MunicipalitiesAI for text processing
Virtual assistant for residents
Virtual assistant Sam helps residents of Twente and the Achterhoek find the right financial support, day and night.
Stadsbank Oost NederlandClient story
Sectors · Public Sector & NGOs
AI adoption starts with people. We build an organisational memory that makes knowledge findable and traceable, for people and AI alike, fully under your own control.
A trusted partner for the public sector
We start on the work floor, with the people who do the work. Together we map where things get stuck and where an agent genuinely helps. Your data stays where it belongs: within your own environment and within the EU, and every answer can be traced back to the source it came from.
The result isn't a stand-alone AI tool, but an organisation that works: a sovereign intelligence layer that unlocks your knowledge, and agents that put it to real work. People guard the gate where it matters, and your teams build their own capability, so you don't stay dependent on us.
Stage 01
We start on the work floor, with the people who do the work. Together we map where things get stuck and where an agent genuinely helps. That way, ambition and ideas come from the people who will be working with it, not from the technology.
Stage 02
We start with your work and your context: where is the value, where do you get stuck, and how ready are your data and organisation? In a Quick Scan we decide together where AI genuinely adds value and which two or three use cases are most promising.
Stage 03
We design a sovereign, traceable architecture and build the agents and the knowledge layer step by step, within clear frameworks. We prove value on a small scale before scaling up: measurable results, traceable to the source, tested with your own people.
Stage 04
We make your teams self-sufficient, so they can take the next steps on their own. What works, we roll out in a controlled way. Knowledge builds up: what your organisation does today strengthens what it can do tomorrow.
Pick a part of the public sector to see what we build.
Virtual assistant Sam helps residents of Twente and the Achterhoek find the right financial support, day and night.
A living lab where sensors, a central data platform and a digital twin steer pumps, valves and water buffers against flooding and drought.
Answers and drafts based on your own sources, backed by references, so you can trust and verify every answer.
See the solutionRepetitive work and complex judgements organised more intelligently, so processes keep moving instead of waiting for the next employee.
See the solutionImages and documents interpreted automatically: recognised, classified and checked at scale, with people handling the exceptions.
See the solutionEight libraries in the Brainport region asked young people what would make the library relevant to them. They read little and struggle to find a book that suits them. Boekbot lets them search in natural language and answers only from the libraries' own trusted sources. It is now a live app.
Our offering
Our offering follows the same four stages as our approach. You can start with a session on the work floor, a Quick Scan or a concrete build, depending on where your organisation stands today. Every step delivers value on its own and brings the next one within reach, with your data always under your own control.
Industry lead
“AI adoption doesn't start with technology. It starts with people. That's why we begin on the work floor, and people stay in charge while the agent does the work.”Martijn ImrichAgentic Architect
Martijn is Agentic Architect at Datacation. He designs sovereign, traceable AI for the public sector and always starts on the work floor: co-creation with the people who do the work builds support, and people stay in charge.
What we build
Concrete examples of what we build for government and the public sector.
Images and documents interpreted automatically: recognised, classified and checked at scale, with people handling the exceptions.
Repetitive work and complex judgements organised more intelligently, so processes keep moving instead of waiting for the next employee.
Answers and drafts based on your own sources, backed by references, so you can trust and verify every answer.
One sovereign organisational memory that supplies knowledge to people and AI alike, with scheduled skills that keep it up to date.
A reliable, European data and cloud foundation on which AI can run securely, EU-hosted and traceable to the source.
Agents that improve your data quality as they work. You don't have to wait until everything is perfect to see value.
Proven in practice
Eight libraries in the Brainport region asked young people what would make the library relevant to them. Many read little and struggle to find a book that suits them. Boekbot lets them search in natural language and answers only from the libraries' own trusted sources. It is now a live app.
Why Datacation
We're not a generalist consultancy with an AI badge bolted on. We are a dedicated data & AI partner: econometricians, mathematicians and engineers who build things that survive contact with production.
Backgrounds in AI, data science, econometrics and mathematics. Many of our people hold PhDs and stay connected to leading research groups and universities.
Your domain knowledge plus our technical expertise. We build alongside your team, transfer the knowledge and leave you in control of what we make together.
No endless plans, but concrete steps. We start small, prove value fast and scale what works, from a first Quick Scan to a platform your whole organisation runs on.
Technology only works when people actually use it. We speak the language of the boardroom and the shop floor, and we design for adoption from day one.
Safe, explainable and manageable AI, with the governance, policies and change management to match. We help you raise adoption without lowering the bar.
Tell us what you are working on. We will get back to you and explore together what data and AI can do for you.
