Practical guide
KI
Boosting Efficiency with AI Agents in SMEs
Discover how AI agents can automate tasks and optimize operations in SMEs, saving time and resources.
AI in practice
AI tools that work beneath the surface — not a chatbox, but real software that saves clicks and typing.
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Guide
KI·101
What a good AI training for employees really needs to cover
AI training for employees: why click-through tool sessions fizzle out and which five building blocks work — basic understanding without maths, prompt craft on real tasks, data protection rules, spotting the limits, anchoring in daily work. Plus: the AI literacy duty from Art. 4 EU AI Act, soberly assessed.
Long-form
Schatten·KI
Shadow AI: your employees are already using ChatGPT. Now what?
Shadow AI in the company: why bans only make the usage invisible, where the real risks lie — customer data, trade secrets, unchecked results — and how permitted tools, clear rules and a six-point AI policy turn the situation around.
Long-form
AI·UX
AI that doesn't show up
Most AI features scream for attention. We'd rather build them so they stay invisible — until the user notices the clicks are gone.
Guide
AI·Act
The EU AI Act for mid-sized companies: what actually applies, and when
The EU AI Act for SMEs: risk classes briefly explained, what actually applies to typical ChatGPT use in a company, the timeline from February 2025 to August 2026 — and a pragmatic to-do list. No scaremongering, from practitioners.
Workshop
Prompt·Library
Two prompts that stay in every project
We have prompts that show up in some form in every one of our apps. Here are the two most important ones — and why they work.
Guide
KI×7
AI in mid-sized companies: 7 use cases that already pay off today
AI use cases in mid-sized companies that already pay off: receipt extraction, email triage, quote drafts, knowledge search and more — each with an honest calculation and the part talks leave out: where it fails.
Guide
KI·DSGVO
Using AI in line with the GDPR: the practical guide for companies
Using AI in line with the GDPR: the real risks (US cloud chatbots, shadow AI), what the GDPR actually requires, EU hosting vs. on-prem, a vendor checklist — and an honest look at the EU AI Act. From practitioners, not lawyers.
