KI ALPIN is an AI consultancy based in Vienna. Simon Micheler leads strategy and workshops, Nikolay Krastev the technical delivery. For specialist topics we bring in profiles from a curated network.
I hold the strategy, I'm in the workshop, I'm there at the hand-over. And I know when to bring in someone better.
Studied communication science, thesis in 2017 on AI in journalism. Since then I've worked at the intersection of language, system and business.
Over ten years of product work and team leadership. Seen enough failed projects to know where AI helps and where it just makes noise.
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Built properly means: it still runs when no one is watching anymore.
Several years of experience building software, from prototype to production hand-over. Studied Artificial Intelligence at JKU Linz.
Broad AI knowledge across agentic systems and architecture. What he brings: an eye for precision and the patience to keep refining a system until it holds up in daily use. Including where off-the-shelf isn't enough and we build custom solutions.
The interface between business and AI.
Why most AI projects fail on the translation between business logic and model, not on the technology. A book for leaders who want to understand AI before they buy it. With practical patterns, honest case studies and a clear vocabulary.
In conversation with the WIFI Vienna Management Forum: how small and medium-sized companies in Austria realistically bring AI into their everyday work. Without hype, without consultant clichés.
At the core, Simon Micheler and Nikolay Krastev work on your project together. Strategy and build from one hand, closely aligned. That keeps us fast, personal and accountable throughout.
Advisory board. With Martin Setnicka, head of the IT institute at Ferdinand Porsche FernFH and a long-time entrepreneur, we discuss business-model and positioning questions.
Extended network. When a project needs more specialisation, we bring in profiles from a curated circle: brand and positioning, innovation, data science, change. Whoever works on your project is named specifically in advance.
The studio at the core: strategy, build and adoption from one hand. Delivers directly, brings in reinforcement where it makes sense.
