What makes CREATORS different from classic AI consultancies?

We don't deliver strategy slides — we deliver built results: prototypes on your data, workshops around your use cases, champions inside your teams. And behind us stands a network of over 2,000 AI experts — developers, founders and researchers who work with these tools daily.

How fast will we see results?

First working prototypes take weeks, not quarters. A workshop delivers an action plan your teams can execute from Monday on. For embedding AI in the organization we work in 90-day cycles — each with a measurable outcome.

We already have Copilot licenses. Isn't that enough?

Licenses are not adoption. Most companies we talk to have rolled out tools — and see single-digit usage rates. The difference comes when people experience what's possible on their own use cases, and when champions, routines and governance carry the change.

How do you handle data protection and the EU AI Act?

GDPR compliance and EU AI Act readiness are part of our architecture, not an afterthought audit. Your data stays under your control — on-premise, EU cloud or hybrid. We design for risk classes and documentation duties from day one.

Enterprises and larger mid-sized companies that are serious about bringing AI into the organization — typically initiated by the executive board, CDO, CIO or Head of Innovation. From a single keynote impulse to a multi-month transformation program.

Keynotes from €5,500, workshops and deep-dives from €6,500, enablement programs like the KI Maschinenraum from €8,000 per month. Transformation engagements are scoped individually. The intro call is free and without obligation.

CREATORS · AI transformation for enterprises

95% of enterpriseAI projects never pay off.Yours will.

We make sure of it.

We make your organization AI-capable — with use cases that pay off, workshops that stick, and change management that brings your people along. No slide theater. Built, shown, embedded.

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companies in conversation: 100+; companies in conversation
AI experts in the network: 2,000+; AI experts in the network
events in 6 months: 25+; events in 6 months
talks since 2005: 300+; talks since 2005

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01The diagnosis

The tools are not the problem.

We've talked to over 100 companies about AI. The pattern behind failed projects is almost always the same — and it has nothing to do with the technology.

Licenses instead of adoption

Copilot for everyone, used by a few. Tools get rolled out, but the work stays exactly as it was — because nobody shows what's possible in people's actual day-to-day.

Pilots without production

The prototype wows the steering committee — then quietly dies. Without integration, governance and ownership, no use case ever reaches operations.

Consultants without roots

External advisors deliver a strategy, a PDF and an invoice. Then they leave. On Monday, your team is standing exactly where it stood before.

AI transformation is not an IT project. It is work with people — and that’s exactly where ours begins.

02What we do

Five paths. One goal: an organization that can do AI.

From the first hour in front of the board to a productive system in operations — we cover the whole journey. Or exactly the piece you're missing.

AI use cases

We find the use cases with real leverage — and build them. From audit to a prototype on your data to productive use inside your processes.

Audit · Prototyping · Production

Workshops & keynotes

From the board to the back office: formats that turn skeptics into users. Built live with your cases, not presented from slides.

Keynote · Deep-dive · Reality check

Change management

Adoption isn't a rollout, it's a process: build champions, establish routines, measure progress. We embed AI in your organization — program by program.

Champions · Enablement · KI Maschinenraum

AI transformation

Strategy sparring for leadership: roadmap, operating model, buy vs. build, governance. Decisions that still hold twelve months from now.

Strategy · Roadmap · Governance

Corporate hackathon

Bring a real challenge — motivated teams from the community solve it in parallel, over one to two days. As a hiring pipeline or an innovation sprint.

Recruiting · Innovation · Pricing on request

03Who leads this

Three disciplines. One team that delivers.

Strategy, commercial leadership, and technical delivery sit at the same table. Responsibility stays with our team from the first conversation through the running program.

Michael Aechtler

CEO · AI transformation & keynotes

Michael combines 20 years on stage with daily hands-on AI work. He turns pressure to change into clear decisions, workshops, and formats that move people to act.

300+ talks · since 2005

Caroline Aechtler

CFO · Finance & community

Caroline connects management, finance, and community leadership. She keeps programs, partnerships, and growth commercially sound and well run.

Finance · Community · Leadership

Sachin Agrawal

COO · AI, data & operations

Sachin runs day-to-day operations and leads our events and technical AI delivery. Previously, as a Senior Data Scientist at Mercedes-Benz, he led a 15-person engineering team and built data platforms for analytics and machine learning.

Ex-Mercedes-Benz · Ex-Bosch · AI engineer

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04The method

From skepticism to system.

No big bang, no three-year roadmap. Four phases, each with a result you can touch.

01
Understand
We audit your stack, listen to your teams and find the use cases with real leverage — not the ones that sound good at conferences.
→ Prioritized use-case list with business case
02
Prove
Prototypes on your data, inside your processes. Your team doesn't see that AI could work — it sees that it does.
→ Working prototype in weeks, not quarters
03
Embed
Workshops, champions, routines. We turn your people into users and your users into multipliers. Adoption is measured, not hoped for.
→ AI-capable team with its own champions
04
Scale
From one team to the organization: operating model, governance, GDPR and the EU AI Act. AI becomes normal at your company — under your control.
→ Productive operations with governance

GDPR-compliant

Your data stays your data — processed in the EU, anonymized where needed.

EU AI Act

Risk classes, documentation, governance — designed in from day one, not retrofitted.

Data sovereignty

On-premise, EU cloud or hybrid: you decide where your models run.

05The network

Behind us is not a corporation. It’s 2,000+ people who build.

Our Stuttgart campus is where the people who use AI — not just discuss it — meet: developers, founders, researchers. When you work with us, this network works with you — as a talent pool, sparring partner and early-warning system for what's coming next.

Audience at a CREATORS AI event in Stuttgart

Teams at the Cursor hackathon on the CREATORS campus

Coworking at the CREATORS campus Stuttgart

AI experts in the pool: 2,000+; AI experts in the pool
events in 6 months: 25+; events in 6 months
companies in conversation: 100+; companies in conversation

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06Insights

What we’re learning in the field, and what sticks in enterprise AI.

Recent writing on adoption, workshops, and what moves organizations from slides to results.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What makes CREATORS different from classic AI consultancies?: We don't deliver strategy slides — we deliver built results: prototypes on your data, workshops around your use cases, champions inside your teams. And behind us stands a network of over 2,000 AI experts — developers, founders and researchers who work with these tools daily.
How fast will we see results?: First working prototypes take weeks, not quarters. A workshop delivers an action plan your teams can execute from Monday on. For embedding AI in the organization we work in 90-day cycles — each with a measurable outcome.
We already have Copilot licenses. Isn't that enough?: Licenses are not adoption. Most companies we talk to have rolled out tools — and see single-digit usage rates. The difference comes when people experience what's possible on their own use cases, and when champions, routines and governance carry the change.
How do you handle data protection and the EU AI Act?: GDPR compliance and EU AI Act readiness are part of our architecture, not an afterthought audit. Your data stays under your control — on-premise, EU cloud or hybrid. We design for risk classes and documentation duties from day one.
Who is this for?: Enterprises and larger mid-sized companies that are serious about bringing AI into the organization — typically initiated by the executive board, CDO, CIO or Head of Innovation. From a single keynote impulse to a multi-month transformation program.
What does it cost?: Keynotes from €5,500, workshops and deep-dives from €6,500, enablement programs like the KI Maschinenraum from €8,000 per month. Transformation engagements are scoped individually. The intro call is free and without obligation.

Your organization will learn AI. The only question is when — and from whom.

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