AI Agency Meppel
Meppel is Drenthe's gateway to the Zwolle region, with a genuine inland harbour on the Meppelerdiep. At Oevers and Noord I and II there's plenty of transport, wholesale and manufacturing. That's where we help with AI.
Why now, and why here
Meppel runs on logistics and trade. The harbour handles bulk flows, and on business parks such as Oevers and Noord I and II you'll find hauliers, distributors and wholesalers. That means plenty of orders, trips and admin, exactly where AI can save time.
We start with your process, not the technology. First we look at where things get stuck in your order flow or planning, then we decide whether AI is the answer. Concrete, without big promises.
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.
Read transport documents and trip details automatically
A haulier or wholesaler at Oevers receives waybills, delivery notes and orders in all sorts of forms. An AI tool reads them, links them to the right trip or customer and puts the data ready in your system.
Less retyping, less searching, tighter planning. The planner keeps the final word and checks for approval. 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 Meppel
A well-known business venue in town. We're also happy to come to your office.
Schouwburg Ogterop
Spacious, bright rooms for groups of 5 to 500 people, suitable for a workshop, presentation or conference.
Close by, from Groningen
From Groningen you're in Meppel in about an hour, along the A28. We prefer to work on site: on your own premises, 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 transport and wholesale. Is AI something for us?
Absolutely. Waybills, orders 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 Meppel?
Yes. We prefer to work on site, for example at Oevers, 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.