Custom software in Haren
Haren is a prosperous commuter town just below the city of Groningen, with the Rijksstraatweg as its lively shopping heart. We build custom software with AI, fast and secure, fitting your process exactly. And our co-founder is from here himself.
Why custom software, and why here
Haren has been part of the municipality of Groningen since 2019 and has a surprisingly high level of amenities for its size. Around the Rijksstraatweg there is a strong mix of speciality shops, fashion, hospitality and service providers, plus business activity at Nesciopark along the A28.
Many of those companies get stuck on off-the-shelf packages that almost fit, or on loose spreadsheets. With AI we quickly build custom software that does fit, made secure and production-ready by our own developers.
What we build for you
Custom software
Software built with AI: a working product fast, made secure and production-ready.
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Your own CRM or tool
A system that fits how you work, instead of forcing your process into an off-the-shelf package.
Read moreBuild together in Studio
In Empathree Studio we build in our developers' code style, with review on every line.
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Customer questions and appointments for a speciality shop on the Rijksstraatweg
Take a shop or service provider in the centre that gets a lot of questions by email and phone. We build an app around it: the AI handles the standard questions, schedules appointments and drafts customer emails for you.
A working prototype fast, then made secure and scalable by our developers. You decide yourself which answers may go out automatically and add the final check at the end.
This is an example of what we can build for you, not an existing product.
Software we built
Argo: from measuring up rooms to a signed quote in one app
Dictate the rooms on site, AI produces the room schedule and the calculation, and the client signs digitally. Without printing and scanning.
Close by, from Groningen
From the city you are in Haren in ten minutes, along the Rijksstraatweg or via the A28. Coming to see how you work today costs us no travel time, and good software simply starts with the real process.
All three of us live in Groningen. Short lines, quick to respond, and someone who knows the region.
Leonard Springerlaan 35, Groningen
Our co-founder is from Haren
Maarten Oostland grew up in Haren, between the Rijksstraatweg and the woods towards the Paterswoldsemeer. He knows the village scale and the down-to-earth entrepreneurial mentality from the inside. At Empathree he helps teams understand what AI can and cannot do for them, including when it comes to custom software.
That makes a conversation in Haren just a little different for him. Not an outsider coming to sell something, but someone who knows the place and the people. For him, Haren is simply home.
Frequently asked questions
Do you build on top of something we already have?
Yes. Sometimes we build new, sometimes we finish or secure what you started yourself or with AI.
So you are not vibe coders?
No. AI helps us build fast, but all code is checked by experienced developers we employ ourselves. Secure, scalable and production-ready.
What does custom software cost?
We work with fixed prices, no hourly billing. 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.