ATLANTIQ

What ATLANTIQ does

ATLANTIQ AG is a Swiss branding and design agency founded in 2005, headquartered in Chur with a secondary office in Zürich. The firm operates with a compact team of seven, delivering an end-to-end service portfolio that spans brand strategy, corporate design, web development, campaign management, employer branding, point-of-sale design, photography, video production, and event management. Its client base covers enterprise and mid-market customers across banking (Raiffeisenbank, Euler ILS Partners), retail (Migros, IKEA), real estate (STEINBOCK/AXA Investment Managers, CITY WEST), defense (RUAG), government (municipalities of Bonaduz and Trimmis), and a long tail of regional SMEs in Graubünden and Zürich. Romano Cosi serves as CEO/Owner, and the company runs on a direct sales, project-based model with quote-driven pricing.

The firm's distinguishing technical asset is CELLCORE, a proprietary AI-powered brand management platform that encodes a company's identity (values, culture, strategy, tone) into an AI ecosystem accessible through Swiss-server-hosted, DSG/DSGVO-compliant workspaces. CELLCORE's architecture comprises modular components: CORE (the brand identity layer), WORKSPACE (team collaboration environment), AGENTS (configurable AI specialists), Privacy Shield (data anonymization before LLM transmission), a multi-LLM gateway (30+ models including Swiss Alpha for data residency), and a structured Onboarding program. The platform is positioned as a solution for Swiss SMEs seeking to integrate AI responsibly into their brand and process management.

Commercially, ATLANTIQ generates revenue primarily through project-based professional services engagements and, increasingly, through subscription access to CELLCORE. Its go-to-market relies on a 20-year portfolio reputation, direct outreach, referrals, and a website portfolio as the primary marketing surface. The company also sells CELLCORE as a standalone AI solution, bundled with or separate from its traditional branding services, representing a strategic pivot toward a more scalable, software-enabled business model while maintaining its design-agency heritage.

Name

ATLANTIQ

Legal name

ATLANTIQ AG

Website

https://atlantiq.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ATLANTIQ AG is a Swiss branding and design agency founded in 2005 with offices in Chur and Zürich, serving enterprise and SME clients across banking, retail, real estate, and government. The firm offers comprehensive branding, corporate design, and campaign services alongside its proprietary AI platform CELLCORE for brand-consistent content management.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Chur

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Branding and Design Services: Professional agency services including brand strategy, corporate design, graphic design, web design, campaign development, and brand consulting. Revenue is generated through project-based professional services engagements, likely quoted and scoped individually.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ATLANTIQ is a Swiss branding and design agency offering brand strategy, corporate design, web design, campaigns, graphic design, video/photo production, event management, and POS design. The firm differentiates itself through CELLCORE, a proprietary AI-powered brand management system that encodes company identity, values, and processes into a unified AI workspace with access to 30+ LLM models on DSG/DSGVO-compliant Swiss servers.

Product overview

ATLANTIQ is a branding and design agency with two locations (Zürich and Chur), founded in 2005, offering a portfolio of branding services and an integrated AI system called CELLCORE. CELLCORE is not a standalone software product but rather a proprietary AI-powered brand management platform offered as part of ATLANTIQ's service ecosystem. It consists of interconnected modules: CORE (the brand identity layer encoding company values, strategy, and culture into AI), WORKSPACE (a team-accessible AI hub for task-oriented collaboration), AGENTS (configurable AI specialists for specific tasks), Privacy Shield (data anonymization before LLM submission), KI-MODELLE (a gateway to 30+ LLM models), and ONBOARDING (structured implementation program). Complementing CELLCORE are core agency services including brand strategy, corporate design, employer branding, websites, online presence management, campaigns, graphic design, video and photo production, event management, and POS design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CELLCORE: An integrated AI system that connects brand identity, content, and processes. It provides a unified AI workspace with access to over 30 AI models, designed to help businesses implement AI in a brand-consistent and strategy-compliant manner.

Products and services

• Markenstrategie (Brand Strategy) Strategic brand development consulting service that identifies market potential, positioning opportunities, and brand architecture, from strategic workshops through consistent branding implementation. Targeted at Swiss enterprises and SMEs seeking cohesive brand direction.
• Corporate Design
• Employer Branding
• Website
• Online Präsenz (Online Presence)
• Kampagne (Campaign)
• Graphic Design
• Video & Foto (Video & Photo)
• Event
• POS Design
• KI-Beratung (AI Consulting)
• CELLCORE

Quantifiable outcome

• CELLCORE connects brand identity, content, and processes, providing teams with structured knowledge access for more informed decisions and stronger ideas

Named customers31 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration9 records

AI capability5 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Frontify: Swiss-based brand management software company offering a brand asset management and brand guideline platform. Directly comparable as a Switzerland-headquartered, brand-tech platform competing for the same Swiss SME and enterprise brand-management budget that ATLANTIQ targets with CELLCORE.
• Bynder: Enterprise brand asset management and brand-to-creative workflow platform. Comparable as a SaaS brand-management product that competes for the same corporate brand-consistency budget that CELLCORE addresses, though at significantly larger scale and with broader enterprise penetration.

Broad incumbents

• Jung von Matt: Large German-speaking creative agency network with a strong presence in Switzerland. Comparable as a full-service branding and creative agency serving enterprise clients across DACH, with much greater scale and a broader digital offering than ATLANTIQ.
• Scholz & Friends: Established German creative agency group with international offices. Comparable as a larger full-service branding and advertising agency operating in the DACH market, with a similar service portfolio spanning brand strategy, corporate design, and digital campaigns.
• Serviceplan Group: Large European independent agency group with strong DACH presence and a 'House of Communication' model. Comparable as a scaled full-service brand and creative partner that competes for enterprise branding budgets in the same geographies as ATLANTIQ.
• Publicis Groupe: Global advertising and marketing services group with significant Swiss operations. Comparable as a broad incumbent offering integrated brand strategy, creative, media, and digital transformation — including AI-driven brand services — that competes for the same enterprise marketing wallet as ATLANTIQ.
• Wunderman Thompson: Global creative, data, and technology agency with a strong Swiss footprint. Comparable as a large-scale branding and digital agency with proprietary technology and AI capabilities that competes for the same enterprise brand-and-CX engagements as ATLANTIQ.

Regional players

• Rod Kommunikation: Swiss full-service creative and branding agency based in St. Gallen. Comparable as a regional Swiss branding/design competitor with a similar service mix (brand strategy, corporate design, campaigns) targeting enterprise and mid-market clients in Eastern Switzerland.
• Metzger Rüegg: Swiss branding and design agency. Comparable as a domestically focused Swiss brand and design shop offering strategy, corporate design, and digital services to enterprise and SME clients in similar industries to ATLANTIQ.
• Spinas Civil Voices: Independent Swiss creative agency with offices in Zürich. Comparable as a Zürich-based, Swiss-rooted brand and creative agency serving enterprise clients with a similar mix of branding, design, and digital services.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/atlantiqchur
• Instagraminstagram.com/atlantiq_chur

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 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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