# SkillMix — AI that works > Elite talent consultancy delivering AI automation, autonomous AI agents, and quantitative modeling for businesses across the Benelux. Fixed price, fixed date, no-cure-no-pay. Belgian BV, Antwerp. We build AI that runs in production, not slides. We agree up front what it must do. We guarantee it does it, or you don't pay. - **Average pilot turnaround:** 2 weeks. - **Track record:** 10+ projects shipped into production. - **Promise:** works as agreed, or you don't pay. - **Team average age:** 23.8. AI-native operators, zero legacy consultants. --- ## Why we exist Most "consulting" today is recycled frameworks and decks no one uses. We don't sell hours or slides. We sell working solutions. Acceptance criteria, agreed up front. If the system doesn't pass, you don't pay. Worst case: you walk away with an honest diagnosis. That's it. > "We turn down more projects than we take. If we can't guarantee it, we won't sell it." --- ## Why clients choose SkillMix Three reasons clients pick us over a traditional consultancy or an internal hire: 1. **No cure, no pay — works, or it's free.** We define acceptance criteria up front, exactly what the system must do and how we'll test it. If it doesn't pass, you don't pay. Most firms won't stand behind their work this way. We do. 2. **Built, not briefed — ship, don't slide.** Every engagement ends in something running in production: an agent, a model, an automation your team actually uses. No frameworks, no roadmaps for the shelf. Working software, measurable ROI. 3. **Move fast — pilot in two weeks.** We scope tight, build tighter, and get a working pilot in front of your team in weeks, not quarters. Validate the business case before committing to scale. --- ## Three practices. One promise: it works. Every engagement is custom, but it always ends in a system running in production, doing what we agreed it would. Not a deck. Not a pilot you can't use. ### 1. AI Automation — your operations, on autopilot End-to-end automation of the processes eating your team's time: Lead-to-Cash, reporting, inbox triage, core workflows. AI-driven, integrated into your existing stack, measurable impact from day one. - Lead-to-Cash · Reporting & KPIs · Inbox & Triage · Core Workflow - Most automations achieve 60–80% efficiency gains. - See [/automation.md](https://skillmix.com/automation.md) ### 2. Autonomous AI Agents — workers inside your stack Custom LLM agent swarms that handle workflows, process information, and support decisions safely. Specialised roles (Scout, Drafter, Critic, Router, Executor, Archivist, Escalator). Frontier models swapped as the field moves — your system stays. - See [/ai-agents.md](https://skillmix.com/ai-agents.md) ### 3. Data & Modeling — forecasting, optimization, decisions From ML forecasts to optimization models, the math that gives you a measurable edge. Operational apps, forecasting & optimisation, messy-data plumbing. - See [/modeling.md](https://skillmix.com/modeling.md) --- ## Selected work — running in production - **Real Estate · Cash flow, automated end-to-end.** Advanced cash-flow system with real-time data, customisable credit structures, and automated loan & interest calculations. - **Wealth Advisory · AI-driven lead gen for HNW clients.** Upgraded digital presence, AI lead-gen engine, and a discreet, streamlined appointment funnel. - **AI Startup · Consulting as a Service.** A data layer that unifies a consulting firm's institutional knowledge — playbooks, client work, expert reasoning — into one structured memory, so their AI agents act with real context instead of generic answers. - **BESS / Energy · Energy price forecasting, ML-driven.** Deep-learning forecasting engine ingesting market, weather, and grid signals in real time, predicting energy prices hours ahead so the trading desk defends margin through every spike and crash. - **Public Sector (EU) · GDPR-safe traffic intelligence.** Computer-vision system classifying vehicles, bikes, and pedestrians in real time, paired with an AI optimisation model that cut wait times at intersections — fully compliant hardware and deployment included. - **Construction · Every battery, fully utilised.** Energy management system built for a top-tier corporate, so every factory's batteries are fully utilised — charging, discharging, and trading automatically against real-time prices. --- ## Who builds it Built by the people who grew up in AI. Not consultant retrofits — operators who were coding in high school, shipping SaaS in university, and on their second AI startup by 23. Native fluency, not a learning curve. - **0** legacy consultants on the team. - **9** nationalities on the bench. - **100%** AI-native operators. - **Average age 23.8.** Yes, really. We don't train our people on AI. We hire people who never knew a world without it. That's why our pilots ship in weeks, not quarters. --- ## How we engage 1. **Free AI scan / exploration call (30 min, no obligation).** Tell us what needs to work. We map your highest-leverage opportunity. Book at [reclaim.ai/m/skillmix/exploration-call](https://app.reclaim.ai/m/skillmix/exploration-call). 2. **Paid Scope Sprint (mandatory, fixed fee).** A short discovery and design sprint producing a precise scope, written acceptance criteria, and a fixed price. Worst case: you walk away with an honest diagnosis. Typical: €1,000 – €2,500. 3. **Implementation under no-cure-no-pay.** Fixed scope, fixed price, weekly demos. Implementation fee owed only when agreed outcomes are met. 50/50 payment structure. 4. **Run (optional).** Lightweight monitoring and iteration after go-live, or full hand-off — you own the code, infra, and keys. Most automations and modeling engagements ship in 2–6 weeks after the Scope Sprint. Larger swarms and multi-system integrations: 6–12 weeks. --- ## Pricing — typical ranges Everything is fixed-price and quoted up front during the Scope Sprint. | Engagement | Typical range | |---|---| | Scope Sprint (Automation) | €1,000 – €1,500 | | Scope Sprint (Agents / Modeling) | €1,500 – €2,500 | | Automation prototype | ~€8,000 | | Automation full build | €10,000 – €15,000 | | Agent prototype | ~€12,000 | | Agent harden (build) | €15,000 – €25,000 | | Modeling build (small) | €20,000 – €40,000 | | Modeling build (typical) | €40,000 – €70,000 | | Modeling build (large) | €70,000 – €90,000 | | Frontier retainer / Run | monthly, scoped per system | Above €90k we'll tell you to split it. Engagements should be forecastable; past a certain size they stop being that. --- ## Differentiators - Top-tier analytical and technical talent from the Benelux. - Academic edge: direct access to current AI research. - Outcome-based pricing on a no-cure-no-pay basis (after a paid Scope Sprint). - Bilingual delivery: English by default, Dutch for NL/BE/SR. - EU-hosted by default; on-prem and local-swarm available for regulated data. - You own everything: code, prompts, models, infra, audit logs. No lock-in. --- ## Contact - **Email:** info@skillmix.eu - **CEO direct:** xander@skillmix.nl - **Booking:** https://app.reclaim.ai/m/skillmix/exploration-call - **Address:** Abel Janssenslaan 10, 2845 Niel, Belgium - **Legal entity:** Belgian BV — VAT BE1029020540 — PEPPOL 0208:1029020540 - **Jurisdiction:** Antwerp --- ## Related pages - [/automation.md](https://skillmix.com/automation.md) — AI Automation practice - [/ai-agents.md](https://skillmix.com/ai-agents.md) — Autonomous AI Agents practice - [/modeling.md](https://skillmix.com/modeling.md) — Data & Modeling practice - [/get-started.md](https://skillmix.com/get-started.md) — How engagements start - [/join.md](https://skillmix.com/join.md) — Careers (the seat) - [/service-terms.md](https://skillmix.com/service-terms.md) — Service terms - [/Collaboration-Framework.md](https://skillmix.com/Collaboration-Framework.md) — Collaboration framework - [/privacy.md](https://skillmix.com/privacy.md) — Privacy policy