Name

AI Builders

Legal name

AI Builders

Website

https://aibuilders.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Management Consulting (Data & AI Strategy)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Data, Analytics & AI Consulting (BPAHAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Architecture & IT Operating Model (BPAHAEAB)

Keywords

• AI strategy consulting
• Data transformation services
• Enterprise AI advisory
• AI master planning
• AI implementation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Strategic Consulting Engagements: AI Builders generates revenue through consulting missions focused on Data & AI strategy. Engagements include Schéma Directeur Data IA (AI Master Plans), CDO Office structuring, AI Product Owner services, and transformation consulting. The firm works with large French corporations, primarily CAC 40 companies, delivering high-value strategic mandates. Revenue is derived from professional services billed at engagement rates, with typical mission durations ranging from 6 to 14 weeks for master plans, 3-6 weeks per process for transformation trajectories, and 4-6 weeks for operational framing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

AI Builders is a consulting firm dedicated to Data & AI strategy for large French enterprises. It delivers AI Master Plans (Schéma Directeur Data IA), Data Office structuring, AI impact assessments, AI Act regulatory compliance, operational deployment models, AI Product Owner services, and proprietary market intelligence through the AI Decision Matrix. Services are provided by hybrid consultants who combine strategic advisory with certified Data, Machine Learning, and Generative AI technical expertise.

Product overview

AI Builders is a consulting firm specializing in Data and AI strategy transformation, not a software product company. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of consulting services organized around the Data and AI transformation lifecycle. Their core offerings include the AI Decision Matrix (a proprietary market analysis and cartography tool), Schéma Directeur Data IA (strategic roadmap services), and various consulting services spanning strategy, data governance, AI impact assessment, data office structuring, operational models, and AI Act compliance. The AI Decision Matrix analyzes and categorizes Self AI platforms including workflow-oriented solutions (Make, n8n, Langflow), agent-oriented platforms (Dust, Delos, Prisme.ai, Konverso), generic AI platforms with agentic components (ChatGPT Workspace, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Copilot Studio), and computer-use agent platforms (Claude Cowork, Perplexity Computer, OpenClaw). Services are delivered by hybrid consultants who combine strategic consulting expertise with certified Data, Machine Learning, and Generative AI technical skills.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AI Builders Research: Internal research arm composed of researchers and PhDs providing cutting-edge analysis of Data and AI market solutions and technologies for clients.

Products and services

• Schéma Directeur Data IA (AI Master Plan) Strategic Data & AI roadmap consulting that maps value opportunities, evaluates and prioritizes AI use cases, and dimensions resources needed for transformation. Delivered over typical 6–14 week engagements to large French enterprises.
• Stratégie Data IA Data and AI strategy consulting covering innovation periods structuring, Group strategy definition, acculturation, long-term strategy definition, rationalization, and scale-up planning for enterprise clients.
• Impacts IA AI impact assessment services covering HR impacts, RSE/EcoScore, generative AI impacts, and autonomous agent impacts, helping enterprises evaluate AI consequences across functions.
• Data Office Structuring Data Office structuring services including entity data offices setup, governance implementation, centralized and federated deployment definition, and Chief AI Officer positioning for enterprises.
• Data Management Data stewardship, data management service offerings, data quality processes, and data quality management consulting for enterprises.
• Modèle Opérationnel Operational deployment model service covering Build deployment, Run operational transition, and Build to Run methodology for enterprise AI transformation.
• Offre de services Data IA Service offering definition and deployment including Data & AI service catalog development and competence center establishment for enterprises.
• AI Act Regulatory Compliance Regulatory compliance consulting service for AI Act conformity, helping enterprises prepare and comply with European AI regulation.
• AI Product Owner AI product ownership service covering value-driven management, change management, Build deployment structuring, DSI Run structuring, and the CDO Deputy role within enterprises.
• AI Decision Matrix Proprietary market analysis and cartography tool published by AI Builders Research that evaluates and categorizes Self AI platforms and solutions including workflow-oriented (Make, n8n, Langflow), agent-oriented (Dust, Delos, Prisme.ai, Konverso), generic AI with agentic components (ChatGPT Workspace, Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform, Copilot Studio), and computer-use agent platforms (Claude Cowork, Perplexity Computer, OpenClaw).
• AI Decision Matrix - Self AI Platforms Update Updated edition of the AI Decision Matrix that maps new Self AI market players and analyzes their capacity to support Agentic Process Reengineering from business ideation to complex workflow industrialization, guiding business, data, and IT leaders in solution selection.

