Board of Innovation

Name

Board of Innovation

Legal name

Board of Innovation

Website

https://boardofinnovation.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

AI Transformation Consulting

akta.pro primary industry

iBPMS (Intelligent BPM Suites) & Process Automation Suites (HDAEAHAG)

Keywords

• AI transformation consulting
• Innovation strategy services
• Agentic AI systems
• Enterprise AI reinvention
• AI operating model design

Headquarters

HQ city

Antwerp

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. AI Transformation Consulting: Strategic consulting engagements helping companies redesign what they sell, how work gets done, and how their organizations run with AI as the structural foundation. Engagements range from AI strategy to execution and implementation.
2. AI Build & Implementation: Building technology, AI-enabled products, or data infrastructure to validate and launch new value. BOI designs and builds AI systems including autonomous engines, intelligence layers, and task automation in service of business transformation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Board of Innovation (BOI) is an AI Transformation Studio that sells enterprise consulting and implementation engagements to Fortune 500 companies. Its core offer is structured around three service pillars — Value Creation (identifying where AI shifts value and designing new products, services and business models), Work Redesign (redesigning workflows with AI at the core rather than as an add-on), and Operating Model (redesigning organizational structure, governance and decision-making to scale AI). BOI also builds proprietary AI systems including autonomous innovation engines, multi-agent ideation systems and predictive intelligence platforms as deliverables within these engagements.

Product overview

Board of Innovation (BOI) is an AI Transformation Studio that provides a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services organized around three core pillars: Value Creation (identifying and capturing new revenue from AI-driven market shifts), Work Redesign (redesigning workflows with AI at the core), and Operating Model (aligning organizational structure and governance for AI-native operations). These services are supported by proprietary tools including the AI Innovation Toolbox (open-source frameworks like the AI Disruption Exposure Index, Three Waves of AI Framework, and AI Strategy Matrix), the AI Strategy Playbook (a 70-page transformation guide with a 90-day roadmap), and the AI Insiders Podcast. BOI also operates the AUTONOMOUS Summit, the world's largest AI innovator summit, and maintains the AI Hub resource center. The company operates end-to-end from strategy to execution and deployment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AUTONOMOUS: The world's largest summit for AI innovators, led by BOI. Draws over 10,000 attendees twice per year and over 25,000 AI innovators annually.
• AI Insiders
• AI Hub

Products and services

• AI Transformation Studio Services BOI's core enterprise consulting and implementation practice that helps large companies redesign their business models, value propositions, and operating models for an AI-native economy. Delivered as multi-month to multi-year engagements with senior partner involvement.
• Value Creation Consulting and build service focused on identifying where AI is shifting customer willingness to pay and margins, then designing, building, and validating the new products, services, and business models that capture that value. For enterprise leadership teams and innovation functions.
• Work Redesign Consulting service that moves beyond layering AI onto existing workflows to fundamentally redesign how work actually gets done, with AI agents and automation at the core. Targeted at enterprise operations, IT, and business process leaders.
• Operating Model Consulting service focused on evolving how an organization runs in the age of AI — aligning structure, governance, and decisions to lead an AI-native enterprise. For CEOs, CIOs, CDOs, and transformation leaders.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12x faster time-to-market from insight to product
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers26 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability9 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Société GénéralecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOI worked with ING and Société Générale to launch VAKT and Komgo - the world's largest multi-bank trade finance platforms. Société Générale joined as founding partner to achieve critical mass needed to overcome market inertia in the conservative trade finance industry.
• BPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOI helped structure the consortium business model that brought BP on as founding partner for the oil/energy vertical of Komgo trade finance platform.
• CargillcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBOI structured the consortium that brought Cargill on as founding partner for the soy/agribusiness vertical of Komgo trade finance platform.
• TotalEnergiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTotalEnergies is a participant using the VAKT blockchain platform for physical energy transactions, from trade entry to final settlement.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• McKinsey & Company (QuantumBlack): Global management consulting leader with QuantumBlack as its dedicated AI arm, offering AI strategy, build, and operating model transformation to Fortune 500 clients. Closest broad incumbent comparable to BOI's enterprise AI transformation positioning.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG X): Top-tier strategy consultancy with BCG X providing AI, technology build, and venture-building capabilities for large enterprises. Competes directly with BOI for AI transformation mandates across CPG, financial services, and healthcare.
• Bain & Company: Global strategy consulting firm with Bain Labs and Vector AI providing AI transformation and product innovation services. Similar boutique-feel senior-led engagement model to BOI with comparable Fortune 500 client roster.
• Accenture: Largest global consulting and technology services firm with deep AI transformation practice and ability to deliver at scale across geographies. Direct competitor for enterprise AI operating model and workflow redesign engagements.
• Deloitte (Omnia AI): Big Four advisory firm with Omnia AI and AI Institute serving enterprise clients on AI strategy, implementation, and governance. Several BOI Managing Directors (e.g., Stefano Orani) have Deloitte backgrounds, indicating direct talent overlap.
• EY (Ernst & Young): Big Four professional services firm with EY-Parthenon and EY.ai providing enterprise AI strategy, transformation, and implementation. Competes with BOI for AI governance and operating model advisory mandates at Fortune 500 clients.
• Infosys (Topaz): Global IT services and consulting firm with Infosys Topaz offering AI-first transformation, generative AI, and operating model redesign for large enterprises. Direct competitor for multi-year transformation mandates with global delivery capability.

Direct peers

• Palantir Technologies: Enterprise AI software and services company building AI-native operating systems and decision platforms for large organizations. Comparable to BOI's work redesign and operating model transformation offering but delivered via proprietary platforms (Foundry, AIP).
• Fractal Analytics: Boutique AI analytics and transformation firm serving Fortune 500 enterprises with AI strategy, decision sciences, and product innovation. Closest scale-comparable direct peer to BOI in the boutique AI transformation space.
• Tiger Analytics: Boutique AI and analytics consulting firm serving Fortune 500 clients with AI strategy, data science, and transformation services. Comparable boutique scale, sector mix (CPG, healthcare, financial services), and senior-led engagement model to BOI.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/275892
• Instagraminstagram.com/boardofinnovation
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• Facebookfacebook.com/boardofinnovation

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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