AI Agency Hoogezand
Hoogezand has been building ships along the Winschoterdiep for generations. We help the businesses around it set up their processes just as soundly, this time with AI.
Why now, and why here
Hoogezand-Sappemeer is a proper manufacturing region: nearly 40 per cent of jobs are in industry, from shipbuilding and suppliers to manufacturers at Martenshoek and Foxhol. That means a lot of quotes, work orders, planning and admin still done by hand.
We do not start with the tool but with the process. First we look at where time leaks away in your working day, then we build AI around it. That way you get something that fits how you actually work.
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.
From technical drawing to quote in minutes
A metal supplier receives enquiries as drawings, emails and loose specs. An AI assistant reads them, extracts the dimensions and materials and prepares a draft quote with the right line items.
That saves hours of calculation per enquiry. Your estimator stays in charge: they check the margins and sign off. The human decides, the AI does the groundwork.
This is an example of what we can build for you, not an existing product.
Spots for a workshop in Hoogezand
Prefer to be at your own office? That works too. Otherwise these are good spots nearby.
Het Kielzog
Rooms for 5 to 400 people, technical kit and catering in house and free parking close by. Handy for a workshop with a larger group.
Close by, from Groningen
From Groningen you are in Hoogezand within just under half an hour, along the A7. So we can easily come to you for an on-site session, no fuss.
All three of us live in Groningen. We know the region and we enjoy working with businesses just around the corner.
Leonard Springerlaan 35, Groningen
Frequently asked questions
Do you also work with smaller manufacturers?
Yes. We focus on SMEs, from sole traders to companies with dozens of staff. We start small and concrete.
What does an AI project cost?
We work with fixed prices agreed in advance. No after-the-fact billing or open ends, so you know where you stand.
Does someone from our side stay involved?
Always. Our approach is humans-in-the-loop: the AI does the groundwork, your people keep control and decide.
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.