Named customers34 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Républik ITminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 23 June 2025AI Builders executives (CEO Stéphane Roder, COO Côme Chatagnon, VP Sales Emmanuel Denner) participated in RepublikIT Data Days on June 23-24, 2025. Stéphane Roder also contributed a tribune to Republik IT on Agentic AI.
• La Nuit de l'IAminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 May 2025AI Builders is a partner of La Nuit de l'IA, an event broadcast on BFM Business on May 22, 2025, dedicated to AI innovation, technological challenges, and the future of artificial intelligence.
• BFM Business (Good Morning Business)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 22 May 2025AI Builders sponsors Good Morning Business, aired daily from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM on BFM Business, providing regular visibility in business media.
• La Nuit de la Data & de l'IA (Trophées de la Data & de l'IA)minorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025CEO Stéphane Roder served as a jury member for the Trophées de la Data & de l'IA awards at the 3rd edition of La Nuit de la Data & de l'IA organized by Républik IT, celebrating innovative AI projects in enterprises.
• Maddyness IAminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 18 January 2024CEO Stéphane Roder serves on the expert committee of Maddyness IA, a platform dedicated to artificial intelligence, contributing to the AI community's knowledge sharing and thought leadership.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Artefact: Paris-based AI and data consulting firm serving large French and European enterprises with strategy through implementation services. Closest direct competitor to AI Builders in the French AI strategy consulting market, with similar CAC 40 client base but a broader engineering/implementation offering.
• Ekimetrics: Paris-headquartered AI consulting firm combining data science and business strategy for large enterprises, including many CAC 40 clients. Directly comparable in target market (French blue-chips), AI strategy focus, and boutique positioning, though with stronger data science engineering depth.

Broad incumbents

• Capgemini Invent: Global management consulting arm of Capgemini with a dedicated Data & AI strategy practice serving large French enterprises. Competes with AI Builders on AI strategy mandates at CAC 40 clients but offers the full Build/Run delivery capability that AI Builders lacks.
• Accenture France: Global consulting giant with a large French AI strategy and transformation practice serving CAC 40 companies. Competes for the same enterprise AI master plan mandates as AI Builders but with vastly greater headcount and global delivery scale.
• McKinsey QuantumBlack: McKinsey's AI and analytics arm serving global enterprises including major French corporates. Competes for enterprise AI strategy engagements at CAC 40 clients with a global brand and analytics engineering bench, though typically at higher price points.
• BCG X / BCG GAMMA: BCG's dedicated AI and advanced analytics practice serving large global and French enterprises. Competes directly for CAC 40 AI strategy and transformation mandates with the brand strength of BCG behind it.
• Bain & Company: Global management consultancy with a strong AI and advanced analytics practice serving large French enterprises. Comparable in serving C-suite AI strategy needs at CAC 40 clients, but with global delivery capability AI Builders cannot match.
• Devoteam: French-headquartered technology consultancy with a strong AI and cloud transformation practice serving large French enterprises. Comparable on AI strategy advisory to CAC 40 clients, with broader implementation and managed services capabilities.
• Sopra Steria Consulting: French digital consulting arm of Sopra Steria serving large French enterprises with AI, data, and digital transformation services. Notably, AI Builders COO Côme Chatagnon began his AI consulting career at Sopra Steria Consulting — making it both a talent pipeline source and a direct competitor for AI strategy engagements.

Emerging players

• Talan Consulting: Paris-based international consulting firm with a Data & AI practice serving French and European enterprises. Directly comparable on AI strategy and transformation services for French enterprises, though with a broader geographic footprint. AI Builders COO also previously led AI consulting at Talan.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCiPBQ3c3cV1UTmDALCLq8ng
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ai-builders

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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