AI Agency Emmen
Emmen was once a sand village and is now an industrial town. Around Bargermeer, the largest business park in the north of the Netherlands, sits a whole world of manufacturers. There's plenty to gain there with AI.
Why now, and why here
Emmen leans heavily on industry, engineering and logistics, with Bargermeer (around 900 hectares) and GETEC PARK as its engine. Tourism around Wildlands counts too. Many of these businesses have repetitive admin and planning work where AI saves time straight away.
We start with your process, not the technology. First we look at where things chafe in the office or in planning, then we decide whether AI is the answer. Concrete and without the hype.
What we do for you
AI workshops
Teach your team to work with AI, practical and ready to use straight away. In-company at your location.
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AI implementation
From a single task to a working system, with an adoption plan so your team actually uses it.
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Bespoke software
Software built with AI. A working product fast, then made production-ready and secure.
Read moreExamples of what we build
Every business has its own headaches. This is the kind of thing we build. Examples, not off-the-shelf products. We always start with your process.
Process production orders and documents automatically
A manufacturer at Bargermeer receives orders, drawings and specifications in all kinds of formats. An AI tool reads them, enters the data into your system and flags what's missing.
Less retyping, fewer errors, faster into the workshop. The final check stays with your planner. AI does the groundwork, the human decides.
This is an example of what we can build for you, not an existing product.
Spots for a workshop in Emmen
A few well-known business venues in town. We're also happy to come to your office.
ATLAS Theater
Seven meeting rooms for 10 to 150 people, modern facilities and easy to combine with a visit to Wildlands.
Close by, from Groningen
From Groningen you're in Emmen in about three quarters of an hour. We prefer to work on site: on your own business park, with your own orders and systems to hand.
Small team, short lines, fixed prices. You know in advance what you'll get.
Leonard Springerlaan 35, Groningen
Frequently asked questions
We're in manufacturing. Is AI really something for us?
Absolutely. Orders, documents and planning hold a lot of repetitive work. That's where AI saves time fastest, provided you build it around your existing process.
Do you come to Emmen?
Yes. We prefer to work on site, for example at Bargermeer, so we see your real work before we propose anything.
What does a project cost?
We work with fixed prices agreed in advance. A workshop is a clear first step; an implementation or bespoke build we cost per project.
Meet Empathree
Empathree is an AI agency from Groningen. We help SMEs use AI not as a toy, but as something that genuinely takes work off your plate. Always with a human checking the output.
What we believe
AI is fast, but speed alone delivers nothing. The value sits in the last 30 percent: judgement, nuance, knowing which question to ask. So we never start with a tool. First we map your process, then we look at where most time leaks away, and only then decide what AI handles and what stays human work.
How we work
We work at fixed prices, no billing by the hour. You know where you stand up front. We often start with a workshop to get your team on board, then build a working system step by step, and make bespoke software where it pays off. In our own Empathree Studio we build in our developers' coding style, so everything ships secure and production-ready.
Who you get
Behind Empathree are Marc Cornelius, Maarten Oostland and René Vrieling. Marc and Maarten handle strategy, workshops and implementation, René is the lead developer who makes the software watertight. All three of us live in Groningen, so you deal with local people who build with AI every day. We only teach what we use ourselves.
Why humans in the loop
The world is filling up with automated AI slop. Our answer is simple: the human stays in the loop. With us, and with you. That is how you keep control, quality and trust, even as the technology keeps getting faster.