What Arinti does

Arinti NV is a Belgian applied AI consultancy founded in 2017, headquartered in Kontich, Belgium, and operating as the Data & AI competence centre within Hyperion Group (450+ experts across 8 competence domains). The company delivers end-to-end AI services — strategy advisory, data platform engineering, and production AI application development — primarily to Belgian public-sector clients and large European enterprises, with notable engagements for Mercedes-Benz, Volvo Logistics, Unilever, Griffith Foods, Latvian Post, Partena Professional, and Smooved.

Its core technology stack is built on the Microsoft Azure and Databricks ecosystems, augmented with OpenAI GPT, LangChain, and Azure Cognitive Services. The company's primary proprietary asset is Tafuta, a cognitive search platform combining NLP, OCR, computer vision, custom entity detection, and graph analytics to turn unstructured documents into searchable knowledge; this was validated by winning the Smart Policing challenge at the Belgian Federal Police's 2020 hackathon. Beyond Tafuta, Arinti has shipped a portfolio of specialised AI products including chatbot Bertje (Roeselare municipal services since 2019), chatbot Louise (Partena HR automation), the COVID-19 Healthbot deployed across six Belgian hospitals in 12 days, the HouseMatch broker recommendation engine for Smooved, and CompeTrend for VDAB labour-market analytics. The company also offers GenAI services including RAG-based virtual assistants (notably the first GenAI chatbot on a Flemish municipal website, for Stad Kortrijk) and agentic AI systems.

Arinti's revenue model is professional services: scoped, project-based engagements combining consulting, implementation, and ongoing support, with pricing not publicly disclosed. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales with channel partnerships — Hyperion Group for cross-sell into adjacent competence centres, Cronos Public Services for Belgian public-sector procurement, Leap Forward for human-centred design, Microsoft for technology validation and Azure pipeline access, and imec for applied research. The company describes itself as "human-sized" with a startup culture; approximately 14 staff are visible on its About page (firmographic band 11–50).

Name

Arinti

Legal name

Arinti NV

Website

https://arinti.ai

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Arinti is a Belgian AI-native consultancy (founded 2017, Kontich) that builds applied AI and data-platform solutions — including its Tafuta cognitive search platform, chatbots, and GenAI assistants — for enterprise and Belgian public-sector clients, operating as the Data & AI competence centre within Hyperion Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mechelen

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Professional Services / Consulting: Arinti generates revenue primarily through professional services engagements including AI strategy consulting, data engineering projects, AI solution development and implementation. Engagements are typically project-based or scoped contracts with enterprise and public sector clients. Revenue is derived from consulting fees, implementation services, and ongoing support/maintenance relationships.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Arinti is an AI-native applied AI consultancy that delivers strategy, data platform engineering, and production-grade AI solutions to enterprise and public sector clients. Its core offerings include AI advisory services, Databricks-based governed data platform implementations, conversational AI and GenAI virtual assistants, and the proprietary Tafuta cognitive search platform. Engagements span discovery, advisory, implementation, and operationalisation across Microsoft Azure and Databricks stacks.

Product overview

Arinti is an AI-native applied AI consultancy offering a portfolio of cognitive search, conversational AI, and data engineering solutions. The core product is Tafuta, a cognitive search platform that extracts and structures knowledge from unstructured documents using NLP and computer vision. This is complemented by specialized chatbots including Louise (HR process automation), Bertje (citizen services), COVID-19 Healthbot (healthcare triage), and HouseMatch (broker recommendation). Data platform engineering services build on Databricks and Azure ecosystems. GenAI solutions offer RAG-based virtual assistants and agentic AI systems. The company operates across enterprise and public sector with clients including Mercedes-Benz, Volvo, Unilever, and Flemish municipalities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tafuta Cognitive Search Platform

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration28 records

AI capability15 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered strategic and core.

• imecstrategicStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2019Arinti participates in imec.icon research consortiums including DAIQUIRI (Data & AI for Quantified Reporting In sport), a two-year project (October 2019 – September 2021) funded by imec and Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen. Also involved in ICON applied research programme including ROBOCURE project.
• Hyperion GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHyperion is a digital transformation group of 450+ experts across 8 domains. Arinti operates as the Data & AI competence centre within Hyperion, providing clients with dedicated AI specialist focus backed by the broader ecosystem. Sister competence centres collaborate on accounts, enabling engagements to grow into broader programmes.
• Cronos Public ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCronos Public Services is the dedicated bridge between the Cronos Group and Belgian public sector for over twenty years. They manage relationships with federal agencies, regional administrations, and local governments, navigating procurement and co-creating solutions alongside competence centres like Arinti.
• Leap ForwardcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLeap Forward is a strategic digital agency bringing research, design, technology, and marketing together. Partnership combines human-first digital approach with Arinti's deep Data & AI expertise. Together they take AI strategy from model to product: researched, designed, built, and adopted.
• MicrosoftcoreTechnology or IntegrationMicrosoft is a key technology partner providing the Azure ecosystem including Azure AI Search, Azure ML, Azure Databricks, Bot Framework, Power BI, and Cognitive Services. Arinti is a Microsoft partner with seat on Bot Framework Partner Advisory Board. Selected as Microsoft's sole Belgian implementation partner for COVID-19 Healthbot rollout.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Market position

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights15 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/arinti
• Instagraminstagram.com/arinti_be
• Facebookfacebook.com/Arinti.be

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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