AI Agency Heerenveen
Heerenveen is the jobs engine of Friesland: more than 22,000 people commute in from outside the municipality to work here. From Sportstad to the business parks along the A32 and A7, there are plenty of SMEs here with ambitions to grow.
Why now, and why here
Around Heerenveen there is a broad mix: business services around Sportstad with names like Univé and Rabobank, plus plenty of activity on parks such as Businesspark Friesland and IBF. Growing companies quickly run up against their admin.
We start with your process, not with a tool. First we look at where time leaks away, and only then do we build. Fixed price, and a human stays at the helm.
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.
Sorting and answering customer queries automatically for a service provider
Incoming emails and forms are read and sorted automatically: what it is about, how urgent it is, and which draft reply fits. Everything is set up ready in your own inbox.
That saves your team a lot of switching and searching each day. Nothing goes out automatically: a member of staff checks it and sends it. AI does the sorting, the human decides.
This is an example of what we can build for you, not an existing product.
Spots for a workshop in Heerenveen
A few well-known business venues, all easy to reach. We are also happy to come to your office.
Abe Lenstra Stadion
Dozens of rooms along the pitch, right by the A32 and A7 with free parking.
Sportstad Heerenveen
Meet in a sporty setting, right by the A32 with a thousand free parking spaces.
Posthuis Theater
Central by the A7 and A32, a room for small groups up to eighty people.
Close by, from Groningen
Our team lives in Groningen, and Heerenveen is about fifty minutes' drive. For workshops and implementation we come to you, on site.
Down to earth, concrete, and with a fixed price so you know where you stand upfront.
Leonard Springerlaan 35, Groningen
Frequently asked questions
We are growing fast, can AI help with that?
Yes. It is often precisely during growth that the admin gets stuck. With AI you scale the manual work along with you, without hiring extra people straight away.
Do we need to have experience with AI already?
No. Most clients know there is something to gain, but not what. That is where we start together, no prior knowledge needed.
What does a project cost?
We work with fixed prices. After a first conversation you know exactly what you get and what it costs.
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.