Slot Consulting

Name

Slot Consulting

Legal name

Slot Consulting Kft

Website

https://slotconsulting.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Slot Consulting is a small Budapest-based R&D consulting firm serving innovation-intensive industries including artificial intelligence, aviation, and space, providing end-to-end proposal-to-validation services and serving as ESA Industrial Coordinator for Hungary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Research and Development Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Instrumentation, Controls & Automation Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAM)

akta.pro secondary industry

Operations & Process Improvement Consulting (BPAHACAB)

Keywords

• Research development consulting
• Air traffic management
• European research programmes
• Innovation consulting services
• Space industry consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Budapest

HQ country

Hungary

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Slot Consulting is a Budapest-based R&D-focused consulting firm that provides services across the full research and innovation lifecycle — proposal writing, concept development, partnership building, analysis, validation, and communication/dissemination — to organizations in innovation-intensive industries such as artificial intelligence, aviation, and space. The firm participates in collaborative European research projects and coordinates industrial activities for the European Space Agency in Hungary.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Research and Development Services Research and development consulting services focused on innovation-intensive industries including artificial intelligence, aviation, and space sectors, offered to organizations engaged in complex R&D initiatives.
• Proposal Services Consulting services supporting proposal development for research and development projects, including European research programme submissions.
• Development Services Product and concept development services for innovative technology projects in AI, aviation, and space sectors.
• Partnership Building Services Partnership building and coordination services for research initiatives, supporting consortia formation and collaboration management in European research programmes.
• Analysis and Studies Analytical and study services for research and innovation projects, supporting technical and market assessments.
• Communication and Dissemination Services Communication strategy and project dissemination services for European research projects, including stakeholder engagement and results dissemination.
• Concept Development Services for developing and refining project concepts and ideas in innovation-intensive industries.
• Validation Services

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• FTTScoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2025FTTS collaborated with Slot Consulting and UPM on the AWARE project, developing AI components for the Artificial Situational Awareness (ASA) system used by air traffic controllers in Malmö testing workshops.
• UPMcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 November 2025UPM partnered with Slot Consulting and FTTS on the AWARE project, contributing to AI component development for the Artificial Situational Awareness system targeting air traffic management applications.
• European Space Agency (ESA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSlot Consulting serves as ESA Industrial Coordinator for Hungary, indicating a significant strategic partnership for space-related R&D consulting and coordination activities.

Direct peers

• Frequentis: Frequentis specializes in safety-critical communication and information solutions for air traffic control and public safety, making it a directly comparable peer working on AI/automation in ATM — the same domain as Slot's AWARE ASA work.
• Indra: Indra is a major Spanish IT and air traffic management systems integrator serving ANSPs and airports globally, a directly comparable peer in ATM and aerospace R&D and solutions.
• GTD: GTD is a privately held European engineering and consulting firm focused on aerospace, air traffic management, space, and digital transformation — closely aligned to Slot Consulting in size, vertical mix, and bespoke engineering consultancy model.
• GMV: GMV is a European technology group providing consulting, systems integration, and proprietary products in aerospace, defense, telecommunications, and AI — including air traffic management and space — overlapping directly with Slot Consulting's AI/aviation/space R&D consulting scope.
• AKKA Technologies: AKKA is a European engineering and technology consulting firm with deep aviation, space, and defense practices, making it a directly comparable peer in cross-domain technical consulting for innovation-intensive industries.
• Edisoft: Edisoft is a Portuguese aerospace and defense systems integrator that participates in EU space and ATM R&D programmes, comparable as a mid-sized European R&D consultancy operating in overlapping ESA/EU project ecosystems.

Broad incumbents

• Tecnalia Research & Innovation: Tecnalia is a large Spanish applied-research organization with active European R&D projects in aerospace, AI, and energy — a broader incumbent operating in the same EU/ESA research consulting ecosystem that Slot Consulting participates in.
• Thales: Thales is a major aerospace and defense prime with significant AI-for-air-traffic-management and space activities, serving as a broad incumbent competing in the same downstream ATM/space solution space where Slot's ASA prototype is positioned.
• Fraunhofer Society: Fraunhofer is Europe's largest applied-research organization running EU and ESA programmes across aviation, space, and AI; it is a broad incumbent against which Slot Consulting competes or partners in EU-funded consortia.

Emerging players

• SITA: SITA provides IT and consulting services specifically to the air transport industry, including emerging AI-driven operational solutions; it is comparable as an adjacent aviation-focused R&D and consulting peer.

Market position

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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