – and gets your solution safely to the finish line. Achieving this is a matter of experience, not hype.
Strategic Foresight
For us, great software solutions start with a genuine understanding. We find out what fits your needs and empower your team.
AI Engineering Know-How
We don’t compromise between speed and quality. We develop AI-native solutions that scale in production.
Infrastructure & Services
Our approach to operations goes beyond stability to deliver full sovereignty and compliance.
Many paths, one goal: Software with real impact
AI native thinking doesn’t start at the same point everywhere. Sometimes it’s enough to intelligently accelerate existing systems and empower internal teams. But often, the real value lies in boldly replacing existing systems with better ones or in building new applications that were previously not economically viable. After all, simply superimposing a new system on top of the old one is doomed to fail. And because true operational capability doesn’t stop at the code, we ensure seamless operations while adhering to compliance guidelines.
Accelerate & Elevate
You’ve introduced AI tools, but your development process isn’t getting any faster?
AI-native doesn’t mean simply plugging AI into existing processes.
We rethink your development from requirements to operation with AI capabilities in mind. Instead of tool stacking, we optimize the entire lifecycle and empower your team directly within your projects – with hands-on engineers on-site, not just training slides.
Rethink & Rebuild
Your existing systems are stuck, and a classic migration is too expensive and risky?
Using artificial intelligence without a plan will not lead to the desired result.
We extract business logic from legacy systems and rebuild it in a fraction of the time under controlled risk. The approach isn't “feeding old code to AI.” We work with clear benchmarks against which the new system is measured, focusing on incremental behavioral equivalence rather than a big bang. This keeps the domain knowledge from your old system available for all future updates.
Analyze & Redesign
Have your processes grown over years?
Artificial intelligence won’t automatically make them better.
We rethink your business processes together with you and implement them AI-natively, from data and interfaces all the way to operations. The starting point isn’t “where can we use AI,” but “what would this process look like if we built it today with AI capabilities.” Your business department isn’t a spectator here, but a sparring partner.
Create & Capitalize
Need fast results in production?
Arbitrary AI features don’t generate business value.
With AI-native software development, we build new applications and business cases that were previously economically unviable. We take full accountability with small teams, from requirements design to production. What counts is your business case, not the feature.
Run & Control
Is your infrastructure overwhelming your technical and human resources?
Achieving full compliance requires a holistic concept.
We build and run your software systems sovereignly, in the cloud or on-premise. Sovereignty means that you stay in control of your data, your systems, and your vendor choices. We’re not the end goal, just an option. If you wish, you can handle operations yourself later on.
Kai Lichtenberg
Vice President Consulting
I prefer to talk to clients early on, before requirements become so set in stone that all we can do is implement them. Every company and every project is different. Through conversation, we’ll figure out where your greatest leverage lies. I look forward to hearing from you.
Kai Lichtenberg
Vice President Consulting
Reference projects – expertise in action
Software development is no longer a bottleneck – turn it into your turbo boost
If you speed up software development, the bottleneck doesn’t automatically disappear, it just shifts. It moves to areas that weren’t previously bottlenecks: requirements clarification, quality assurance, and operations. Exactly where it ends up depends on how tightly your process was already scheduled. So the bottleneck isn’t gone; it’s just moved.
To ensure you don’t leave this shift to chance, we use our own analytical tool: the Feedback Loop Model.
It highlights the four feedback loops in the software development cycle – from the idea through implementation to operations – and helps us work with you to assess:
- Where do you stand today in each of these loops?
- Where does the use of AI have the greatest impact?
- And what follow-on costs arise when we accelerate a loop?
No product, no end goal – just a conceptual framework that gives us a common language. Within our team, and with you. So you know what we’re focusing on when we say: AI-native software development means thinking about the process as a whole.
AI changes more than just code
More tools don’t automatically mean faster results – if the organization isn’t on board, even the most powerful AI will get stuck in a bottleneck somewhere else. So the bottleneck doesn’t disappear; it just shifts.
The reason: AI native software development and processes are much more than just a simple tool update. They require a strategic change process that affects a wide variety of areas within the company, such as employee roles and responsibilities.
What remains, however, is a commitment to quality craftsmanship – software as a “craft” – which is the crucial foundation of our work.
In this interview, Rainer Vehns, CEO of codecentric, explains what such a change process looks like and how companies can take the first step toward AI-native transformation.
(Podcast in German language)
Find out what AI changes for you
Tell us about the process you have in mind. For us, experience matters more than hype. What we bring to the table comes from client projects, not from studies. And we’ll also let you know if we think a different approach would work better for you.
Service Lead Data & ML & AI
Board Member
Service Lead Data & ML & AI
Lars Rückemann
Board Member