# Jürgen Ryannel — KI-Beratung / AI Consulting

> Independent AI consulting for mid-sized companies in DACH and Europe. Strategy, implementation, and operations of AI solutions — delivered by a consultant who builds and operates AI products himself (Valiro, Tavora).

This site is bilingual. The primary market is DACH (German), with full English equivalents at `/en/...`. All German URLs use no language prefix; English URLs are prefixed with `/en/`.

The consultant: Jürgen Ryannel, software engineer with 8+ years of experience, founder of two AI products (Valiro for industrial firms, Tavora for software teams). Based in Germany, works on-site across DACH and remote.

Primary contact: see the contact page. Free 30-minute intro calls are the main lead path.

## Services

- [KI-Strategie-Workshop / AI Strategy Workshop](https://juergenryannel.com/leistungen/ki-strategie-workshop/): 1–2 day workshop to identify AI use cases, assess feasibility and ROI, and produce a 12-month roadmap with a concrete pilot recommendation. Fixed price from €2,500. EN: `/en/services/ai-strategy-workshop/`.
- [KI-Implementierung / AI Implementation](https://juergenryannel.com/leistungen/ki-implementierung/): End-to-end implementation of tailored AI solutions for mid-market companies — architecture, model selection, evals, monitoring, GDPR-ready deployment, handover or co-operations. Quoted per project. EN: `/en/services/ai-implementation/`.
- [Begleitung & Betrieb / AI Operations & Support](https://juergenryannel.com/leistungen/ki-betrieb-begleitung/): Monthly retainer to evolve and operate existing AI solutions — monitoring, eval maintenance, cost control, new use cases, team coaching. From €1,900/month. EN: `/en/services/ai-operations/`.

## Industries

- [Industrie & Mittelstand / Manufacturing & Mid-Market](https://juergenryannel.com/branchen/industrie/): AI consulting for mid-sized manufacturers. Realistic use cases (RAG over technical docs, quote prep, service report structuring, inspection vision), GDPR-compliant architecture, integration with legacy ERP. EN: `/en/industries/manufacturing/`.
- [Maschinenbau / Engineering & Machinery](https://juergenryannel.com/branchen/maschinenbau/): AI for mid-market engineering and machinery firms. Service-knowledge access, quote and spec prep, plant documentation, claims pre-qualification, engineering research support. Honest assessment of where the hype is misleading (e.g. predictive maintenance often not data-mature for SMEs). EN: `/en/industries/engineering/`.
- [Software-Teams / Software Teams](https://juergenryannel.com/branchen/software-teams/): AI consulting for SaaS and product teams shipping AI features. Architecture review, eval suite setup, agent design, cost control, GDPR for EU customers using US models, UX patterns for AI features. EN: `/en/industries/software-teams/`.

## Solutions

- [KI-App-Entwicklung / AI App Development](https://juergenryannel.com/loesungen/ki-app-entwicklung/): Custom AI application development — web apps, mobile apps, AI agents, embedded AI features in existing products. Targets queries for "KI-App-Berater" / "AI app development consultant". One person responsible for consulting, architecture, build, and operations. EN: `/en/solutions/ai-app-development/`.

## Reference products (own products)

- [Valiro Case Study (DE)](https://juergenryannel.com/referenzen/valiro/) / [EN](https://juergenryannel.com/en/case-studies/valiro/): Detailed write-up of Valiro — a platform for construction and engineering firms connecting office and field teams. AI-powered project and document search, mobile-first, integrates with existing ERP. Architecture decisions and lessons learned that transfer to industrial mid-market consulting clients. Product URL: https://valiro.ai
- [Tavora Case Study (DE)](https://juergenryannel.com/referenzen/tavora/) / [EN](https://juergenryannel.com/en/case-studies/tavora/): Detailed write-up of Tavora — a platform for software teams running AI agents in production under control. Eval-gated deployments, multi-tenant, sandboxed, agent-level observability. Lessons that transfer to software-team consulting. Product URL: https://tavora.ai

## Optional

- [Homepage (DE)](https://juergenryannel.com/): Overview of all services, industries, references, and contact.
- [Homepage (EN)](https://juergenryannel.com/en/): English overview.
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Pricing indications are concrete: strategy workshop from €2,500, retainer from €1,900/month, pilot implementations typically €25,000–€80,000. These are starting points, not strict caps.