CUSTOM AI DEVELOPMENT · BUILT FOR THE US & EU

Custom AI that actually ships —
and pays for itself

We design, build, and deploy AI assistants, private RAG, and automation for your industry — on infrastructure you own, in weeks not quarters. Most AI pilots never reach production. Ours do.

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THE REAL PROBLEM

Most AI Projects Never Reach Production

Pilots that never ship

Industry studies show the vast majority of AI pilots never reach production. A polished demo is easy. Making it work inside your real systems, data, and workflows is where most projects quietly stall.

Generic tools that don't fit

Off-the-shelf chatbots don't know your processes, your documents, or your customers. Without custom integration, the answers stay generic and adoption fades within weeks.

Cost, lock-in, and exposure

Public AI APIs bill per query, tie you to one vendor, and send your data to someone else's cloud. You scale costs you don't control and expose data you can't afford to leak.

WHAT WE BUILD FOR YOU

Seven Ways We Put AI to Work — and Into Production

Built by a team with 20+ years in custom software engineering. Each solution is tailored to your data and workflows, runs on infrastructure you own, and is in production in weeks, not months.

Custom AI Development

A team with 20+ years in software engineering builds your private RAG, assistants, and custom models on infrastructure you control.

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AI Strategy & Audits

Find out exactly where AI will save you time and money, and what it takes to ship it into production.

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Workflow Automation

Eliminate manual data entry, approvals, and reporting with 400+ automated integrations. No vendor lock-in.

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Private Knowledge Search

Your team asks questions, AI finds answers across all your documents instantly, on your servers.

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AI Assistants & Chatbots

Deploy customer-facing and internal AI assistants that know your business: branded, private, multi-channel.

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Custom AI Models

AI trained specifically on your industry data. Your model. Your servers. No per-query API costs.

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AI Search Visibility

Get your brand recommended by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI-powered search engines.

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INDUSTRIES WE KNOW

AI Built Around Your Industry's Real Use Cases

We start from problems we've already solved with customers in your sector, not a generic template. Deployed on your infrastructure, in your region.

Legal

Contract review, NDA triage, and legal Q&A across your matter files, with client confidentiality intact because nothing leaves your infrastructure.

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Manufacturing

Predictive maintenance, quality inspection, and shop-floor knowledge search that connect to the systems already running your production line.

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Financial Services

Fraud detection, KYC/AML automation, and risk modeling on data that stays inside your environment and your regulatory perimeter.

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Education & Training

White-label AI tutors and exam-prep assistants that personalize learning while keeping student data fully under your control.

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Healthcare

Documentation assistance, administrative automation, and clinical knowledge management. Patient data never leaves your infrastructure.

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Public Sector

Citizen-service assistants, document processing, and internal knowledge search deployed on infrastructure you govern.

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PROVEN RESULTS

What Our Clients Measure After Deployment

40%

Lower operational costs through automated workflows and AI-powered processes.

70%

Faster compliance and regulatory response: from weeks to hours.

100%

Data sovereignty. Zero data leaves your European infrastructure.

Results from enterprise deployments across legal, education, and financial services.

WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY

Real Results. Real Businesses.

From AI search visibility to sovereign learning platforms, here is how European companies use Ironum.

GEO Optimisation
"Our competitors were getting recommended constantly and I couldn't figure out why. Our product was better, our site was faster. Turns out they had structured data and a stronger review footprint on the right platforms. The audit made it obvious. We fixed it in two weeks. Now we're in the recommendations alongside them."
Helena Vossen

Helena Vossen

CEO @ smella.de

AskMention AI Presence Report showing visibility across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot
LLM Fine-Tuning
"We integrated quiz-based AI platform across multiple teaching methods, from inverted classrooms to quiz-based homework. The software boosted student motivation and helped them pass exams more successfully. It adapts seamlessly to individual learning needs, which is exactly what modern higher education demands."
Prof. Dr. Carsten Wolff

Prof. Dr. Carsten Wolff

Board of Directors IDiAL, FH Dortmund

LearnSlice quiz library with SCRUM, orientation, and logistics courses at FH Dortmund
Chatbot Interfaces
"Our customers trust us with their data. When we needed AI-powered personalisation, we couldn't send student profiles to a US cloud. Ironum gave us a sovereign AI layer that runs entirely on European infrastructure. Our learners get a modern, personalised learning journey, and their data never leaves our control."
Alesia Kunz

Alesia Kunz

CEO @ LearnSlice

LearnSlice AI learning platform with personalised learning modes and sovereign data processing
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HOW IT WORKS

From First Call to Production

01

Discovery Call

We assess your infrastructure, data landscape, and compliance requirements in a free consultation.

02

Proof of Concept

A working prototype deployed in your environment within 2 weeks, not months.

03

Production Deployment

Full rollout with monitoring, training, and ongoing support. Your team moves faster. Your data stays private. Your infrastructure.

YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, YOUR RULES

AI That Runs Where Your Data Already Lives

Connected to Your Systems

Integrates directly with your internal documents, APIs, and databases. No data migration, no rip-and-replace.

Built for Your Workflows

Every solution is tailored to your processes, your data, and your team, not a generic template.

Production in Weeks

From first call to working system in 4-8 weeks. No 18-month enterprise rollouts, no pilots that never ship.

Encrypted & Isolated

Deployed in a data center in your region — US or EU — with enterprise encryption. No public internet exposure.

Audit-Ready by Default

Role-based access logs and compliance documentation included with every deployment, EU and US alike.

No Lock-In. Ever.

Open-source foundations mean you own your models, your data, and your infrastructure. Walk away anytime.

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TRUST & DATA OWNERSHIP

Your Data Stays Yours

The reason to build private AI instead of piping your business into a public ChatGPT API: you keep control of your data, your costs, and your compliance posture.

Runs in your environment

Deploy on-premise, in your private cloud, or in a region you choose — US or EU. Your documents and prompts never leave infrastructure you control.

Compliance-ready by design

GDPR data-processing agreements and audit logging for EU operations; SOC 2-aligned controls and data isolation for US teams. Documentation included, not billed as an add-on.

No lock-in, no per-query bill

Built on open-source models you own. No surprise API metering, no vendor dependency. You can take the system fully in-house anytime.

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