Ekinox

What Ekinox does

Ekinox is a France-based private AI solutions studio founded in 2019, operating under the Ekinox AI Studio brand from Paris and Neuilly-sur-Seine. The company designs custom artificial intelligence systems for enterprise clients, with a portfolio spanning five core offerings: AI Avatars for immersive voice-and-gesture conversational experiences, AI Agents and Workflows for process automation, Private Chatbots for controlled internal AI access, RAG-based Knowledge Bases for multimodal enterprise data querying, and an AI Trust Layer for LLM output validation combining critical-LLM verification, trust scoring, self-consistency checking, and ground-truth validation. A standalone sub-brand, UPGRAIL, packages AI-driven code modernization and migration automation as a reusable platform.

The underlying technology stack combines generative AI, large language model agents, retrieval-augmented generation, and hybrid machine learning approaches (e.g., supervised random-forest models paired with unsupervised autoencoders for anomaly detection). Ekinox emphasizes a co-design methodology with client teams and has delivered engagements across banking (modernization of a critical transaction validation system from mainframe to cloud-native Java), energy (anomaly detection across hundreds of thousands of smart meters), retail, and sustainability verticals. Marketing and lead generation are driven through technical content on a company blog, LinkedIn, YouTube, and email newsletter, targeting enterprise buyers through direct outreach and demo-request CTAs.

Revenue mechanics rest on two streams: professional services for bespoke AI development under custom quotations, and subscription/recurring revenue from the UPGRAIL modernization platform. The company is privately held, with co-founder Anas Mbasso identified as the data controller; no external funding rounds, institutional investors, or M&A activity are disclosed in the source material.

Name

Ekinox

Legal name

Ekinox

Website

https://ekinox.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ekinox is a France-based AI solutions studio founded in 2019 that designs custom enterprise AI systems, including RAG knowledge bases, private chatbots, AI agents, avatars, and an AI Trust Layer, plus the UPGRAIL code modernization sub-brand, serving large enterprise clients across banking, energy, and retail.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Enterprise AI Solutions and Services

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

LLMOps & Generative AI Platforms (Prompt/Agent Orchestration, RAG) (HDAEANAD)

Keywords

• Custom AI development
• Enterprise AI solutions
• Code modernization automation
• RAG knowledge bases
• LLM trust and safety

Headquarters

HQ city

Neuilly-sur-seine

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Custom AI Development Services: Ekinox designs bespoke AI solutions for enterprise clients, including AI avatars, LLM agents and workflows, private chatbots, and knowledge bases. The company follows a co-design methodology working closely with client teams throughout the project lifecycle.
2. UPGRAIL Code Modernization Platform: AI-powered automated code modernization tool that handles version upgrades, technology migrations, and test generation for enterprise IT systems.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ekinox is a custom AI solutions studio that designs and delivers bespoke enterprise AI products—AI avatars, LLM agents and workflows, private chatbots, RAG knowledge bases, and an AI Trust Layer for LLM output validation—using a co-design methodology with client teams. The company also operates UPGRAIL, an AI-powered code modernization platform that automates software version upgrades, framework migrations, and test generation with constraint-driven approaches to guarantee functional stability.

Product overview

Ekinox AI Studio is a custom AI solutions provider offering a portfolio of interconnected products: AI Avatars for immersive conversational experiences, AI Agents and Workflows for process automation, Private Chatbots for controlled internal AI access, Knowledge Bases using RAG technology for enterprise data querying, and AI Trust Layer for LLM output validation. The company also offers UPGRAIL, a standalone AI-powered IT modernization sub-brand for automated code migration and modernization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• UPGRAIL: AI-powered IT modernization platform that automates software migration, version upgrades, and legacy code modernization using generative AI and constraint-based migration techniques.

Products and services

• AI Avatars (Avatars IA) AI avatars for immersive conversational experiences based on voice, gesture, and facial expression, used for training, evaluation, and professional skill development at enterprise clients.
• AI Agents and Workflows (Agents et workflows IA) AI agents and workflows that automate technical and business processes, including software version upgrades, automated testing, and business process automation for enterprise clients.
• Private Chatbot (Chatbot Privé) Internal chatbot for employees providing controlled access to AI capabilities without data privacy risks; used for customer service automation (SAV chatbots) and internal knowledge access at enterprise clients.
• Knowledge Bases (Bases de connaissances RAG) RAG-based knowledge bases that connect and query all enterprise data with multimodal interfaces supporting text, graphs, and images; includes self-BI capabilities for natural language database querying.
• AI Trust Layer Validation layer for AI outputs using state-of-the-art techniques including critical LLM verification, trust scoring with human-in-the-loop, self-consistency checking, and Ground Truth validation to minimize hallucinations in LLM-based deployments.
• UPGRAIL AI-powered IT modernization platform that automates code migration, version upgrades, framework changes, and language migration across PHP, Python, Scala, Node.js, Java, Symfony, SpringBoot, Apache Pig, Spark, and DuckDB using constraint-driven migration with automated test generation and 92%+ test coverage.

Quantifiable outcome

• UPGRAIL reduces migration costs by 3x through 80% automation of the migration process
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability15 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• LightOn: French generative-AI platform company offering private LLM deployments and enterprise AI tooling. Comparable in addressing European enterprise demand for sovereign generative AI, though it sells a product platform rather than bespoke services.
• Dataiku: Paris-based enterprise AI/ML platform company enabling custom AI application development and LLM orchestration for large organizations. Overlaps with Ekinox on RAG, LLM agents and AI governance for regulated enterprises.
• Wand AI: Emerging AI agent platform focused on enterprise workflow automation. Competitor in the same AI-agents and orchestration category Ekinox targets, though smaller and platform-led rather than services-led.
• Ydata: Early-stage European company offering AI-driven data synthesis and tooling for enterprise ML teams. Comparable emerging player in the enterprise AI tooling ecosystem, though narrower focus on synthetic data.

Direct peers

• Artefact: Paris-headquartered AI and data services firm serving French and European enterprises with custom data/AI solutions, including generative AI deployments, data platforms and analytics transformation — the closest direct peer to Ekinox's AI Studio positioning.
• Theodo: French software and AI studio delivering bespoke web/mobile and data-AI builds for enterprise clients. Comparable custom-development, multi-disciplinary AI engineering culture and co-design approach targeting large French accounts.
• Devoteam: French IT consultancy with a dedicated AI practice (Creative Tech) building generative AI, MLOps and data platforms for enterprise clients across Europe. Overlap in generative AI consulting, AI agents and cloud-native delivery for regulated industries.
• CAST Software: Enterprise software intelligence vendor focused on legacy application analysis, modernization and technical-debt measurement. Direct competitor to UPGRAIL's automated code-migration and modernization positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Sopra Steria: Large French IT services group with growing AI, data and digital transformation practices serving European banks and energy firms. Relevant overlap in regulated-industry modernization and enterprise AI delivery at much greater scale.
• Capgemini: Global French-headquartered IT services and consulting leader with substantial generative AI, data engineering and intelligent automation practices. Competes for the same large French/European enterprise AI mandates Ekinox pursues.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@ekinox839
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ekinox-io
• Xx.com/ekinox_io

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries1 record

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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